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I was up late last night, writing e-mails and watching the snow fall... thinking too. I wasn't really prepared to have my pop wake me at six thirty this morning with, "you still want to go work out? If not, I'll let you sleep in." Arggg... I laid there for a moment, trying to decide if I wanted to get up or not... I guess I felt the need to work out and to see all the old men moving muscles. I forgot how small this town is. "All the old guys," my dad talks about equal about 2 and 1/2 people. So, I stepped on the lone, creepy stairmaster for 45 minutes. It was fun. One of the "old men" was Ron Schmidt... the first CHP officer to let me off for speeding without a ticket! I was eighteen at the time, he made me go tell my mother that I was a terrible driver. A couple of hours later he stopped by the cable office (where my mother was the manager) to make sure I had done as he said. I like small town people. I miss this place.

I'm going to the local library with my pops in a half hour. I need to see if there are any books on philosophy... Damn school, damn!!! I'd also like to look at the local history collection. I want to get to the bottom of the Samuel Burney myth... More on that later (if I have a chance). I also want to find some information on early historical places... may go up to the Fall River museum this week too.

Tomorrow I get to see my brother for the first time since last winter break.

done. i could only do 70 minutes tonight, despite my best efforts. 1807 calories and i'm burned. i'll give 90 a try again tomorrow. time to go home, do laundry and rest... and drink lots of water... and have at least one cool dream.

This was written last night, at 11:50, but for some reason it did not get posted.

I only had 50 minutes to step on the stairmaster this evening. I burned 1349 calories.

I also did 50 sit ups. The bench was set at a steeper incline than I am used to (by my design). I think there may be little abs in there. Maybe, someday, we'll see the bashful little fellows.

My weight was at 239 this morning. I'm not losing weight as fast as I was, but (and I hope) that is because I am building a little bit of muscle. I should do body fat percentage tests... but I don't know how. My legs are definitely taking a more muscular tone.

I had a chance to chat with my brother this evening. The short conversation reminded me that I am alive, and well... and well. I can't wait to see him. He's agreed to three beers. Here's to four!

eighty minutes on the stairmaster... 80 sit ups...

machine said, "hey buddy, you burned 1845 calories tonight!"

i keep wanting to say i'm exhausted, but i'm not. i feel pretty good. time to go home, watch a bit of tv and call it a night.

i think i love terry tempest williams

Well... it was six days since I last took to the stairmaster. I went hiking four of the last six days, so I was still getting a workout. When I am hiking I get sidetracked and focus less on the workout and more on the aesthetic. Being in the gym keeps me motivated. I ran (or is that stepped?) for 70 minutes and the machine told me that I burned 1570 calories for my efforts. I only use the caloric meter as a stick for judging how hard my workout was... not as an actual assessment of how many calories I have burned.

For those of you who are interested, I've lost about ten pounds since I began working out eighteen days ago. I feel much better, much more energetic and generally less grumpy (this is good news for my friends!). I'm going home now... time to get drink some water and get some rest.

It's the end of the day as we know it, and I feel fine....

65 minutes on the stairmaster.
1319 calories burned (I'm not even sure that I should post this. It really is sort of an arbitrary number and I'm not sure what it stands for.... it's an estimate of how many calories I could be burning if I weighed a certain weight under ideal conditions).

I also did 45 sit ups on an incline (or is that a decline) bench. I need sleep.

Spent 40 minutes on the stairmaster during my dinner break. Burned 861 Calories.

Just about off work... going to Salt Lake tonight with Joc and LaRyn for the gallery stroll.

That's it... Done for the day. I ran for 45 minutes on the stairmaster. Burned (again, according to the machine) 917 calories.