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17 May 2013

Golden! I am more golden this morning than a Jimmy Dean's Breakfast Biscuit. 234.0 lbs. