Have you seen me lately?

Alright folks, I realize I haven't posted often in the past, but I am starting to get on a roll on my current blog. If you haven't changed the url in your bookmarks, blogreader or following list, head on over to http://blog.dancummings.pro. See you there!

So you might already know that I moved my blog to http://blog.dancummings.pro as part of my new website (for right now, it's mostly an online résumé but will eventually have more, it will just take me a while...).

I am just letting you know, if you haven't updated your blog reader, or your bookmarks, or whatever, that I posted something. Take a look at my latest post "Grad Plan."

Moving Day

Hey guys! How are you? Long time, I know. Well, I have decided to consolidate my online presence, and have moved my blog to my own personal website. Really, it's just a name change, but didn't the Bard say something about a blog by any other name would read just as... um, I'll let you fill in the adjective there (dependent on your own enjoyment of the blog...).

Anyways, the new site is http://blog.dancummings.pro

It comes as part of my new website, which for now is just an online CV, but in the future I hope to make it my own personal space on the web for all things Dan. You can check out what I have so far at http://dancummings.pro and feel free to drop a comment on the above blog with your website, I'd love some ideas on what to do with mine.

So family, readers, followers, and casual acquaintances, lurkers, stalkers, and anyone else who reads, this, please keep reading! (Just at a different place).

Thanks, and I'll see you on the other side of the interweb!

-Dan

Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Mar 8th

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Mar 8th

for Dan Cummings

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
3/8/10	2,652	2,442	842	1,599	-1,053	267
3/9/10	2,652	3,136	572	2,564	-89	267
3/10/10	2,652	2,802	996	1,806	-846	267
3/11/10	2,652	2,665	122	2,544	-109	267
3/12/10	2,633	3,813	1,081	2,732	99	264
3/13/10	2,633	2,465	1,336	1,129	-1,504	264
3/14/10	2,633	2,193	0	2,193	-439	264
3,942 calories under budget for the week
Lost 3 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	844g	37.6%
Saturated Fat	285g
Protein	901g	17.9%
Carbohydrates	2,247g	44.5%
Sugars	1,268g
Fiber	288g
Cholesterol	2,326mg
Sodium	26,191mg

Exercise Summary		Calories
Stationary Bicycle	20 Min	191
Weight Lifting	30 Min	127
Running	35 Min	513
Stairmaster	1 Hour 15 Min	954
Walking	50 Min	244
Elliptical	2 Hours 10 Min	1734
Circuit Training	1 Hour 20 Min	1187
Total	4949

Report generated by Lose It!. For more information or to sign up for your free Lose It! account, please visit http://www.loseit.com

So this is March Madness Week 2, with the emphasis on cardio exercise. We had a competition to see who could log the most minutes of cardio this week, results are still forthcoming, but I am sure I was in the top 3 of the family... This next week's competition is around flexibility training, so we will see who can log the most time improving their flexibility. Yoga stretches... here I come.

Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Mar 1st

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Mar 1st

for Dan Cummings

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
3/1/10	2,679	3,010	473	2,536	-142	271
3/2/10	2,679	1,952	791	1,162	-1,517	271
3/3/10	2,679	3,295	710	2,585	-93	271
3/4/10	2,679	1,821	0	1,821	-858	271
3/5/10	2,679	2,960	129	2,830	152	271
3/6/10	2,652	6,340	1,335	5,005	2,352	267
3/7/10	2,652	2,698	85	2,614	-39	267
146 calories under budget for the week
Lost 4 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	831g	38.4%
Saturated Fat	262g
Protein	911g	18.7%
Carbohydrates	2,084g	42.8%
Sugars	765g
Fiber	247g
Cholesterol	1,877mg
Sodium	35,746mg

Exercise Summary		Calories
Stationary Bicycle	1 Hour 10 Min	784
Weight Lifting	1 Hour 35 Min	407
Walking	50 Min	343
Elliptical	2 Hours 30 Min	1989
Total	3523

Report generated by Lose It!. For more information or to sign up for your free Lose It! account, please visit http://www.loseit.com

