"In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." –John 16:33

Category: Health

Off to my new job in Charlotte!

Day 114 of 1000 (211.6 lbs.)

I am heading to Charlotte early this morning for my first day of a new job.  I will be driving quite a bit more and flying a little, but it will be nice to be out of the house and back to factory automation.  I will be able to write more in the evenings when I am on the road.

P.S.  Did you see I am back on track Wendy!  Thank you for the push! Hold my feet to the fire!

My last day at Bioptigen

Day 113 of 1000 (212.8 lbs.)

You will notice that I was shamed into putting my weight back up again (Thank you, Wendy–hold my feet to the fire!)  The problem now is that today is my last day of work here at Bioptigen.  They will take me out to lunch as some place really good, probably the Carniceria around the corner that has a working man’s Mexican restaurant with handmade corn tortillas.  How can I resist that?  I think it would offend everyone if I did not eat a couple barbacoa tacos.  So, I will skip breakfast this morning in hope that I do not shoot up five pounds.  They really should start a research project on my energy conversion.  For every pound I eat, I think I gain four or five pounds.

My stay at Bioptigen has been great.  The work was interesting (image processing algorithm development for ophthalmological optical coherence tomography), the people were really great, especially my new Russian friends, and I will miss it a lot.  I hate the last day of work at a job after I have made good, hopefully lifelong friends and done very interesting work.  I always wonder whether or not I am making a mistake, but the new work is also interesting with great people, and what appears to be more opportunity, so I am looking forward to it.  I will talk a little about my new job tomorrow.

A dubious new record

Day 105 of 1000 (215.9 lbs.)

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I hit a new fatness high:  216.2 lbs.  Today, I weighed in at 215.9.  That is WAY out of line.  I am starting a new job in a little over a week, the new year is coming, and it is a great time to get back to eating right, exercising more.  I have started a spreadsheet–with me, that is the thing that makes it truly official.  I will post a link to the graph as soon as I make one.

P.S.  I am aiming for 170.

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