Enjoy Each Day
Who says we have to wait until “after Memorial Day?”Be yourself and enjoy life on your terms!Have a great day
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The greatest American Writer and Ernest Hemingway
Check Out The Latest by Amy Hale
Neurosis by Amy Hale Cover Designer: Artist Regina Wamba https://youtu.be/da6v79ZLqhE Seeing isn’t always believing. Trapped by her past trauma, Macy McCall worked with a variety of therapists…… Read more “Check Out The Latest by Amy Hale”
Help Old Doc Joe Chiro’s Triathlon Try
I have had a few people donate to my upcoming triathlon endeavor. More than a few people have reached out to me asking how they too could…… Read more “Help Old Doc Joe Chiro’s Triathlon Try”
What Is Wrong With Me? I’m So Screwed! 🤣
This is the Triathlon I have entered. Fee is paid. Sponsors have donated. I must go through with it. Triathlon: 1500 Meter Swim; 26 Mile Bike; 6.2…… Read more “What Is Wrong With Me? I’m So Screwed! 🤣”
Written Weekly Update {The Next Phase}
On a positive note, we are now into the next phase, maintain and sustain while continuing to improve overall fitness, health, and well-being. The weight I want…… Read more “Written Weekly Update {The Next Phase}”
Obese or Fit = Choose The Effort
As the alarm roused me from slumber at 5:25 AM, I could hear the wind screeching outside, accompanied by the rat tat tat of rain against the…… Read more “Obese or Fit = Choose The Effort”
Just When I Had Given Up
Just over a year ago, I was ready to completely give up. I was trapped in an unhealthy, unfit, unwell body. It impacted all aspects of my…… Read more “Just When I Had Given Up”
Not Bad For An Old Man Who Was Nearly 400lbs A Year Ago…
I was goofing around with a new tripod for my cameras and phone and took this shot.... not too bad for an old man who was pushing… Read more "Not Bad For An Old Man Who Was Nearly 400lbs A Year Ago…"
Storytelling Tools Strict Grammarians Don’t, Won’t and Can’t Understand
Next to laundry, the one constant in life, in the literary world at least, is many folks acting as soul crushing, communistic, ignorantly blind editors. If I…… Read more “Storytelling Tools Strict Grammarians Don’t, Won’t and Can’t Understand”
Weekly Progress Update
On a positive note, we are on to the next phase, maintaining and sustaining while improving overall fitness, health, and well-being. The weight I want to maintain…… Read more “Weekly Progress Update”
Is Suicide Painless
“The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.” ― Ernest Hemingway Until a person…… Read more “Is Suicide Painless”
The Lenten Season Has Ended
I am not an overtly religious person, if anything, I am more spiritual. Yet, to honor my parents’ memory I refrain from meat on Fridays and fast…… Read more “The Lenten Season Has Ended”
She Is The TRUE Savior
Jupiter Grant 5.0 out of 5 stars A clever inversion of a well-known story Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 16, 2019 Verified Purchase Kelly Dress’…… Read more “She Is The TRUE Savior”
The True Savior’s Story
At this time of year, it is important to learn of the “True Savior.”
Written Weekly Update — The Next Phase
On a positive note, we are on to the next phase, maintain and sustain while continuing to improve overall fitness, health, and well-being. The weight I want…… Read more “Written Weekly Update — The Next Phase”
To Those
To those who don’t think they can do it —There was a time I didn’t think I could do it.To those who didn’t think I could do…… Read more “To Those”
A Gift?
It is such a wonderfully odd feeling to wake-up in the morning joyful, looking forward to the day, instead of morose, full of feelings of dread and…… Read more “A Gift?”
