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Reasons I Want to Lose Weight

Reason #63 I want to lose weight: My high school reunion

April 21, 2010 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight

Wow. It’s hard to believe that 10 years have already gone by since I graduated from high school. In some ways, it seems like almost yesterday. In others, it seems like ages ago. Now, I’m not one of those people who looks back at high school as being some of the best years of their [...]

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Reason #54 I want to lose weight: Hiking

March 15, 2010 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight

One of my favorite outdoor activities during the summer is hiking. I love to get outside, stretch my legs, and enjoy all the rugged beauty that Alaska has to offer. And we have TONS of hiking trails, so you’d be pretty hard-pressed to get bored hiking the same ones all the time. Anchorage is a [...]

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Reason #39 I want to lose weight: My heart

February 8, 2010 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight

(Note: I actually had this post written up and scheduled to go live today before I learned about national Wear Red Day last Friday – I suppose I should have posted this a few days sooner, oh well… I guess it still works since February is American Heart Month) We all know that being overweight [...]

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Reason #47 I want to lose weight: The beach

February 1, 2010 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight

Let’s face it – nobody likes looking at a half-naked fat ass on the beach. It tends to churn the stomach, scare small children, make dogs whimper, or at the very least, cause people to uncomfortably look away. While I live in Alaska and don’t exactly make it to the beach on a regular basis, [...]

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

January 25, 2010 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight

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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Reason #23 I want to lose weight: My back

January 18, 2010 Reasons I Want to Lose Weight

Over the past 3-4 years, I’ve had a number of lingering issues with my back. During that time, I’ve had 4 “incidents” where I’ve been in so much pain, I haven’t been able to get out of bed for several days. I’ve gone to see a chiropractor, and while they’ve been able to help with [...]

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