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I’ve tried a lot of diets in the past and only had success to Atkins. We, as a race, always look for the easy way out. The first step to proper weight loss is to understand how your body works, the bullshit the diet and nutrition industry has been feeding you, and change your thinking.Get yourself the book, Healthy at Any Size and read it. It was a huge wake up call and when I did the research, she was spot on. Second, be skeptical. When a nutritionist, or anyone tells you something, look it up, research it. Don’t be lazy.

Lastly, realize that there is a science. Eating all meat, all carb, no carb, all cabbage or whatever diet you can think of, is not going to do it.It comes down to simple thermodynamics:

Calories in – calories out.

Below is the secret the world is waiting for, and it hasn’t changed in the history of mankind:

This is a lightweight wiki article, which means that the only way to slim it down is to edit it yourself.

Do the math

Want to drop 10 pounds in two months? All you have to do is the math, says Autodesk founder and Hacker’s Diet author John Walker. Here’s the skinny:

1. Multiply the pounds you want to lose by the number of calories in a pound of fat: 10 x 3,500 = 35,000.
2. Divide the total by the days you’ll diet: 35,000 ÷ 60 = 583.
3. Calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate 100 calories per ten pounds of body weight
4. Calculate your calories expenditure from exercize
5. Then use the formula (BMR+Exercise)-diet=total allowed calories

Recalibrate your sensors

Try this: One night, eat only half the amount of food on your plate. Wait 30 minutes, assess your feelings of satiation, and then wait 90. If you’re still not hungry, you’ve probably been overeating. Most people grossly overestimate the amount of food they need to feel full, says Dr. David Kessler, author of The End of Overeating. A sensible meal will keep you full for four hours, and a sensible snack, for two. Experiment with reducing your portion sizes, and serve yourself those meals on smaller plates or bowls.

Identify your danger zones

Then avoid them. Overeating is a compulsion like any other. It would be a bad idea for a shopping addict to go near a mall on Black Friday, or for a chronic gambler to book plane tickets to Vegas. Likewise, are you always pulling into the drive-through on your way home from work? Try taking a different route. Replace your clear glass cookie jars with fruit bowls. This goes for friends, as well. If you find yourself commiserating about dieting difficulties over your third beer, suggest meeting for coffee instead. Or a walk.

Don’t deprive yourself

Think of long-term weight loss as a long, pleasant stroll, instead of a sprint to the finish line. Concentrate on accruing good habits slowly and painlessly. If you can eliminate 100 calories per day, that can add up to about 11 pounds a year, says Dr. Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating. 100 calories – that’s less than the calories in a can of Coke! Substitute one glass of water for one can of soda a day, and you’re well on your way to permanent weight loss.

Use peer pressure

Let your significant other know your intend to lose weight – they will help by suggesting that you skip dessert and by keeping the cookies out of the house. If you are really a exhibitionist you can now automatically Tweet your weight and your goal every time you step on a scale with WiThings scale

Exercise

A little exercise regularly can go a long way into helping you shed some pounds. At least 10 minutes of exercise a day can do you a world of good. If your workplace is close by, walk or use a bicycle to get to work. If it’s too far, a combination of public transportation and walking could get you there; and in the process, you’ll also earn points for being concerned about the environment!

I have a problem.

I am addicted to your shirts. I own about, 60 of them. I start by day out, every morning,  by pulling up shirt.woot.com. Sometimes, I check on my iphone in the middle of the night and order without knowing it.

This morning, My cat was looking very cute and I spent extra time petting him. Sadly, I was running late and did not get to check woot. Much to my horror, when I checked and saw it was a random shirt day, you were sold out of my size of 3x.

You don’t understand. Random Woot Shirt day is what I live for. I have taken part in just about every random woot shirt day i have seen. I CANNOT GO WITHOUT IT!!

I’m wondering if there is anyway, that you might have 3, size 3x woot shirts hanging around that I can order.

I have done my part Woot.

I wear a woot shirt EVERY DAY, and when people ask me where, I not only tell them, but write it down for them.

Dear sweet jesus.. Help me.. Let me order 3 random woot shirts!!!

-Robb,
who is wearing a woot shirt that is soaked with tears at the moment.

1. Samsung NC10-14GW 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor,2 GB RAM, Bluetooth, built in webcam,  160GB hd, Windows 7 Professional (legit copy, with Key). I’ve only had this netbook about 6 months. I’ve only used it in class, so its had very light usage. I upgraded the Ram and installed Windows 7 on it last month. This baby even runs WOW.  The battery life on it is about 4-6 hours, depending on usage. I’ve had it run for 8 hours without a problem.

I will include at no additional charge:

• Adobe Master Suite CS4
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Anything else the buyer requests, if I have it.

Price: $350.00 OBO

2. Dell Inspiron E1705, Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz, 17 inch WXUGA Ultra screen, 2gb Ram, 320 gb HD,DVD+/-RW, Nvidia Go 7800 w/256MB video memory, 2 batteries (1 brand new).  This is a gaming laptop. It runs WOW and any FPS at full options. This was the top of the line laptop a couple of  years ago and is the same inside as an XPS from Dell. I upgraded the HD and Ram. It comes with Windows Vista installed. Battery life, even when gaming, is a couple of hours.

