Work can be a distraction, even though it is an important and integral part of my life. I’m very grateful to be employed, but life is more than work. I need to remember that. It...
I have started going to the gym and did a new exercise on a machine that builds hip muscles using resistance and leg-spreading and leg-closing movements, as well as some weighted ab work. I did...
“Death…not really a goal.” We want to live as long as possible because we love our lives. But death comes to us all. If you want to read a brief biography of a regular non-celebrated...
I continue the voyage of discovery in yet another new section of the trail. Philosophy Dept.: How often have you heard someone (or even yourself) say “I’d love to X, but the reality is I...
I start at Veteran’s park, where trees are blooming (see below). There seems to be a discrepancy in the mile markers. One of them says the whole loop is 5.25 miles, and it marks the...
This is the time when diets and whole health plans go wrong. I’ve lost a lot of weight quickly and my metabolism is shot. I can’t eat more than about 1200 calories without gaining. Perhaps...
It’s a great spring day, so I am sorry if you are reading this in the heat of August wherever you are. Just think of me as a breath of crisp spring air in your...
I lost 1.8 pounds last night. It’s a constant battle trying to increase the calories I can burn in a day. It’s the Battle for Metabolism. I acquire an inversion table and try it out....
I keep close track of calories, trying to slowly cut to a point that would level me out at 204 pounds, the weight I was at the end of the contest, but without starving and...
I see my general practitioner, who breaks down the possible causes of my arm pain. He also displays his artistic skills on a sheet of exam table paper, preserved here as the featured image. The...
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