Get the paddles!

I feel like I'm on a hospital drama, and am laid out on a gurney, and the doctors and nurses are trying to resuscitate me. That would be nice, in a weight-loss sort of way.

I weighed myself again at the gym, and I was at a comfortable 286.5, which is the lowest I've been since I started this journey. The reason I say comfortable is because I used the gym scale, which seems to have a margin of error of +/- 1/2 pound. The needle this morning, though, was comfortably in the middle at 286.5.

The Problem with Scales

For the first time in almost forever, I got on the Wii Fit balance board last night. Let's just say the results were about what I expected, which is in the "How in the Hell did I let it get this bad?" range. Which leads me to another problem. Scales. Scales suck, but not because of what they tell you  - hey, dude! You're fat! - but because they all seem to tell you something different.

Time for Saban to get his due

Nick Saban is successful. Very successful. And to some, that makes him an easy target. But we should praise his accomplishments and his style of play before piling on.

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