In yesterday’s post, I wrote about my goal of losing 60 pounds before my 48th birthday. I’m over halfway there, and I feel confident that I will be able to stick with the lifestyle changes I’m making for the long-term. The change in my appearance is already fairly dramatic, and I’m beginning to develop a [...]
When I stepped on my scale this morning I was tantalizingly close to a weight below 200 pounds for the first time in at least 15 years. Since September, I’ve lost nearly 35 pounds, or 15% of my total body weight. I still have a long way to go to reach my ultimate goal of [...]
During my years as a cooking instructor, I spent a lot more time than the average person in the grocery store, and I became very observant about the things that other shoppers purchased. It always saddened me to see a young mother pushing a cart filled with Twinkies, Spagetti-O’s, and Hot Pockets. I always got [...]
On September 13th of last year, my wife and I were celebrating our anniversary with a fabulous meal in our favorite local restaurant. She was enjoying it, and I was trying my best to put on a good show. The fact of the matter is that I was miserable during what should have been a [...]
I’m one of those people whose weight has fluctuated dramatically throughout my adult life. While I’ve never been truly obese, at any given time I’ve been more likely to be overweight than underweight. Since my early twenties, my weight has ranged from as much as 235 pounds to as little as 135. Neither of those [...]