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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 →

Update to Healthy Living 18 -stocking up on staples…and, is a trainer worth it?

For January, I lost 4 pounds.  I was feeling a little saddened by this, but I also know the scale doesn't tell the full story.  I asked to weigh in on the fancy scale at the gym, some $5,000 scale... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 18 – how I plan a day of meals and overnight oatmeal

I'm writing a lot this week because I can.  The wife is at her parent's house in Long Island, New York, and I have a lot of free time.  She kinda sorta hates me writing all of this stuff because... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 17 – Best practices

I'm going to mirror a lot of what I write here into one of my static pages, then update that as I go forward.  Over the past 4 months or so, my entire life has really changed, and I wanted... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 16 – inspiration

Every year, as New Years rolled around, so did another gimmick fad diet that was doomed to fail.  As I mentioned in early blogs, I've lost weight before.  This time, it's much different than the others.  I used to also... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 15 – the built-in problem with “dieting”

I've failed more times than you can possibly count.  I'm here to tell you all of the problems with "dieting" - and a proposed solution to this problem.  In the featured image, this "diet" essentially wants you to give up... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 14 – first check in, product alerts, and more food updates

My first "check in" with weight was today with the trainer.  I started with her on 11/18 (my birthday) and got the weigh in there.  Today, I was 10.4 pounds less!!  This is including my birthday meal, Thanksgiving, and Christmas! ... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 13 -Ground Turkey, the Christmas Cheese Steak, and hitting your macros

I'm feeling pretty jacked these days.  Like feeling like I can bench press a truck.  While I don't look like the healthiest chap alive, I feel like the healthiest version of me that ever existed.  I just seem to have found... Continue Reading →

Update to Healthy Living 12 – Lessons I’ve learned so far

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve.  This reminds me of a tradition in our house for 15 years.  Tacos.  Well....it gets more intense than "tacos".  The corn tortilla is lightly fried in vegetable oil for 30 seconds, and stored on paper towels... Continue Reading →

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