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We’re back to this?  Back to the diet?  Yes. We are. I know what you might be thinking, especially if you follow me on Twitter.  How can he play so much basketball and still need to get back on his diet?  It is because I like food and booze too much.  It isn’t due to…

Back to back links to John Gruber’s Daring Fireball?  The way I figure it, I owe him a few thousand links to make up for his one link to my site. Recently, and I’m not sure exactly when, John updated the logo graphic on his site. Something he doesn’t do all that often. This time…

Just a quick note to say that this site now has a total of nine header images.  To see them all, just refresh the page and a new, random header image should be loaded in. I’m not sure how long I’ll keep this set, but I do have some goals in mind with the random…

It may not be good for the body, but it is good for the soul. Now to play basketball to work it off.

My current pair of basketball sneakers. Review: Great ankle support. Outside of sneakers holding up really well. Inside of sneaker is beginning to bunch up. I’ll update this post to say how old they are when I figure that out.

I did, in fact, weigh myself on time this week – I just haven’t been able to find the time to write it up! This week I was within .3 pounds of my last weigh in so, I suppose I wasn’t overly excited to let you all know about it. When I’m away from home…

As I was approaching the scale this morning I was a little scared at what I might see. Although I did fairly good this week (side note: I did a few MealToday videos so you can see what I ate at least 2 of the days for lunch) yesterday was our 8th wedding anniversary and…

The last time I weighed in, nearly a month ago, I weighed in at around 187 pounds. I’ve gained nearly 4 pounds since that time and I now weigh 191.2 pounds. Here is where my excuses come flying in. I rolled my ankle really, really badly a few weeks ago and it is actually still…

Lately I’ve been lax in my workouts. This is in part due to the fact that my schedule is not lining up with Chris Fehnel‘s schedule and so I haven’t been regularly hitting the gym nor running (though I have managed to play some frisbee and basketball). I believe it is time to quit making…

Thanks to all who encouraged me after gaining a few pounds last week. It means a lot. This week I lost 2.6 pounds and weighed in at 187.4 pounds. I’m very happy with these results considering the weekend of eating rather heartily. Although I was able to play a little frisbee and play some basketball…

Just one week shy of a full year on this diet! This week has been a great week though at the moment I feel like I went a few rounds with the champ. I can has cramp Last week was the normal exercise and workout activities but near the end of the week Chris and…

The very first part of the Web2Open in San Francisco I was able to sit in on, for only a few minutes, was answering the question: "Do communities scale?". Of course, there were many opinions as to whether or not they do, whose doing it best, and how to improve in the future. But in…

As we approach the first full year of the diet I’m excited to report another great week of getting more healthy! Even though I only got to play a little basketball and managed to hit the gym only once this week, I did what I think was a great job in the "food intake" department.…

I skipped my weigh in last week due to being away. I typically do not like to weigh in somewhere else since I know that not all scales are created equal. While in California for six days I actually ate pretty well. And by well I mean a decent amount of food. When I went…

This week I weighed in at 189.4 pounds for a difference of .2 from last week, in other words, negligible difference. The last few days have been spent on the couch sleeping, waking up to eat, drink, and take medication, and then back to sleep again. So I’m fairly happy with maintaining my weight this…

My weigh ins are going to become less and less exciting (as if they were riveting before right?) because I think my weight will begin to plateau now that I’m sub-190lbs and I’m actively working out. So instead of just covering the amount of gain/loss each week I’ll also toss in some of my other…

Being able to record my fifth straight loss feels great. When I came out of my slump I was worried it would take awhile to get back on track, especially during the winter months. But I’ve found that, although I do not like going to the gym when compared to doing something active outdoors, doing…

The clouds over Texas Something always strikes me when I’m flying. Whenever I fly I’m inevitably sitting next to or near someone that feels that flying is "old hat". Typically these people are reading the newspaper, sleeping, or just generally not interested in their surroundings. I, on the other hand, am still astounded that it…

Fourty weeks! Though I didn’t manage to weigh in every single week for the last forty weeks, I did manage to do so for over 25 of them. I really can not believe that we’ve hit the forty week mark already. This week was a fairly good diet and exercise week. I wish I had…

