tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36546025210812049152024-03-13T22:03:54.152-04:00Gburg AtheistUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-49444877259410163432013-10-29T17:41:00.001-04:002013-10-29T17:41:25.179-04:00On the road to find out - Thanks Cat Stevens<br />
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large part of my life, just was not a big thing in my home while I was growing
up, so I’m learning more about it as I age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Over the past few years, I have become a huge fan of Yusuf Islam (nee
Cat Stevens, nee Steven Demetre Georgiou).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I first saw Yusuf at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the
Washington DC mall in the fall of 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He performed the song <a href="http://youtu.be/7sjSHazjrWg">Peace Train</a>,
at the same time Ozzy Osborne was performing Crazy Train.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love the song Peace Train and truly with the
religion Yusuf is part of would take it to heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Since that time, I
have posted the link to my Facebook page when it appeared we were going to bomb
Syria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve also played it in my
classroom before classes, asking my kids to listen to the lyrics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The previous days of meanness disappeared... at
least for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still listen to the
Peace Train multiple times a week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">While grading some
papers, another Cat Stevens song came up on Pandora, “<a href="http://youtu.be/OPv0-9Q79a4">On the road to find out</a>,” I’ve heard it
many times, but this time, I listened to the lyrics in earnest, and wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So incredible!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the story of a man setting out on a
journey, not physically, but a journey about life and the purpose of his existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find the last stanza of the song
fascinating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">Yes, the
answer lies within</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
<span class="apple-style-span">So why not take a look now?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
<span class="apple-style-span">Kick out the devil's sin</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />
<span class="apple-style-span">Pick up, pick up a good book now<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is obviously an
allusion to the Bible or the Quran, but listening to the song a few more times
today, I see it as picking up a “good book” meaning any book that will improve
yourself, that will answer questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The good book could be the religious texts, but why not “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Blue-Dot-Vision-Future/dp/0345376595/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383082352&sr=1-1&keywords=pale+blue+dot">A
Pale Blue Dot</a>” by Carl Sagan, why not “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Sawyer-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486400778/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383082419&sr=1-1&keywords=tom+sawyer+by+mark+twain">Tom
Sawyer</a>” by Mark Twain?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many books
have made a great impact on my life, so forever in my mind, that is what I will
think of when I hear “On the road to find out”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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fan of religion, I can still appreciate the art and music of the
religious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And Yusuf/Cat/Steven, you are
awesome!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-90526079299756027602013-10-16T15:13:00.000-04:002013-10-16T15:13:41.104-04:00Uncomfortable feelings<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.75pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Feeling uncomfortable as an atheist, it was a feeling I never
really expected and am pretty sure that I don’t like!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is happening as part of a job that I
love dearly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have a tremendous passion
for mathematics and all of its inherent qualities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among those qualities are critical thinking,
evidence, abstract thought, and actually getting answer that is right or wrong
even though you don’t have to follow the shortest path to get there.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am an avid teacher, not only of math, but of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the time I started teaching, my journey
into atheism was still in its infancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had read </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0446697966/?tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=1468171702&ref=pd_sl_7dw6hpercj_b"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">god
is not great</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> by the amazing </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Christopher Hitchens</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
Hitchens was a true firebrand atheist and his style appealed to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also read </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618918248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381946339&sr=8-1&keywords=god+the+delusion"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">The
God Delusion</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Richard
Dawkins</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, a much different style than Hitchens, but never holding anything
back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since that time I am still an
atheist and outspoken about it, but I am also a humanist and always have been.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Phil Plait</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, The Bad
Astronomer, made the </span><a href="http://youtu.be/FrFRbGjUtJk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Don’t be a Dick</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
speech and it is a constant reminder of how
we can learn and teach.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, as a teacher in the United States and a true believer of
the constitution, I looked to make a separation of my personal views and not
discuss them with students during the school day or a school function. As much
as I would like to have a captive audience and be a firebrand atheist, my
values and ethics stop me from doing this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have read about </span><a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">Hemant
Mehta’s</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> approach to this when he is asked by a student about his views, his
reply?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Haven’t done your homework have
you?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not Hemant, we have totally
different personalities and I don’t believe I could just deflect the question
like that, it is not me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I certainly
would never initiate the conversation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
would say that this has been more or less successful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have now moved on to another high school, for a multitude of
reasons, being the Varsity Lacrosse Coach the primary one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had no idea how different the new school
would be to my original.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I</span>The
demographics of the schools match up fairly well so I wasn’t expecting anything
different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I have seen something
different, the population of the school is more religious than I had ever
anticipated and as a result, I feel uncomfortable at times. I truly should have known something was up when my team huddled up to pray before several games, hint, it didn't work. I would just turn around and <strike>get my game face on</strike><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> cry a little bit on the inside. </span>It is so strange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am doing nothing different, but am aware of
looks or side conversations, but nothing substantial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let me
start by saying, I’m so impressed with the parental involvement at my school,
it is incredible to see so much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I never
would have dreamed it possible, but it is awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am the freshman class sponsor at the
school, and as such, I have responsibilities for the class that meet outside of
the school environs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My car is labeled
with my personal beliefs, humanism, atheism, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The parents see this, the students say this,
they do not say anything, there is nothing malicious, but there are times I see
a look or glance.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Could I be
paranoid?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Possibly, but I don’t think
so. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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change?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should I say something? (I’m
thinking not).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the meantime, I’ll
continue to be the best teacher I can be, teaching my students, my children to
be cool to each other, if they can’t learn the math, perhaps they can learn to
be decent to each other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-90716965193223289962013-10-12T06:53:00.000-04:002013-10-12T06:53:41.770-04:0022 Years...and loving it!<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My life changed on
January 10, 1990.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was working at
Universit</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Cambria Math","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">é</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Laval doing some
registration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the girls I met
asked me about a good place to go at night, I suggested the </span><a href="http://www.subquebec.com/salle/395/bar-letrange.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bar L’Etrange</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> on rue St. Jean in Quebec City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Like all great bars there was great music, plenty of hockey on
television, and most importantly, really cheap beer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later that night, I had forgotten totally I
had told the girl about the bar and just went to watch some hockey and meet up
with some friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After an hour or so,
in walked the girl I had talked to and with her, the most incredible lady I had
ever seen, and such a great smile!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still remember that first
time I saw her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Karen, the girl I talked
to, introduced me to Erin, the girl with the amazing smile!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We talked, watched some hockey, drank some
beer, apparently I was a little drunk because I said something like “I hate
Americans”, in retrospect, not my best moment, but at least it showed my
honesty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the evening came to a close,
I asked her to come to a concert with me the following night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She agreed, and told me her room number and
