Month: June 2006

The governor of Pennsylvania stated that: "We dodged a bullet.". And I definitely agree. Levees were tested to their max, rescue workers were tasked, and several people were tested to see if they’d heed the direction of local government to save their own lives. If you have no idea what I am talking about, you

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I’ve gotten a few comments on my efforts so far, both on the Internet and in person. These are very heartwarming and I thank everyone for sharing those sentiments with me. However, I figured maybe we could try to compliment each other in this thread, and perhaps tell those that have effected us most, how

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For those of you not living anywhere near the Northeast, or that do not catch the headlines, we’re at the tail end of a five day flood. Normally, we get hit with flooding a few times a year. Nothing severe usually, since much of the area I live in is thousands of feet above sea

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After my minor set back, when I gained three pounds in a week, I decided to take this diet much more seriously. I started to focus more on small victories rather than dramatic results. And boy has it paid off. My goal is to lose three pounds each week. My focus should be on two

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As we edge ever closer to the number of 100 dieters on the list, I have a request to each and every person on the diet. Please weigh in tomorrow. Tomorrow marks the end of our first full month, or four weeks, on the diet. Several of those that have asked to be part of

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Some people live life month to month, week to week, or day to day. However, sometimes I try to live almost second by second. This isn’t something I’ve always strived to do, but rather something I’m slowly working myself towards. I make repetitive errors just like everyone else, and I’m trying to stop the process.

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My wife has had a blog in the past. For reasons I still don’t understand, she thinks that she has "nothing to add to the conversation" or that no one cares. So she ended up ditching her last blog. For me, blogging isn’t about other people caring since I could care less about what people

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A few weeks ago, some friends of ours asked us to attend a dinner and show at Woodloch Pines in Hawley, Pa. Eliza and I on the bus So Eliza and I decided to check it out, and see what all the hubbub was about. Dinner was very good, they kept bringing plate of food

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This week has been a great week. As you know from last week’s weigh in, I didn’t do so great last week. This week I think I did really well, though the numbers do not necessarily reflect that – yet. As a brief catch-up; my starting weight was 225.6, my goal is to lose around

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Eliza and I had a really nice weekend. The weather, although a bit hot for my taste, couldn’t have been much better. On Saturday we drove up to Owego, New York with my mother-in-law and Eliza’s two aunts for Strawberry Festival. We had a great time, got to see some cool stuff, and eat some

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Wow, I have been chomping at the bit to tell all of you what has been going on, and now I finally can. When the-diet started it received an overwhelming amount of response. Family, friends, and then strangers started to join in to get fit. There was no plan for this diet, no one had

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Just when I thought my head was unable to grow larger, since being quoted in a nationally syndicated magazine, one of my Macbook photos was published in a small publication called Geekanoids. Inner page of Geekanoids preview issue The preview issue can also be downloaded as a PDF. I’m actually thinking of picking up a

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This week started off great. With the success of my diet last week, I was motivated to continue right through today – and was hoping to post some great results. But, you have to take the good with the bad, and be honest. So, this weekend we had a little set back. Eliza, Chris and

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As excited as I am to read everyone’s first week results, I was even more anxious to figure out my own. This week has gone very well and while there were some definite hurdles placed in front of me, I feel that overall I did a very good job and have come out even more

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I’d like to let everyone know, that I will be in as much pain, if not more pain, than all of you this weekend. Weekends are definitely the hardest time to stay on a diet – with get-togethers, cookouts, restaraunts, movies, etc. Please stay strong through this weekend whether it is your first or not.

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Well, so far so good for me. I was hoping that asking other people to join me would actually motivate me, and I think it definitely has. I was hoping that posting my ugliness on the Web would also be a motivation, and that has been too. The overwhelming response to the diet has been

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