I have quit my grand experiment for now. My plan was, indirectly, to lose weight. Directly, I wanted to live a little more healthily. For the last two years, my body was used to spending January-June in Finland, walking every day for at least 40 minutes, and most days much more. Of course the temperature [...]
I have spent most of the last four weeks in bed. Apart from my one walk and a couple of visits to my office, I have not been well enough to do much except sleep and read. By this time, I am very tired – physically and mentally – of constant coughing. Sometimes, I feel [...]
I sometimes wonder about the futility of my job. Even worse, the futility of my work. I used to be excited by it. Very early on I was even convinced that it may be important. Those feelings have faded and I have had to find other outlets for my…passions. Training other scientists is currently at [...]
I now know for a fact that there is something wrong with my scale. It shows a different weight at my house in Somerset West than in Kleinmond where my parents live. It is not too important: I believe that it is consistent as long as it remains in one position, and, since I’m only [...]
I couldn’t post anything yesterday because of internt problems: Kleinmond does not offer the same connectivity as I have at home. Moreover, I have been lazy enough yesterday and today not to take a walk. I spent most of the day in bed. I’m still recovering from my URI and my back is still killing [...]
My morning BMI was 32.1 and the evening BMI was 32.0. A little strange, since on Tuesday it was down to 29.9, but I guess some fluctuation is possible. Hmm. Almost didn’t think I was going to be able to stick to my promise of walking one hour per day. I’m still pretty ill and [...]