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Mike, Chris, and I This will be a quick weigh in, being that Mike is in town. Last week I was 192.2 pounds, while this week I’m down 2 pounds at 190.2 pounds. These last pounds seem to be more difficult – so I’m going to put in a slightly more concerted effort over the […]

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And I completely agree with this. Everywhere I look I see people breathing heavy because they had to bend down to pick up the cookies on the bottom shelf at Walmart. I’m just happy I’m no longer one of them, and neither are several other people. Help reverse the trend, join the diet. [tags]diet, the-diet[/tags]

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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 […]

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Occasionally when we’ve got a group of guys/gals over, we do the Pictionary thing. More often than not, we split the teams up by guys and gals. This definitely gives the girls an unfair advantage (women are telepathic you know), but sometimes us guys just absolutely crush the ladies. Thought I’d share some photos of […]

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I set the goal to run a mile before today because I figured it was a good idea to set goals. If I didn’t make it I could have said "Well, I tried. And at least I’m a better jogger now than I was when I started." And I kept telling myself that even up […]

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For those that do not know Eliza’s track record, allow me to simply tell you that she is far better at gift giving than I am. She’s incredibly thoughtful, and when she gives gifts she has the ability to hone in on one’s desires better than anyone I’ve ever known. Obviously, I’m biased. But there’s […]

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So, how much should you weigh? Obviously the numbers vary slightly depending on age and sex, but the following equation should help you to determine if you are within range of being considered medically healthy. First, you must figure out what your BMI is. Your Body Mass Index can help you to determine whether a […]

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Twelve weeks! It seems like only yesterday that I began my diet. Actually, I thought for sure that I would end up quitting before reaching any of my goals. I guess I showed myself! On May 30th I set the goal to be 190 pounds. As of last week I was 194.4 pounds. This week […]

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Eleven weeks and still going strong. Although I missed one day worth of exercise, which was replaced with eating, drinking, and being merry – I still did fairly well. Last week, I weighed in at 197.2 pounds. This week I’m 194.4 pounds for a loss of 2.8 pounds, and I’m really happy with this result. […]

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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, […]

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My site doesn’t look like your typical blog. A typical blog layout usually consists of a date oriented archive structure, a categorical listing of posts, etc. I’m not too huge a fan of these means of taxonomy. Not that they are bad or don’t work, I just prefer a flat, miscellanea pile of tags rather […]

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"This week, I see a ton of articles saying WWDC 2006 is a disappointment, and even speculating that maybe Steve Jobs is sick. I simply don’t have words for this. Leopard is still three quarters away. There’s a LOT of work to do, yet. At the keynote, everybody got a sneak-peak at some of the […]

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"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, […]

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I have two main requests to all dieters. The first would be to make an effort to sign up to our Flickr group before the weigh in on week ten. Flickr accounts are free, and they never ever send you email so do not be worried about spam. The second request I’ve posted in our […]

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Spending five days outdoors, sleeping "on the ground", and dealing with nature may not appeal to some – but I thoroughly enjoy it. Sure, some of the amenities of home invariably end up coming with us, but I still consider it roughing it compared to my daily lifestyle. Yearly camping trips seem to be the […]

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Playing frisbee Recently, we’ve started playing ultimate frisbee. Just before camping we decided to give this game a whirl, and ended up playing until it was too dark to play. While we were camping we played a little frisbee every day we were there. While camping though, Bryan decided to pull a Jet Lee on […]

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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, […]

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For anyone that checks my site, or will check my site, to see what is up with 9rules.com being down, it is due to a large scale power outage, in combination with a few generators becoming flame-throwers. So, it will be back up as soon as they can get everything together. Side note: The team […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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Here is the shirt that I wore to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. "Davy Jones owes me Five Bucks!" Eliza, being the ultimate Jack Sparrow fan (read: Johnny Depp infatuation), wore her own custom tshirt to the premier. "Mrs. Jack Sparrow" I believe in retrospect, Eliza would have rather written "Mrs. Captain Jack […]

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This week was an unusual one. Even with recent flooding, we were knocked off our normal exercise routine due to many people going away for the holiday, parks being closed for festivities, and me injuring my hamstring. My results for this week are not solely based on the amount of exercise for this week, though. […]

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Every Spring our area experiences water run-off from the Winter snow, which usually causes flooding in low laying areas. Being at nearly the top of what is a fairly high mountain range, we do not see any real damaging effects of this run-off – but we surely see the water rushing by. And "the valley" […]

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You may notice that my web site has some new digs. Something that is probably obvious to you, is that I am not completely done with the home page, but the improvements that the theme brings to the table are too valuable not to launch it just a bit early. One of the biggest complaints […]

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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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On the heels of last night’s lightning storm, we had a moth on our deck this morning. Moth on the porch click the moth for more photos He still hasn’t flown away. I am thinking maybe he’d be good for the diet. How many calories in a moth anyway? Update: Turns out this is a […]

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Current weight: 225.6 pounds I’ve been floating between 220 and 227 for what seems like forever. When I did my diets in the past I quickly lose weight, then give up – and spring right back into this range. I suppose I should just be happy that I don’t just keep getting heavier. May 30th, […]

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Lightning illuminates everything, click above for more photos Wow. We were just treated to an extraordinary display of nature. Thunderstorms, while not uncommon in our neck of the woods, typically pass very quickly. Tonight we had a thunderstorm that went on for a few hours, and is still fading slowly as I write this. Eliza […]

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I used to write a diet log, that is – when I was actually on a diet. Mike, Chris and I will be "competing" in a diet contest. Since it is very hard to compete for pounds, or percentage of body fat, etc – we’ve decided that we’re just going to try to help each […]

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If you haven’t submitted your site yet, don’t forget. And, if you have, try to spread the word on your blog or to your friends via IM or any other means at your disposal. We’re really looking to diversify, and we need you help to do so. Five hours left, so get to it.

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For the last few years we have been dealing with ‘life with two cats in an apartment’. There are many drawbacks, and benefits, to having cats (as I’m sure many of you cat lovers out there know). We had been wanting to get new couches for quite awhile, and have been unable since we feared […]

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This past Friday Eliza and I drove to Paramus, New Jersey (about a two and half hour drive) to visit with my sister, brother-in-law, and niece and also to buy some stuff at Ikea. Our hopes were to purchase a new desk and lamp for my office, as well as a few bookcases for our […]

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My brother’s house has not been sold yet, but his website for it has definitely worked out already. We’re tracking the visitors using Performancing‘s service, and we’ve been able to determine a few things about the Web site. First of all, it serves as a very good filter for all interested parties. Peter put an […]

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