Posts from 2018
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Sunday, July 29, 2018 - 09:03
I belong to a cool Facebook group that discusses all sorts of topics. I like the group because it…
Sunday, July 29, 2018 - 04:40
Starting Weight: 266
Current Weight: 246.6
Weekly Change: -5.2
Total Change: -19.4
Goal Weight: 135…
Friday, July 27, 2018 - 06:39
When last we left our journey, we were boarding our flight from Iceland to Paris. I have been to…
Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 08:45
I'm always going to do my best to blog in real time, but when we have a lot going on I might get…
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 - 04:31
I know what you're thinking, a blog post about McDonald's? Really? What could be more boring? We…
Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - 09:23
I totally planned to write multiple blog posts while we were in Texas. Time got away from us, but…
Monday, July 23, 2018 - 14:52
Is it possible that we only had THREE blog posts in June (not counting movie reviews, of course)?…
Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 10:47
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. It's a cliche, sure. But there are those big times…
Sunday, July 15, 2018 - 16:50
Starting Weight: 266
Current Weight: 251.8
Weekly Change: -1.6
Total Change: -14.2
Goal Weight: 135…
Sunday, June 24, 2018 - 20:01
Starting Weight: 266
Current Weight: 253.4
Weekly Change: -1.6
Total Change: -12.6
Goal Weight: 135…
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 12:34
By now most of you know that we are in the process of uprooting our entire lives and moving to…
Monday, June 4, 2018 - 10:49
Bethany - 254 (7 lbs), Joel 253 (18lbs).
With Bethany's back still hurting and my foot FINALLY…
Friday, May 25, 2018 - 12:26
As we're preparing to travel across Europe, we have many friends reaching out to us saying that we…
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 09:57
Bethany - 255 (6lbs), Joel - 253 (18lbs).
As you probably know, we're selling everything and moving…
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 09:17
Starting Weight: 266
Current Weight: 255.0
Weekly Change: +2.6
Total Change: -11
Goal Weight: 135…
Monday, May 14, 2018 - 15:15
We're doing it! We're gonna sell off all of our stuff and gonna wander around Europe!!
We just…
Monday, May 14, 2018 - 15:01
Bethany - 252 (9 lbs), Joel - 253 (18lbs).
I'm so sorry for missing last week's post. Apparently,…
Monday, May 14, 2018 - 10:03
Starting Weight: 266
Current Weight: 252.4
Weekly Change: -2.0
Total Change: -13.6
Goal Weight: 135…
Sunday, May 6, 2018 - 15:23
Starting Weight: 266
Current Weight: 254.4
Weekly Change: -.02
Total Change: -11.6
Goal Weight: 135…
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 11:48
I wanted to make this blog post in order to create an archive of things that make Bethany crazy…
Tuesday, May 1, 2018 - 11:36
If you've read my post about the concept of The Big and The Small, you know that I am fascinated by…
Monday, April 30, 2018 - 08:45
Bethany - 254 (7lbs), Joel - 252 (19lbs).
Getting back into exercise helped shed a couple pounds…
Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 13:50
Starting Weight: 266
Current Weight: 254.6
Weekly Change: 0
Total Change: -11.4
Goal Weight: 135…
Monday, April 23, 2018 - 13:59
Bethany - 254, Joel - 254.
My foot was killing me and Bethany's back was messed up. Not a good week…
Sunday, April 22, 2018 - 14:00
Hey guess what? Guess what? My weight stayed the same this week. Whomp, whomp. I weighed in at…
Sunday, April 15, 2018 - 16:16
Bethany - 254, Joel - 256. Bethany struggled with back pain and I had some strange problem with my…
Sunday, April 15, 2018 - 14:40
The scale showed some movement this week! I weighed in at 254.6, a loss of four pounds from my…
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 - 17:42
So you know how Facebook ads can be annoying sometimes? They pop up at inopportune moments, or…
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 13:32
Over the course of five days last week, Joel decided to do a fast. That's right, he did not eat…
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 08:41
So I've done partial juice fasting before. One small meal per day and raw juice for the rest of my…
Sunday, April 8, 2018 - 18:25
Or should I say, LOSSES?
Bethany - 257, Joel - 256. Total weight lost: Nearly 20 lbs! I don't think…
Sunday, April 8, 2018 - 16:34
No need to adjust your browser, I did in fact skip from week 8 to week 11. That's because,…
Wednesday, April 4, 2018 - 13:33
I didn't expect to be pastoring a church again this year, but when my DS called me in December and…
Monday, April 2, 2018 - 15:20
Bethany - 259, Joel - 262.
Sorry for the day delay. Yesterday was Easter and April Fool's Day, and…
Sunday, March 25, 2018 - 19:41
Bethany - 259, Joel - 264. We added some toning exercises to get ready for doing more. We've…
Monday, March 19, 2018 - 12:20
Ok, so I'm on week 8 of working on losing weight (for the umpteenth time in my life). I didn't…
Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 19:19
Bethany - 259, Joel - 267
The weather is starting to get nice, so we're starting to spend more time…
Friday, March 16, 2018 - 14:26
At the end of the year last year I fell in love with a new nail polish product called Color Street…
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 20:51
Today is 3/14, so it's PI DAY! If you don't know, Pi is approximately 3.14, so today is PI DAY! I…
Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 18:29
Bethany and I really enjoyed the most recent movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Black Panther…