Category: personal
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The (non) Importance of Caring
A former student of mine at some point had a facebook status that read, Why should I study something I don’t care about? Why should teachers teach something they don’t care about? Actually, to be 100% accurate, the student’s status said that this was in someone else‘s status. But still… “Why should I study something…
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Week 9 in the program
The truly observant will notice that somehow I skipped from Week 7 to Week 9. I’m not a time traveler… I had miscounted earlier. *sigh* Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 318.8 | -6.6 | -49.6 Blood Pressure | Systolic | Diastolic * | 120 | 70 I fell just…
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25 Things
There is a viral meme going around Facebook about listing 25 random things about yourself. It’s not accurate, since people spend some time crafting the 25 things (so they’re not really random … it’s not like people write 500 things and do a Monte Carlo selection or anything). Anyone, I got tagged by Annie and…
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Week 7 on HMR
Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 325.4 | -5.8 | -43.0 Blood Pressure | Systolic | Diastolic * | 120 | 80 I had a pretty good week, losing almost six pounds. It’s not quite a record but I’ll take it. 🙂 My blood pressure has clearly settled down to…
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Week 6 on HMR
Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 331.2 | -4.2 | -37.2 Blood Pressure | Systolic | Diastolic * | 110 | 84 It would seem I’ve hit my steady state in the program. Weight loss is bumping around 5 lbs weekly, which is more than satisfactory. My blood pressure also…
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Health of the Republic: Reset to 50%
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this ticker. And it remains completely arbitrary, of course. But with a new administration taking hold of the reins, it’s time for some (cautious) optimism about the restoration of the Republic. I have genuine high hopes for Barack Obama and his people. I think this is a smart,…
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Back on Track
Weight this week | Change since last week | Total change 335.4 | -6.2 | -33.0 Blood Pressure | Systolic | Diastolic * | 112 | 80 This was a better week from the viewpoint of weight loss — nearly three times as better, in fact. Even better, my blood pressure seems to be improving…
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Holiday Weight Loss
Weight this week Change since last week Total change 341.6 -2.4 -26.8 After two weeks of holidays, my total weight loss was 4.6 pounds. While that represents a falling-off of my original rate, such is to be expected. And at least I can say I lost weight during the holidays, which is something uncommon in…
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How to Save a Life
Weight this week Change since last week Total change 344.0 -2.2 -24.4 Just like JD, I often think of that song… Anyway, if you’ve been reading our story so far, you know that an aching tooth sent me to (of all places) the cardiologist’s office. He mandated a number of lifestyle changes to help me…