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Archive for May, 2008

The last two weeks have been hard for me psychologically, specifically getting past the mental barriers of long acquaintance; getting myself to the point where I could believe that I could break past old norms. Every time I approached 190 pounds, a part deep inside pushed back. My mental thermostat was turning on the furnace [...]

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I’m not counting calories. My brain’s not really wired for operating like that day in and day out. I can do stuff like that for a day, or two. After three days have gone by… forget it. (Please don’t read anything into that. If you’re counting calories, my hat is off to you. That’s an [...]

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With the arrival of spring, there has been a shift in our daily habits. We’re outdoors more because the sun is warm and the grass is green. We’ve set up seven new square foot gardens, refreshed the bird garden, and started coaxing the grass out of its hibernation.
In moving past my “terror barrier”, I’ve [...]

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Last week I hit a major milestone. I’m now as light as I was about 12 years ago when I watched my weight skyrocket into the solid 200’s. For some reason that time period remained with me quite vividly. I then went on in subsequent years to peak out in the 260 pound range in [...]

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OK, something not quite as brain-heavy: Food! Yum!
I’ve been getting off-line comments about “starving” oneself. This puzzles me a bit, so I generally ask for clarification, i.e. “What do you mean by ’starving’ yourself?”
When I personally think of starvation, I think of a guy I knew when I was in Australia. He was [...]

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