Making Progress - First Week Back

I’ve been back home for about a week now (9 days to be exact) and I was starting to worry that I wasn’t moving in the right direction. That all changed when I just stepped on the scale and it revealed I’m 4 pounds lighter.
That may not seem like a lot to some people, but […]

Exercise Rampage

The day after returning from my vacation (and having my somewhat strange epiphany), I exercised. And had I not fallen ill on Thanksgiving, I’m certain that the exercise would have kept up.
How can I be so certain? Because of the past few days, ever since I felt well enough — about 80% better, I’ve been […]

Learning to Listen to Your Body

Yesterday, I admitted that I fell off the wagon, but I also touched on a topic I wish to expand: learning to listen to your body’s needs.
I’ve never been much of a red meat eater. Since childhood, I’ve stayed far away from it and when I do eat it, it must be char-burned (cooked to […]

An Early Start

Well, I’m off to a very early start today — or rather, you can say that I never went to sleep.
My body appears to still be running on European time and I’ve resolved myself to deal with it until it adjusts itself.
So, very late last night (or very early depending on how you look […]

Accommodating Overweight and Oversized Travelers

While looking for some information for my last entry about oversized travelers, I came across a older blog entry about charging larger flyers an additional fee and I’m inclined to agree with such a policy.
After reading some of the comments on the entry, I developed some mixed feelings, but I eventually came to a conclusion […]