building (dorm) where she was staying so we could make arrangements.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that she believed there is no way
this drunk will remember that information, but I showed her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YCL-TxMh6aA/UlknXKHgrYI/AAAAAAAAADQ/V3b5YTYi2n4/s1600/doofus.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YCL-TxMh6aA/UlknXKHgrYI/AAAAAAAAADQ/V3b5YTYi2n4/s320/doofus.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The next night, I met
Erin at my place, it was safe, I was living with four women and one guy at the
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went to the concert; the band
was from Toronto, called the </span><a href="http://shuffledemons.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Shuffle Demons</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I highly suggest that
you check them out on the youtubes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Being with Erin that night was special, the crowd, a few old Quebecois,
was appalled when the band asked the audience to stand for the national anthem
and they played </span><a href="http://youtu.be/N6kRXvOc_ys"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">this</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I laughed, Erin chuckled, it was a wonderful
time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over the next couple
of weeks, our friendship grew, her smile never failing to make me happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Erin met my friends, Lorna, Judy, Lisa, and
the rest of my housemates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found out
later from Erin that these wonderful people said some very nice things about me
and I thank them very much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fast forward
to Valentine’s day, we went to another pub, there are a lot of those in Quebec
City, the song “</span><a href="http://youtu.be/0a49McFOFp0"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">California Girls</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">” by the Beach Boys came on, and that is when I first kissed
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t remember the exact date, but it was in March that I asked her to
marry me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe her answer was
“yes, but not yet”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s>we</s> she called her parents on April 1<sup>st</sup>, yes, April fool’s day
to break the news to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe her
mom’s first words were “is he Christian?” Ahh, if only we had known the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Erin’s friends and sister had
given their approval, perhaps I am an okay guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In late April/early May, I was requested to write an essay to Erin’s
father on why I want to be his son-in-law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was sick with the flu, so with a combination of Neo-Citran (Theraflu
for the Yanks), vodka, and Contact-C, I wrote a heartfelt, stupor filled
letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whatever I wrote, it must have
been good enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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October 12, 1991, autumn is a great time of year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Erin and I grew more and more in love despite
the many miles between us, her in Wooster, Ohio, and me in Toronto,
Ontario.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know, I really don’t recall
much about the wedding, what I do remember is that smile never changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was as intoxicating as the first day I met
her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I recently asked Erin about
memories of our wedding day, she said she remembers one thing clearly, a cousin
of hers throwing birdseed landing down her cleavage as we were leaving the
ceremony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Makes me laugh every time she
retells this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, 22 years of
marriage, one incredible daughter, four exchange students (son and daughters), multiple
pets, Erin still makes me happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her
smile is still incredible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is simply
the most incredible person I know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
is smart, oh so smart, so incredibly smart, it is almost scary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is kind; she will go out of her way to
help anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is the “mom”, there for
any of the kids, ours or borrowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
is the example of how people should act around the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a hard worker, while she says she is
not, there is no one else that I would rather have working in my business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is passionate; about everything she does,
her dancing, her puzzles, her family, everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is a role model; Erin makes people around
her better, not by teaching, but by living life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Erin is my wife!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love her more than anything else in this
world!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her smile is still
contagious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has made me a much
better person than I ever would have been without her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My only wish is to give her more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps one day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-83316319648468264972013-09-26T20:14:00.000-04:002013-09-26T20:14:24.917-04:00Healthy Living 4.0<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Food, why is it that I
cannot pass you up?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A stale croissant,
cold pizza, PB&J (times 3), anything that is edible, is vulnerable to me
eating it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Binge eating is a scourge
that I cannot avoid. Binge eating is a disorder that professionals, it seems, are not very "expert" on; so I will continue without their help. This is freaking crazy, I am now on Healthy Living 4.0, I had even forgot that there was a <a href="http://gburgatheist.blogspot.com/2012/02/healthy-lifestyle-30.html">healthy
living 3.0</a>, that didn’t even get started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The intention was there, but the follow through was not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and the support of family and friends, let us hope that this time around will
be successful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately the goal is
much further away this time than other attempts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From a fitness
standpoint, I have suggested to my lacrosse team that they start weight
training twice a week (Tuesdays/Thursdays), and then do cardio on their off
days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling like an ass after seeing
them work out the first day, I thought to myself I should do something
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I do 30 minutes of cardio, then
the resistance training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve noticed
that my players do not lift with me as they do with their friends, and that is
fine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I have noticed that they are
watching me, so when I am lifting, there is no dogging it (can’t let coach be
seen as not working hard).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So this is
truly a positive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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healthy eating shit before and have tried everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, you skinny people are all experts, I
understand that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, just doing a good
breakfast, some snacks during the day, and eating dinner before 6 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have no idea what will happen when I’m
encountered with temptation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not want
to be a dick and leave a party, or friends, or dinner, or whatever, yet it is
the only way that I don’t binge (assuming I don’t stop for 5000 calories at a
fast food place on the way home).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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support, tell me if you see me eating if I really need something because I’m
hungry or just filling my face for no reason<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-51486624237859656612013-09-22T07:29:00.001-04:002013-09-22T07:30:42.744-04:00 No True Scotsman<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I love posting on Facebook,
particularly, the hypocrisy of religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Recently, there was a <a href="http://us.cnn.com/2013/09/20/justice/pennsylvania-priest-sex-charges/">terrible
incident</a> where a priest was caught with his pants down with a 15 year old
boy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is a big deal and happens
all time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Being a mathematical/logical
sort of person, a friend gave me the opportunity to point out the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman">No True Scotsman Fallacy</a>.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, not many people comment, but
this time one of my hard core Christian friends commented on this<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sure they believe just as much as you do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What it comes down to is that the belief is flawed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just because they do not believe in the same
way you do, does not mean they do not believe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am also sure that some believers who are the same as my friend, may
not find this incident as egregious (I hope I’m wrong).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Treat each other with dignity and respect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will continue to respect you the person,
but I will attack your beliefs, not you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-16722460989521897702013-09-19T21:52:00.001-04:002013-09-19T21:52:31.486-04:00My First Atheist/Humanist Conference<br />
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an atheist conference for a while, but most were outside of my price range,
distance range, and approval from my family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This time all three conditions aligned and with the approval of my
incredible my wife I was off to the <a href="http://atheistpa.org/">Pennsylvania
Atheist/Humanist Conference</a> in Philadelphia, PA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The event was coordinated by the
PAnonbeleivers, Brian Fields, Margaret Downey, and a host of volunteers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you to all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Upon arrival at the
hotel, I checked in, then went up to the bar, I then met the first of many
atheists that I have come to know and love, Dan Fincke, of the blog <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/camelswithhammers/">Camels with Hammers</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dan is an awesome man and one of the
friendliest people I have ever met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By
chance, he was drinking with a long time blog “idol” J.T. Eberhard of the <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/">What Would J.T. Do</a> blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There he was sitting in his teemo hat, I was
