At lunchtime I gave blood at the Red Cross near work. I’d like to be
going on Saturdays, which are typically my free day, so that I can
pound the free Nutter Butters and Famous Amos cookies like a mad
thing. Today I limited myself to 3 Nutter Butters. For you likeminded
cyberdorks, you can set up your
appointments on the web now which has been working pretty good. As
I come back from one appointment, I make the other one 8 weeks
out. I’m doing what I can to keep America alive, one pint at a
time. This does a lot more for the cause than flying that ratty ass
plastic flag on your car for the last 14 months. Be a patriot in
actions, not just words and give blood.

Body for Life continues to
work well for me. I’m having no troubles sticking to the diet or
workout, and I’m down 12 pounds and a pants size in 5 weeks, right at
where you want to be for healthy weight loss. I’m getting stronger and
visibly more muscular, due to the combination of putting on muscle
from the weight work while taking off the thick layers of grease above
it. Shoulders and biceps are showing the most results, but they are
covered with the least fat. I like this, and if it weren’t for the
free day don’t know if I could do it. Unlike Atkins,
everything is built around that and it not only doesn’t stop your
process (like it does for them by halting ketosis), but it actually
helps by proving to your body that you aren’t starving. I haven’t
assembled the line of “pants I like but haven’t fit into in a while”
yet, but I will.