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Re: Your Health and Stress

Fast Weight Loss Diet — Sun, 17 May 2009 08:36:42 -0000

Nice words Patrick, and I am a woman.

Re: Eating Healthy On The Go: Burger King

PatrickPete — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:39:51 -0000

Edwin,
Thank you for the comment. I hope to improve the blog over the next couple of weeks.

Re: Diet and Nutrition: The Deciding Factor in Weight Loss

PatrickPete — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:26:32 -0000

Paula,
Thank you for your comments. As you work on losing weight, don't forget to come by and tell us to encourage us. Better yet, follow us on Twiiter @ http://www.twitter.com/slimmer_in_2009

Re: Oatmeal - Breakfast of the Gods!

PatrickPete — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:20:16 -0000

Karen here is my photo. It was a family affair:

http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=58...

Facebook has serious URL esteem issues...LOL

Re: Oatmeal - Breakfast of the Gods!

PatrickPete — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:18:54 -0000

Here is my photo link, Karen

http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=58...

Re: 5 Components of Physical Fitness

PatrickPete — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:33:07 -0000

Mike,
Great comment!! Thanks for sharing. I will definitely try this out in my workouts.

Re: Weight Loss Nutrition Tip - Steps to Achieving Your Weight Loss Goals in 2009

PatrickPete — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:40:07 -0000

No problem, I am glad you liked them. I give more tips throughout the year. If you follow my weight loss Twitter ID http://www.twitter.com/slimmer_in_2009 you can get my tips as I give them.

Re: Restaurant/Fast Food Nutrition Facts

PatrickPete — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:59:30 -0000

No problem and thank you for your comments. If you have any requests for additional restaurants I will do my best to include them.

Re: Diabetes on the Rise: The Handwriting is On the Wall!!

PatrickPete — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:05:50 -0000

Diabetes,
I totally agree. Education is in my opinion more critical in diabetes than any other disease, because it is a disease about control. Many people I know don't realize they have it until complications arise. When complications occur you are basically behind the curve. I think education about diabetes is one of the most neglected aspects of the disease. Thanks for the comments.

Re: Diabetes Tip: What is your A1c?

PatrickPete — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:19:08 -0000

It is a single test, typically taken every three months. What the test does is test for glucose traces on hemoglobin in your red blood cells. A red blood cell typically lives for 3 months (thats why the test is usually taken once every three months). The amount of glucose attached to your hemoglobin over the life of your red blood cells gives a good indicator of how much glucose has been in your blood stream over the past three months.

My a1c has pretty much been dead on with my own records of my sugar levels that I record daily.

Re: Being Healthy Can Benefit You Even When You Get Sick

PatrickPete — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:56:46 -0000

Teresa,
Thanks. I am really going to miss you at ASW09. I wanted my wife to meet you. Thank you for the concern. He is doing well. It is funny you talked about taking a walk and getting some fresh air. I was talking to another of my mentors and they mentioned how getting outside and walking makes them feel better. Thanks for the comment.

Re: And the Winner for this Week’s Twitter Contest is

Sunil — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:54:14 -0000

@PatrickPete Thanks and surely meet at ASW09.

Re: And the Winner for this Week’s Twitter Contest is

PatrickPete — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:58:15 -0000

Congrats fellow twitterwinner
I hope to see you at the asw09.

Re: 5 Components of Physical Fitness

PatrickPete — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:35:08 -0000

Pouvez-vous me dire quels défauts, spécifiquement ? Mon Français n'est pas aussi bon comme je voudrai.

Re: Tweet Tweet to Our First Twitter Winner

samharrelson — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:56:04 -0000

Congrats, Patrick! So awesome to see you got picked first!!

Let's def connect and grab a meal in Vegas!

Sam

Re: Tweet Tweet to Our First Twitter Winner

affiliatetip — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:53:17 -0000

Congrats - looking forward to seeing you in Vegas.

