"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily." ~ Zig Ziglar 177.2 lbs The world was a different place when I started this project. A simpler one. Google and Topeka were taking turns naming themselves after each other. Kids were listening to Lady Gaga's "Telephone". The World Health Organization was, ironically enough, set to...
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." ~ Confucius 177.8 lbs So you want to lose weight, and you're smart enough to not starve yourself as I did. Like many things in life it comes down to three little words: in this case, "diet and exercise". Creams and pills that promise to do the job for you are just sucker bait looking to rob you of your money....
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"I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not" ~ Kurt Cobain 180.1 lbs I popped back above 180, but the minor variance doesn't concern me much. It's mostly the kick in the psychological kishkas for passing an arbitrary number, when really I put on less than a pound since yesterday. The fact that I even mention it shows that it's a good thing the starvation phase is...
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"I like rice. Rice is great if you are hungry and want 2000 of something." ~Mitch Hedberg 179.8 lbs. Yup. Passed the 180 barrier. I wonder how scrawny I'd be if I hadn't stalled out for 3 weeks... but considering I can now sometimes see my heart beat, I think I'd rather not know. I ate an entire greek salad today. Though it was mostly lettuce, it was bloody filling. I'm looking...
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"When you understand interconnectedness, it makes you more afraid of hating than of dying." ~ Robert Thurman 180.4 lbs In doing this project I've come to realize just how food is connected to so much of what we do, how we do it, and who we do it with. In the affluent United States, where 2/3rds of the adult population are overweight or obese, and 1/3 of children are already there...
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"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." ~ John Powell 181.4 lbs Today I tried to emulate the 'ghoul' scene from The Machinist, even though I'm around the weight Christian Bale was when he started his crash diet. Having lost about the same amount of weight as he did I feel we're kind of in the same camp. That and I'm one odd person. For those of you who haven't seen...
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181.7 lbs Okay, most of us know TV is not real. You're unlikely to find a hot blonde living in a bottle and willing to call you 'master', even if you are an astronaut. Doctors are so overworked they wouldn't be find time to log as many hours snogging in the supply room as they do solving complicated medical mysteries in 42 minutes or less. No cartoon "zow!" appears to the blare of trumpets...
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"Most dear actors, eat no onions nor garlic, for we are to utter sweet breath" ~ William Shakespeare 181.8 lbs I was going to call this article "The Scent Of A Man", but then who'd want to read it? :P I can't believe there's only a week left of this phase of the project. 13 weeks of starvation have come and gone. I can't say they've been a bed of roses, but making the transition back to...
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"You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe" ~ Morpheus 182.4 lbs People ask me if I've been taking supplements while undergoing this starvation project and without giving it much thought I've been answering 'yes'. What I should have said is I've been supplementing my vitamin and mineral intake, not "taking...
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"Human communities depend upon a diversity of talents, not a singular conception of what we ought to be." ~ Sir Ken Robinson 183.4 lbs. I went to the pictures today to catch How To Train your Dragon once more before it goes to DVD (home 3D, with those old fashioned red and blue cardboard goggles, just isn't the same).It's a well-crafted bit of film; if you've not seen it, get thee to the...
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