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		<title>LiveStrong.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the last 2-3 months I have completely falling off the &#8220;getting healthy&#8221; wagon, but starting last night I am forcing myself to get back on track. With working out, eating better. and tracking calories through the website LiveStrong.com. No I have mentioned LiveStrong in the past, but mostly I just talked about their iPhone [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.brianminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2130-f30fe38920dd301e451440b74a624961.jpg" alt="2130-f30fe38920dd301e451440b74a624961.jpg" border="0" width="100" height="100" align="right" />So the last 2-3 months I have completely falling off the &#8220;getting healthy&#8221; wagon, but starting last night I am forcing myself to get back on track. With working out, eating better. and tracking calories through the website <a href="http://www.livestrong.com/">LiveStrong.com</a>. No I have mentioned LiveStrong in the past, but mostly I just talked about their iPhone app, which I still believe to be the best calorie tracking app out there (even with the bugs it has).</p>
<p>But this post isn&#8217;t about the App. I wanna talk more about their site. </p>
<p>As a web designer, I must first say that the layout and browsing of the site is as close to horrible as possible. There&#8217;s a lot of things that should take a click or 2 tops that ends up taking 4-5, if not more to get to. But at the same time the site is a huge benefit. Their food database is second to none (in my opinion), they have a lot of duplicates on some things, but usually will have a &#8220;verified&#8221; image on the one that is accurate.</p>
<p>They allow you to put in your current height, weight and how much you want to lose a week and they will automatically calculate the amount of calories that you are allowed to eat a day to stick to your goal. They also build their entire site around a community this way you can work together with others and have they extra support group. They also have a ton of recipes and what they call &#8220;Dares&#8221; to try and help get and keep you motivated.</p>
<p>I have had the account for I believe almost a year now and have lost a total of 30lbs (so it does work), but as I mentioned before I haven&#8217;t been doing so well the last few months. So, it should be a lot more, but if you are interested and want to join feel free to look me up.</p>
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		<title>Clinching your Teeth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Minor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday I headed in the dentist to have a tooth removed, well one tooth turned into two, which I wasn&#8217;t really planning on. The reason for having the teeth removed was from me clinching my teeth while I slept. This is something that, I&#8217;m guessing I&#8217;ve developed in the last year (for unknown reasons). [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.brianminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dentist.jpg" alt="dentist.jpg" border="0" width="220" height="160" align="right" />Last Tuesday I headed in the dentist to have a tooth removed, well one tooth turned into two, which I wasn&#8217;t really planning on.</p>
<p>The reason for having the teeth removed was from me clinching my teeth while I slept. This is something that, I&#8217;m guessing I&#8217;ve developed in the last year (for unknown reasons). Well, by adding this annoying habit to my life, I&#8217;ve clinched my teeth so much and so hard that I cracked two of my teeth including the roots, which led into infection and the only option of having them removed.</p>
<p>For all those getting worried it was teeth in the back of my mouth so I still have my pretty smile and I&#8217;ve purchased a mouth-guard to wear at night to prevent damage to any more teeth.</p>
<p>All I gotta say is I really hope I never have to have any others pulled cause this last week has been filled with pain and this annoying lack of availability to chew anything on the one side of my mouth.</p>
<p>So basically, this post is nothing more then a warning and info that if you do clinch or grind your teeth. Buy a mouth-guard before it&#8217;s too late, they are cheap ($20-$30 bucks max) and really not all that annoying to sleep in.</p>
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