laughing to myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could this get
any better?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first 30 minutes of the
conference and I have met two guys whose writing and opinions I respect
greatly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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conference had a Friggatriskadaekaphobia party, where superstitions would be
cast out forever (wishful thinking).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Walking under a ladder to join the party in the room, you were greeted
with tables referencing different superstitions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around the room, histories of different
superstitions, why is a horseshoe lucky?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why is it good luck to kiss the Blarney Stone?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And there was a chance to tempt fate, a
raffle to smash a fairy (piñata) into dust, smash a mirror for seven years bad
luck, throwing your horoscopes in the trash where they belong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Doctors and nurses were on hand with black
cats to cure you of your superstitions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I recognized so many people and could hardly wait to hear them speak the
next day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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unaware of what to expect, then came the first speaker, James Croft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who was this Brit?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A humanist who spoke so passionately, if this
was the start, it could only get better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Next, J.T.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>speaking about being a
firebrand atheist, having a hard time finding the medium between being a
firebrand and Phil Plait’s “<a href="http://vimeo.com/13704095">Don’t be a Dick</a>”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>J.T.s talk was why I became a fan of his
blog, despite this, I am still struggling with being a firebrand and not a dick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The second part of the
morning was even more impressive, David Tamayo, a Hispanic American, and
president of <a href="http://www.hafree.org/">Hispanic American Freethinkers</a>,
touched me with such a great story of his change to atheism. He talked of
HAFREE and the talks they give to the Hispanic youth in the high schools in Virginia;
I said to myself, I must get them to speak at my school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not yet contacted David, but I will be
doing so shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Little that I knew
that a speaker would have my eyeballs sweating (those are not tears), as Tracy
Lockwood shared her story of growing up in a Christian cult in upstate New
York.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh the things people will do in
the name of religion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So sad, but it is
these type of stories that must be told for change to happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dave Silverman,
president of <a href="http://atheists.org/">American Atheists</a>, spoke about
the importance of being an atheist, not agnostic, not humanist, not any
combination of those.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am an atheist
and will say it proudly and loudly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After Silverman,
something interesting happened, I was getting tired and told myself, I’ll just
listen to the next speaker for five minutes, if no good, I’ll go take a
nap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the love of the FSM, none of
the speakers sucked!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was
exhausted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But oh it was so worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The night ended with the comedy of Jamy Ian Swiss, Steven Hill, Dave DeLuca,
and a wonderful musical performance by Shelley Segal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sunday, came the
authors I had been dying to see and meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Jerrry DeWitt, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hope-after-Faith-Ex-Pastors-Journey/dp/0306822245/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379641229&sr=1-1&keywords=hope+after+faith">Hope
after Faith</a>, spoke like no one I have ever heard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had seen evangelical preachers on
television praising the lord, but Jerry, was speaking to atheism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had the audience laughing one minute, the
next thing you know, you were sitting almost crying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not hard to see how this man could have
been such a power influence in the church.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Amanda Kneif, author
of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Lobbyist-How--Manual-Government/dp/1939578019/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379641407&sr=1-1&keywords=citizen+lobbyist">The
Citizen Lobbyist</a>, spoke to Faith Based Initiatives by the federal and state
governments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have no idea how much
of our tax payer monies are going to churches without any oversight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really, it is a disgusting display of how the
religious are helping head towards a theocracy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Overall, my experience
was fantastic, met so many wonderful people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Confirmed my feelings about bloggers, I am glad I’m such a good judge of
character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can hardly wait to see some
of these people again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also reignited
the fire to join the Beltway Atheists again, and become more of an activist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks to all at the
conference, organizers, speakers, and volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-SB</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have never been a big fan of scouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) with their disdain for the LGBT community and total shunning of the non-religious, puts them in my eyes as a hate-filled organization.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, not the boys, but the leaders.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the contrary, there are the Girls Scouts of America (GSA), who appear to accept the LGBT community and in fact all member of society, regardless of religion (lack of).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wonderful daughter, the Madster, had some great times with her troops, and I am glad for that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still had in my mind that they were still a little to right wing for my tastes, overall, I never saw any animosity towards any part of society.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This brings me to the topic of this discussion, a Catholic church in Arlington, Virgina, just a dog-sled ride across the Potomac River, felt it was necessary to kick the local girl scout troop out of their building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can read about it <a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Girl-Scout-Troops-Banned-from-Church-137815843.html">here</a>. The reason? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 10.0pt; margin-left: 45.0pt; margin-right: 81.0pt; margin-top: 0in; text-align: center;">In recent years, the Girls Scouts have accepted gay and transgender children into its ranks. They have also provided age appropriate sexual education sometimes in conjunction with Planned Parenthood.<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Really?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What are the Catholics afraid of?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some young girl might use contraception before marriage?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh for the love of the flying spaghetti monster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are teaching the girls about being safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About being responsible? Would we rather have teenage girls running around getting pregnant, getting STDs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And do not think that Catholic teenage girls are chaste, the Catholic School girls when I was growing up were always great (wink, wink, nudge, nudge).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My virtual blogger friend <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/wwjtd/2012/02/23/girl-scouts-get-kicked-out-of-church/">J.T. Eberhard</a>, sums it up quite nicely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text2;">“Want to know the fastest way to get kicked out of a church of the most loving religion? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By failing to discriminate”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What I would like to see are my religious friends in this area talk to their church leaders and ask them to denounce the message of the Catholic Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Usually, I just say it is their wacky religion, but in this case, they are harming children…knowingly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I refuse to not say anything about it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-SB</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was inevitable…it has happened in the past and will probably happen again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Healthy Lifestyle 2.0 came to a crashing halt around the end of December.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Binging became the norm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Daily calorie intake of up to 10000 was happening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><s>Eating</s> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Binging </b>had become the norm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Same thing that had happened in the past, happened again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even stopped biking to work every day, was more like twice a week. In addition, I was going through a period of no sleep, for over a month, I would only have 2 hours of sleep at most, yes, I was in bed, but no sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was depressed! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would start crying for no reason.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t sure what was wrong with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps the eating habits had screwed me up, who knows?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I did research, because that is what I do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Was I having mental issues?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sure seemed that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First thing, off to the doctor for a physical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heart rate - 58, freaking awesome (I think doc was surprised), blood pressure – perfect, weight (well, I knew the answer to that), he said “you have to lose a lot of weight”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I said “no shit!”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blood tests, all good except triglycerides a little high, I figured it was the 10k of shitty calories/day that was causing that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, it was definitely nothing physical causing the depression.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Next step…and this was the difficult one, I had to talk to a psychiatrist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh, one of the most difficult things I have ever done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After an hour of talk, he suggests that I may be clinically depressed (I’m thinking…no shit!), what can I do?