Hi fellow dieters -- Erik and I are the co-founders of Calorie Count, and we are still running the day-to-day operations of this site. Below you will find a few lines about some of the moments from my life that I either found very important, or that just happened to cross my mind when I was desperately looking for something to write about. Enjoy!

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UPDATE (Apr 13, 2009, by Igor Lebovic): I entered my fourth decade a week ago, and... nothing changed. I am still the same as I was at age 10 or 20 - always interested in too many things and with never enough time to pursue them all - or any one of them to the fullest extent... Looking back, I realize I spent the majority of my 20s trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, which made me a Jack of all trades, but master of none. I started out as an aerospace engineer which I didn't enjoy, so I diverted to flight test engineering, also worked as a flight test pilot, and finally turned to web entrepreneurship.

Lessons learned? It's never too late to change your career and pursue the job of your dreams. When Erik and I met in college, we both quickly realized that we didn't want to be aerospace engineers and were frustrated about our initial career choice. So the first web-company we started was aimed to inform high school students about what to expect from their major while in college and after graduation. The project eventually tanked, but it gave both of us the courage to never stop looking for the perfect career.

Spending the majority of my 20s jumping from one career to another might seem like a long time to spend soul-searching, but it was worth it, and I can only encourage everyone else reading this to never stop dreaming.

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UPDATE (Jun 26, 2008, by Igor Lebovic): The wedding was amazing...

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UPDATE (Feb 11, 2008, by Igor Lebovic): Betsie and I got engaged on Oct 9th 2007 and will be getting married on May 25th of this year. People keep noticing that I am currently zipping through life and not thinking twice about anything - not bad for someone who prior to this used to date the same girl for 8 years and never got around to propose... Lesson learned: it's not too late to change the core fundamentals of who you are and how people perceive you; this applies to character traits as well as to body weight and almost any other aspect of our lives.

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UPDATE (Aug 29, 2007, by Igor Lebovic): Having arrived in NY at the end of the last year, I remember how I often wondered what 2007 would bring. Having just recently broken up a long-term relationship, the last thing I expected was to fall in love soon again. But only 4 weeks after meeting Betsie I asked her to move in with me - a move that made all of my friends scream and yell at me, trying to convince me that I should live it up here a little bit first. Well, she said no, so it didn't really matter. But then, two weeks later, I tried again - and she at first said no - but then changed her mind a couple of days later, which this time caused her lots of trouble with all of her friends. Despite all the bad karma from our surroundings, we made the move and never looked back.

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UPDATE (Aug 07, 2007, by Igor Lebovic): We are moments away from launching Calorie Count Plus, and the intense feeling of anticipation is strangely familiar - I can still remember Feb 01, 2005 when we added user accounts and other essential community functionality to Calorie Count Classic. I thought back then I will never forget that day, and now I KNOW I never will this one either.

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UPDATE (Feb 15, 2007, by Igor Lebovic): Currrently living in New York and loving it. I have been here for a couple months but am not sure if I have met anyone who has lived here for more than a couple years. It is like one giant train station - everyone is new here with bags full of dreams and just enough money for a return ticket -- or for rent until the next audition. And they all opt for the latter...

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UPDATE (Nov 01, 2006, by Igor Lebovic): 2006 has been a crazy year. I started it with an ear infection, which stayed with me for almost 6 months. Just as I was ready to rip my ear off, it went away and hasn't come back... At about the same time I went through a major career switch, which also necessitated a change of air. After being told this news, my better half decided I was nuts and fulfilled her promise to throw all my stuff out of the window. Most of it ended up on Ebay the next day, and I reduced my belongings to two bags and a laptop. Life has been great ever since :

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