August 2008

Peaks And Valleys

August 29, 2008

This is a guest post from my wife, Pam, the fittest person I know.  I wish some of that would rub off on me.  Pam is trying to balance a full time family, a full time job, and a full time ultra-marathon training schedule–a tough task for anyone–and she handles it remarkably well. Today after [...]

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The Skinny On “Fat Free” Half And Half

August 27, 2008

On our vacation last week, Pam and I were responsible for planning, purchasing, and cooking the food.  OK, Pam planned and did a lot of the cooking, but I did make the mega shopping trip and cook my fair share.  My mother in law was responsible for bringing all of the beverages for the trip–including [...]

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Turning Fitness into a Game

August 26, 2008

Clive Thompson at Wired says that a fun way to lose weight is to turn dieting into a game. After watching one of his friends slim down with the Weight Watchers program, Thompson realized it was basically a type of role-playing game (RPG). He writes: As with an RPG, you roll a virtual character, manage [...]

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Stress, Weight Up…Worry Still Low

August 25, 2008

We returned home on Friday from a 5-night vacation to Diamond Lake, OR. While the vacation wasn’t as relaxing as I would have liked it to be, we still had a nice time. Yeah, there was rain, cold, wind, mosquitoes and kids trapped in small cabins. But there was also short hikes, boat rides, walks, [...]

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Weekend Update: Doing the Right Thing

August 23, 2008

I’ve been negligent about the one hundred pushups challenge, both here and in Real Life. I stopped doing my pushups for a week, and it’s been a while since I updated my progress here. As part of getting “back on the bus”, I’m remedying that situation today. I performed a one-time exhaustion test as a [...]

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