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The Fruitfly Conspiracy
This past Saturday marked the end of my 9th week of diet and exercise. The scale read 194.2, a new low, for nearly 28 pounds lost so far. Just the boost I needed to reinforce my commitment to fruit, which has gone from an occasional diversion to a multiple-times-daily staple of my diet. If only…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08
burned 317 calories doing 29 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM and calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 01/01/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal lost 0.4 pounds since his last weigh-in! He’s lost 25.4 pounds so far. #myfitnesspal burned 367 calories doing 31 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01
burned 610 calories doing 53 minutes of “Cardio/Strength Mix (with HRM and Calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/25/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal burned 462 calories doing 50 minutes of “Shoveling snow” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/26/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal…
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The Hacker’s Diet – December 2011
I lost 9 pounds lost this month (and 24.4 pounds in total)! My lowest weight was 197 and I’m not exactly certain why it spiked up nearly two pounds only one day after. Two theories: (1) my body is continuing to fight the weight loss, because the change is sudden and my equilibrium is still…
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Harry Potter and Photographer of Al Jazeera
“Are you certain this is safe?” Harry asked. Aziz Abdul Rahman, who was unpacking his telephoto lens carefully from its flight case, looked positively bemused. عبد العزيز عبد الرحمن “Do not worry yourself needlessly, my spectacled companion,” he soothed, “I have done this for many years… And you… the Chosen One… you have braved far greater dangers against…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25
burned 550 calories doing 49 minutes of cardio exercises, including “Cardio/Strength Mix (with HRM and Calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/18/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal burned 519 calories doing 41 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM and calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18
burned 701 calories doing 63 minutes of “Cardio/Strength Mix (with HRM and Calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/11/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal Damned fruitflies. Deliberately exceeding my daytime calories so my evening exercise will cancel it out. Hopefully no more days of 600-800 net calories. burned 290…
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The Gift of Yourself
It’s six weeks since I started my diet and exercise regimen… I am now just over 200 pounds, or nearly 22 pounds down from where I started. To her credit, my wife took our wedding vows literally, loving me for better and for worse. At the beginning of November 2011, I’d certainly never looked worse. …
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11
posted a new blog post http://t.co/8ayJIG3a #myfitnesspal burned 451 calories doing 45 minutes of “Aerobics, general” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/04/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal burned 143 calories doing 30 minutes of “Walking, 3.0 mph, mod. pace, walking dog” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/05/2011…