Fitness

Back to the daily grind

We returned Tuesday evening from our wonderful visit to California. I had brought Claire and Leo down with me on business, and we stayed a few extra days to visit our friends Chris and Tom in Santa Barbara. Claire wrote a series of entertaining emails describing our adventures, and with her permission, I’ll post them [...]

Fitness Chart Updated

I’ve also added a permanent link to my weight / body fat charts in the “Links” section to the right of the screen.

Charting My Progress

Thanks to this fitness program we have at work now, I can measure my weight and bodyfat every weekday morning. At night the info gets uploaded to a website that I check daily. It shows my progress in graphical format. I’m sure there’s a way to automate its posting to this site, but until I [...]

Some Progress, Minor Setback

Late last week I caught the cold that Leo had, so I ended up being too weak or stuffed up to work out. I stayed on the diet, though. I started feeling much better yesterday, so I got back on the wagon. Current weight: 226lbs. It seems like pretty rapid weight loss, but I’m not [...]

Fitness Update

My fitness regimen has been underway for 5 days now, and I have some progress to report. I’ve quit coffee. Although I only drank one cup per day, this was more difficult than previous times I’d stopped drinking it. I had caffeine withdrawal headaches on the second day, and I was really irritable. So I [...]

So what’s so big?

The answer, my friends, is me. As of just a few minutes ago, I weighed in at a portly 237 lbs. I’m only 5’11″ or so. It’s crazy. I’ve let myself get far too fat. I’ve got to stop the madness and get back into shape. My last weight loss trip was over a year [...]