On walk in tubs

Yesterday I was talking to a client in California, and he told me the reason I concentrated so much on proof in things I wrote for him, was because I'm from Missouri. Actually, I'm from Alton Illinois but that's close to Missouri and I do now live in the St Louis Missouri area. So I'm certainly influenced by the Show Me state mentality, though to tell the truth, looking over my life, I think I'm too easily fooled. I like to believe interesting things. I should be more skeptical. It would have saved me a lot of time and money over the years. Also, in St Louis we don't have as many walk in tubs as I'm sure they do in California.

On weight loss pills

One month ago today, I weighed myself for the first time in years and was disgusted by the result. I measured my waist and thigh, and was again disgusted with myself. For over a year I've paid little attention to how I eat and I exercised only sporadically. So I got down to business. The Zone Diet. Yes, I took some weight loss pills, but concentrated on nutrition. Plus every morning I do the magnificent 7 exercises in Matt Furey's Combat Abs book. Plus three times a week I did uphill sprints -- well, I ran uphill and sprinted a little, but I'm in bad enough shape that going uphill always felt like I was sprinting. Today I'm 10 pounds lighter and my waist is two inches smaller. Not dramatic, but good healthy progress.