Healthy Living

Why and How I Switched to a Standing Desk

June 29, 2011 Export 15 comments

Although I really haven’t mentioned it up until this point (mostly because I wanted to see how I liked it first), I’ve been using a standing desk at work for the past 4 or 5 weeks. Why make the switch to a standing desk? I’ve written several times in the past about my history of [...]

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Goals for 2011

January 3, 2011 Export 13 comments

Personally, I’m not a big fan of making New Year’s resolutions – I’d say they are pretty cliché at this point, considering that most don’t survive past the end of January. Instead, I much better like the idea of setting goals for myself for the coming year. With that being said, here are my health [...]

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One Year Down, the Rest of My Life to Go

December 31, 2010 Healthy Living 18 comments

As 2010 comes to a close, it’s hard not to look back on how much of a wild ride this past year has been. I did the stereotypical thing and started this blog on January 1, 2010, officially beginning my life-changing journey. Well, I’m happy to report, that unlike most resolutions which have gone out [...]

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Thanksgiving Recovery & Marathon Week

December 1, 2010 Healthy Living 13 comments
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I feel like I’m still recovering from Thanksgiving last week. We ended up doing Thanksgiving separately with mine and my wife’s families this year, which really just meant double the food. We started out with brunch at my mother-in-law’s house, which I actually did quite well at. For someone who doesn’t eat meat herself, it [...]

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Old Habits Die Hard

November 10, 2010 Healthy Living 16 comments

I have a celebration and a confession to make all at once: this past weekend was the first weekend in probably 2 months that I didn’t have at least a small binge of some sort. I don’t know what’s gotten into me these past 2 months, but the same scene played itself out over and [...]

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