Well today marks the 30th day since I began to try and lose weight. My initial thought, is that A) It’s really hard. B) It takes dedication and sacrifice C) I’ve been really lazy for a very long time.
Things I’ve improved: General eating choices – I eat smaller portions and only when I’m hungry. I also eat more green stuff now.
Sleep habits – I’ve been getting 7 hours of sleep a night (for the most part). Exercise – I’m now exercising at least 3 days a week.
After 30 days, I feel like I have more energy and feel thinner. I don’t look at the gut in the mirror and grimace. I feel good. I’ve lost 12 pounds, which is below what I wanted, but I feel like I can keep going and extend this for another 15 days at least. I hope my continued dedication pays off with another 5-8 pounds of missing weight.
Thanks for the well wishes I have gotten, it really means alot to get some support. See y’all at the virtual tables tonight. Go play the charity tournament for the Ronald McDonald House.
Details:
Date: June 16
Time: 9PM CDT (Same time as Mookie)
It will actually be running in place of the Mookie. BDR will be broadcasting it.
Charity: Ronald McDonald House
$5 + $5(Tournament, charity)
Password= vegas1
Tournament#= 164273435
Hello there folks, things be moving along here. I’m really starting to feel some of the heath benefits of weight loss. I’ve passed my first milestone, 10 pounds. I was 226 this morning!
I can definitely tell my belly is shrunk a little and my face has become more defined. Maybe next week I’ll grace you with some pics. I ramped up the exercise and it is paying off so far, despite being a little sore. I may just have to extend my challenge past 30 days. Its starting to get contagious and the hunger is a small price to pay for how I feel right now.
Now for something that will make you feel good as well.:
Even if you are unable to play, $5 of your buy-in goes to the Ronald McDonald House. So, yeah, it’s OK to be dead money. No one will complain 
So one last time, here’s the details:
Date: June 16
Time: 9PM CDT (Same time as Mookie)
It will actually be running in place of the Mookie. BDR will be broadcasting it.
Charity: Ronald McDonald House
$5 + $5(Tournament, charity)
Password= vegas1
Tournament#= 164273435
Sorry for the dissapearing act, I’ve had a head cold all week, but I’m feeling a bit better today. Sickness really helps a diet I believe. I’ve crossed the 230 barrier and was sitting at 228 this morning. I’m beginning to understand the importance of exercise I believe. I feel like I’ve been starving myself and have only lost 8 pounds. I’m going to jump into July and really try to up the exercise.
I’m going to take the wife on a real date this weekend to take advantage of the kids being gone. The house is really quiet when they’re not around and we’ve had the chance to catch up on some cleaning etc. I’ve wondered more than a couple times this week what we talked about before we became parents. It’s not a struggle, but its just odd to catch myself searching for a conversation. Anyway, the beat goes on and I’m glad to be out of the haze of a head cold. It should be a good weekend as tennis kicks back in. Summer is mixed season, so me and the wife get to team up tomorrow. I’ll be doing some stretching tonight.
Oh, I twittered it but in case you don’t follow me @iam23skidoo my lovely wife got the news that she passed the bar! It’s a huge weight off of both of our shoulders, I assure you. I had no idea how much it was affecting her until about 3 days before getting the results. She broke down in a rare weak moment and shared her deep fear that she failed and how that failure was so deeply tied to her feeling of self worth. I tried to assure her that no matter what the results, she is in many ways my hero and my motivation for being a better person. Congratulations Rachel, it was a long journey from sitting on our little porch 5 years ago, going over the pros and cons of sending you to school, buying a new house, and not killing each other. We accomplished all those things and more. We are still friends and that’s all that matters.
You kids have a good weekend, be careful out there.
230 again this morning. I mowed the lawn yesterday and did 3 sets of 20 crunches. FML.
Its shaping up to be a good weekend, 2 parties tonight, one tomorrow. Beer brewing and tennis party on Sunday. Hopefully Monday will just be relaxing by the pool.
Next week the inlaws will take the kids to Florida for a week!!! God I love them. Should be a good time as I will go on a date with my wife for the first time in a bit. I need to come up with bday ideas for her, it’s coming up quick.
You kids be careful out there. If your drinking, don’t drive and if you’re drivin, dont drink.
I weighed in at 233 on Saturday morning. Must have had something to do with the bowl of chili right before bed on Friday night. We played outside for the better part of Saturday. It started off overcast and turned into a heck of a day. I tormented the girls soccer team mates on the jet-ski. There’s something really satisfying about scaring the piss out of little girls. It’s too easy.
