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Fitness is a way of life.

I think I realize now why my weight went up two days in a row - Olive Garden. I think I seriously under-estimated the amount of calories in their Chicken Parmigiana I ate in a momentary fit of weakness. To be honest, I don’t typically eat there - most of their food tastes microwaved, and even their salads don’t taste as good as they used to. For that matter, I probably under-estimate the caloric value of their salad, too. They don’t have nutrition information available online - wonder if they have a brochure or something in the restaurant itself?

I have to admit, I really don’t get MySpace. I hear how other people use it, and it sounds fascinating. Then I log in, and I get underwhelmed - all I see a glorified playground with date-me spam, indie music (some of which I’m sure is good) and now they’re getting into news? I think if I could find a way to hook Wordpress up to MySpace, I’d have a reason to get more familiar with what it offers. As it is now, MySpace and other similar social network places are relegated to rainy-day afternoon activities.

Anyone use MySpace to help in their weight-loss? Are there weight-loss type groups available? Traineo’s community functionality is pretty sparse and media-light; I haven’t tried others like Sparkpeople. Anyone have any favorite online fitness community hang-outs?

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I have a hard time drinking enough water and logging my caloric intake on weekends. I like FitDay, because it lets you go back days and fill in the blanks. Of course, hindsight is 200 calories lighter…

I played racquetball over the weekend with my wife, and we’re looking at whether or not to buy some roller blades (or inline skates, as they’re apparently called now). I skated a little a few years ago, but only had cheapo $20 Wal-Mart skates; my wife has never bladed. Any tips on what to look for when purchasing blades?

Also, I thought I’d see what that myspace thing is all about, and set up an account at http://www.myspace.com/thelifeledger. I’m not getting what all the fuss is about, but maybe I just haven’t messed with it enough yet. First thing I’d like to do is automatically post my blog entries to the myspace blog, but apparently that’s not something myspace endorses. Any ideas? Anyone have interesting fitness uses for myspace?