Man, I really need to stop starting weekend wrap-up posts half way through the week.  The last weekend (plus a few days) has been relatively productive.  I have been doing a lot of reading for school, went out to eat for the first time in 2+ weeks, installed Windows 7, been productive at work, and even painted my kitchen.  Overall though, not too much elaboration is necessary, so I figured I would wrap this post up with a breakdown of diet and my first impressions of Windows 7.

Diet Wrapup—This morning I weighed myself and I weighed 185 for the first time since early last year.  That means that I have lost around 15lbs. over the course of the last 3 weeks.  As of last Friday, the diet is officially over.  I am now focusing on creating healthy eating patterns inspired mainly by the low GI theory—that certain carbs raise blood glucose and insulin levels and contribute to weight gain.    I am hoping to continue to lose weight, but am not going to focus on it.  As for my other goals… last night, I went to the gym and was able to bench 185.  I am pretty confident that over the course of the diet, I have not lost any strength.  So, this helps meet one of my original goals.  Also, I ran a little over a mile last night.  My goal for the diet was to be able to run 2 miles, so I am still a bit short of that goal.  While I have not met that goal, my mile is much faster than it was in the past.  So, I am encouraged by the progress but will need to do some more work to be able to build my stamina.  So, that is it.  Overall, it was a good experience.  I really do not want to do it again, because it was a lot of work and a bit stressful at times.  Hopefully, I can create some lasting change in my dietary habits to allow me to continue to move toward a healthy weight.

Windows 7—Last night I finally got everything in place to be able use Windows 7.  My first impression is Wow.  I remember seeing Vista for the first time in Best Buy and thinking that the OS was cool, but not a huge departure from XP. Windows 7 is completely different. Windows 7 extends on a lot of the eye candy of Vista and actually makes it useful.  The new taskbar combines the simplicity of the OSX dock with the productivity of the Windows environment.  After using it for an hour, it is really  hard to go back to an XP or Vista machine.  So overall, I have been very impressed by the beta.  Now, I just hope I do not have to wait a long time for the full version.

That is about it.  On to another week.

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