I will include at no additional charge:

• Adobe Master Suite CS4
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Anything else the buyer requests, if I have it.

Price: $500.00 OBO

#3 Dell Inspiron 1525, Intel Core 2 Duo T5750 (2.00GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache), 3Gb Ram, 250 GB HD, built in webcam, 15.2 inch WXGA screen, dvd+/-RW, 8-in-1 Media Card Reader, Windows Vista. This laptop had about 2 months worth of use before I got my netbook.

I will include at no additional charge:

• Adobe Master Suite CS4
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Anything else the buyer requests, if I have it.

Price: $450.00 OBO

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to email me at spellbound AT gmail.com or call me at 954*224*7825

I will be happy to negotiate the price, provide additional info, or setup a time for me to deliver it

Yeah, I teared up a bit writing it.

“I am not led; I lead”

This quote is something that has come to define me in the past year.   In order to understand the present, I should expound on my past.

I grew up as the son of a single mother in Gloucester, MA, where I was always referred to as being smart, but I just didn’t “apply myself”. I never had an idea of what I wanted to do after high school, and the only talent I had was art. This wasn’t really my calling, and I had to forsake it and try to find my niche in the world. I worked in hotels and then found a home in the computer field, where I have worked for the last 10 years. A couple of years ago, I realized that this would need to change as I was becoming continually complacent and realized that I have spent most of my adult life making other people rich and comfortable, and being the sprocket in their american dream machine.

This needed to change.

In 2007, I fulfilled a life long dream of going through the EMS academy and earning my EMT certification. I did this, not because I want to be an EMT, but because I always had a goal of having training as a paramedic, and being able to know that I can help those around me if need be. After the academy, I set my eye on getting into the nursing program, which is what my goal was up until July of this year.

As I said, I’m the son of a single mother.  She was date raped at the age of 19 and gave birth to me at the age of 20, and never was able to go to college a she had dreamed.  She never used this as an excuse for her station in life, and over the past 10 years, as her health declined, I never once heard her lament the course it had taken. She was truly my friend, and champion.

August 8^th, of this year, my mother passed away. She was hospitalized with MRSA, Staph, and pneaumonia. It was during late night research sessions and frantic phone calls to her doctor that made me realize that I do not have the mindset to be a nurse. I need to be more of an active participant in changing the lives of those around me, and am not comfortable with simply being a provider.  When I had to make the call, while en route to Boston, to have her taken off of the life support, I swore silently to her that the next half of my life would be devoted to providing strength to the weak, a voice to the silent, and empowering those around me.

“I am not led; I lead”

I have changed my major to Chemistry and undertaken an arduous goal of getting into medical school. I always did like to bite off more than I could chew, knowing that anything can be consumed, one bite at a time.  I will make the decision in the next couple of years of whether or not to continue on my goal of medical school, or become a science/chemistry teacher.  Either way, I want to give back to this world. I want to be someone’s champion. I want to make sure that my mother’s sacrifice was not in vain.

I find it ironic that I find myself applying for this scholarship because back in August, I setup a memorial scholarship in my mother’s name. This would be awarded to a student of a single parent, who, “wants to change the world”.

Honestly, I never applied for a scholarship because I always thought that there were others more worthy/needy than I am. It would help me immensely because I’m paying for all of my classes and incidentals with student loans, and since I had to spend what little bit of savings I had burying my mother, anything would be of great assistance. Just for being considered, I thank you very much.

Here is the response:

From: Patti Barney <pbarney@broward.edu>
Subject: RE: WIFI Access
To: “Robert Muise” <robbmuise@yahoo.com>
Cc: “J. David Armstrong” <darmstro@broward.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 9:37 PM

New Woot Shirt!

This was the #1 winner in the Flora derby. I bought it because I adore shirts that make a mockery of pop culture icons. This actually happens to be my second Mario themed shirt. The first, Mario done in a Rembrandt style, doesn’t get much wear . Not too sure why, perhaps because its black and wearing black shirts in the summer heat of South Florida, can be brutal.

The band is composed of a bassist, a drummer, two guitarists, and anywhere from eight to twelve vocalists comprising a full choir of lead singers. The band’s music is somewhat similar in style to late-’70s and ’80s metal.

The basic song structure employed by the band does away with traditional verses in order to highlight catchy choruses and integrate as many guitar solos as possible. The result has been described by the band as, “taking everything we loved about the genre, and throwing everything out that we hated.”

And they kick a lot of ass.

I told her that I was quite appreciative of her assistance and it was a shame that I have to email everyone in the executive team at BCC about issues. We talked for a bit about my experiences with her department and she wants me to share any and all issues I encounter with her so that she can relay them to the board and work on learning from the mistakes that are encountered first hand by a student.

Chalk one one up for me