"Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction." ~ John F. Kennedy 186.1 lbs. With a little more than 2 weeks left of the starvation phase of this project, the long road to bringing my BMR (basal metabolic rate, for new readers) back up to normal stretches before me like a... long road. I've been down this road once before; going from fat teen to muscular army boy,...
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“Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant?? I'm halfway through my fish burger and I realize, Oh my God....I could be eating a slow learner.” ~ Lynda Montgomery 186.4 lbs. This morning I woke up with an idea. Throughout the day it developed, while remaining, in my mind, a good idea... unlike some of the ideas that seem like a good one in the fog of waking but later I realize are...
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"It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more." ~ Woody Allen 191.4 lbs No, I'm not talking about the dizzy spells I've had occasionally. I'm talking about balancing your desire for certain foods with your desire to make certain changes to your diet. We see things presented in binary...
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"Being without you takes a lot of getting used to Should learn to live with it, but I don't want to" ~ Chicago 193 lbs. Frak. I'm now 20 lbs lighter than when I entered my teens. That would be really bad if I hadn't been such a corpulent teen that a friend of mine would run circles around me pretending he couldn't escape my gravitational pull. I had my last can of tuna today. I mean that...
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"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, tell me mirror what is wrong? Can it be my de la clothes or is it just my de la soul?" ~ De La Soul 200.6 lbs. I shouldn't have written that title. Now I have early 90's rap/dance music stuck in my head *facepalm*. Does anyone have a cure for Fu Schnickens? Anyhow, back on day 43 I wrote about 10 tips for healthy, effective weight loss including eat 5-6...
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"What does politically correct mean? If you're fat, don't ask me if you're fat, because I'm gonna tell you the truth. You're fat" ~ Charles Barkley 205.6 lbs. So far on this blog I've talked about how being obese can really screw up your body, lead to long term health problems, drop your testosterone, and other fun effects. I've also shown (first hand) how a drastic starvation diet, while...
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"Way too much coffee. But if it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever." ~David Letterman 208.9 lbs. Let's look at the figures we have so far: 1 or 2 of every North American teen girl is anorexic, according to recent studies. More than 1 in 2 North Americans are overweight According to the CDC, about 34% of adults are obese. Here's one that...
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"When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad." ~ Lao Tsu 210.4 lbs. There you have it. 27 days into this crazy starvation and I'm lighter now than when I was 12. Of course, I was a fat 12 year old. Starving yourself for 100 days (or more, if you're actually anorexic) carries with it all sorts of health...
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