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have not made a second appointment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel I should, but it is so subjective and not objective.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why can’t there be a blood test? Give me a shot and boom it is gone.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In any case, today I have started Healthy Lifestyle 3.0.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope to get back with </span><a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/wwjtd/2011/10/01/meet-the-team/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Team Awesome</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> and continue a good physical routine as the weather starts to get nicer. I need the support of everyone as this continues, please help me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not like me to ask for help, but with this, I truly need help!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To my friends, family, coworkers, I am so sorry for being the prick I was during my depression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just could not come out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel terrible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But you are my friends; I will do anything for you and hope that you will help me as I struggle with this.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">-SB</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-9574790505951049832011-11-28T14:17:00.010-05:002011-11-28T14:21:48.443-05:00Getting the Gay Out<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A couple of years ago I was handing out report cards and part of the material I was asked to distribute were some fliers for an organization called </span><a href="http://pfox.org/default.html"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PFOX – Parent’s and Friends of Ex-Gays</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. (Warning! Not safe for intelligent, reasonable people). In any case, I read the flier was totally disgusted and somehow that handout accidentally slipped into the recycling bin. What a tragedy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Fast forward to early November, we are handing out report cards again, and there are the PFOX fliers. However, the outrage was not only with me, but with many of my fellow teachers. PFOX is based on junk science, why are teachers asked to hand out such trash? Well, that is an interesting question. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First, let us see about PFOX and why they are dangerous. PFOX feels that through therapy a person can change their sexual orientation from gay to straight. Here is what the </span><a href="http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/sexual-orientation.aspx"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">APA</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> says about it:</span></div><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #222222;">All major national mental health organizations have officially expressed concerns about therapies promoted to modify sexual orientation. To date, there has been no scientifically adequate research to show that therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation (sometimes called reparative or conversion therapy) is safe or effective. Furthermore, it seems likely that the promotion of change therapies reinforces stereotypes and contributes to a negative climate for lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons. This appears to be especially likely for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals who grow up in more conservative religious settings.</span></blockquote><span style="color: #222222;">Helpful responses of a therapist treating an individual who is troubled about her or his same-sex attractions include helping that person actively cope with social prejudices against homosexuality, successfully resolve issues associated with and resulting from internal conflicts, and actively lead a happy and satisfying life. Mental health professional organizations call on their members to respect a person’s (client’s) right to self-determination; be sensitive to the client’s race, culture, ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, language, and disability status when working with that client; and eliminate biases based on these factors. </blockquote></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">Now here is what </span><a href="http://pfox.org/about_us.html">PFOX</a><span style="color: #222222;"> says:</span><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="color: #222222;">The scientifically reinforced fluidity of sexual orientation and gender identity may help to explain why, as even the APA has acknowledged, thousands (if not millions) of people have “altered their sexual orientation” with “varying degrees of satisfaction and varying perceptions of success.” It is no longer open for serious debate. Despite tremendous political pressure to find otherwise, even the left-leaning APA has been forced to acknowledge that for people with unwanted same-sex attractions, </span><span style="color: red;">“change is possible!”</span><span style="color: #222222;"> It’s not always easy, but change is undeniably and conclusively possible. emphasis mine.</span></blockquote><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hmm, a little different I would say…but now, let us look at the backers of PFOX. The link for their statement of principles takes you to <a href="http://www.pathinfo.org/index2.htm">PATH</a> (Positive Alternatives To Homosexuality). The list of groups that back PATH/PFOX are from every denomination, from Catholic to Evangelical, from Mormon to Judaism. What I found surprising, they have secular groups, being a little suspicious about this, I check the link to their “secular” groups, not quite as secular as they claim. Yes, they are not affiliated with a church; however, there are strong links to the <a href="http://www.heritage.org/">Heritage Foundation</a>, a conservative think tank with deep pockets and deep religious (Evangelical) ties. Now that we know where PFOX is supported from, it is not surprising it is backed by religious and conservative groups. This I have no problem with. What I do have a problem with is PFOX using the school system by obfuscating their religious/conservative background.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">PFOX <a href="http://pfox.org/Calling_ex-gays_distribute_flyers_public_schools.html">targets</a> schools that have active GSA groups (Gay Straight Alliance) and support “Days of Silence”.</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">1)</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Choose those high schools where you want your flyers to be distributed. Printing flyers costs money, so choose only those schools that need your services – <u>schools with GSA or other gay clubs that celebrate Day of Silence or other gay events, etc. These are the schools that need to hear about the ex-gay message.</u> Check each school’s website under Student Clubs or Student Organizations to see if they have a GSA (Gay Straight Alliance), Tolerance, Diversity, or other such club. In addition, also check your state at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://webmail.mcpsmd.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=1f5045d16bcd4f3d9cb4490d5bf9e083&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.glsen.org%2fcgi-bin%2fiowa%2fstudent%2fstudent%2findex.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #393939;">http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/student/student/index.html</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>to see if the high school has a GSA club.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now, if PFOX is supported by good science and good intentions, why are they only targeting these schools?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now as a teacher, what are my obligations to hand out junk science? I see nothing in my contract saying that I must hand out these fliers. I would love to have the time to discuss the issues associated with PFOX and bring in an alternate point of view such as <a href="http://community.pflag.org/Page.aspx?pid=194&srcid=-2">PFLAG</a>, (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays). However, I am far from an expert in this area. I am all for having communication; I am just not comfortable with a group using the school system to reach children without having both sides of the discussion available to them. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This situation has gone to the courts and the Board of Education, with the courts siding with PFOX, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-aSJYyOtI-5wyQfFoC_mzuUkv8rACKnKnW_DF-HAgr8/edit">here</a> and <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BzSmY5Bj3UltMDdkNDI4M2YtZDJlNy00ZDQ3LWI2MmQtZWJmMjYwY2U4NDBk">here</a>. It is obvious that PFOX is wrong. I just want more people to know about this and to speak out. It is the only way there will be equality for all people!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was a pretty much a fun week for healthy living, didn’t do anything crazy, but things went well and binge threats were almost non-existent. Bike riding to work is still a challenge first thing in the morning, something about getting up at 4:30, eating breakfast, then getting prepared to go out in the cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m sort of looking forward to it snowing, it will give me some excitement on my ride in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also love the feeling of the sweat and tears from the wind freezing to my cheeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is so cool!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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The statistics for this past week. <br />
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BMI – 39.7 (down 6.8 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1752/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3350/day<br />
Net Caloric difference -</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1598</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 49% - 41% - 10%<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On Fridays at school, there is some pick-up basketball with some of the staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I figured it was time that I get some cross-training in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I’ve been biking, doing the elliptical, and lifting weights, but every time you do a different activity you work different muscles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew this going in, but felt I was in really good shape for being a fat guy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I was right, my cardio during the basketball was great, never got really winded, had lots of energy, and felt really strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I played for about an hour and felt great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My ride home was a little slower than normal, then, about a mile from home waiting for the light to change, boom! Calf started to cramp, inside of my hamstring was cramping, I knew immediately I was in for a sore night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took a hot shower and got ready for a relaxing night, wow, the pain of cramps and muscles rarely used is strangely both agonizing and intriguing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Saturday, I went golfing with my good friend Rob, again, different muscles, back and shoulders, I felt so strong, but again sore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ahh, did it ever feel good on Sunday, I could barely move.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a few days for the sore to go away, but overall, my body feels strong and good.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I missed a couple of weeks, partly because of laziness, partly because this healthy lifestyle is getting me down…despite the enormous gains…er losses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reached a milestone these past weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first, I am now able to use the Wii Fit board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that is a good thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I have to destroy all of my daughters’ records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second milestone deals with a round number, not really comfortable with stating my weight yet, but it was smashed through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I’m looking at BMI as my targets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will be below 40 BMI soon, maybe next week…so cool!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
