My Beloved Julie, The day was July 19th, 2003 and it was a sunny day unusual for Seattle in the summer, or so I was told. The day saw a high temperature in the mid-90s and after all these years I have two predominant memories of the day: First was how beautiful you looked in [...]
My wife and I have continued our dieting endeavors and mostly gotten back into a routine after returning from vacation. We're continuing to progress towards our goals, but we are noticing that the rate of loss is slowing, most notably for my wife. It's driven home the importance of exercise in making these types of [...]
Finally, a geek topic! As you may have noticed I've recently developed an interest in exercising, more specifically, biking. One of the cool things that exploring the new hobby has allowed me to do is try out new apps for my HTC Desire. While I freely admit that the iPhone is a solid product with [...]
Today is Father's Day. It's one of my favorite holidays. As most of you know my daughter lives across the country for me, and has for most of her childhood. Since she's just finished high school and her life is in flux from the transition from childhood to adulthood, she's decided that she just can't [...]
I wrote the other day about some of my experiences with exercising. One item I mentioned briefly I realized needed more discussion so I made it a topic of it's own. That's the topic of personal trainers. If you decide that the gym is where you want to be to workout. That's great! I personally [...]
My Beloved Julie,
The day was July 19th, 2003 and it was a sunny day unusual for Seattle in the summer, or so I was told. The day saw a high temperature in the mid-90s and after all these years I have two predominant memories of the day: First was how beautiful you looked in your wedding gown and, secondly, how uncomfortable my rental shoes that accompanied my tux were after a few minutes of walking the concrete paths outside the Seattle Temple. Read more »
My wife and I have continued our dieting endeavors and mostly gotten back into a routine after returning from vacation. We're continuing to progress towards our goals, but we are noticing that the rate of loss is slowing, most notably for my wife. It's driven home the importance of exercise in making these types of life changes. Read more »
Finally, a geek topic! As you may have noticed I've recently developed an interest in exercising, more specifically, biking. One of the cool things that exploring the new hobby has allowed me to do is try out new apps for my HTC Desire. While I freely admit that the iPhone is a solid product with tons of cross-compatibility features with other iOS devices, I simply couldn't bring myself to buy one in the coverage area I live in. So I invested in an Android phone, and I've been quite pleased. Read more »
Today is Father's Day. It's one of my favorite holidays. As most of you know my daughter lives across the country for me, and has for most of her childhood. Since she's just finished high school and her life is in flux from the transition from childhood to adulthood, she's decided that she just can't make it up this year for her yearly visit. For the most part, I appreciate where she's at in her life and know that if she could, she would spend some of her summer with me. But, even an intellectual understanding of something doesn't minimize the emotional consequences, and as such, I miss my daughter. Most especially today. Read more »
I wrote the other day about some of my experiences with exercising. One item I mentioned briefly I realized needed more discussion so I made it a topic of it's own. That's the topic of personal trainers.
If you decide that the gym is where you want to be to workout. That's great! I personally enjoy weight training at a gym, something about the atmosphere and pushing one's self to a good burn is fun. However, if you are going to hire a personal trainer be sure to ask them point blank if they have any experience working with overweight people. Many of them have never been overweight and simply do not understand the problems associated with obesity. (Some even have a not-so-secret prejudice against overweight people, and putting your success in their hands is a dangerous mix.) Read more »
