James Maxey - Jawbone of an Ass
Friday, November 30, 2012

Week 12

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253 this week. First down direction in three weeks. I'm cautiously optimistic I'll make it to 250 for next weeks final weigh in. We...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

How tax cuts led to higher spending

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As a libertarian, I'm a firm believer in smaller government. I'm not sure we need our military spread out across the world; I'm ...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Weeks 10 and 11

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Can you say plateau? I was flat week ten at 254, then went up to 256 the Friday after Thanksgiving. But, the last three weeks had my wedding...
Friday, November 09, 2012

A Libertarian Perspective on the Presidential Election

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My goodness, what a great gnashing of teeth in some quarters that President Obama has been reelected. Reactions have ranged from agonizing s...
Thursday, November 08, 2012

Week 9: 30 pounds!

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Made it! And now I really need new pants.
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Thursday, November 01, 2012

Week Eight

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257. So, so close to being down 30 pounds from my starting weight. I'm going to try to be aggressive this week with exercise to try to h...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Week Seven

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259. I can tell I'm starting to plateau a bit. May need to bump up my workouts to compensate. Stay tuned....
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Quick thought on the foreign policy debate

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A lot of pundits are commenting on how often Romney agreed with Obama last night on a whole string of foreign policy issues. Even when he ma...
Friday, October 19, 2012

CPAP Q&A

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I've been using a CPAP machine for two months now. This week, I had a follow up with the CPAP tech who confirmed what I already knew...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Week six: 260

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Despite eating out all weekend, Cheryl and I both had good progress on our weight loss this week. I've now lost 24 pounds since starting...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Week Five

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262 pounds at my work weigh in this morning. On my home scale undressed I'm consistently getting weights under 260 most mornings. I ha...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Doublespeak

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This weekend at Capclave, I'm going to be on a panel with James Morrow called Doublespeak. The panels topic is: "The proliferation ...
Saturday, October 06, 2012

A political debate

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Long time readers of my blog know I used to write a lot about politics. I eventually shied away from such posts for a couple of reasons. Fir...
Thursday, October 04, 2012

4 weeks, 20 pounds

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Weighed in today at 264 pounds. A bit of a surprise; I'm obviously clothed at work for these weigh ins, and my home scale had me at 266 ...
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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Week Three Addendum

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I got my bloodwork results in the mail today. Results were even better than expected! Last year, most of my cholesteral numbers were right o...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Week Three

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Weigh in today: 267. Can I hit 264 by next Thursday? I know I'll probably plateau soon. But, for now, I'm happy with my results. I...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Week Two

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Today at work I weighed in at 271 pounds. That's 13 pounds gone since starting my dietary changes two weeks ago. I'm less than a wee...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Week One

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I weighed in today at 274 pounds. Losing ten pounds in a week is a nice start, but I'm realistic that the path ahead won't be quite ...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Lifestyle changes ahead

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I'm fat. For the first half of my life, I had the exact opposite problem. When I was a sophomore in college, I only weighed 140 pounds...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

A few thoughts on Ayn Rand

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Ayn Rand has been in the news lately since Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan is on record as saying that his thoughts on government have bee...
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