The statistics for this past week. <br />
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BMI – 40.1 (down 6.4 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1850/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3500/day<br />
Net Caloric difference -</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1650</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 49% - 41% - 10%<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am finding that with the healthy living comes depression. I don’t think it is bad enough to be medicated, but there are days when I find it so difficult to continue on without binging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the feeling doesn’t pass quickly, not at all, sometime it lasts days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is not like I’m not eating!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know studies have been done and find high rates of depression in the obese, but I cannot find any studies about depression of those going through healthy lifestyle changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In any case, I just tell myself to suck it up and keep going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know I am not alone in this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have the support of family, friends, my fitness team, but I am not sure what to ask for help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what is frustrating.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Soon, about a year from now, I’ll be at a BMI of 28 and you won’t recognize me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I love Facebook. It gives me a chance to see what friends are up to from all over the planet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like hearing about their work, family, social life, and some of their jokes. However, Facebook has an annoying meme that people do not stop, that is re-posting “motivational sayings” for the world to see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the new version of the chain letter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, most of the re-posting of chain letters comes from my Christian friends.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now the point of this blog, a friend posted an appeal to the world that Jesus is everywhere, here is a copy of the posting.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 6; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">ONE DAY A DAD COMES HOME DRUNK AND MAD HE PULLS OUT A GUN AND SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND TURNS THE GUN TO HIMSELF. HIS LITTLE GIRL SITS BEHIND A COUCH CRYING. THE POLICE CAME AND TOOK THE LITTLE GIRL TO A NEW FAMILY. HER FIRST SUNDAY SCHOOL, SHE WALKS PAST THE BUILDING AN SEES A PICTURE OF JESUS ON THE CROSS. .. THE LITTLE GIRL ASKS THE TEACHER' HOW DID THAT MAN GET OFF THE CROSS'? THE TEACHER REPLIED: 'HE NEVER DID'. THE LITTLE GIRL ARGUED: 'YES HE DID. THE NIGHT MOMMY AND DADDY DIED, HE SAT NEXT TO ME BEHIND THE COUCH, TELLING ME EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE ALRIGHT. 66% OF YOU WON'T POST THIS. BUT REMEMBER WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS: 'DENY ME IN FRONT OF YOUR FRIENDS AND I'LL DENY YOU IN FRONT OF MY FATHER</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Where to start?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of these types of messages always come from Christians, they have an obvious obsession with caps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe they have forgotten where the caps lock key is and couldn’t turn it off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As annoying as this is, it is truly a sick story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who comes up with this stuff? If this story is real, if it is accurate, how about some citations to make it more legitimate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The part that is really most disturbing is the part that “HE SAT NEXT TO ME BEHIND THE COUCH”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is supposed to be god, the most freaking awesome, most loving, caring, powerful thing in the universe?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a bastard!?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of preventing the murder suicide which any truly loving, caring compassionate person would do, he allows it to happen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, assuming this is real, there is some little girl out there scarred for life, schizophrenic, and having an imaginary friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is inspirational about this message?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>At the end, there is a bible quote that is a non-sequitur.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who is denying him? (except for me and most rational people who can make critical thinking decisions).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want to quote the bible, I could throw hundreds of quotes at you that are equally not meaningful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mark Twain said it best, <br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/marktwain153875.html#ixzz1cAEWs1NS">“<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">t ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.”</span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><br />
Do you know what these re-postings do? They get me more fired up and I will fight for people more rational and to think critically even harder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not want to alienate my friends, but I will not put up with bullshit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are going to say something, back it up with facts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">January 10, 1990, I met the most amazing woman of all time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was fortunate enough to pick her out at a popular bar in Quebec City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a couple of weeks, we knew we were in love, a couple of weeks later we were engaged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On October, 12, 1991, we were married.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have said this many times, but feel I cannot say it enough, but Erin makes people around her better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether it is her smile, her attitude, her kindness, her work ethic, or her “je ne sais quoi?”, whatever she has, it is infectious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With regards to healthy living, she has been by my side for the full gamut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we met, I was a healthy 210 lbs, then by the time we were married, probably close to 300.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stayed that way for a while, then got into refereeing hockey and triathlons, so got down to low 220s, stayed there for about a year before ballooning up again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, the last few years, have been terrible (from a weight perspective), but each time, Erin stands by me regardless of my weight, what I look like, or my eating habits.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So this past weekend, Erin and I went to a lovely bed and breakfast for our anniversary celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very cool murder mystery, romantic walks, and a scenic bike ride through the cotton fields were awesome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As always, my thoughts were always on food and how I could share meals with my love and at the same time be healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was very cognizant of what I was eating every single meal, eating half portions, leaving carbohydrate heavy foods on the plate, and drinking plenty of water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, I believe I did eat more carbs than normal, but my calorie count could not have been over 2000 per day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ugh, it was so tough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I enjoyed wonderful meals, plenty of fish and vegetables, and an occasional glass of wine.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As Erin and I were leaving, we discussed the weekend and how we both agreed that I ate proper portions, never overboard, nothing outrageous, had plenty of exercise, and that I should be maintaining my trend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, was very positive when I got home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Checked the scale, gained three pounds?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Didn’t even eat 3 pounds of food over the four days!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will I have to live never eating like a “normal” person again?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So much work to lose 3 pounds, and doing nothing but being good for 4 days and weight comes back on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Garbage!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So disappointed. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The weekend was wonderful, sharing it with Erin, but then realizing that my life will never be normal sucks big time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As I enter the fourth month of this healthy living lifestyle, I must ask myself, “Just what is wrong with me?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went thirteen weeks, one quarter of a year, three months without a binging episode.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not to say the urges were not there, they were, but I just overcame them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, however, I was not strong enough, and I don’t know why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something inside of me was telling me to get a bowl of cereal, then another, then another, until the entire box was gone, then some fruit, still never felt full.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The urges continued until I went into shower and wanted to make myself puke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have worked so hard these last months to lose over 40 pounds, and then in one hour, I consumed more calories than I do in 3 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, what is wrong with me?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are these urges so profound?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this what an addict feels like when they need their next fix?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An alcoholic when they need their next drink?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hate this feeling, it sucks!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now that the episode is over, I try to look at the causes real or imaginary or whatever that led up to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My food this week was pretty much normal except for one day at school, there were bagels and it was the first real “pure” carb food that I have eaten.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last night, Saturday, I cooked a version of orange chicken, a light version, and really a healthy meal, but now, as I look back on it, I probably ate a pound of chicken and three servings of vegetables, healthy? Yes, but probably way too much.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then today, normal breakfast, early lunch, made a breakfast of an omelet with bacon, onion, tomatoes, and mushrooms, and probably ended up eating a half pound of bacon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then this afternoon, I’m walking by the kitchen, boom!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just one bowl of cereal…why did it become so many?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I guess it starts again right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, out for a walk, a cup of coffee, and some self reflection.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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BMI - 41.2 (down 0.6 down 5.3 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1608/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3520/day<br />
