Entries from March 2007

March 27, 2007

243.4

After staying a bit flat last week, I have some downward momentum again. Oddly enough, I splurged the other day (for the first time in 6 weeks) and actually consumed more calories than allowed to maintain my current weight. In a moment of weakness, I decided to eat some White Castle cheeseburgers and other snacks. [...]

March 22, 2007

245.2

Progress is much slower than it used to be, but I’m ok with that. I’m looking at a few techniques that might help to jumpstart me losing again though. Here they are in no particular order:

Zig zagging- When you modify your food intake your body will respond by adjusting metabolism. Same thing for exercise. There [...]

March 19, 2007

246.2

Making good progress. More details tomorrow.

March 16, 2007

1/3 of a century

I’m 33 years old today. Almost 1/3 of a century. Holla. 

March 15, 2007

St. Louis Code Camp- Again!

One year ago today, Brian Button announced the St. Louis Code Camp. I helped Brian to put that on last year and enjoyed participating.
Three days ago, Brian announced the 2nd annual Code Camp. I’m looking forward to participating this year and perhaps giving a talk. If nothing else, I’ll be sitting in many more sessions [...]

March 15, 2007

247.6

Since last week the weight loss has slowed a bit. I’m still down about 2 pounds in a week, but I can tell that the pace has lessened just a bit. I’m down about 15 pounds in 30 days though, so I can’t really complain at all. The next step is to get into a [...]

March 11, 2007

A sense of entitlement for software developers?

One year ago: “There is a marketplace of ideas at work in the software development community. If I set up a “booth” in this market but fail to charge people for my services, that’s my problem. If you’re a software developer in this community contributing to formats, protocols, standards and applications that drive interest from end [...]

March 10, 2007

Facilitating Enterprise 2.0

Interesting post over at The Obvious on Enterprise 2.0. The “Enterprise 2.0″ concept takes so many different forms, but this post implies the use of lightweight collaboration tools (web-based of course) that can be managed (mostly) by the end users. Here’s an excerpt:
“The 100% guaranteed easiest way to do Enterprise 2.0?
DO NOTHING
And then your bright, [...]

March 10, 2007

249.2

Having a good week this week. Today’s menu- had a nice dinner of pasta and salad, but well balanced by this morning’s oatmeal and a lean sandwich and yogurt for lunch. No formal exercise, but did some chores that got me active for about 30-40 minutes today.

March 7, 2007

251

Steady progress, feeling great. My story in a nutshell- consistent exercise, eating no more than 2000 calories today, and eating a more balanced diet (ratio of fats/carbs/protein). I’m down almost 12 pounds in 3 weeks and I never really feel hungry. That definitely feels like success.