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I'm fatter than I thought, thanks to the clothing companies

Back from the desert I thought I was all that.  I’d been working out for months (bringing it daily with P90X), losing weight, gaining muscle, and my weight was below 200 for the first time in years.  My clothes were too big on me so my wife took me shopping.  I’m not vain, but I [...]

A taste of home, also, the Crown seeks revenge

My first package from home arrives, and I subject myself to the British Army in the name of [...]

Ab-icide redux

Sore from a P90X abs workout, unable to lift my legs much off the floor, I take another tough class in the same day. [...]

Ab-icide?

I join a group of younger, fitter guys for an ab workout and discover that I don’t actually have abdominal muscles, only placeholders where actual muscles should [...]

It’s good to be a dad

Sometimes things go right – no problems, no fights, no drama.  It was like that yesterday evening.

Backstory: In my ongoing quest to be less of a man (weight-wise) I’ve been going to the gym.  For the first time we joined one as a family: Lifetime Fitness, the coolest gym I’ve ever been to.  Child care, [...]