January 2010

My Birthday Present to Myself

January 29, 2010 Odds and Ends 9 comments
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Today I complete another trip around the sun. As I mentioned in my weigh-in post this morning, today is my birthday – my 28th birthday to be exact. In recent years, I haven’t made a very big deal out of my birthday. We usually just have a small family party at the house, and that’s [...]

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Weekly Weigh-in #4

January 29, 2010 Weigh-in 15 comments

Well, it’s that time of the week again – weigh-in Friday! All in all the week went pretty well. I had the same problem as last week, where I started out kind of slowly, and then started to pick things up more towards the end of the week. I don’t know if it’s going back [...]

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A Minor Setback

January 27, 2010 Odds and Ends 20 comments

Ok, so I made a bit of a mistake, and it’s kind of embarassing to admit actually. Apparently, I don’t remember how tall I am. That’s right, I actually forgot how tall I am. Before you start snickering and making fun of me, let me at least try to explain what happened. When I started [...]

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Reason #76 I want to lose weight: My wedding ring

January 25, 2010 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight 16 comments

When my wife and I got married in 2004, we both went on diets for about 6 months before the wedding to lose some extra weight. While we looked great in the wedding photos, there was one drawback that we hadn’t thought about before – the size of our wedding rings. At the time of [...]

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Weekly Weigh-in #3

January 22, 2010 Weigh-in 13 comments

Week #3 started off pretty slowly, but I managed to finish off with a bang! For 3 days near the start of this week, my weight was hanging around 267 without much movement. Of course, this is one of the reasons I like doing daily weigh-ins, as it gave me a heads up that I [...]

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