{"id":996,"date":"2005-04-03T23:54:52","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T23:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/?p=996"},"modified":"2005-04-03T23:54:52","modified_gmt":"2005-04-03T23:54:52","slug":"that-tears-it-the-risky-behavior-starts-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geoffreylong.com\/wordpress\/archives\/996","title":{"rendered":"That tears it &#150; the risky behavior starts <i>now.<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"totqillustration\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" width=\"350\" height=\"300\" id=\"FunkyCharts\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"weight.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<p>So this weekend I went out on a date &#150; two, actually &#150; and while I had a great time, for various reasons I had the point driven home that I really, <i>really<\/i> need to get serious about my plans for Spring Training.  Namely, I need to peel off the thirty extra pounds that have managed to snake their way onto my ass in the last eighteen months or so.  Further, the five-year reunion for my college class is coming up in eight weeks, and I&#8217;d like to be back down to my fighting weight for that as well.<br \/>\nTonight I made a challenge with one of my classmates &#150; The Race to Negative Thirty is on.  To your right you will find a graph charting the necessary decline in poundage that would have to be achieved for the next eight weeks.  According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theabsdiet.com\"><i>The Abs Diet<\/i><\/a> losing thirty pounds in six weeks is possible, but I remain skeptical.  I&#8217;m <i>not<\/i> going to go on another one of those stupid Atkins\/South Beach diets, because the last time I went on one of those I lost some weight but also turned into The Incredible Hulk &#150; for some reason, a huge protein injection also resulted in a massive testosterone boost, which then in turn made me irritable and, well, roaring.  I&#8217;m man enough without turning into Mr. Hyde, thanks.  I like the Abs Diet because they basically say, &#8220;Eat right, exercise more, and by the time you can see your abs you&#8217;ll have lost a bunch of flab everywhere else.&#8221;  I like to call it the &#8216;No Duh Diet&#8217;.<br \/>\nEvery Monday for the next eight weeks I&#8217;m going to post my progress in the form of an updated version of this graph.  It won&#8217;t be available in the archives, since I&#8217;m not sure I want this misadventure to haunt my future, but it&#8217;ll be up here for y&#8217;all to taunt and mock at your leisure.  The way I see it, I&#8217;m going to use the boost in my self-confidence from recent events to help drive this experiment &#150; if I can get into M.I.T., I can do <i>anything.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this weekend I went out on a date &#150; two, actually &#150; and while I had a great time, for various reasons I had the point driven home that I really, really need to get serious about my plans for Spring Training. 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