Weight loss

... Decoded: Using math as a weight-loss program News Home Headlines Calamity Jane's legend brought her fameThursday, March 23, 2006Full Story The Bible and cremationThursday, March 23, 2006Full Story Sweet aunts are the glue that holds families togetherThursday, March 16, 2006Full Story Packsaddle Mountain: Llano's last battleThursday, March 16, 2006Full Story Decoded: Using math as a weight-loss programThursday, March 30, 2006Mark Campbell We all speak in code. For instance, when you tell someone you fell off a ladder trying to hit an unwelcome cat up on your roof with a Frisbee, they say, “Bless your heart!

” Which is code for “You are an idiot!

” My spousal unit laid some code on me the other day: HER: We need to improve your diet. DECODED: You are becoming a fat pig. I attempted some math last week and have just now recovered.

Like all the math I did in school, I worked the problem several ways and chose an answer that was remotely in the vicinity of one of the multiple choices.

(When you had to actually know the answer [if there was no multiple choice], I always included the letter Z.

X and Y were always getting squared and cubed but Z seldom warranted that sort of attention.

My efforts didn’t work very often, even when I “showed proof” that Z was neglected.

[My “proof” was always messily scribbled, much in the same manner as my professional journalism notes and w...

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