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Overcome: Lack of familial support
Now, just to be clear, this title should not be construed as Janille does not support my working out. She is very support of that. But the problem is that she is 8.5 months pregnant. She’s not exactly eating all the things I am, and she certainly is not working out like I am.
The kids [...]
Politics for a day: The prudence and constitutionality of the bailout
In bad times we grasp at straws. The question is – is this one of them? I would like to consider from both a constitutional perspective and a moral perspective what rights and obligations our national government has during this financial crisis.
Constitutional Arguments.
I think there has been a whole lot of hullabaloo over [...]
I ran a marathon (miles wise anyway) and now I’m dying – any help for the recovering body?
I’ve wondered for awhile how much I could push myself. I’m not sure that I found the end, but I sure did find an upper bound.
On Saturday I played football for about an hour. I ran 1.5 miles in wind-sprints. Then I played a tag game with the kids for about 40 minutes that afternoon. [...]
feedback loops
I’ve been thinking about feedback loops. I know, its kind of a random topic, but hear me out. I think that it is very important. In our body we have neurological feedback loops. If you touch a hot stove – you do not think, ‘wow, that was hot, I should remove my hand now.’ Before [...]
Second Law of Weight Loss Dynamics: You will eat whatever is on the plate – so control the plate.
This video is just a quick visualization of the concept, but I sometimes think that we do not realize what we are doing to ourselves simply by picking a certain type of bowl. I know that if I pick the large bowl I will be sorely tempted to fill it. And psychologically, I do not [...]
Weekend goals
For me this is going to be one of the hardest weekend I will have to face. I’ve been making good progress, but the General Conference weekend is a time for lots of sitting, lots of eating and although I really enjoy it, it is not the greatest for weight loss.
Spiritual Upliftment = 10, Weight [...]
