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Posts tagged ‘health’

How I found my fitness mojo and lost 38 pounds in 6 months  

For the first time since college I’m a healthy weight for my height, I’m eating right, I’m exercising regularly, and I feel terrific.
I’m 6 feet tall (182 centimeters). In September of 2007 I weighed 213 pounds (96.6 kilograms). That gave me a BMI of 29 putting me firmly in the overweight category and near the [...]

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Cure for sleep  

The cure for sleep is on the horizon! The cure for death won’t be far behind.

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Sleep debt  

“Hi, my name’s John and I don’t sleep.”
[As a warm, welcoming support group] “Hi, John.”
“I’ve been intentionally incurring 4 hours of sleep debt every night since early 2003.”
[Applause]
“I’m planning to make it up by sleeping through all of 2007, The Year of The Pig. I haven’t discussed this with my wife yet.”
[Random coughing]

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Ouch  

I re-injured my shoulder tonight lifting my daughter up to dunk a basketball. It makes odd noises now when I attempt to raise my arm anywhere above chest height. I injured it a couple of months ago riding my motorcycle. I thought it had completely healed. I’m getting old.

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