Archive for June, 2009
Made It Through the Weekend
Weekends are traditionally hard for me. I start off great on Monday, but by Wednesday I’m losing momentum, by Friday things are pretty slippery, and by Sunday it’s a total wash. So in my Wednesday coaching session, Susan and I laid some plans to get me through the weekend. I agreed to go for morning [...]
Full StoryFantastic Friday
This has been an awesome week and standing on the cusp of this big Gay Pride weekend, I really feel like a changed man. I’m big on symbolism. I love it when the world conspires to heighten my life’s meaning. It’s the stuff that let’s me know that I ‘m on the right track. And [...]
Full StorySnarling at God
I had a lovely surprised on Monday: a visit from my friend Carol, who I wasn’t expecting to see in this part of the world. Carol teaches school in Russia, so I only get to see her a couple of times a year, and we had a good visit over lunch at my place. Carol [...]
Full StoryLove is in the Air
It’s the start of Gay Pride week here in Toronto and there’s a spring in everyone’s step. Unfortunately, the City of Toronto workers have walked off the job. They want more job security, like having ten men standing around a hole watching that eleventh man dig isn’t enough, or the 18 paid sick days they [...]
Full StoryYes, I Can Have a Do Over!
I’ve been stuck for a while. The stuff I was doing – or not doing – wasn’t working. When I last blogged, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to create a new goal for myself – to lose 30 pounds by my birthday in September – in the hope that a more manageable short-term [...]
Full StoryDay 36 - Can I Have a Do Over?
My friend M. and I were talking about our weight loss journeys and she was telling me how she has re-evaluated her program and designed a new goal: She wants to lose 20 pounds by the time she goes on summer vacation. (I think that was it.) And I thought it was a great idea. [...]
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Welcome to Beating The Bulge. My name is Michael and this is my journey to lose 100 pounds. I hope you'll find something useful here. I would appreciate it if you'd join in the discussion and share your own experience. Teamwork is the best way of achieving a goal! 
