As I stated when I started the site, I never really thought about my weight until that day my seatbelt didn’t fit very well. I guess I used to hide from the fact that I was gaining weight in video games, in work, in my relationships; in anything that would let me. It wasn’t until [...]

It’s funny how we as people measure things. Months, pounds and inches are all arbitrary decisions we use to determine the size or length of something. Success and failure are just as flexible in their use. With that I am going to put my own spin on the meaning of success in terms of how [...]

For being a technical person, and someone who used to create websites (back in the day when knowing HTML was all it took), I am fairly average at the technical aspects of maintaining the blog. Out of the blue on Thursday, the site stopped working. I didn’t change anything; but it just stopped working. I [...]

I awoke early to a steady snow this morning. As a point of reference, it was 65 here yesterday, sunny and beautiful. My friends are here for the conference, two of them sleeping just a few feet from where I type this. The past two days I have been feeling a bit down about my [...]

Wasn’t sure which to start with, so I’ll start with the bad news: Folks, I won’t be around much the rest of the weekend. I have friends coming into town and a video game convention to attend. I’m going to work seriously on maintaining or losing weight this weekend, but I’m facing an uphill battle. [...]

The great sage Don Henley once spoke: “I’ve been tryin’ to get down to the heart of the matter  But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter” The rest of the song is some whining about heartbreak and forgiveness. But these are the two key lines for today.  After the weekend of [...]

Yesterday I spent time talking about my Friday and Saturday. Today’s post is about my Sunday fun in the sun from the back of a bike. We have laundry machines in our building, and one of my weekly errands is to get the quarters we need to do the laundry. Normally, I do that when [...]

We had beautiful weather here in Boston for basically this past weekend, and we made sure to take advantage of it. It was such a full weekend that I don’t want Sunday to get lost further down the post, so I’m breaking the weekend into two pieces. Friday night we celebrated 6 months of wedded [...]

I’ve taken the last couple of days off from working out. Between some serious workouts and generally not getting enough sleep, I was feeling pretty worn down. I enjoyed my St. Patricks Day, and even ate a little more than planned, but still within reason.  Weight was up a little bit, 314 (point something). It’s [...]

Good morning and Happy St. Patricks Day! Being that it’s a holiday of major religious drinking implications, I’ll be over-indulging like most every one else: by drinking 1 or maybe even 2 Bud Light Golden Wheats; and enjoying a day of rest. We had another strong workout last night, 55 minutes on the bike followed [...]