Monday, December 30, 2013

The hike that changed my life...

Ask not for whom the dinner bell tolls; it tolls for me. After a couple of weeks of preparing, soliciting donations and talking a lot of smack about how much I'll lose the time has come for me to stop putting my food where my mouth is and start exercising. Hopefully none of my sponsors will be too offended by my waddling out of the starting gate a couple of days early. That's right, we've bumped up the starting date for...
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Monday, December 23, 2013

10 Things I Won't Miss About Being Fat

Everyone knows the obvious reasons for losing weight. Be healthy, live longer, look better, feel better, yada, yada, yada. But what about the less tangible things that actually impact your daily life? Here's a list of things I won't miss about being fat... 1. Airplane Seats - Every time I board an airplane I think there are hidden cameras and Ashton Kutcher will pop out any minute to tell me I've been Punk'd. Surely this...
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Friday, December 20, 2013

The Gastronomical Bucket List

    So I've been thinking a lot lately about the foods I'll miss. I know that a successful diet will require finding foods I like and continuing to eat but to do so by making smarter choices. But I'm not stupid, either. That's just code for "you won't be eating some of your favorite foods anymore." Here's an homage, in no particular order, to the foods I'll miss most and some personal pictures to go with them: 1. ...
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

The Most Interesting Fat Man in the World

I could not have been more touched by the overwhelming response today to our launch of Pounding Poverty. I say "our" because this initiative is as much about you, our supporters, and Community Action Council, our beneficiary, as it is about me. As of this writing we are up to at least $12 per pound in pledges with more of you who have committed to go online and pledge as soon as you get a chance. If you haven't already,...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Welcome to Pounding Poverty

You’re going to be seeing less of me in the New Year – literally. Nearly a decade as a desk jockey at Community Action Council has made me more Twinkie than man and it’s time for a change. You’d think pounding the pavement for poverty wouldn’t be such an unhealthy line of work but as a manager and writer I have a desk job. The only thing I’ve been pounding for the last nine years has been Spalding doughnuts and Chipotle burritos....
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