Archive for August, 2009

Weigh-in for 08/27/09

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Gosh, I have really neglected this blog. And unfortunately it is not just this blog that has been neglected but also myself. I have pretty much fallen off the bandwagon as far as running goes, and at the worst possible moment, with just two weeks till my 5k. Eating has been going so-so. I did [...]

Weigh-in for 08/14/09

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

That’s it, I am making Friday my weigh-in day! Thursday I was actually up 0.1kg from a week ago, and then I weighed myself again this morning (Friday!) and I was down 0.8kg from Thursday, and 0.7kg from last week. And as I’ve had this happen several times now, I am making Friday my weigh-in [...]

Cultural differences

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

When someone mentions, e.g. having McDonald’s for lunch and KFC for dinner, and then complaining about how they are overweight even though they are trying to eat healthy, and how that is an exception and usually they only have fast food four times a week (or something, I am making this up), I think, “well, [...]

Thoughts after last week’s doctor’s appointment

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

On Friday I went to the doctor to talk to him about losing weight. He asked me my current weight and how I am losing weight, and he seemed to think I was progressing nicely. I am losing weight at an average of 0.6kg (a little over a pound) a week. He confirmed that I [...]