Mar
2
Co-Sleepers
Elliott arrived home from the hospital about 5 hours ago, and promptly went to sleep with Dad. Here he is in his co-sleeper device. Do you think they are related?
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Dan Vogel's training and fundraising blog
"It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop."
Jul
8
Standard Landlord Disclosure Documents
As time passes, the number of documents to be included with every rental increase.
Our (standard) lease includes disclosures on:
- Mold that incorporates:
- EPA publication: A Brief Guide to Mold, Moisture and Your Home (PDF)
- Lead-based Paint that incorporates:
- EPA publication: Protect Your Family From Lead In Your Home (PDF)
- EPA publication: Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools (PDF) Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4
Jun
2
An RSVP Ticket lottery
RSVP — Ride Seattle to Vancouver & Party (http://www.cascade.org/EandR/rsvp/index.cfm) — sold out this year within 6 days. Having missed out last year, I managed to snag one of the limited tickets for this year.
I will be unable to ride RSVP this year.
It would be too exhausting to judge who best to give the ticket to, and I am not interested in an auction. So let us employ Lady Luck for a good cause. I am going to be riding the LiveStrong Seattle ride and have not done enough fundraising. Starting today and running through 11:59pm Seattle time on June 15th, every $5 in donations to my LiveStrong page will earn a lottery ticket[1,2].
Not sure if you would like to ride RSVP? Take a gamble by buying a ticket, and let random() decide! It goes to a great cause.
No transportation option is included.
Dan Vogel
dmv@transient.net
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[1]. No, this has nothing to do with today’s Fat Cyclist Wheelset contest:
http://www.fatcyclist.com/2009/06/02/lets-get-serious-about-this-fight/
I put this idea together before he announced it. I do not need a new wheelset, and am happy to take myself out of the running or to lottery that as well.
[2]. Other LiveStrong participants get two tickets, because it is a bit like doubling up by donating to another rider’s page. Drop me a note if you are a rider and make a donation.
May
6
Full Disclosure: Body Fat Analysis, 05/06/2009
I did another Body Fat test today. Previous data points:
- January
- 228.8 lbs total, 168.6 lbs lean, 60.2 lbs fat, 26.3% body fat, BMR of 2157.
March
- 230.8 lbs total, 176.2 lbs lean, 54.6 lbs fat, 23.6% body fat, BMR of 2233.
- Net change: +2lbs total, -5.6 lbs fat, +7.6lbs lean
Today’s Truth:
- 223.0 lbs total, 173.85 lbs lean, 49.15 lbs fat, 22% body fat, BMR of 2209.
- Net change: -7.8 lbs total, -5.45 lbs fat, -2.35 lbs muscle
While this is a positive result (as Tessa and I joked this morning, I was taking a test I could not fail), the trend is interesting. My “exercise” “routine” for this period was dominated by a six week swim class held by First Out Tri. To maximize the benefit from the class, I spent most of my workout hours in the pool.
The other significant contribution was the introduction of a Go Wear Fit device (bodybugg). This gives me daily — or even near real-time — visibility into my daily caloric burn. This acts as a motivator toward maintaining a caloric deficit. I don’t know my precise caloric input, but I am sure I can keep it below my daily 3200 calorie burn target.
Both of these — swimming drills for form, not distance, and an emphasis on caloric debt — would suggest that I have been achieving weight loss through a non-discriminating caloric deficit. Perhaps I will re-emphasize strength training again, and try to be less aggressive about eating less and burning more. 8 lbs in 8 weeks is a laudible result, but it would have been better had it been fat-exclusive. For now. When I have a lean mass of 200+ lbs, that attitude might change.
Mar
16
2009-03-15 to 2009-03-16 #bodybugg sleeplog
I guess the trick to greater than 7 hours of sleep for me is a substantial amount of exercise. On Sunday I: biked to the St. Pat’s Dash at the Seattle Center, ran the 3.75 miles, and biked home. Then I went to the Seattle Bike Expo. Had the weather been less snow/rain/wind, I would have biked as well… but since I was going to near the glorious Magnussen off-leash dog park, I took the dog on a 45 minute romp after. Apparently I’m just not working out hard enough to sleep?
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