Like pretty much everyone who has been overweight for a while, I have tried to lose weight many times. The earliest I can remember is when I was a young teenager, and I used to drink these chocolate diet shakes…
Yearly Archives: 2013
Inevitability
My favorite thing about my Health Journey™ is the change in my mindset. At various points in the past, I have been hopeful for future weight loss and health, resigned to a future of fatness and an early death, and…
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Guilt
If you’ve ever been overweight — especially if you’ve been extremely overweight — you’re probably familiar with guilt. It has probably been your constant companion at times. I know it has for me. The guilt has taken various forms over…
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Overcoming Human Nature
I’m going to show you a lot of pictures right now — 22 to be exact. They all have two things in common. One common trait is that I am in all the pictures. I’ll tell you the other thing…
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The Topic of Conversation
We had a neighborhood party tonight, to say goodbye to some good friends who are moving to St. George tomorrow. There were a lot of people there, all neighbors who I know well, but with everyone’s busy schedules and lives,…
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Exercise is a Four-Letter Word
“I can’t lose weight unless I start eating right and exercising. But I can’t exercise because I’m so heavy that everything hurts when I do anything. But if I can’t exercise, what’s the point of eating right?” That’s the cycle…
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“If I can do it, anyone can!”
Don’t you just hate the people who say that? You’ll be watching “The Biggest Loser,” and some newly skinny person says, “If I can do it, anyone can!” Here’s my thought process when I hear that: “You know what, skinny…
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One Warning About the Slow-Carb Diet
I realized today that I hadn’t mention this here on the blog yet, and I wanted to make sure it’s here for anyone who is thinking about giving it a shot. The first couple weeks I was doing Slow-Carb, I…
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How to Lose Weight Without Breaking Your Kids (I Hope)
I’m a dad. I try to be a really good dad, and most days I think I succeed. And let’s be honest, since I’ve been getting healthier, I’m a much better dad, because when my kids say, “Let’s race, Daddy,”…
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Muscle vs. Fat
Earlier today, when I was writing about “The Biggest Loser,” I got off onto a tangent that I decided to cut out and make its own post. This is it. If it seems like I’m starting mid-thought, I kind of…
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