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Learning to not Hate Green Tea (Love is Out of the Question)
It’s five weeks since I started my diet and exercise regimen… now with assistance from green tea in lieu of my preferred beverages: coffee and diet soda. I used to hate green tea. Hate it. H-A-T-E This is one of the reasons I suspected it was probably very good for me. I tend to dislike…
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Rogers Called Me
I kid you not. The Office of the President no less. It was too late to fix the problem, and they had no excuse as to why they wouldn’t budge on their prices, but it was a nice call nonetheless. Of course I didn’t actually get to speak to the President, unless the President is…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04
I lost 15.4 pounds this month, and it’s only the beginning. #BurnBabyBurn @AubrieMcg Thanks, Aubrie. Can’t wait until next month. =) .@Ms_CLau I started with just calorie counting, but added exercise when I plateaued at 9 pounds down. Added 30+30 min cardio and strength. Less of me to love: 222 (Nov 3) –> 206 (Nov…
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Can you look at yourself naked?
Today is four weeks since I started this physical rebirth. Sixteen pounds doesn’t seem like much to have lost, and maybe it’s gone unnoticed by other people, but there’s already a perceptible effect to me. The other day I passed by the large mirror in the washroom at my workplace… and I actually caught my…
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The Hacker’s Diet – November 2011
So, when my weight hit 222 pounds I had something of an epiphany and decided on a diet and exercise regimen. I chose The Hacker’s Diet, which I’d actually tried 2 years ago. Nothing wrong with the diet, I just wasn’t committed enough to stick to any kind of reduction. As diets go, Hacker’s couldn’t…
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Going… Going… Gone!
Goodbye Rogers High Speed Internet. I’ve now had TekSavvy service for nearly a week, after 5 days of wrangling with Rogers to release my line. I’m not sure if Rogers managed to fix their issues of their own accord, or with some pushing from my wife’s friend who started making waves from inside, but my…
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Moar Powar
Recently I decided to slim down. I’ve been overweight all of my adult life… Plan: Lose 72 pounds in the next 6 months Steps: Engage in ritual semi-starvation until even the brown fat perishes in my metabolic flames Embarrass myself daily by posting highly personal details about my aging body to the Internet, in glistening,…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Prince & The Revolution (6), Split Enz (2) & Herbie Hancock (1) #mm http://t.co/DCYjnDnR @LebeauRox I fully expected to see a picture of a bottle of wine, but Muppets… they’re cool, too. My body is fighting my diet. It’s shifted my metabolism to compensate for the calorie cut, so I’m…
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Rogers Internet: Incompetence or Indifference?
So, my saga with Rogers continues. On Saturday they were to have ceased all Internet activity on my cable line, and yet they continue to mount a de-facto Denial Of Service attack on my house, preventing me from getting the TekSavvy service I’ve been paying for for the last 5 days. I filed a ticket…