"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.

Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down!" I could say "Elves" to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself. I see him there,
Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top
In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed.

He moves in darkness as it seems to me,
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
...

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Current statistics:

Calories: 2,079 - Fat: 24% - Carb: 51% - Protein: 16% - Fiber: 57 gr.

First Goal:

Over a two week period reduce my calories to 1950.

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Self-determination: the combined skills of self-awareness, self-advocacy, self-efficacy, decision-making, independent performance, self-evaluation, and adjustment.

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"You can't tell just by looking at someone if they are fit," says Steven Blair, a professor in the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. "You can certainly be fat, even obese, and still be fit."

Blair and colleagues assessed the aerobic fitness, body mass index and waist circumference of 2,603 adults, ages 60 and older, and followed them for 12 years.

During that time, there were 450 deaths. Among findings in today's Journal of the American Medical Association:

• Fit older men and women who were at...

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1989 Gallup Poll: 35% said they were "meat and potatoes type, about 34% of people said they were a "chicken and broccoli type;" 12% "brown rice and vegetables type;" and 10% "pasta and salad type."
Five percent were "burgers and fries type," while 3% were "pizza and soda type."

( I wonder if there was an "all of the above" option. )

2003 Harris Interactive survey, 2.8 percent of those surveyed said they never eat meat, poultry, or fish/seafood.

A majority of the vegetarians...

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