Weight Loss and Running for Geeks and Nerds
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Graze Nibble Box? #nomnomnom
Graze Nibble Boxes are natural, non-GMO snacks, and they want to give you free food!
My Favorite Sweet Potato Recipe
I lost over 100 pounds eating twice-baked sweet potatoes with cheddar cheese, jalapenos, and sour cream.
Running Bucket List: Greece!
You can run on the original Olympic race track. AND the road that the marathon is named after. Sign. Me. Up.
On Video Game Nostalgia
One of the things I hate more than anything in the world are hypermasculine, manly-man stereotypes. I can't stand them, and I do everything in my power to subvert them whenever possible. So when I got an email about a service called Man Crates, you can understand that...
My 3 Current Favorite Geeky Running Songs
Wanna feel like a superhero? Add these songs to your running playlist and geek out.
The Hardest Part About Weight Loss Is…
The hardest part about weight loss isn’t losing weight. It’s keeping the weight off for the rest of your life.
Don’t Be a Jerk to Newbies at the Gym
There are a lot of reasons that I love running and fitness. I love the way it makes me feel. I love the way it makes me look. I love the things I get to see. And I love the people I get to know. The thing I do not love, however, is the amount of negativity that some...
Why Your New Year’s Resolutions are Bullshit
The way we look at New Year’s Resolutions is flawed. We look at them as temporary changes, and they can’t be. If you want to succeed be specific.
The New FitDesk 2.0 Exercise Bike Review
If there’s a single piece of exercise equipment I wish I could put in every home in America, it’d be something like the FitDesk.
Losing weight won’t solve your problems, but it might help
The best way I can analogize how losing weight made my life better is that I didn’t suddenly get a whole new version number, but it got a much needed point-release patch.
How to wash running shoes (and how not to dry them)
Can I wash my running shoes? Yes! Just don’t put them in the dryer.
Making Bad Choices
Today is a beautiful day--the middle of November and 61 degrees at 5:30am. I woke up, got out of bed, and put on my coffee and oatmeal. This is the routine that I follow on any day that I get up and run. Except that today, I didn't run. I sat on my exercise bike,...