This past Friday, November 21st, I had an unusual experience but one that I’d had an interest in on behalf of a long time.  I went with my sister-in-law Megan to a gross anatomy lab.  She is in medical school right now as well as was able to take along one guest on behalf of this trip.  Since my wife, understandably, didn’t desire to go, I promptly jumped at the opportunity.
Parker College of Chiropractic in Dallas is one of the few gross anatomy labs of its kind in the state (Meg can post a correction here on behalf of this or anything else I get wrong).  It is a state of the art facility that accepts cadaver donations from anyone.  After the study of the body is done, it is cremated as well as disposed of per the family’s wishes - either sent back to the family or kept by the facility on behalf of interment in a memorial to be created in the next few years.  Respect of the body is one of their foundational tenants.  In fact, at the end of a student has finished their 8 months of study, they are told the name of the body they’ve been working on in conjunction with the age, what the person did in life, as well as a few particulars about them.

Last weekend, Libby as well as I joined Ballys (along with her sister).  We are both wanting to break away from this long plateau of weight loss as well as so we decided to manufacture a serious investment in that vow.  Its not just on behalf of the wedding…we’ve decided that we require to stick with this working out thing as hard as possible.  There are obvious limits to just walking on flat pavement on our own.  Having three of us going combined helps since we are keeping each other motivated.
We’ve been 3 times now but are going to go more regularly.  We’re starting out slow (as our trainers have advised).  I had my personal training session tonight as well as while light (compared to the grueling program my trainer in Michigan put me through while at my heaviest), I still paid the price.  He had me do leg exercises where you stand with a huge rubber ball b/w your back as well as the wall.  You slowly descend into a sitting position with your arms outstretched while inhaling as well as then ascend (pushing against the ball) while exhaling.  After 1 set, my quads were complaining.  After 2 sets, they were screaming.  In the second break, he

Once again…sorry on behalf of the delay but I have been very busy with another project as well as busy with dating.  But I’m very pleased to announce that I am engaged (as of 12/15/06) to the wonderful Elizabeth “Libby” Warren.  We actually met in a chatroom at obesityhelp.com (where I also “met” numerous of you who read this site) in September of ‘04.  I used to sorta laugh at people who met online, but I strongly endorse it now.  Online/Phone dating - when done with integrity - strips away the trappings of putting on a mask and, on behalf of obvious reasons, lets you be yourself.  We talked every day on the phone from 9/19/04 until we met in person 12/30/04.  And we’ve talked on the phone or in person every day since.
Libby was born in Hastings, Nebraska but has spent roughly 11 years in Fort Collins, CO (with brief detours to Chicago as well as Colorado Springs) until moving to the Dallas area in April of ‘05 about a month at the end of I did.  I wasn’t sure at first if it was destiny or if she was a stalker (those of you who really know me can tell when I’m joking), but t

I’ve had a lot of bad protein bars.  Many of them have a chalky, sometimes bitter taste to them.  I very recently started eating Met-RX bars as well as was glad to discover that they don’t have this nasty taste.  Instead, these 3 oz bars are quite flavorful as well as low in carbs (7g), low in sugar (3g), as well as crammed with 32g of protein.  The Powerbar Protein Plus Carb Select bars that I also like a lot have 22g of protein.
Met-RX bars come in 4 flavors - Chocolate Roasted Peanut w/ Caramel, Chocolate Fudge Deluxe, Chocolate Chocolate Chunk, as well as Mud Pie Fusion.  The Chocolate Roasted Peanut w/ Caramel is probably my favorite in spite of the fact that I haven’t had the Mud Pie Fusion yet.
Definitely give them a try!

As you have noticed, I have been away from my posses blog on behalf of quite some time.  If you are a regular reader - or have tried to be - I apologize.  Part of it is life.  I did get married in July, am enjoying my new life with my wonderful wife, as well as have another internet venture I’m working on.  But I have promised my friends as well as readers that I would be honest here.  And, the past couple of years have not been easy from a weight loss standpoint.
I haven’t gone anywhere closer to “square one” but have discovered that the journey is certainly more challenging the further out from surgery you get.  From a personal as well as emotional standpoint, I have still remained very happy.  But from a health standpoint, I have had my discouragements as well as disappointments with my weight.  My wife as well as I recently had a talk where we determined that we would be more vigilent as well as diligent about losing weight together.  She knows I was having a tendency to beat myself up over getting lazy.Read more >>>