Archive for the 'Weighty Matters' Category

W – Weightlifter

At lunch today, I went to the book store and picked up The New Rules of Lifting For Life: An All-New Muscle-Building, Fat-Blasting Plan for Men and Women Who Want to Ace Their Midlife Exams By Lou Schuler and Alwyn Cosgrove. I’ve been waiting for the book since Lou announced he was working on it. You wouldn’t know it by
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N – New Normal

To say that there’s been a lot of upheaval in my work life the last few months would be an understatement. There’s been a lot of waiting and now everything has been kicked into high gear. I’ve been feeling a little stretched to say the least. There are nights when I come home and all I want to do is
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Another Intention – My Health

When I originally set up this blog, I used the Weighty Matters category to talk about my previous weight loss journey and the weightlifting work I was doing. Between a hurricane and my ill mother, my weight loss and workouts got put to the side and have been ignored for just over 2 years. However this year, I noticed there
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Why I Don’t Like the Term “Bucket List”

“Don’t be a spectator, don’t let life pass you by. ” ― Lou Holtz In 2007′s “The Bucket List” starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, the main characters of the movie are both terminally ill and they go on a road trip with a goal of completing their personal wish lists before they “kick the bucket.” Since the movie came
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Getting Back in an Exercise Groove

There was a time not so long ago that I was regularly exercising. Three times a week I’d lift weights and 2-3 times a week, I’d go on a walk or spend some time stretching. None of this has happened for essentially the last three years. But as Dylan says “The times – they are a changing.” Not wanting to
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Assessing where you are

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself. ~Alan Alda I want you to try something. 1. Mute/Turn off the radio/tv/or noise inducing piece of equipment that may be were you are. 2. Close your eyes and take a few
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What About The Victim?

Right now, I’m mad as hell at the media. An 11 year old girl was gang raped in Cleveland, TX (about 100 miles from where I live) and what are they talking about? That some people think she because she was dressed older than she appeared and was wearing make up so she deserved to be raped. No one deserves
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