After three weeks with no change, finally 2020 Diet – Week 5 brings some progress. It was a fairly decent week. For the four days between Friday and Monday, I was in the hole, but apparently I made up for it Tuesday through Thursday. I wasn’t expecting to see much progress, but something evened out.

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“Something in a Sunday” is a breakfast stout. I first came up with and brewed this recipe in December of 2018. It was a mess. There’s not a lot of hops in a stout compared to any given IPA. But, with the addition of ground coffee, both in a steep just after the boil, and

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This is 2020 Diet – Week 4, and I’ve got very little to report. Almost nothing in fact. Actually, I’m only providing an entry at all because I promised myself I would check in every week this year. Before I get to it though, let me link you back to week one, so you can

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Progress has been slow, but CR-V Camper Conversion – Part 8 shows progress, nonetheless. In this entry, I make a fix to correct a miscalculation for the storage compartment under the front piece of the sleeping platform. I also figure out a workable solution for a leg to hold up the slide out table top.

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Before I get started with my 2020 Diet – Week 3 check-in, let me first provide a link to my first post for the year. Also, here’s last week’s entry. Okay, let’s move on. Well, I’ll begin by stating that I thought this was a pretty good week. I did lose ground over the weekend,

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This is my 2020 Diet – Week 2 check-in, and I have some good news to report. I’ve made some ground already. It looks like having a bright and shiny new year in which to work with has provided some much-need motivation. As a reminder, here’s where I started this year’s weight loss journey. My

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This is my 2020 Diet – Week 1 check-in. It’s a new year and I hope to start it out putting the right foot forward. Then, I’d like to follow that with putting the left foot forward. Then, I’d like to repeat those two steps ad infinitum until it becomes a long walk, or perhaps

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“CR-V Camper Conversion – Part 7” looks to be going live a whole six weeks after the last post on the project. Wow, the holidays really set me back. I took two days off after Christmas from work to make sure I didn’t lose any vacation time. I didn’t have anything better to do, so

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“Go Away, Bitter Memory” is my latest attempt at a new homebrew recipe. I had the chance to squeeze in one last brew day for the year this last weekend, and I was craving a standard IPA, so I got to work doing some homework to come up with a recipe. One of my favorite

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Well shit, Diet Check-in #15 is a lying liar! Alright, fine. It’s my fault. I haven’t been as focuses as I could be. I really let things get away from me. Should I even be surprised to find I’m sliding even further backwards. Probably not. How far backwards, you ask? Well, this morning’s weigh-in had

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