Month: June 2007

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Paul Turner of Harvard passes away

Karen and Hrvard University's Coach Paul Turner

Track & Field Coach Paul Turner of Harvard University  was one of those very rare breed of men that — if you are very fortunate — you may meet in life. A young coach could do far worse than follow in his thoughtful footsteps.

Paul was a coach who sincerely put the needs of the athlete over his personal ambitions. He worked — whether an athlete agreed with him or not —  to help determine a future for themselves beyond their athletic efforts… sometimes that meant changing universities. The challenges of division 1 sports often leave athletes unprepared for their own future, and in my observation, Paul helped many folks think beyond the next season.

Our family will miss him… I only wish there were more like Paul.

Roger Freberg

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Happy Fathers Day!

thank you ladies for making me a daddy

Thank you Karla, Kristin and Karen for making me a father all those many years ago… when I think of you… I will always think of you like this.

Father’s Day — to me — is typified by the “few hundred fathers only” of ancient Sparta who held back the tens of thousands of Persians in the  Battle of Thermopylae. In the grand scheme of things, Fathers protect our world.

Happy Father’s Day  out there to all those men out there who know the difference between being a father and a ‘daddy.’

Roger Freberg
KarlasWonderfulDrawingOfmomAndMeAndKarla

 

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Jenny Craig Sound Barrier!

I know what healthy is!I think everyone has heard the screams from those who have failed to keep their diet… any diet. The excuses are endless I have heard …and made them all.

The biggest problem for me now-a-days is that I don’t want to hear it. Have I become a weight losing snob? Maybe. However,what I have come around to is the realization that no one loses weight UNLESS they really want to.

I know this guy … you probably know him too… he needs to lose weight or he’ll die but not until various parts of his body fall off or need to be replaced. I encouraged him to meet me and walk to the coffee shop. We didn’t need the company, I just thought it’d be good for him. He arrives bragging that he parked an extra space away from the entrance…

Anyway, I am far from ‘skinny’ but my friends joke that I am…”going thin.” My goal is to drop another 30… so it’ll take more time. Laura’s doing great… here she is wearing a size six that she just bought… and they are baggy!

I finally dropped to 247.6 today … very satisfying to be in the 40’s. I am down about 74 lbs now.

 

Roger Freberg

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Jenny Craig & our Soldiers

Jenny Craig goes Military

It seems like a natural combination , once you think about it. Not all weight can be controled by exercise alone. The proper diet is critical to any maintenance program.

Having consumed M.R.E.’s (meals-ready-to-eat), I can honestly say that they are great, especially when you realize that they are ‘field rations.’ They beat the old style K-ration fruit cake by a mile! However, they are meant as ‘survival’ foods and high in nutritional… and caloric… content. I especially like the buttery pound cake… unfortunately, a mega caloric ‘butt builder’. It’s always fun to see women rave about it until they read and discover the caloric content.

Over time, I have noticed local soldiers enter our local  Jenny Craig  and I understand this is not a unique phenomenon. Kristin tells me that in Hawaii, many soldiers use the Jenny Plan to augment their heavy exercise load in order to ‘make weight’.

Kristin sent a photo of her “Jenny” dinner… noodles and chicken on the left and veggies on the right. yummy

The family that Jenny Craig’s together…

Roger Freberg