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Just some numbers...

Cholestrol - 184HDL - 36LDL - 129Triglycerides - 93All normal - a sign that weight-loss can be very beneficial to one's health. Still, hard to believe I'm a gnat's eyelash under the BMI level of a "morbidly obese" perso…
Quick update on the renewal project...

I kinda plateaued over the last 3 weeks, but I did lose 2 pounds last week (hard to believe since I was traveling, eating out, and not exercising...well...I was shooting a wedding and most of us know that's a decent work…
8 1/2 weeks, 30.4 pounds lost...

Now keep in mind these are the same pounds I lost last year...so don't get too excited...well, okay, get excited. Since July 1st, I've lost 30.4 pounds. Once I lose another 9 pounds I'll be further into territory I hav…
2008 Moonlight Ramble...just a few hours away...

At dinner tonight 8 year-old Dominic announced that he wants to GO on the Moonlight Ramble with me...the largest nighttime bike ride in the world! I haven't done the Ramble since 2000 -- when I rode with my sister, my d…
Michael Phelps -- I challenge you to a beer and chicken wings eating contest!!

Read this...http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/08/14/olympic.diet/index.htmlOkay, yeah, Michael would probably kick my butt in whatever competition we would engage in...but I can say with pride that I'm over the…
Is it possible to 'rev up your metabolism' thru "interval walking"...?

Check out this video...http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2008/08/14/fortin.interval.walking.cnnWhat do you think?I'm 6/10ths of a pound away from my first quarter century -- that is, the first 25 pounds lost. I'm …
6 weeks, 23 pounds lost...

After 6 full weeks of my "renewal" project...I've lost 23 pounds. Things are starting to level off to more normal and expected weight loss of 2-3 pounds per week. I expect the project to take a full year (or slightly l…
July - a good start...

Total weight lost in July - 19.0 pounds - a very good start. (You'll have to indulge me while I blog-brag about this {stuff} -- otherwise I wouldn't be as motivated!...something I learned from Weight Watchers!)Here are…
Start of week five - 17.4 pounds lost so far!

I'm not bragging -- I'm just reminding myself of what's possible when I set my mind to something and I decide to pursue it with reckless abandon. There is a very real possibility that I may lose my sweet corporate job i…
28 days...

I've exercised for 28 consecutive days and I'm down 15 pounds for the month. I've actually plateaued over the past 4 days...but that tends to happen every 3 weeks or so...then I break through. I've got a LONG way to go…