Net Caloric difference -</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1912</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 49% - 41% - 10%<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I truly hope that this does not become routine…at least in one sense of the word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Routine bores me to death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t even like taking the same bike route to school every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I change it up, short cut behind the mall; take the longer route along side streets, anything to alleviate the same path every day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another great thing about being a teacher, even though I teach the same lesson four times a day, each is different because of the dynamics and personalities in the classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">However, I would like it to because routine, losing 3 lbs/week, getting stronger, getting healthier, feeling better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is what I like about this becoming routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet, I am wary of situations that are out of routine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Restaurants, lunches at school, parties, bowling night are all opportunities where I might binge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, that thought is always in my head, always!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess I will keep using my supports and will power, hard to believe that this is almost three months now.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Perhaps I am jaded as I come from Canada, generally considered the <a href="http://www.rankopedia.com/ZID=3/238/Ranking-Most-Hospitable/Courteous-Citizens-in-the-World/Step1/2556.htm"><span style="color: #993300;">most polite country</span></a> in the world. In fact, I've heard it said that Canadians are too polite? Is that even possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things are different in the United States, I feel the people are more aggressive, but that is not totally a bad thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can be aggressive and polite at the same time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A funny thing that I noticed when I first visited the United States, when I say “thank you” for something, the response in Canada (every time) is “you’re welcome”; however, what you hear in the U.S. is “huh huh”, more of an acknowledgment.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">However, what I am seeing more and more is a lack of courtesy, a lack of respect for fellow human beings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let me rank the three most common events of rudeness I see on a daily basis.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cell Phones – people walk around them like they are protective baby blankies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It doesn’t matter where they are; restaurant, mall, car, school, park, work, and about anywhere else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I have no problem with people having their security blankets, I have a problem with how they interact with society when their cell phone is out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I am having a conversation with someone and they start to text (or answer a call), I’m gone, listen, that person is a jerk, has no respect for me or the conversation and is not worthy of my time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have seen this many times in restaurants, a couple sitting down for dinner, they place their phones on the table and are constantly checking it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The person across the table is not worthy of your attention?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In school, you are there to learn, and this is not only my high school darlings, but educators (adults) I have seen in class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are there to learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You playing with your phone is distracting, despite it being on vibrate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just the action is enough to draw attention away from the instructor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, <u>do not</u> use your phone while driving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When, not if, you get into an accident, it will be someone else getting hurt, probably not you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is so important that it cannot wait until you reach your destination, probably less than 15 minutes away?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You people make me sick<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Driving – Hey, have you ever heard of turn indicators? You know that thing beside the steering wheel?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really, it is a useful thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found out a couple of years ago, that it using a turn indicator in Maryland is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_it_the_law_in_Maryland_to_use_a_turn_signal"><span style="color: #993300;">not<span style="font-weight: normal;"> a law</span></span></a></b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may not be a law, but it is the polite and courteous thing to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aggressive driving is not unique to the United States; there is plenty of it in Canada.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Part of the reason I started to take the train into the city everyday from suburbia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it necessary to speed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To pass on the right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To tailgate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is your issue?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will save how much time in the long run?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Probably not that much, but in the mean time, you have put many people in danger.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally, how about letting someone in when there is traffic? Would it really kill you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just be nice to you people, let them in, you will make their day maybe.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Manners – What has happened to basic manners?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Saying please, thank you, excuse me, and your welcome?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sounds so much nicer than without.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes whoever you are asking maybe feel a little better about doing that something for you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t know how many times I hear a child say “Can I have this?” no “please”, but then no admonishment from the parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When someone gets something, there is no “thank you”, sometimes there is barely an acknowledgment that something was done for them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">I am so disgusted by this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And do you know what is interesting (sad?), this is happening on a more regular basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to lead by example in class, at work, when I’m out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m not the only one who sees this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is time we start treat everyone with respect, dignity, and courtesy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether you know that person or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Think about this the next time you think a text message is more important than the people you are around.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If not, our world, our society is done!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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The statistics for this past week. <br />
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BMI - 41.8 (down 0.1 down 4.7 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1550/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3371/day<br />
Net Caloric difference -</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1821</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 48% - 43% - 9%<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Many battles are fought when you have been fighting obesity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some jerk on a website said, “hey, to lose weight, all you got to do is eat less calories then you take in!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, no shit!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well there is a problem, you <u>have</u> to take in calories to lose weight, and a decent amount of calories if you are working out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the past three or four weeks I’ve seen my caloric intake decrease and am way below where I should be.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is crazy to think that you must eat to lose, but it is the way our bodies work.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Another battle I face is the desire to binge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve talked about it <a href="http://gburgatheist.blogspot.com/2011/08/getting-healthy-201-binge-eating.html"><span style="color: blue;">many times</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I go to the grocery with my family, they buy pasta; I have thoughts in my head about how much I would love to eat an entire box of pasta in alfredo sauce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, my wife made pizza for my daughter and her friend…I could not resist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had about 2 servings of pizza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took every ounce of energy/willpower/whatever you want to call it to not finish that pizza.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I could explain this desire? need? more clearly, but I can’t and it sucks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The feeling sucks!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will this be something that I must battle the rest of my life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought habits were broken in two months, been over two months since I’ve binged, but oh man, the desires to binge are there all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally, this past week, getting to the gym was an issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not know why, but I just could not get my fat, lazy butt out of the house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schedule conflicts prevented me from stopping at the gym after school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am glad I have the support of family, my friends, and <a href="http://freethoughtblogs.com/wwjtd/2011/10/01/meet-the-team/"><span style="color: blue;">Team Awesome</span></a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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1. <strong>"I'm very proud of who I am. I am innocent. I have not broken a single one of the Ten Commandments. I have not broken any of the teachings of Jesus Christ, and so I'm proud of my faith and message,"</strong> (<a href="http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/schuller/general.htm"><span style="color: #993300;">http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/schuller/general.htm</span></a>)<br />
