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In An Act Of Extreme Self-Sacrifice, I’m Engaged In Some Unhealthy Eating During Coronavirus For The Public Good

Being stuck in the house is an excellent way to ruin a diet and get fat. Or for me, get fat again. There is a risk that I could gain back the fifty pounds I’ve lost over the past eleven months. Anyone else in quarantine is facing this same risk. This is why I’ve alreadyContinue reading “In An Act Of Extreme Self-Sacrifice, I’m Engaged In Some Unhealthy Eating During Coronavirus For The Public Good”

Things To Eat And Drink When You Have the Coronavirus. Or Any Other Virus.

One thing that I’ve found infuriating about the coronavirus is the sheer number of shady characters trying to defraud the victims. Some sleazebags are trying to claim they have a vaccine. This is crap. Nobody does. Some reprobates are trying to hawk fake tests. There’s an easy way to avoid these two things, though. IfContinue reading “Things To Eat And Drink When You Have the Coronavirus. Or Any Other Virus.”

How to Make Sure COVID-19 Doesn’t Make You Fat

So I, like many people, am stuck in my house for the foreseeable future. All is not lost, though. Since I’m a CPA, I’m able to work from home. But my wife’s business, which involves making assorted clothing and accessories and selling them at shows, is mostly defunct. Fortunately, she’s found a way to takeContinue reading “How to Make Sure COVID-19 Doesn’t Make You Fat”

Staying Healthy During The #Coronavirus Quarantine

I’m staying home and self quarantining, like many Americans, and over a billion people around the world. Frankly, I’m surprised it’s not more than that. I mean, maybe you don’t need to quarantine if you live in some remote part of Mongolia or Greenland or Svalbard or Antarctica. But the rest of us should, ifContinue reading “Staying Healthy During The #Coronavirus Quarantine”

Exercise #4 – Vacationing Without Getting Fatter

Early in grad school, I had an opportunity to go to the Bahamas over Spring Break. A friend of mine had a friend who’d graduated a few years earlier and worked security at one of the casinos in Freeport on Grand Bahama island. So we got to go to the Caribbean on a budget. WeContinue reading “Exercise #4 – Vacationing Without Getting Fatter”

Bad Habits #3 – Desserts: Sugar and Spice and…Everything That Causes Obesity and Diabetes

A couple of years ago my wife and I got to witness one of my best friends from college become an American citizen. We’d been pals since grad school, and finally, after nearly a decade living, going to school, and then working in the United States, she took the oath of citizenship. To celebrate, weContinue reading “Bad Habits #3 – Desserts: Sugar and Spice and…Everything That Causes Obesity and Diabetes”

Good Habits #3 – Just Get Nuts With The Diet

As of this writing, I’ve lost 40 pounds. Using the Cronometer app to count calories is working. The most satisfying part of my last doctor’s appointment was watching the nurse slowly nudge the weight on the scale from my weight at the previous appointment to my current weight. As well as relishing the look ofContinue reading “Good Habits #3 – Just Get Nuts With The Diet”

Exercise #3 – How Is That Even Exercise?

Oftentimes, when I go home to visit my parents, I take a long nap in front of the TV after lunch. This may be in part due to the nearly euphoric food coma that comes from my mother’s southern cooking. But primarily, this is because my dad likes to watch golf after lunch. Now IContinue reading “Exercise #3 – How Is That Even Exercise?”

Bad Habits #2 – Libations: Why Your College Years Are The Worst Years of Your Life.

As I mentioned in my last piece, I, like many people, gained about fifteen pounds in my first year of college. This was mostly imbibed in liquid barley/hops form. Now that I’ve started watching what I eat and tracking the calories in Cronometer, I’m stunned at just how many calories one night of college carousingContinue reading “Bad Habits #2 – Libations: Why Your College Years Are The Worst Years of Your Life.”

Exercise #2 – The Commute: How To Lose Weight While Avoiding Annoying People

Like many people, I often wonder why it was so easy to keep the weight off when I was younger. Like most young people, at least in my generation, I ate the worst crap I could get my hands on (usually to avoid cooking) and didn’t seem to gain a pound. Until college, where IContinue reading “Exercise #2 – The Commute: How To Lose Weight While Avoiding Annoying People”