Weekly Progress Update {Written} Goal Achieved, A New Journey Begins
On a positive note, at the one year one month point in my journey to recapture my wellness, the often adored, often demonized, teller of truth –…… Read more “Weekly Progress Update {Written} Goal Achieved, A New Journey Begins”
War Springs Eternal – The Opening
©2018 All rights reserved. -1- Thunder announces a release from the earth. Fire ignites the darkness. Illuminating the night sky, Hell’s flame explodes bright orange. A yellow,…… Read more “War Springs Eternal – The Opening”
Weekly Progress Update {Video}
February 26 2020 = 375 lbs March 26, 2021 = 173.6 lbs One year one month later total loss of 201.4 lbs Thank you everyone https://youtu.be/ACNWTC0Gylw
One Year One Month
February 26 2020 = 375 lbs March 26, 2021 = 173.6 lbs One year one month later total loss of 201.4 lbs Thank you everyone https://youtu.be/ACNWTC0Gylw
Moderation Equals Mediocrity
The proponents of moderation tell us; to lose weight, all we need do is eat in moderation.Radio personality and self-proclaimed America’s Doctor, media medic Dr. Dean Edell will tell us to…… Read more “Moderation Equals Mediocrity”
Don’t Tell Emotions, Don’t Even Show – Make The Reader Experience Emotions
Perhaps one of the most brilliant insights from Ernest Hemingway concerns the process of making an emotion. Using this technique allows us as writers to evolve from…… Read more “Don’t Tell Emotions, Don’t Even Show – Make The Reader Experience Emotions”
The Obesity-Complexity Myth
There has been much talk and debate about national health care, there always is but with little actual positive action. I am not going to discuss politics…… Read more “The Obesity-Complexity Myth”
Don’t Let Anyone Beat You Down
I remember my years living in the tropics. The one thing I loved about waking up on a Saturday morning in March morning was the sun setting…… Read more “Don’t Let Anyone Beat You Down”
Weekly Progress Update {Written}
On a positive note, with today’s “official” weigh-in, the scale reads 183lbs. My starting weight, back on February 26, 2020 was 375lbs. I am up 1lb from last…… Read more “Weekly Progress Update {Written}”
QUIT DURING TRAINING, QUIT DURING COMPETITION
Today may have been one of the most difficult 5 mile runs since I hit the 5 mile mark several weeks?, months?, ago. Pace was a little…… Read more “QUIT DURING TRAINING, QUIT DURING COMPETITION”
Damaged Redemption
The rough draft of Damaged Redemption is completed, on to what is usually the first of four re-write drafts. I know this will sound odd to…… Read more “Damaged Redemption”
I’m Half The Mass I Used To Be
On a positive note, with today’s “official” weigh-in, the scale reads 182.0 lbs. My starting weight, back on February 26, 2020 was 375lbs. I am down 6.8lbs…… Read more “I’m Half The Mass I Used To Be”
Weekly Progress Update {Written}
On a positive note, with today’s “official” weigh-in, the scale reads 188.8lbs. My starting weight, back on February 26, 2020 was 375lbs. I am down 1.9lbs from…… Read more “Weekly Progress Update {Written}”
I Thought I Was Ready To Give Up – I Wasn’t
In January of 2020, at 56 years of age, I allowed my weight to soar above 375lbs. In January of 2020, each and every day of my…… Read more “I Thought I Was Ready To Give Up – I Wasn’t”
Another Great Hemingway Quote
“I have always had the illusion, it was more important, or as important to be a good man as to be a great writer. I may turn…… Read more “Another Great Hemingway Quote”
Perhaps The Greatest Hemingway Quote..
“I’m trying in all my stories to get the feeling of the actual life across—not to just depict life—or criticize it—but to actually make it alive. So…… Read more “Perhaps The Greatest Hemingway Quote..”
Weekly Progress Update Is Also One Year Progress
It is hard to believe that is has been one year since I started back on this journey to re-capture my fitness and wellness and health so…… Read more “Weekly Progress Update Is Also One Year Progress”
Ready to give up? NOT YET!
The first half was recorded in January of 2020, just over a year ago, I was ready to completely give up, give up on myself, and give…… Read more “Ready to give up? NOT YET!”