So that's this week. I am very surprised at how many calories Pizza can have. Grrrr. Ok, no more fast food for the month of March. Once again, I am a little skeptical of the "4 lbs" lost, and I suspect my body is simply a little dehydrated. Once I get into the 1-2lbs/week I think we can trust the scale a little more. I still need to even out that carb:protein ratio. It should be more like 40:30 (with the other 30 being healthy fats). I guess more beans and fish are needed. Too bad salmon is so expensive. : (

Lose It! Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Feb 22nd

So I use this program to track my calories and to keep track of my exercise.  You may have noticed my Facebook status updates are mostly from this app.  (It's called "Lose It," it's on my iPod Touch, and I am quite impressed with it.)  In the interest of transparency, I am now sharing my weekly reports from the program with you.  I have found that this has increased my accountability, and I kind of see it as an opportunity to keep a record of my progress.

-Dan

Weekly Summary for Week of Mon, Feb 22nd

for Dan Cummings

Daily Summary
	Budget	Food	Exercise	Net	+/-	Weight (lbs)
2/22/10	2,712	2,541	350	2,191	-520	276
2/23/10	2,712	1,869	561	1,308	-1,404	276
2/24/10	2,712	3,168	699	2,469	-243	276
2/25/10	2,712	2,386	0	2,386	-325	276
2/26/10	2,679	3,192	663	2,529	-150	271
2/27/10	2,679	2,450	0	2,450	-228	271
2/28/10	2,679	2,299	0	2,299	-380	271
3,250 calories under budget for the week
Lost 5 pounds this week

Nutrient Summary		% Calories
Fat	433g	27.4%
Saturated Fat	150g
Protein	641g	18%
Carbohydrates	1,941g	54.6%
Sugars	720g
Fiber	275g
Cholesterol	1,959mg
Sodium	23,545mg

Exercise Summary		Calories
Weight Lifting	2 Hours 0 Min	488
Stairmaster	1 Hour 5 Min	997
Walking	1 Hour 40 Min	460
Elliptical	25 Min	329
Total	2273

Report generated by Lose It!. For more information or to sign up for your free Lose It! account, please visit http://www.loseit.com

A little fuzzy...

In 45 minutes I have an appointment with an optometrist. Things have been getting rather fuzzy trying to read powerpoints in class and other small text at a distance of more than 10 feet. I had an exam over 2 years ago and had 20/15 vision, but I think that is no longer the case. If I do get glasses, will you, my readers, help me select frames?

Here's to vision!

Yo Krebs....

For all of you former Bio students, this is probably as enjoyable as the Krebs Cycle and electron transport chains get....

I seem to be sharing Public Health messages more often than personal updates. I am off to my Vet Lab class to help with some spays and neuters (I get to intubate the animals and sometimes assist with the surgeries). This makes me want a dog more than ever. When I am settled and established, I believe I shall adopt.

I will leave you with this one video from the UK (they have by far the most poignant safe driving PSAs). Enjoy!

Kon-Tiki

So last night I went to a Halloween party thrown by a friend of a friend, and I ran into a guy who is Norwegian. We talked about the usual stuff, as my dad served his mission there, and I have visited once. The guy is a student at BYU, studying International Relations (maybe you will meet him too Michelle) and Econ. This actually is rather surprising to me, as I have met several people from Norway here at BYU, one of which I actually met in Norway first... The guy's name is Tor, so naturally I asked if he was named after Thor Heyerdahl, of Kon-Tiki and Ra expedition fame. He said no, (Tor/Thor is a common name after the Norse god), but was impressed that I knew the name. In fact, I have been to the Kon-Tiki museum in Bygdøy, Norway. I have also been to a lecture by Thor Heyerdahl. I even read Kon-Tiki once. I should probably read it again. Anyways, if you are not in the know about one of these famous Norwegians, here is the opportunity.

An Oscar-winning documentary on Kon-Tiki

and of course, the wikipedia page.

PS. Thank you Dad, so much, for taking me along on that business trip years ago. Many good memories, and I can now say I have watched my sister fall in a fjord...