Keeping It Off
I have been working on a weight experiment. I wanted to see if I could lose weight by simply eating less. No complicated diets. No huge exercise program. All I did until the last couple weeks was eat healthier and eat less and I have lost 24 pounds. I was already doing push-ups and pull-ups before I started so I kept that exercise and I tried to stay active doing work around the...
Read MoreYou Weigh What You Spend
Fixing a problem or achieving a goal usually means focusing on it, sometimes to the detriment of other things in our lives. One of my goals is to write. In order to do this and be good at it I need to spend quite a bit of time at it. This means less time for other things, even things that are important to me. Every now and then, though, we come across goals that work together. When we...
Read More15 Pounds in 6 Weeks
The recommended American career path: graduate high school, graduate college, and get a job sitting down for eight hours a day. Having a desk job says you have made it in the business world. All of your work can be done sitting down in front of a computer or in a conference room in comfy chairs. So many people aspire to this and many achieve it. They end up in a chair behind a desk. ...
Read MoreVibram FiveFingers: Objections and Responses
Ever since purchasing my Vibram FiveFingers I have heard (and seen) many different reactions to them. One of the most common is the glance-look away-stare. People see them then self consciously look away only for their curiosity to win out. Then they stare. This is the response from most strangers. Understandable. Who wants to walk up to a guy they don’t know and ask about his...
Read MoreTurn Weight Goals Into Health Goals
This time of year comes with many people resolving to lose some weight. We just made it through the holiday season and everyone has eaten more than they should have. Regulars at the gyms know this time of year well. There is a huge influx of people at the beginning of January. But over the next few months they slowly dwindle away leaving the regulars thankful for the departure of the...
Read MoreThe Sturdy FiveFinger Treks
It has been about a month since my first FiveFinger purchase and I could not be happier. I purchased my first pair of KSOs at the beginning of the year and I loved them so much that I thought I would get another pair so I could wear them all the time. I decided on the hefty KSO Trek. When I say hefty I mean it. The bottom of the Trek is a little thicker than the KSO and has more tread. The...
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