Re: Tweet Tweet to Our First Twitter Winner

PatrickPete — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:55:23 -0000

Shawn,
Thank you for selecting me. It will be first on my agenda to hook up with Sam. I will bring my Hebrew textbook with me, along with a notepad and paper. Got a lot of questions. Again Thank you!!!

Re: Eating Healthy On The Go: Burger King

PatrickPete — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:18:59 -0000

xtrainer,
That was my intention. I live in DC and I find myself in predicaments all the time, but I realized that I couldn't use that as an excuse not to eat well. I'm glad you found it helpful.

Re: Restaurant/Fast Food Nutrition Facts

PatrickPete — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:56:22 -0000

Sydney,
Thanks for the comment. I hope to keep adding more information to this section. I am glad it helps.

Re: Diabetes on the Rise: The Handwriting is On the Wall!!

PatrickPete — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:08:14 -0000

health information,
Thanks for the comment.

Re: Congratulations to Barack Obama

affiliatetip — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:15:16 -0000

PatrickPete -

Barack is certainly an inspirational story and it's exciting to see his impact.

Long live the American dream.

Re: Congratulations to Barack Obama

PatrickPete — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:48:27 -0000

Shawn,
Can't say I agreed with your viewpoints, but I respected how you ran your blog. Its what makes this country what it is. I spent 2.5 years in Cuba and was in the military for 10 years, so I know how awesome this country is. Everyone in the world cannot say what is on their mind, especially politically and be protected as opposed to oppressed by the government.

What I didn't know as an African American is just how authentic, we, the American people really are. How this country truly is a reflection of the ideals of our founding fathers, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that ALL men are created equal". As someone who is African American, I had become somewhat cynical about that ideal. Now I cannot.

My goal now is to deal with those within my culture to realize Obama's election is not an opportunity for us to get excited about what we won't have to do, but to get excited about the work to be done. Everybody is getting excited, but many of us need to realize that we are in a "no excuses" mode within our community (the African American community). I wonder who we will call the man, "holdin us down", now?

In one night, the belief that anyone in America can be and do anything they want if they just roll up their sleeves and get to work has now been proven unequivocally. ANYONE, regardless of their race who does not believe that to be the case is a fool. This is the GREATEST country in the world, PERIOD.

Re: Eating Healthy On The Go: Chick-Fil-A

PatrickPete — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:13:46 -0000

Ashleigh,
Thank you for the compliment and thank you all for the food that you provide. Your company does a great job and should be commended. Keep up the good work.

Re: Your Health and Stress

PatrickPete — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:00:16 -0000

Hazelluis,
Thank you for the comments. I agree wholeheartedly. Stress can come from a variety of ways. And it does seem like it is almost impossible to find ways to de-stress. One of the things I did was pre-plan a quarterly getaway day. I go to a hotel room. I take the battery out of my cell phone and disconnect for the weekend. I order room service and do nothing, PERIOD. It was so life changing that I did the same for my wife and included a spa treatment.

My wife is all of the things you outline above. I truly appreciate her. As a husband I think it is part of my responsibility as her partner to look out for her. When you have all of those roles and are in the middle of them. It sometimes takes someone who care for you to tap you on the shoulder and say, "Hey, take a break".

Hazelluis, do you have any de-stress ideas?

Re: Barack Obama and Osama Bin Laden

affiliatetip — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:33:42 -0000

Hi PatrickPete -

> So at minimum, McCain's choice of friends clearly could come into question. Ohh!, that is what we are talking about here isn't it? Associations and friends.

The significant difference is that McCain was an associate of Keating before the scandal.

Obama chose to be involved with Ayers after all he did, and was undeterred even after the NY Times piece on 9/11/01 where Ayers stated "I don't regret setting bombs" and "I feel we didn't do enough".

Obama remained in touch with Ayers for several years after these statements.

You won't find my defending Bob Jones University, but I also don't think this is a comparable situation.

It was a camapign stop, not a relationship. No different than all of the politicians who make stops at the NAACP - recall in 2000 that they ran the ad about George W. Bush and James Byrd.