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Fat Fit Like Me
I’m kind of making up this fitness thing as I go, picking out the common threads from a number of sources and taking a common-sense approach that really boils down to “eating right + getting off your...
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Behold: The Burning
Okay, folks: the sorta horror-themed fitness group is now live. It’s dubbed The Burning, and can be found at the following address: thebur.ning.com Ain’t that clever? Anyone’s welcome to join, of...
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Fits and Starts
It seems like that’s the way everything’s coming these days. In the fitness routine, my weight’s been stable for a month or so. Suddenly I’m seeing a drop again, and I finally lost another five pounds...
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Heeding My Own Advice
My Yoda Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri. The wife read yesterday’s blog post and says I’m full of crap. She then challenged me to try it myself. So I did. At lunchtime, I tossed the Squirt up on my...
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Sudden Realization
The other problem with slow weight loss is you don’t see the differences right off. Maybe you start to notice your clothes fit loosely, or you compare some numbers if you’ve been keeping track of your...
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In for the Long Haul
Future Black Belt Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri. Tonight I joined my dojo’s Black Belt Club. This means I’m making a commitment to earn my black belt, and I’ll get to attend some extra workouts...
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Never Too Old
When I first started thinking about joining karate with my son, I wondered if I was too old. I am not. After I joined, a couple of people asked if I was too old to start learning karate. I am not....
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Big Loser
The Biggest Loser contest at work is going much better this time around. I’ve cut 3.5% of my body weight since we started, and we’ve got two more weeks to go. A lot of people haven’t been weighing in...
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Wheezy No More
Feeling much better now. Karate class went well yesterday, and at the moment I’m taking a break from a last-ditch workout in hopes of hitting this month’s weight goal tomorrow morning. The burn and...
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2007: Year in Review
If someone were to ask me how this year went, my first reaction would be to call it a write-off. Then I got to thinking about it, and it actually hasn’t been so bad after all. Let’s look back, shall...
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2008: The Year to Come
It’s been an interesting start to the year already, but there’s a lot on the horizon. For starters, Muy Mal is officially back, complete with a rockin’ new look provided by Russ Dickerson. John and...
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A Year in Pictures
What a difference a year makes. Despite falling behind on my 52 Weeks Flickr group contributions, I now have an entire year’s worth of self portraits in my 52 Weeks set. Sure, I’ve got 8 more to post,...
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The Need for a New Maxim
Is anyone else sick of “No pain, no gain!” I thought that died in the early nineties, but occasionally I’ll hear it pop up again. In most cases it’s at a gym or similar workout setting, and it always...
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Plateaus
I hit a definite plateau in my weight loss recently, holding the same weight from late December through the middle of February. I thought I was going to have to start the running program before I saw...
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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Ten years ago, if you told me to get up at 6am to go for a run, I would have laughed in your face. Ten years ago, if I had told my friends or family I was going to get up at 6am to go for a run, they...
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Recovery Mode: ON
It’s been a little over five weeks since I last hit the weights. I was going to start back again tonight, but pain in my right forearm and wrist is still nagging at me, so I opted to wait a little...
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