Posts Categorized: The Incredible Shrinking Ambulance Driver
305
Actually, it was 302.4, but I'm allowing for the fact that I wasn't in uniform when I weighed in, and had no cell phone camera to capture the scale readout.
That's 55.2 pounds lost since February 1. Hopefully, I can put up a sub-300 post by …
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Next Stop: 300!
Down to 309.8 pounds. That's 2.9 pounds since last Friday, and 50.4 pounds overall. Last week, I vowed to be below 310 at the next weigh-in, and I barely made it. The next milestone is 300 pounds, and I'll once again match my driver&#…
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Plateau
It's been a month since I last posted a weigh-in, and I'm up 0.6 pounds since then.
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Still Trending Down…
... despite a couple of days of indulging myself. I didn't pig out, mind you, but I did go over my calorie count on couple of occasions.
For those of you keeping score at home, that's down 5.9 pounds from 10 days ago, and 48.1 pounds overall…
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I’m a Dodge V8
Specifically, a 318, but not that deer-smashing wildcat cartridge, the .318 Dakota.
Yeah, I know the scale says 317, but I typically have another pound of EMS paraphernalia in my pockets when I weigh in. That's two more pounds down, and n…
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Three Twenty
That's forty pounds lost since February 1. Actually, at 319, it's more like 41.2 pounds, but since I normally have more than a pound of EMS detritus in my pockets when I weigh in, I'm going with 40.
That's 3.1 pounds do…
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Steady As She Goes
Today's weight, 325.8 pounds, down 0.8 pounds from last week, and 34.4 pounds lost overall.
Not as much as I'd hoped for, but as long as the downward trend continues, I'm okay with it. Got some pretty strenuous work and play pla…
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I Feel Like a Jockey…
... provided the horse I'm riding is the size of an elephant.
326.6 pounds, down 2.4 pounds since last week, and 33.6 since February 1.
Go Team Me!
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Still Shrinking
That's down 2.4 pounds since last week, and a total of 31.2 pounds lost since February 1.
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Still Trending Down…
I am freakin' ecstatic over that little loss.
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Plateau No Mo’
Well, after a relatively static week hovering at 337, looks like the downward trend continues:
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Yeah, it's a blurry cell phone photo, but my current weigh…
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337 Pounds
Today's weigh-in showed no change from last week's.
I'll take it, though. Considering the circumstances, it's still probably a net loss of a couple of pounds.
When I weigh in, I try to use the same scale, at roughly the same time of day and wearing…
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Hey, Happy Medic…
... turns out the nice folks at United Airlines at Logan Airport will indeed let you step on their baggage scale to check your weight.
Unfortunately, that thing only weighs up to 250 pounds.
Who knew?
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The Incredible Shrinking Ambulance Driver
If the coin-operated scale at the highway rest stop in northern Maryland is to be believed, I'm down two more pounds in the past eight days.
I'll take that, especially considering that I haven't been able to be as diligent in my diet choices while at …
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The Incredible Shrinking Ambulance Driver
If you've ever met me in person, then you know that I am, well... portly. The less-charitably inclined, including myself, would say that I am corpulent, wheezing bag of fatassitude.
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Either I Scraped Off More Hide Than I Thought…
...or I've lost another four pounds. That's 84 pounds lost since February 4th, if anyone besides me is counting, with roughly 40 more to go.Actually, from looking at a left leg that is twice as large as my right, you'd think I'd weigh more, but that is a…
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Bad Day
Broke down and cried in the ER today.The ER tech, a former co-worker, came to my room and gave me the news. One of PGHNSTRACH's other ER clerks lost her six year old son today.ATV accident, head-on collision with his older brother. Some of our medics bro…
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Hey, Hurricane Utah!
You get to pick the topic of a post of your very own, and if you shoot me an a-mail with your addy, I'll send you a signed copy of The Book!That's 535 posts in 19 months, and over half a million freakin' hits.You guys rock! Seriously, thank you all for r…
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Conference Pimping
Those of my readers who work in healthcare or EMS know that I lecture at various EMS conferences around the country, maybe sign a few books and generally just hang out and swap war stories. It's not a full-time job for me, but it's a nice sideline, and i…
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Now That's A Little More Like It
Trigger finger suitably healed, I took the Taurus out for a little therapy practice at the range. I burned a hundred rounds of cheap 180 grain Blazer ammo, with slightly more satisfying results than the first time I shot it.First target of the day, five …
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Slowly But Surely…
....going from looking like this guy......to looking like this one:And hopefully by Thanksgiving will be back to looking like this one (albeit with a better haircut):That's 80 pounds lost since February 4, folks. Another 45 or so, perhaps more, to go. I'…
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Looking At a Potential Carry Piece…
...and I stumbled upon a Taurus PT145 Millenium Pro in .45 ACP. Holds ten rounds plus one in the pipe, feels solid in my hand, and is very compact. I like it.The pistol is in like-new condition, bore looks clean, and the price is pretty attractive.Any of…
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Gut Check…
Many of you may have heard of the EMS helicopter midair collision near Flagstaff, AZ that killed six people a couple days ago. A day before that, another EMS helicopter crashed landed hard in Phoenix, severely injuring two crew members and slightly injur…
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If Any Of You Have Ever Been Owned By A Dog…
...then you know the pain Phlegm Fatale is feeling right now with the loss of her best friend, Valentine. Babs lost her longtime companion Ben recently, too.I've been where they are, and it's never easy. One quote I have always admired comes to mind:"If …
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I Bow To The Will Of My Constituents…
You want Hope and Change in 2008?Elect a paramedic to the White House, baby.Don't ask me for specific positions and campaign platform planks. If nebulous promises and vague ideas are working for Barack Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful Obama, and the m…
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