Losing a part of me

Losing a part of me

Mitch's quest to lose weight… a lot of it.

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  • Day 1279

    I was going to say that I spent the morning procrastinating, but in truth I have been diligently writing emails that needed to be written. I have also (at long last) made an appointment to get my eyes checked (I suspect it has been three years since I did) so that I can then get

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 22, 2025
    body, Exam, Procrastination, Progress, Sleep, Teaching, Work
    Health, life, Mental Health, Sleep, Writing
  • Day 1278

    It was going to happen eventually, so why not this morning? I stepped onto the bathroom scale to discover that my weight was up a couple of ounces from yesterday. I am still slightly better than 20 lbs. down… but only by a very slim margin. I am teaching today and plan to stick to

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 21, 2025
    Drinking, Exercise, Sleep, Teaching, Water, Weight Loss, Work
  • Day 1277

    It has been three months (and then some) since my fitness watch measured a sleep score of 89. Last night was bliss. I only slept 7.5 hours, but I woke up refreshed and ready to face the day. After ten complete days on the program, my weight has dropped slightly over twenty pounds. Yes, that

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 20, 2025
    body, Keyboard, Meal Replacements, Progress, Sleep, Work
    books, Health, Keyboard, life, Writing
  • Day 1276

    Yesterday was not a fun day. The day actually started quite normally as far as things go, but then it went bad. I started writing as I usually do at the usual time, but partway through the second paragraph of my article I realized that it would be an article much more appropriate to my

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 19, 2025
    Blog, body, Digestive Tract, Pain, Sleep, Writing
    Health, life, Mental Health, Writing
  • Day 1275

    It felt like I was walking around with an anvil on my back from the moment I could not sit my exam on Tuesday until the minute I received an email from ISC2 at 2:00pm yesterday afternoon telling me how I could now rebook my exam. Precisely forty-nine hours and fifteen minutes. That weight is

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 18, 2025
    Anxiety, body, Dog, Exam, Progress, Sleep, Stress
    Health, life, Mental Health, personal, Writing
  • Day 1274

    Last night was not a good night. I do not know what happened, but shortly after I got into bed I realized my back was uncomfortable… and then in pain. Between 11:30pm and 2:30am I got up several times to In the meantime I tossed and turned and just fought to get comfortable, which was

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 17, 2025
    Anxiety, body, Cigars, Milestones, Pain, Sleep
    Health, life, Mental Health, Sleep, Writing
  • Day 1273

    I slept two nights since yesterday. I’ll explain. After the debacle that was yesterday I knew that I would not be going to the Grand Lodge event in Toronto today, but I had promised someone that I would give him something there. I arranged for a brother to drop by to pick them up on

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 16, 2025
    Attitude, Friends, Sleep, Weight Management
    Coffee, Health, life, Mental Health, Writing
  • Day 1272 – Afternoon

    I did not pass my exam. In my defense, I also did not fail my exam. I arrived at the testing centre as prepared as I could be, perfectly at peace in the knowledge that I very well might (dare I say would probably) fail the exam. At least I would know what I was

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 15, 2025
    Anger, Anxiety, frustration, Stress
    education, exams, life, Writing
  • Day 1272

    As I prepared for bed last night I realized that my hunger was going to keep me awake… especially when paired with my anxiety over the exam I am writing this afternoon. I am still studying, but I am at peace with the fact that I am almost certainly going to fail. Anyways, back to

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 15, 2025
    Drinking, Hunger, Sleep, Water, Work
    Health, life, Mental Health, Sleep, Writing
  • Day 1271

    I do not remember at what point I stopped updating my offline journal – that is, the one large document that included all of the posts from my online blog – but it occurs to me that I should seriously think about going back and updating it. I do not really want to see a

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    Mitch Garvis

    July 14, 2025
    Attitude, Blog, body, Clothes, Exercise, Friends, Plans, Sleep, Tracking, Walking, Water
    Diet, Fitness, Health, life, Weight Loss
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