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Update Healthy Living 33 – No more excuses

My writer friend wrote last week about "roots" in conjunction with being from the east coast (mostly) and living in LA.  It reminded me of how a lot of this journey began.  This post is about roots - and how... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 29 – Beef vegetable soup, and a few other tips

I've been posting some of the meal prep I do on Facebook, and a few times some folks have asked for the recipe.  I thought I posted this before, but...well....not here.  So let's do this.  Let's start off with my... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 28 – My first garden?

I always thought gardening was for old men wearing old man shorts and black socks pulled up.  Or, at least that's how both of my grandfathers did it.  Both of them had pretty impressive sized gardens, and both were WW2... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 27 – making YOU the priority in your life and being a “selfish person”

It seems selfish.  You have to make YOU a priority over everyone else. You're a bad husband.  A bad father.  A bad son.  A bad human. You're being selfish. Yes, I am. I was faced with a crisis last summer... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 26 – My @#*@R Bike and more food prep

I love my bike.  It's so freeing.  Friday, I had a mandated half day for myself.  I had put in over 95 hours the previous 2 weeks and felt I needed an afternoon.  As it turns out, it was pretty... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 25 – Running yourself thin? Think again

I want to run.  So badly.  And I get to do it from time to time, but I need to send out a PSA for a lot of people that might be seriously overweight and think that running is your... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 24 – another 6.2 pounds and the costs of healthy living

First - I want to pat myself on the back as another month goes by, and another 6.2 pounds came off.  What is interesting about what I'm doing with strength training is that: I'm eating relatively a LOT of food... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 20 – a typical week of eating and exercise to lose fat

I have been writing extensively how just about anyone can do this - once you have a proper roadmap. I'm a big dude, but I'm also pretty athletic.  My trainer first told me to eat 2800 calories a day, then... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 19 – 40 pounds!

Today I hit 40.0 pounds lost! One thing of note, is I never had less than 2400 calories per day to do it.  It took me to actually go the step of hiring a personal trainer to coach me through... Continue Reading →

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