http://www.dougmeade.com Blogs, Podcasts, Video Blogs Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:39:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I haven't weighed in in awhile. Truth be told I've probably undone all my progress. :( It's too damned easy to get out of the routine. Probably because it's anything but routine. I need to re-evaluate and find a way to eat right as a part of my NORMAL patters. Even when business travel ... http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/so-sorry Really busy - so here are the numbers. No commentary this time. Week 4 What Now This Week Total Change Notes Weight: 166 -4 -15 I'll take it! Waist: 37.5 1- -3.5 Yo-Yo % Body Fat: 28.28 -0.10 -4.955   http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/the-diet-weigh-in-5 Technorati is being a little bitch. it refuses to put my posts in the "The-Diet" group despite my tagging of my posts in the appropriate manner. The Elitist bastard of an application is determined to keep my OUT of the social support group. I hope you like my latest tag Technorati. http://www.dougmeade.com/rant/2008/god-i-hate-technorati Well it's the end of week three, and again I have made a little progress. This was a hard week. I traveled a lot for business and ended up eating poorly. For about two and half days the only times I had to eat were before the next plane boarded. So fast food was ... http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/the-diet-weigh-in-4 Well it's the end of week two, and I have made a little progress. Not as much as week one, but I didn't follow the plan as strictly this week so ANY progress is good. I was a little worried I'd lose nothing - or worse gain. Here are the numbers. Week 2 What Now This Week Total ... http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/209 I'm not sure how many of you are following the news recently about the contaminants in drinking water across the country but here's a two second summary. Paraphrased from CNN.com: A vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones -- have been found in the drinking water ... http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/sorry-about-tainting-the-water-supply Ok so it's Monday. Today for breakfast I had two VERY TINY pieces of pumpkin bread. I couldn't bring myself to eat the fruit that accompanied it. And for lunch I had two stuffed pasta shells. I couldn't bring myself to eat the cauliflower salad that came with it. So I figured I had ... http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/sometime-you-just-need-a-cookie-ya-know Well it's the end of week one, and I have made a little progress. I was helped a bit by being sick I think. I actually had to MAKE myself eat this week as my appetite just wasn't there. (still not exactly normal either) But anyway here are the numbers. Week 1 What Now This Week Total Change Notes Weight: 175 -6 -6 it's a ... http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/the-diet-weigh-in-2 So as I struggle on through the new health initiative I thought I'd share with you some of the break through realizations that made come to terms with my situation. And the need to change it. 10)   Found myself on the couch watching "America's Biggest Loser" with a bag of Cheese ... http://www.dougmeade.com/blogs/2008/top-ten-reason-i-need-the-diet So I'm a little under the weather this weekend. So is Ethan. We're both just drained and sickly. Poor Ethan has expelled enough snot to fill his skull twice over. But even in times of sickness sometimes there's a moment of Zen. This morning Ethan crawled up on the couch I was laying on and ... http://www.dougmeade.com/family/2008/on-being-a-dad