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Ben Does Life.
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Random Post Donate About Me Records Featured FAQ Weight listings: Jan 1, 2009: 358 Feb 1: 334 Mar 1: 310 April 1: 285 May 1: 266 June 1: 257 July 1st: 246 Aug 1st: 239 Sept 1st: 230 Oct 1st: 224 Nov 1st: 223 Nov 15th: 218 Jan 1st, 2010: 243 Feb 1st: 242 Mar 1st: 237 April 1st: 242 Sept 15th: 248Total lost: 110 Miles run: 2009: 983 2010: 376 (updated monthly) Not Ben:AprilHeatherJedEmily GWigNathan e-mail me: bendavis401[at]hotmail[dot]com
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Pa almost fell over when he heard me order an apple instead of...

Pa almost fell over when he heard me order an apple instead of French baguette. First time for everything.

5 h ago

Meemaw, you and I made the front page.Very nice article by...

Meemaw, you and I made the front page. Very nice article by Meredith Hines-Dochterman in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

13 h ago

New Ben, new choices. Salmon, brown rice and broccoli for...

New Ben, new choices. Salmon, brown rice and broccoli for lunch.

13 h ago

Stopping at a restaurant in Tomah, Wisconsin. I got to push a...

Stopping at a restaurant in Tomah, Wisconsin. I got to push a pin into Beebe, Arkansas. I also threw one into Vancouver for good measure.

14 h ago

Currently: enjoying the weight-loss phenomenon known as...

Currently: enjoying the weight-loss phenomenon known as first-week-sketchy-fast-weight -loss. Day One: 281.0Day Six: 273.4 Total: -7.6 pounds

18 h ago

Madison, Chicago, and Indianapolis.

The tour rolls through your towns next. Thursday: MadisonSaturday: ChicagoSunday: Indianapolis About to get some good rest and hit the road tomorrow morning. See you there.

1 day ago

Target Headquarters was an awesome place to behold. Enormous...

Target Headquarters was an awesome place to behold. Enormous towers filled with 10,000 wonderful people and beautiful art. The talk went well, too. Three years ago if you had told me I’d have the tim...

1 day ago

Headed to Target Headquarters to do a corporate speaking engagement.

Do they sell popcorn in the front deli like the other Targets do? I’ll keep you updated.

1 day ago

Summer of Accountability rolls on. Day One: 281.0Today (day 5):...

Summer of Accountability rolls on. Day One: 281.0Today (day 5): 275.0 Taking this one with caution. I’m feeling a little dehydrated, but the ups and downs of daily weighing will balance out in the lo...

1 day ago

Minneapolis Do Life yesterday. The weather looked ominous at...

Minneapolis Do Life yesterday. The weather looked ominous at first, but Minnesotans aren’t afraid of a little wind, cold, and rain. 54 of the Twin Cities’ finest men, women, kids and dogs came out to...

1 day ago

Pa and I are at Lake Calhoun an hour early for a pre-5K 5K....

Pa and I are at Lake Calhoun an hour early for a pre-5K 5K. Burning the calories. Shedding the pounds. Slapping da bass.

2 days ago

Weve arrived in Minneapolis.

Tour stop tonight at Lake Calhoun. South beach area parking lots near the corner of Calhoun Parkway and Vincent Ave. 6:30 pm.

2 days ago

A weigh a dayDay one: 281.0 Today (day 4):...

A weigh a day Day one: 281.0 Today (day 4): 278.4 Today’s weigh-in came in the McDonald’s drive-thru. Pa: dude, you want some oatmeal? Ben (rousing from a deep sleep): yeah, let me weigh in first. Pa...

2 days ago

One of the reasons we do this thing.

Meet Koy. Koy is 12 years old and last week when his grandmother saw in the local paper that the tour was coming through, she had the idea to bring him out. Six years from now, Koy wants to be accept...

3 days ago

Daily Weigh

Day One: 281.0Day Two: 279.4Today: 279.8 The idea is two pounds per week for the next 34 weeks. When you break it down weekly, it’s so much more doable.

3 days ago

Cedar Rapids is good by me.

A run. Some fellowship. And some Panchero’s burritos. I’ve met a lot of great people in the past few years and Cedar Rapids, you guys are right up there with some of the coolest, kindest,...

3 days ago

Fun Fact Monday.

The wonderful couple hosting us tonight is Josh and Holly. Josh is a graphic designer and actually designed the logo for the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders, the most popular hockey team in all of Iowa.

3 days ago

Have to give a huge shoutout to CLIF and their ambassador,...

Have to give a huge shoutout to CLIF and their ambassador, Heather, for an enormous box of CLIF Bars to keep us fed on the tour. Very much appreciated. Blueberry crisp will be the death of me.

3 days ago

"You know, I could strap an Olympic gymnast on my back to make this whole thing a little more f...

— My dad, after beating me by ten steps on every hill repeat.

3 days ago

Surprisingly rough Cedar Rapids morning workout.Four miles of...

Surprisingly rough Cedar Rapids morning workout. Four miles of running, four hill repeats, a few hundred-meter sprints, and a couple miles of jogging. And the heat. But it’s done, and three days into...

3 days ago

Got a little artsy with Do Life rocks and shadows today.

Got a little artsy with Do Life rocks and shadows today.

4 days ago

New leaf is being turned.

We’re going to see Men in Black 3. Ben: Popcorn? Pa: No. You can take six or seven almonds in your pocket though.

4 days ago

Not the best picture, but today’s public tour weigh-in...

Not the best picture, but today’s public tour weigh-in came in at 279.2. Day One: 281.0Day Two: 279.2

4 days ago

Kansas City baby.

It was a beautiful morning in K.C. Sun shining, geese honking, Pa unloading boxes, and fine folks showing up to run a little run. After a jaunt around Loose Park Loop, we caravanned to Panera for a h...

4 days ago

Staying with my aunt tonight in KC.

She does it up right with bedside water and ice and a bedtray with a plate and Kansas City history photo books. And the bath robe/shower cap combo. Getting pampered in Missouri tonight. Loose Park to...

5 days ago

Notes from the road: Pa does double glasses and it’s a...

Notes from the road: Pa does double glasses and it’s a little bit embarrassing. A couple hours from K.C.

5 days ago

Pa: “Dude… So it was, like, a bad winter for...

Pa: “Dude… So it was, like, a bad winter for you.” Ben: ”Yeah.” As promised, the Do Life Tour is kicking off the Summer of getting a grip. Daily public weigh-ins along with Pa. We’re competing over t...

5 days ago

Do Life Tour 2012 Kickoff: Success.

Pa and I rolled into the Katy Trail parking lot this morning around 8:30 just in time to chalk a route and get stuff set up. Around 10 a.m., we snapped a picture and took off. We also ate at an incre...

5 days ago

For those keeping track:

It only took an hour and 24 minutes for Pa to threaten to tie me to the roof.

5 days ago

Thoughts from the road: Volume 1

“Somebody that I used to know” should be renamed “Song that I used to like.” You know, until radio stations started playing it every 12 minutes.

5 days ago

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