Diet… Upcoming Surgery Update 26 Nov 2025 I’m 14 days out from my shoulder surgery. Some days, my shoulder doesn’t hurt at all. Other days it hurts like hell. I hope the surgery helps. I’m not always…
surgery Shoulder Surgery:Finally! 18 Oct 2025 At the end of my last post, I mentioned my shoulder pain. Since that time, I have been to physical therapy, to finally getting an MRI, so that doctors could…
carnivore diet 30 Days of Discipline: My Journey with Diet, Fasting, and Fitness 17 Aug 202518 Aug 2025 I've been consistent with my diet, fasting, going to the gym, and cardio (walking/running) for about 30 days. As usual, my weight is fluctuating up and down. My brain is…
Diet Understanding my Body: A 10 Year Weight-loss Story 4 Aug 20252 Aug 2025 I began trying to seriously lose weight in 2015. It has been 10 years, and in all that time, I’ve only lost 33 pounds. My starting weight was 269 pounds.…
Health Fasting, Sleep, Food, and Exercise 29 Jul 202529 Jul 2025 Since the beginning of the year (2025), and really since I got out of the Navy in 2007 I have had trouble sleeping. I've had this problem for nearly 18…
Diet… Quiet Victories: Hunger, Healing, and Hope 23 Jul 2025 So, nine pounds lost in the last 11 days. It has taken six months this year to get to the point of wanting to get back onto my journey to…
Diet Fasting, Faith, and Health:ContinuingMy Journey to Wellness 21 Jul 202518 Jul 2025 I'm on my 2nd 36-hour fast this week! I did one from Sunday night until Tuesday morning. Wednesday and Thursday, I fasted 20 hours between eating windows. I have been…
aging… Fear, health & Aging 18 Jul 202518 Jul 2025 One of the things that discouraged me the last time I was on my diet and fasting was the scale. One day I will have lost a pound, and the…
Alzheimer's/Dementia Nights With Alzheimer’s 14 Nov 2024 My dad becomes very restless at night. He cannot get out of bed unassisted, but he is constantly trying to get up in the middle of the night to get…
Diet… The Challenge of Eating Right While Traveling 30 Aug 20244 Sep 2024 My daughter was "winged" yesterday. She is officially a naval aviator! I drove to Pensacola, Florida, for the ceremony. I am retired from the enlisted Navy, and my daughter is…