Reverend Ken's Blog: June 16, 2012: Post 522 (2012 Day 168)

June 16, 2012

Daily Comment

Today, I wake up to the FIOS installer knocking. I have been looking forward to this day for about a year-and-a-half.

I have a problem with Time-Warner, you see. Ever since cable tv started, before the internet even, I have suffered from having to deal with Time-Warner, as the monopoly provider of cable-tv. All those years of no choice, and watching it get more and more expensive.

This, then, is my 'throwing off the yolk of tyranny'. In this one small way. The service from FIOS is in many ways, better, and it saves me some money over TW cable.

The installers were great. They were pretty efficient, and checked that everything was working before they left (they actually had to replace the brand new, mis-functional-out-of-the-box set-top box.

I don't have a big problem with Time-Warner, and they have mostly given me pretty good service for decades. But they overcharge, and I always said I would take advantage of competition, should they ever have any. And, they just got some, and I just did.

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Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight: 207.0 lbs
Yesterday's Weight: 202.4 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: + 4.6 lbs
Last Week's Weight: 201.2 lbs
Week Net Loss/Gain: + 5.8 lbs

Year 2012 daily weight from December 31, 2011.

Diet Comment:

I did see this coming! That's a lot of weight, and I haven't weighed more in 2012. Looking at the trend for the last month-and-a-half, it is time to turn the corner. I'm going back into weight loss mode now.

Usually, Saturday is my cheat day. This week, that happened yesterday. Today, I did a whole-day fast. Sunday, it's back to three meals of protein and vegetables.

Food Log