I slept over 11 hours Saturday night. I needed that.
Weighed in at 231 Sunday morning and I spent the better part of 3 hours in the yard. Followed that up by taking the kids to the pool. It was packed to the gills and the kids had a really good time. I came home and napped for about 30 minutes. The sun took alot out of me and I have a nice red neck to show for it.
Weighed in at 230.5 this AM, so its back on the horse tonight. I’m going to try and add a half hour of workout tonight since my results aren’t where I want them.
I hope y’all had a good weekend! Cheers.
Usually I do, but someone else has figured that shit out and I didn’t know about it. I totally came up with the idea for the iPod and the Apple store before they came out. I was (am) just to dumb to do anything about it.
So lo and behold I need to get a picture printed for the UMPTEENTH FUCKING STUDENT PROJECT THIS YEAR for my lovely child and I say to myself “Self, you know drug stores and photo processors should just allow you to go and upload some photos for them to develop. I mean, who uses film anymore??” I go over to www.walgreens.com and gosh darnit if they don’t have that capability…f me.
cheers!
Yesterday was filled with fail for the most part. I didn’t eat too much, but I also did not eat well. I need to begin inserting healthy options into my diet. This will take some effort by me, but I updated my wife on my plan and she is all for it. Hopefully her positive nature will have an influence on me. My rough calculation from yesterday is around 2100 calories. This includes 2 beers, which definitely have to go.
I was 233.5 this AM which I consider standard deviation. I woke up late so no pics. Consider yourself lucky. So far today I’ve had my supplement and 4 glasses of water. I’m shooting for 8 glasses at least per day. I’ll be having 1/2 cup of shelled sunflower seeds after I finish this post. That’s a little over 200 calories. As soon as I’m done with the sunflower seeds I’ll switch to a healthier snack. For lunch I have Tuna Pasta with cheese, I’m estimating lunch to be right around 600 calories.
That’s all for now. see you kids tomorrow.
I do like to cook from time to time, unfortunately I don’t always have the time to devote to it that I like. I have perfected the art of making real quick (~1hr) delicious chili. Here’s my primer. I tweak the recipe almost every time I make it.
The ingredients: 1LB ground beef, 1LB ground pork, Whole tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, jalapenos, red wine, garlic clove, onion, red pepper, green pepper, chili spices, red kidney beans, pinto beans.
Mix together the whole tomatoes, diced tomatoes, chili spices, and some of the tomato sauce. Turn the sauce on low.
Add the beans and mix.
Put all the garlic through a garlic press and add the jalapenos.
Cut up the onion and put about 1/4 of it into the sauce, the rest of it goes into a non-stick pan and sweat them in some red wine.
Fry up the meat in the onion mixture, drain most of the grease.
Add the meat and onions into the chili, then chop up the peppers. Add the green peppers and about 1/2 of a beer. Use cheap beer.
Mix this up and let it cook for 20 minutes or so.
Add the red peppers.
Cook another 20 minutes and its ready. The longer the chili cooks the better it will taste. It will be even better after a night in the fridge.
Enjoy.
I was lazy yesterday and didn’t bring my lunch, so I decided to go out around 1:30 when I could barely think straight. It was particularly beautiful yesterday afternoon and I decided to take a nice stroll to a place with a patio a few blocks away. This particular place has a decent menu and a great selection of beers on tap. Perfect for a long lunch on a sunny patio right? I ordered my salad (!?) and perused the menu, slowly talking myself into ordering a draft . I believe it was Bell’s Hopslam that they had on tap that was getting me jonsin’. Nevertheless, as I was getting the bartendress’ attention my work phone rang.
Long story short, I had to scarf down my salad and ditched the idea of a long beer fueled lunch. Now this is where it gets weird.
As I was briskly walking back to the office I had the uncanny feeling that I had a buzz, that I in fact had a beer or three before leaving the restauraunt. I couldn’t shake the feeling for a good hour, it was like I had an acid flashback with beer….weird stuff. It probably means my liver is saturated and I’m dying, but I’ll just chalk it up to psycho-somatic drunkenness. Weird eh?
Well this weekend is shaping up to be boundless fun. First there will be poker played tonight! Weeee! First live cards since I went to NYC last month. Sham is hosting a HORSE tourney and I’m sure there will be shenanigans.
Tomorrow I’m hosting my tennis/beer group and we will be making a Lager of some sort. I even secured a torpedo of Sierra Nevada for the festivities.
Sunday I’ll be making up to my family for being an absentee dad for 2 days. I hope they are gentle with me.
You kids have a good weekend, see you soon.