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Wow! Hmm, I thought pride/hubris was a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride"><span style="color: #993300;">deadly sin</span></a>. The third sentence, not to break a single commandment is near impossible. How about #4? <strong>Remember the Sabbath day</strong>. Says you should do no work, I'll overlook the fact that it is your job to work every Sunday, you do get paid as a pastor don't you? But how about washing dishes, doing laundry, mowing the lawn, household chores, etc. Well, you are probably so rich you can afford people to do this for you...again, still breaking the Sabbath because you shouldn't hire workers to do thing for you as well. So, no shopping on Sunday, no restaurants, no purchasing gas. Are you saying you have done none of these in your life? Oops, that brings us to number two.<br />
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2. By virtue of number one, you have just broke #9 <strong>You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.</strong> Lying! The big one! Everyone lies, lying is necessary sometimes. Let me give you an example; you are hiding a Jewish family in your attic from the Nazi's during World War II. The SS comes by and asks you questions, "do you give up the family because the commandment says so? Or do you lie to keep them safe and out of harm’s way?" I know what I would do as a moral person, but is faith in the bible and god more important than the life of that family? So back to Schuler, is he being moral when he lies about not breaking any of the commandments? Is he being a good person? Yes, I believe that he believes he is doing something right...but continuing to preach lies, such as there is creationism instead of evolution. (<a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/robert-a-schuller-godtube-co-founder-team-up-reveal-new-ministry-plans-38904/"><span style="color: #993300;">http://www.christianpost.com/news/robert-a-schuller-godtube-co-founder-team-up-reveal-new-ministry-plans-38904/</span></a>)<br />
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So now, should we be quoting morality from just anyone? From someone who themselves is not moral? How should we determine whether this person is moral or not? Here is an example of what I mean. The quote "<strong>As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice</strong><span class="body">." </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">sounds like something that you may hear from any conservative, republican or Christian these days. Now, would you be surprised that this quote came from <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/adolf_hitler.html"><span style="color: #222222;">Adolf Hitler</span></a>? So now, if even I could cherry pick a quote from Hitler about morality, would it be okay to use it in a public forum? I'm guessing there would be much outrage.<span style="color: #222222;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #222222;">Truly, when I think that quotes are cherry picked and people do no research about the people making the quote. I also think that quotes from Christians are very dubious and really have no place in a public setting.</span></span><br />
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The good news from are the statistics for this past week. <br />
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Calorie Intake - 1375/day<br />
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Net Caloric difference -<span style="color: red;">2104</span>/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins -
Carbs - Fat distribution -- 50% - 41% - 9%<br />
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On this journey to healthy living, I am finding inspiration an important part of my life...no not from some fictional fairy monster living in the sky, but from friends, family, acquaintances, and from deep within myself.<br />
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I have said many times, that my wife is my best friend and the greatest, kindest person I know. If I could only be a small percentage as wonderful as her, I would accomplish great things. I could watch her all day, she makes me smile. And I think to myself more and more that she deserves more than this obese lard ass here. I look at my daughter, and I hope that she will not follow in my obese footsteps, parents are the only true role models and she sees my bad habits no matter how I try to hide them. This will not happen!<br />
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Friends and acquaintances are great! My <a href="http://wwjtd.net/?p=2147">fitness team</a> formed by JT Eberhard is great. It is good to know how other people watching you calorie intake can make comments and care for you and worry for you despite not even knowing you in person. I am truly honored by this.<br />
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Finally, inspiration must come from within. It is just difficult sometimes to get it out. It arrives when I check the scale and it shows a loss, it arrives when I have an aggressive workout, it arrives when I achieve a goal/milestone, it arrives when I use my willpower to overcome unhealthy choices. I just can't wait until the moment it arrives when I can see a difference in my body.<br />
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-SBUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-13457759119930740872011-09-19T16:21:00.000-04:002011-09-19T16:22:30.411-04:00Healthy Living 2.08 - Clothing part 2Last night I asked my wife, "how long do you think it has been since I started doing this 'healthy living' thing?" Her response, "I don't know, 14 weeks!". Yup, feels that long, but in reality it has only been 8 weeks, not even 2 full months and it feels a lot longer. Yes, I love the results, but oh, I miss my favourite food of all time, pizza. I don't dare eat a slice because I know one slice will lead into a whole pizza, I just don't have that will power. <br />
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BMI - 42.2 (down 1.1 down 4.3
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Calorie Intake - 1484/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3675/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 43% - 47% - 10%<br />
I'm extremely worried about my calorie intake, it is at this point that I feel binge opportunities available. Yes, I'm making all of my meals, and should really eat more...but have the feeling that I am eating too much. This week I'm going to increase my protein and reduce my carbs even more. It means more chicken and fish. But will, I promise to make a concerted effort to increase my caloric intake to around the 2100 range.<br />
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<strong>Clothing - Part 2</strong><br />
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Last week I talked a little about sizes, this week it is more about the looks and effects of clothes on the obese person. Clothes, no matter the style always look terrible on obese people and never fit properly (I really don't know about properly tailored clothes). From a male perspective, the only one I can give is this. No clothes for obese people fit well and as a result there is an ugly result to this on an obese persons body.<br />
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I love wearing Polo's, golf shirts, whatever you want to call them, and getting a size that fits correctly a XXL or XXXL is possible, however, the what happens is that chaffing of the worst kind occurs under the arms and feels absolutely terrible!<br />
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Pants, whether jeans, shorts, khakis, whatever, must be cinched up tight with a belt to prevent showing an enormous plumbers crack. The result is unsightly lines across the belly. So disgusting and absolutely nothing you can do about it. I'm wondering if this will be the same 12 months from here.</div>
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Clothes in general, big, bulky, hanging off our obese bodies, no matter how, never look good. I love my friends for they see me as the good person I am and not the person wearing these terrible clothes. I know it doesn't matter, but there is some vanity in all of us. And yes, I have some.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-27356520943062085732011-09-11T20:03:00.000-04:002011-09-11T20:04:53.310-04:00Healthy Living 2.07 - Clothing part 1What a month it has been for a commuter cyclist in Maryland. On August 23rd, there was a magnitude 5.3 <a href="http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2509622">earthquake</a> that hit the region. At first I thought it was one of the construction vehicles at our school smashing into a wall. Next up was <a href="http://www.wtop.com/?nid=869&sid=2516590">Hurricane Irene</a> from August 28th to August 30th. Then this past week, which really sucked for a cyclist was over 11 inches of rain. There was <a href="http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2533126">flooding</a> everywhere. But oh my, it is very exhilarating feeling the rain stinging your eyes and face as you peddle hard into the downpour. However, I was really getting tired of being soaking wet upon arrival at school and getting home. Oh well, it will only make me appreciate the fall and winter season coming up.<br />
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The statistics for this past week.<br />
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BMI - 43.3 (down 0.7
down 3.2 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1658/day<br />
Calories Burned -
3692/day<br />
Net Caloric difference -<span style="color: red;">2035</span>/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins -
Carbs - Fat distribution -- 40% - 50% - 10%<br />
This extremely wet week has made me go in search of a new rain jacket for cycling. Well, I know that a good rain jacket is a speciality item. So, I go to <a href="http://www.rei.com/">REI</a> and take a look at the biking jackets. I find a couple of makes, and way cool, they have a couple of XXL in two different styles. There is one in particular, in an awesome florescent green, I try it on, I could barely put my arm through it. XXL, in what world? Oh yeah, the biking world where most people barely weight more than 150 lbs and are extremely tiny. Grrr!<br />
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This has not been my first encounter with crappy sizing, unfortunately, getting quality and plus size clothing is extremely difficult. I suspect it is because clothing has never really been designed properly for obese people. But that is another posting.<br />
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-SBUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-27392917930306552382011-09-05T08:36:00.000-04:002011-09-05T08:36:54.999-04:00Healthy Living 2.06 - Online group helpThought these things are supposed to get easier as time goes on. You know, developing new habits, I am doing that, but no way it is not easier, it is just as difficult. Just have to keep on going. The <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/">Livestrong</a> site is very cool for showing progress and trend lines, at this rate, I'll be at a healthy weight sometime around December 2013...that makes this journey very daunting and very long.<br />
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The statistics for this past week.<br />
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BMI - 44.0 (down 0.2 down 2.5 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1735/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3978/day<br />
