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Luke's cookie said You believe in the goodness of mankind

1) Am I really that fat?
2) Does Luke love Mick Foley that much? Enough to believe in him?

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"Take that luxury way, what you spent will get pay back"

What the hell are these words?

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Week 2 for my classes is over. I am waiting on my grade of my first writigng assignment in the COLL100 course. I had to choose a topic for the final paper at the end of the 8 week period. I chose "mind-body". I have to make it realavent to learning. This class take up more time then I would like. I despise writing, but if i want the BS degree, I will just have to deal with it. More then likely, I will have to write many other papers for other classes. UG!

The web development class is much more interesting albeit still somewhat boring. So far, I have been breezing through it and does not take up nearly as much time.

I only had time for one bike ride this week. All the official singletrack trails have been closed due to the wet weather this month and with it being colder, it takes longer to dry out. I have been hitting the gym at work. I started jogging on the treadmill to cross train.

Today is Yule. The shortest day of the year when the Oak King defeath the Holly King until midsummer. This is also known as the Summer Solstice. The days begin to get longer. YAY!!!!!

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Current Location: United States, North Carolina, Morrisville

I was a big fan of The Biggest Loser for the last 2 seasons and it really hit home with me on several fronts. It was so bad to watching people losing weight as I chowed down on a bag of cookies. I was turned on by what they referred to as the "body bug" and thought it would be interesting to really measure what kind of calories I'm burning with the various activities I do now.

Bodymedia is the company that owns these devices now. I got mine a few weeks ago and I've been blown away. Here it is in action (and, yes, call me a FYFF whore since this picture number 2--sue me!)...



I pretty much wear it everyday, all day long. I find it tracks my calorie burn very well and it's been eye opening to see what it captures between walking, running, biking, etc. Walking alone is a major calorie burner for me because it's a solid and constant burn. If I run, the calorie burn is 2-3X higher.

Then comes calculating what calories I'm putting in my mouth--wow. It's no wonder why I've gained over the years. It's been insane. I thought it would be hard to track the calories, but it's been pretty easy with the web interface. My goal is to always burn more calories than what I take in and I've met that goal the past 3 weeks with flying colors. I'm not on any special diet. I'm simply moderating what I eat and how much throughout the day. My digestive it also a whole lot happier--best it's been in years. I've also eliminated high fructose corn syrup from my diet as well and I'm okay with that (for more than one reason).

I started at 180 pounds and my goal is 155 (I'm 5'8" and weight 140 pounds all through college). After 3 weeks I've already lost 7 pounds. :) My belt is starting to get loose and I'm about to take that in another notch soon. If I can get back into my 34W Levi's, I'll be happy their too.

This is definitely one aspect of my life I've been wanting to change for a long time and I'm very proud of what I've accomplished so far. This has not been nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Best of all, no special diets.

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Four years ago I posted my first LJ entry, December 18, 2005. Without a doubt, it's been a wonderful experience here on LJ, but one I've not taken advantage of the last few weeks. Speaking of work...

It's been very demanding the last 2 weeks with a major system change taking place this weekend. We have a window this Saturday, 6pm-6am to get a lot of work done. Many people are involved, but I'm taking lead on most of it and I've put together a really good plan to get things done (and received quite a few kudos from various levels of management too about my documentation).

I've just been multitasking to no end. Nothing stressful, but just under a the pressure to get a lot done with the time allotted. If all goes well Saturday night, I can breathe a sigh of relief going into the Christmas holidays.

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