This week I did manage to get to the gym but didn’t manage to do much cardio. I missed two days of basketball that I would have otherwise gone normally, so that sorta sticks. However, I still managed to get to 196.2 pounds from 198.0 a week ago. I need to focus a little more…

So this past week was not that great for the diet. Over 20-inches of snow fell in our area which pretty much locked us inside for about three days. So for the better part of last week, there was low if little activity (though there was some shoveling). Fast forward to the weekend and we…

Right after I wrote my "I’m doing just fine and I actually like the gym" post for week thirty two, the entire schedule got blown away and it has been more miss than hit with the gym. My basketball schedule has been lax since winter started though I get to play at least once or…

As you may already know, I like Frostys. Though my opinion is that not every Frosty is created equal; meaning that some Frostys are good and some are not so good. It is always a [crap shoot](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crap shoot) when buying a Frosty. One day you get a Frosty that will literally knock your socks off…

Such as things like this usually go for me, I had put my wallet somewhere I normally wouldn’t have and so I was unable to find it until this morning. To start though, I owe Eliza, Chris, and the kids that were at the Rec-center that day – an apology. Eliza I really thought that…

[ad#Adsense: Horiz 468] Wow I’ve never really "lost" anything before. I’ve misplaced things in the past, I’ve pulled my hair out trying to find something, but eventually nearly everything I’ve ever "lost" has turned up somewhere. Not this time. On Sunday morning I discovered that I was wallet-less. On Saturday the last time I can…

Last week I was 189.6 pounds and this week I’m up 0.4 pounds and sitting pretty at 190.0 pounds. Let me tell you thought, this is a miracle in itself due to the amount of food I ate. Eliza had some family in this past weekend and she made lasagna (one of many of my…

While doing some dishes today I thought of starting a "meme" of sorts. How could I capture the reasons why I think I’ve been successful on the diet and help to encourage those who have not, or who have yet to start their diet. I’ve come up with these five questions, and hopefully my answers…

I weighed in this morning at 189.6 pounds, up 3 pounds since 8 weeks ago. I am very surprised at this number since I thought I’d have gained more than only 3 pounds in that amount of time. My plan is to get down to 185 pounds, and I’d like those 185 pounds to be…

Without a doubt, I’m not being as strict as I used to be on my diet. I’m eating slightly more, and sometimes it isn’t the best of foods. My metabolism is much higher than it used to be, and my activity level is as well. All of this contributes to me being able to be…

Last week I was 192.2 pounds, this week I’m 192.0 pounds. Am I discouraged? Not in the least, listen to the week I had. Tuesday of last week, weigh in day, Eliza and I drove to New Jersey to visit with some family. We at mall food-court food, and Friendly’s Ice Cream. Then on the…

I’ve set and exceeded many goals over the last few months, why not add one more? Last night Chris and I went for a run, and while he had no trouble with the effort at all, I had absolutely no desire to run the entire mile. My lungs didn’t burn, my legs didn’t give out,…

"So, what’d you do this week?" – Random passerby. Well, I’m glad you asked! Because what I’ve done this week, as well as most of the past ten weeks, has really helped me with my diet. I’ve had many discussions over the last ten weeks with people on and off the diet. Many people agree,…

As you might have read in the Flickr group, I went to a fair and a baseball game this week. Both of which would have normally been events that I’d indulge in eating as much food as I could afford, along with beer. But I was able to refrain from my gluttonous past tendencies. However,…

This is just a real quick update, as I am going to wait until week ten for another photo and an update of greater detail. We went camping for five days, we had to drive a friend back and forth to Newark, New Jersey, and we had a little shindig in said friend’s honor prior…

On June 6th I announced my first "milestone goal" of wanting to be weigh 210lbs. by today (July 18th). This week I’m going on a camping trip, so I thought it’d be something to shoot for. Last week I explained how elated I’d be if I were to see the scale read anything under 210lbs.…

Can you believe we’re at six weeks already? I can’t. Most of us have come a long way in many ways. We’ve lost weight, changed our attitudes, and broke bad habits. I can’t wait to see what the next few months bring when a pretty sizable percentage of those of us on the list reach…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I can’t wait for Spring. As the weather breaks, I’m going to try to take advantage of it. Yesterday I enjoyed some time on the deck/porch, even though I could only stay out there for a little while, it was worth it. Today we’re supposed to get up to 18 degrees, or 64 for you…