Net Caloric difference - <span style="color: red;">2287</span>day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 42% - 48% - 10%<br />
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I mentioned <a href="http://gburgatheist.blogspot.com/2011/08/getting-healthy-201-binge-eating.html">here</a> about Binge Eating Disorder and how I was sort of inspired by two of my favorite bloggers who wrote about their challenges with psychological disorders. First off was Jen McCreight of <a href="http://www.blaghag.com/">The Blag Hag</a> blog, writing about what must be a truly embarrassing <a href="http://www.blaghag.com/2011/06/picking-on-myself.html">disorder</a>. Then having the courage to piggy back on Jen's bravery is JT Eberhard writing on his very good blog <a href="http://wwjtd.net/">What Would JT Do</a>? JT has been battling <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_nervosa">anorexia nervosa</a> and doing very well, until recently it has morphed into <a href="http://wwjtd.net/?p=1955">anorexia athletica</a>, you can read about it <a href="http://wwjtd.net/?p=1955">here</a>.<br />
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JT has formed a group called <a href="http://wwjtd.net/?p=1750">Fitness Saturday</a>...errr, Friday, err, whatever day of the week it is supposed to be on. In any case, there are six of us in this group and we post our results, accomplishments, encourage each other. We are extremely different, each person has their own goals, their own battles, and their own reasons for doing this. I have yet to get to know Conrad, Sid, Brandon, Nikki, Tanya, or even JT (I just know him through his blogs). What I do know from the few e-mails we have shared is that we are all dedicated to becoming more fit. It feels good to be part of a group. It feels good to have the support of people you hardly know who are going through a similar journey and we can see each others goals.<br />
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Thanks to all for the support so far, I estimate that I have completed approximately 10% of this journey. It is a long way to go but I'm sure it will be worth it.<br />
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-SBUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-50071430588477136352011-08-29T17:34:00.000-04:002011-08-29T17:34:07.306-04:00Healthy Living 2.05 - Frustration and PatienceOver a month into this healthy living change and am feeling pretty good. Still difficult to overcome temptations, but I'm doing a great job at avoiding those situations.<br />
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The statistics for this past week.<br />
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BMI - 44.2 (down 0.8, down 2.3 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1623/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3728/day<br />
Net Caloric difference - <span style="color: red;">2133</span>/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 40% - 52% - 8%<br />
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<strong>10 total inches lost. Hard to tell from where though.</strong><br />
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Really have to watch the calorie intake, I must eat more...and by more, I mean more protein. The distribution is OK because they are all "good" carbs, but I'd like to keep it closer to 40%<br />
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This was an interesting week, I once again learned a lesson in frustration and patience. Frustration number one: I weigh myself each night; Wednesday, the piece of shit scale said I gained 1.5 lbs. What it the name of the Flying Spaghetti Monster did I do wrong? I've been working out like a demon, eating really well, drinking all my water! Leave it to say I was pissed off and so frustrated. The next day at the gym I worked harder, didn't even look at that damn scale. Then by the end of the week it showed about a 5 lb loss for the week? What? Grrr!<br />
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Frustration number two: I have been riding my bicycle to work every day. Then on the way home I would go to the gym and do my workout. Workout includes both lifting and cardio. The frustration comes on the way home, there is this piece of shit hill on Goshen Rd. just past Mid-County Hwy. It has beaten me every single day. I could make it to the top and around the corner, but not to the complete summit. Ended up walking last 200 feet. Well, today, finally did it, the entire way, no walking. And my thighs are burning beyond belief! Two hours after the ride, they are burning. Ugh!<br />
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New challenges this week, school is back in session full time. This requires planning and much dedication to continue the workout schedule. I see this being done!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-44691336316352813242011-08-22T19:27:00.001-04:002011-08-29T17:12:59.720-04:00Healthy Living 2.04 - Overcoming ComplacencyWeek 4 is done! Probably the most difficult so far. The reason? My routine was interrupted by a trip and some wonderful golf outings with a buddy of mine. Status or the past week:<br />
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BMI - 45.0 (down 0.2, down 1.5 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1956/day<br />
Calories Burned - 3370/day<br />
Net Caloric difference - <span style="color: red;">1413</span>/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 45% - 46% - 9%<br />
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It was a good week again...statistically speaking, but I felt that this has been the most difficult week yet. As well, I'm not looking forward to the challenge of eating healthy during pre-service week at school. Way too many temptations.<br />
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I have had this feeling before when losing weight. It is the feeling of complacency. I can see it in the tracking of my meals. I can see it in the tracking of my fitness activity. I can see my will power disappearing before my eyes when there are high calorie, low nutritional foods in front of me. This is when I need support of family and friends. I'm asking you, "Get in my face!" if you see me sneaking. And remember, I am good at this.<br />
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Now I am asking myself, why is this happening? Is it boredom? I really don't think so. Is it that I am trying to integrate this healthy living lifestyle into activities I really enjoy? Possibly. Am I mentally screwed up? Possibly and in more ways than this. But seriously, I really think the issue is a combination of all three. <br />
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This week I will try the following. Read more to keep from being bored...or go to the gym...or start writing more blogs. The integration into activities I really enjoy is really a problem. One of my favorite activities is eating. I mean really good food. Erin and I love going to nice restaurants, but fine dining meals are not healthy. Asian meals (North American style) have so few healthy choices. Any restaurant for that matter is a massive challenge. What we have been doing is sharing an entree, still get the yummy goodness, however only small puny portions (at least for me). Finally, am I mentally challenged? Absolutely! However, I have been saying that allergies are all psychological (for most people) and yes I know that allergies are real. Yet, now, I am looking at the desire to eat and to eat non-stop as my "allergy". Yes, it is psychological and it will take every ounce of will power I have to overcome this.<br />
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This week, starting back to work, biking to and from every day. Hope I will have enough time to share between work, family, and working out.<br />
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SBUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3654602521081204915.post-61967615638948615752011-08-14T20:26:00.001-04:002011-08-14T20:36:40.218-04:00Healthy Living 2.03 - TravellingWeek 3 is done! Probably the most difficult so far. The reason? My routine was interrupted by a trip and some wonderful golf outings with a buddy of mine. Status or the past week:<br />
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BMI - 45.2 (down 0.4, down 1.3 total)<br />
Calorie Intake - 1987/day<br />
Calories Burned - 4500/day<br />
Net Caloric difference - <span style="color: red;">2513</span>/day<br />
Water - 72 oz/day<br />
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Proteins - Carbs - Fat distribution -- 41% - 47% - 12%<br />
I was getting into a really good routine...one that I <strong>WILL</strong> need when school restarts. This included a good breakfast, a workout, snack, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, and evening snack. However, this week, albeit enjoyable, through my routine out of sorts. A couple of things that I have realized and must plan on even more in the future is when I go out golfing. I have to start with a good meal, then make sure I bring healthy snacks and a meal with me to the course. This would accomplish two things: I would not be hungry and have enough energy for all 18 holes and I would know exactly what I was eating and not be at the mercy of the crap they sell at the golf courses. <br />
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The golf was just a minor change in routine, however, travelling out of town with the family leaves me with tough decisions and using will power that I'd rather avoid.<br />
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<strong>Restaurants:</strong><br />
Salad -- ugh! I'm sick of salad. It is not filling, it has little taste unless you smother it with yummy dressing.<br />
Meat? Fried or covered with stuff or smothered in gravy or whatever. Would love it, smells so good!<br />
Vegetables - Is it possible for just one restaurant to not overcook the veggies, they don't have to be "smushie". Also, how is it you manage to use a quarter pound of butter on your vegetables. Yes, oh so good, but hey, give a guy a break.<br />
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Already you are thinking, "eat at different restaurants", but this is a family thing and a value thing. We are not talking about "the clown, the king, or any other fast food place".<br />
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<strong>Family:</strong><br />
I love my family, they are the greatest! However, the temptations are almost overwhelming. I went 3 days not eating properly, didn't eat badly, meaning nothing high carbs or calorie intensive, just a lot of bananas and meat when available. I know my family tries, but I just think it is difficult for them to understand the difficulty and mental problems of being obese.<br />
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<strong>Temptation:</strong><br />
My incredible wife (Erin) and I spent a wonderful evening with some of her high school friends. It was a great night with wonderful conversation. The issue, we went to a great restaurant with the greatest food of all time, <a href="http://www.pizza-cottage.com/">The Pizza Cottage</a>. Yes! It is a cottage made out of pizza. Oh so good. I ordered a salad, I think they knew my issue because they brought me 3 huge containers of dressing to hide the nasty salad taste. I only used 1/2 of one. Erin ordered a veggie pizza....oh it looked so good, would have been gone in 60 seconds if I had it. Her friends ordered something even better, a BLT pizza...oh I was dying. You have know idea the desire to snag all of it when they offered, but I know that one piece will lead to many pizzas, better to avoid then to try and stop.<br />
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The challenge to overcome temptation for the next year will be better prepared, I'm going to attempt to prepare my own meals on a more regular basis, even if I will be alienating some of my friends and/or family.<br />
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This week, back to my routine and planning out what is going to happen when school starts again next week.<br />
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