Category: General Updates

  • Health Tracking – Update 1 – Down 10 lbs!

    As some of you may know, I have embarked on an endeavor to lose weight, with money as a motivator.  To catch you up, I am putting an amount of money into savings that would have gone directly into my personal account.  If I do good things between paychecks (work out, eat healthy, etc), I…

  • CookSmarts – The Ultimate Meal Plan Service

    Disclaimer: What follows is my review of Cook Smarts, which Lauryn and I have been using since November, 2016.  None of the links in this post are referral links for the service, and I am certainly not being paid for this review.  I just love the service and want to share it with everyone I…

  • Week 1 Update: Trial Run

    This week was a trial of the system I described last week.  I did my best to watch what I ate, worked out (mostly) every day, and only treated myself a few times.  Overall, I would say it was a grand success!  I adjusted a few things with my tracking spreadsheets, so those should be…

  • New Year, New Me?!?!

    For as long as I’ve known, I’ve been overweight.  For just about as long as this, I’ve had fleeting attempts to lose weight.  I absolutely love food: cooking, eating, and even sometimes grocery shopping (sometimes).  This is compounded by my laziness, which has me preferring to watch Netflix of play board games over going for…

  • One Month!

    A little over a week ago, Lauryn and I celebrated one month of marriage!  Once again, I want to give a huge shout out to everyone who helped out at our wedding.  It truly wouldn’t have been possible without your help in the days leading up to and following our wedding.  It was awesome to…

  • Welcome!

    Hello! Welcome to my new website.  I created this website through the inspiration of a TED Talk found here: [ted id=1663] The idea of the talk is simple: take a one-second video of your life every day to capture your life.  While this site will not follow that model exactly, I realized I didn’t do…