Day 424 - Picture of New Shoes in Action

Back on Monday, I posted that I'm trying out new shoes.  It isn't exactly dress shoes, but our dress code relaxes a bit in Casual Friday, so I decided to wear it in the office the whole day.

This is what it looks like in the kitchen.

I suppose it works, at least for this day.

117/74/56 176.4lb 94 mg/DL

Day 422 - On Steve Jobs' Passing

Knowing the kind of condition he was in, and the pain he had to endure, at least that part is gone.  Rest in Peace.

119/77/46 179.8lb 90 mg/DL

Day 421 - Recovering

I got a lot of sleep yesterday.  Well, the sleep helps.  However, now I have slight muscular ache on my forearms.  I'm going to have to monitor how much water I drink.  Lets see what happens.

117/77/52 180.8lb 87 mg/DL

Day 420 - Trying New Shoes

Back in June 18, I bought a pair of ECCO Track II Low size 43.  At the time, it was very tight fitting, and I have to get my feet used to this new size.  Yesterday I bought a pair of Vibram FiveFingers Bikila LS shoes for treadmill use and possible office use.  I'm also bringing my old shoes with socks if it isn't acceptable for office use.


The clerk at REI brought me size 41, 42 and 43.  Size 41 is slightly too tight.  Size 42 has just a bit of spacing, and size 43 is really too loose.  Mind you, I don't wear socks with these.

Last night was a bit of struggle getting asleep.  For some reason, I have higher heart beat rate than usual, and I really cannot tell when I finally get to sleep.  Still wake up at the same time.

118/70/71 181lb 91 mg/DL

Day 423 - 150 Pounds Down

After this morning's exercise, my weight in comes to 178 pounds.  Which means I finally hit 150 pounds lost.  Still have about 4 more pounds to go to my current goal of 174.  This last 10 pounds took 69 days, or almost 7 weeks.  Lets see how much longer that last stretch will take.

113/72/44 178lb 89 mg/DL

Day 419 - End of Week 60

08-07-2010 Front

08-07-2010 Side

10-02-2011 Front

10-02-2011 Side

As I sat in front of my computer, eating the breakfast (3 eggs easy, with guacamole and Latte) the trouble of the world seem distant.  Tomorrow starts my week long on-call duty, so I'll enjoy today.

114/80/57 179.8lb 98 mg/DL
Week to Week 1.2lb
Total Weight Loss 148.2lb
BMI 25.80

Day 418 - On Debit Card Monthly Fee

I've posted about my personal financial religion before.  The main gist of it is not paying for anything that isn't necessary.  With the passage and implementation of the Durbin Amendment today, I guess the secondary clause of Rule #1 will be expanded.  Both Bank of America and CitiBank (and probably every other banking institution other than Credit Union who are exempted) will institute some form of usage fee upon their customer on debit card use.  I fully understand why the fee are there.  I also don't expect to be using debit card ever again.  Thank you Senator Durbin for your contribution to the financial regulation.

118/79/66 180lb 94 mg/DL