Archive for December 2011

Raked leaves for daily exercise

I love killing two birds with one stone. Today, rather than walking or lifting weights, I raked leaves for exercise.  I burned calories, and my yard looks much better.  It was chilly and clear, perfect weather for yard work. That’s my back yard in the photo, just before I finished. I stuffed the 90-gallon container [...]

My starting body fat results

Here’s what I saw when I stepped on the new body fat scale this morning. The good news is that I met my December weight goal of 239 pounds or less. The bad news is that 33.3% of that weight is FAT! I’m carrying 80 pounds of fat around. Yuck. That’s why I took the [...]