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you can paint this one purple. #ECU #Pirates #Purple

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I picked this up at Aldi last week. I am really excited to try the recipes. #sugarfree #eatclean #beenawhile

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This guy is hanging out in my future flower bed. #snake #spring #nature #spiders

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I have some kind of terrible crud. #wellness #feellikecrap #netflix #soup #bodyaches

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#coffee

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@dirtbagales is gearing up for a fun weekend! #beer #beersofinstagram #mochaporter

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Found these little gems at Pressed in Downtown Fayetteville. #feelthebern #NotmeUs #shoplocal (at Pressed - A Creative Space)

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#TWDFianle

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The walking dead season finale. #twd #thewalkingdead #hewillbeallright

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I seriously almost sat on my cat. #camokitty #didnotseeyou #cats

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Goal Achieved! Last week my goal was to up my step count average by 2000 steps. I did just that and a tiny bit more. This week the challenge is to maintain the step average! #jawbone #fitness #fattofit #tumblr #stepup

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As someone who works a grant funded job. I totally understand. There are many projects I would love to pursue but I am limited because of available funding.

“I’m working on my second doctorate and doing clinical research in HIV. I’ve always wanted to be a tenure track professor, but I’ve been questioning that lately. I imagined that one day I’d get to a place where I can do the research that I want to do. But I’m seeing now that it’s more about doing the research that will get funded. I’m noticing a lot of disenchantment among my senior mentors. They don’t get to be as innovative as they’d like. Their primary task seems to be sustaining the institution. It’s not about doing the research that they think will make the most impact. It’s about going for the most likely money. It’s publish or perish. Fund or get fired. And education suffers as well. I love to teach, and I’ve always thought that teaching would be a big part of the process. But it’s not emphasized. Because teaching is paid for by tuition. It’s ‘money in, money out.’ But research funding comes from outside the school. It’s new money.”

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I did it. First time hitting 10,000 step goal since receiving my #jawbone .

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Okay #Wisconsin it is your turn. #feeltheburn #NotmeUs #stillsanders

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The Jawbone and I: Three Weeks Later

I bought the Jawbone Upmove for one reason! To find out what exactly I need to do to lose weight and be honest about it! 

 TO be honest about the fact I am probably far more sedentary than I will admit. To be honest that most of what I eat is just crap wrapped in a healthy coating.    This isn’t my first fitness rodeo,  I have done it all: Counted Calories, Counted Carbs, Extreme fitness routines, no fitness routines....you get it. The truth is none of it really sticks....because Extreme is not sustainable, and counting...counting works as long as you aren’t starving. Believe me, if you are starve yourself skinny you will binge yourself fat. 

I made myself a promise that  I would take a step back and let the data tell the story.  The story is this. I am not active enough.  NOT AT ALL!  I average about 3000 steps a day.  

I also eat too much. When I say too much I simply mean too many calories.  The nutrition is a whole other story.  

Simply put I am the the poster child of why someone becomes and stays obese....too little activity and too little food. I complained about this in an earlier blog.  

The plan now. 

Boost My Average step count to 5000.  

- How! Set A Reminder, to walk for 15 minutes for every two hours at work. I work 8 hour days.  This means during the week I will add approximately 2000 steps a day!  

Burn More than I EAT 

- How!  Log Everything. This is possibly the most difficult thing for me to do! Taking action when the app says I am over.  I have set a summary notification for the evenings just in time to let me know I might need to do some time on the treadmill or bike!  

I will check in next week, let everyone see the results 

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#anybodybuttrump #feeltheburn #Dumptrump #haters

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Bernie Addresses the crowd outside. There were so many people he came outside! #feeltheburn #northcarolina #democraticprimary #NotmeUs