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How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Today's Tweets

06:26 Wt: 164.6, RHR: 51 #

06:35 It's raining! And I'm running late. #

06:47 Mangled tweet! #

07:10 Tweet-driving, wishing I was still in bed. #

07:57 I'm surprised how many people are at work today. Sucks, that means I'll have to work a full day. :) #

07:58 I also left my gym bag at home so I wouldn't be tempted to work out today. I still don't feel all that great. #

08:50 Captain Obvious is now a reporter. This just in, sports drinks that include protein are better! tinyurl.com/7yw3mv #

09:07 Dell tells me the reason this computer won't run the PCIe x1 card I bought is that it "wasn't designed for gaming." Nice. #

09:07 Said PC has a PCIe x16 slot and TWO PCIe x1 slots. #

09:08 Said PC was purchased to run 6 monitors in order to display FREIGHT TRAFFIC. Yeah, that's gaming, mm-hmm. #

09:32 Aha! Finally an answer from Dell, they say the bandwidth of these cards is too high, creating the incompatibility. #

09:41 Hey cool, my boss is taking us to lunch. #

09:41 Sushi again, likely. :) #

11:12 I love how everyone is just scheming to get out of work early today. Meanwhile nothing is getting done and I'm fighting with computers. #

11:44 Off to lunch. Ooh the girl gets to pick. #

11:58 Sushi! What a surprise. I'll have chicken teriyaki. :) #

16:33 Tonite my mom's going to accuse me of trying to starve myself. #

18:53 Marlo Thomas is on Larry King, her face is like a Barbie (i.e., plastic) #

19:00 Kids opening presents @ Grandma's house. #

19:26 Hah! I told my mom no to pie. She pouted. Oh well. #

19:34 My mom got me a Gillette Fusion "Phenom". What's phenom? It's the same as standard fusion! #

20:19 My son says he wanted Obama to be elected because he's a famous guy. #

21:43 Nobody says, "get off my lawn" like Clint Eastwood. #

22:03 New post on my blog: Merry Christmas Eve!: Hey, guys. I'm still hanging in there, but still .. tinyurl.com/7bfyeg #

22:29 Wrapping is all done, finishing up watching Fringe, then off to bed. #

22:48 Nite all. May Santa bring you many presents. #

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas Eve!

Hey, guys. I'm still hanging in there, but still not feeling well, and not going to the gym or running. I honestly didn't picture spending Christmas this way, last weekend I was picturing myself at the gym today and running tomorrow. The way I still feel, 3 days after my first symptoms, I'm not running tomorrow for my life.

I am healthy overall though. My RHR was back to normal this morning, and at least I'm not SICK (i.e., not throwing up or anything, don't have a fever to the point of staying in bed).

Today my boss took our department to lunch, and I actually said aloud that I would be (as opposed to thinking about) doing a marathon on May 3. It just sort of came out. I'm not financially committed yet, but it would appear that mentally I'm committed. Or should be committed.

So that's where I'm at. Merry Christmas, everyone.

Today's Tweets

05:53 Wt: 164.2, RHR: 61 #

07:49 My wife told me to go by REI on the way home and pick up a gift for myself from Santa. What should I buy? #

07:49 Hey, I know, I'll get the $599 Garmin Oregon GPS! ;) #

08:19 Two fax machines, side by side. The call comes in, "One of the faxes needs a cartridge." "Which one?" I ask. "I dunno." is the response. #

08:28 No REI trip. My wife: "Remember I went shopping and thought I had money in the bank? I'm $200 overdrawn now." #

08:32 Wow, Fry's Electronics veep embezzled $65M. D'oh! www.yahoo.com/s/1006253 #

09:49 This time of year I always remember an old jingle: "Merry Christmas, Merry Merry Christmas, from your K-Mart Christmas store!" #

09:55 "You ain't the Dukes of Hazzard!" tinyurl.com/6fo4su #

11:13 This just bites. I moved two computers across the warehouse and now I feel like I'm gonna die. I don't think I'm running today. #

11:25 Woo! Digg is now tweeting. blog.digg.com/?p=463 #

13:08 Well buh-low me down, my wife got a $1000 bonus for Christmas. I got a rock. #

14:39 A little NYC for ya: tinyurl.com/63msws #

20:29 Finished Christmas shopping! Got some Nike tights for myself to boot. From Santa, you see. #

21:42 I can't stand it anymore, I need to go to bed. No getting up at 2:30am! My tiredness is ridiculous. Nite all. #

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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Today's Tweets

05:50 Wt: 165.2, RHR: 68. Weight up, RHR up, and I feel like crap. Head hurts, throat full of phlegm. Ugh. #

06:11 36 degrees here. So much for the cloud cover warming things up. #

06:44 Newspaper says ppl are getting rid of pets due to the economy. Think my wife will let me get rid of the cat? #

08:15 RIP Abit. :( #

08:26 I like hores. img385.imageshack.us/img385/8918/horespq7.jpg #

08:27 Hmm that didn't get automatically converted to tinyurl, weird. #

08:34 The London Telegraph has a story about Lance Armstrong's tweets! tinyurl.com/7pewvj #

08:54 Hey, I just realized I don't feel as crappy as I did this morning. Thank goodness. I still feel crappy though, it's just more manageable. #

09:37 Explaining 8/7c to my Indian coworker. *snicker* #

09:44 Sweet! Michael Chiklis is developing a new series based on Ponzi Schemes! Chiklis is the MAN. #

11:21 Partly cloudy, 47 degrees... wonder if I should swap running & gym days, since tomorrow's supposed to rain? #

13:40 Off to the gym, a bit later than usual. #

14:35 Finished @ the gym, heading back to work for PROTEIN! #

15:41 Dangit, couldn't resist the deer-poop sized toffee. Had two pieces. #

16:26 MapMyFitness.com: Completed 12/22/2008. 216 (kcal). 00:30:52 #

17:00 Ritualistic Monday drive home: Diet Dew, protein bar, & Jillian Michaels. Hope TBL's Michelle is on! #

18:41 My 3yo is playing her handheld videogame. With her toes. She's not doing too badly, either. #

18:42 Meanwhile the headache's returned. Ibuprofen, down the hatch! Come on, baby. #

18:50 Jillian Michaels podcast report... no TBL guests, and no mention at ALL of TBL. Grrrr. #

20:09 It's a trick. Get an axe. #

20:33 New post on my blog: Weight Workout: This morning was awful. My weight was up, at 165.4, and.. tinyurl.com/a5rsga #

21:33 I'm off to bed. Let's just hope tomorrow I feel better. #

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