I've been in Vietnam for almost three months and tonight, just after midnight, I fly back to Iowa ( Read more... )

Body weight v Body fat ( Read more... )

I have to admit, the results of the 10x10 (with decreasing rest times each three day rotation) weren’t quite what I expected. Overall, I gained a half kilogram, but look a little thinner under the ribs. The days after my toughest squat days I found I had lost a kilogram, but my lats seemed to have become stronger and my chest and lower back held ( Read more... )

A year ago I decided to be someday be able to lift my own body weight over my head, which meant losing weight and gaining strength until the numbers met somewhere in the middle. I haven’t made it, but I’ve done the math and the gap between what I weigh and what I lift over my head has narrowed from 156.3 pounds to 69.3 pounds, so I’m guess I’m 55.6 ( Read more... )

I think I’ve been lying to myself for a long time. I wage my little war against my weight, hoping for a long time that I could find that perfect exercise program for losing weight. But with just exercise, the best I usually manage is a jiggle effect, lose a kilogram, gain a kilogram. I don’t look much different in the end, even if the weight I can ( Read more... )

I guess it’s time for end of the academic year thoughtfulness. My basic nonfiction class is pretty well set, but I am going to add a new lesson on how to sound smarter in English. You all know what I mean, trying to sound scientific when you’re talking about whatever topic is on the table, but a guy named Halliday laid it out systematically so I ( Read more... )

I finally got the vaccine stuff taken care of.  What a chore it was, running around from clinic to clinic trying to figure out which one I was supposed to deal with.  Monica was, of course, invaluable. It's her job to be invaluable to me, I suppose.  They also did a "body inspection" and when I asked her if I had passed she said, "Oh, you are so ( Read more... )