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I Hardly Recognize You! You Look Fantastic! A few years ago, I was prescribed a CPAP machine to treat sleep apnea. For sure, it practically eliminated my snoring and it definitely helped me sleep better almost immediately. And while I don’t mind sleeping with the machine–I’ve gotten quite used to it, actually–I have to carry…

While I’ve had plenty of scale victories, as it were, there have plenty of victories that cannot be measured on the bathroom scale. Oh sure, the non-scale victories are happening as a direct result of the ones I am achieving on the scale, the progress is not exactly linear. The above photo was surfaced by…

While I did get a new belt a while ago, I did keep one of my belts from when I had a 54 inch waist. Possibly a little more since, at one point, I struggled to get the belt on. Today, I decided to wear it, but had to punch another hole in it, as…

The razor and blades model is well known and simple: give away the razors, make money off the blades. Or more specifically: sell one good at an artificially low price (or even give it away) that is reliant on another complimentary, consumable good. It’s this consumable good where the real money is made. The embodiment…

In the past, I commented on how my blood sugar was sometimes significantly higher when I woke up than it was when I went to bed. Going back to my blood glucose readings from 2014 and 2015 (thank you, HealthKit), I can see I had some days where I would go to bed with a…

While I’ve been progressing nicely with my weight loss, the last six weeks has seen me in Barcelona, Las Vegas, and Bangkok, all for Check Point’s CPX 360 events. Two of the trips involved significant travel. The result? You might call it a plateau: On one hand, I should consider myself fortunate that any weight…

I’ve been hearing variations of this over the last few weeks as I’ve been doing Check Point’s CPX360 events in Barcelona and Las Vegas. For many who had met me previously, it’s the first time they’ve seen me since I’ve started eating once a day, intermittent fasting, or whatever you want to call it. And…

Yesterday, I went to visit my doctor for my annual physical. The doctor made a few observations: I’m at my lowest weight according to their records, which go back to 2009. He actually asked if I had weight loss surgery when I told him on my last visit what I was doing. Apparently my chosen…

From my last update about 6 weeks ago, I have made more progress at lowering my weight and improving my Type 2 Diabetes: Weight: 245 pounds/111 kilos, about 80 pounds/36 kilos under my high water mark Blood glucose (30-day average): 106 mg/dL or about 6.0 mmol/L A1C (from blood test in late December): 5.9% I…

Continuing the non-scale victory discussion, I’ve heard one suggestion for tracking your progress that does not involve a scale: try on an article of clothing on periodically to see how well it fits. Specifically, an article of clothing that is too small. Given that my team is ordering t-shirts for our upcoming Check Point Experience…