Still sick. “Then why even post at all?” Good question. I almost didn’t. But the way I look at it, if there’s no post then the imaginations of my five or six readers will run wild. “Is he lying in a ditch somewhere? Is he missing? Did he win a $384 million lottery?” But if […]
I’m a person of routine. It’s what I find comfort in. Break the routine, and you might as well slap an Out of Order sign on me. It’s been an interesting month so far. Quick run down, starting from April first: Drive from Austin to Houston Flight from Houston to Frankfurt, Germany Flight from Frankfurt […]
I’ve been sick again this past week. I say “again” as if it’s been happening a lot lately. But once around this time last year and then again now is a lot lately to me. I’d be fine just doing this once every five years. Or less. Funny Story This week’s blog post (if you […]
[Cue female voiceover] Previously on Charlie’s Blog. Charlie commemorated his ten thousandth day of dieting with a look back over twenty-seven years of pain, suffering, and Chex Mix. During that era, there arose The Great Diets, standing far above the rest. We left off with 1,032 days of the Third Great Diet still unaccounted for. […]
When I retired the old blog and started this here new one, I admit I was happy to leave behind the burden of diet-related blogging. The new domain came with a fresh start and an “I can talk about anything I want” attitude. And for sure: how’s the diet going? wasn’t anywhere on the anything […]
You know it’s a busy week for me when I either: 1) don’t post at all, or 2) fall back on the classic weight loss topic. You’re in luck for two reasons this week: 1) it’s the latter, and 2) there’s actually something to report. Actually, two things: 1) the latest diet started out great, […]
I’ve been sick for about ten or eleven days now. I’m not exactly sure how long it’s been because there’s no specific point in time one can generally flag and say, “Yep, that was it. I wasn’t sick before then and then I was sick after that.” Unless maybe there happened to be an episode […]
About five years ago I finally struck upon the diet to end all diets. For fast and effective weight loss, nothing beats chemotherapy. Many long time fans of my bloggin’ will know that “Return to Onederland” was a major theme for years. (For the uninitiated, “Onederland” is that magical place where your weight, in pounds, […]
When did “getting your steps in” become a thing? I can clearly remember a time–not too long ago, actually–where I never gave a second thought to how many steps I took in a day. But at some point (which I simply can’t identify, no matter how much Googling I do) steps became the latest fitness […]
I realized about a week ago that it’s been a good long while since I’ve published a diet update. Curious, I went to the local mall and took a poll of over three hundred people asking, “Should I publish another diet update on my blog?” Here’s what those friendly mall-goers had to say: Clearly it […]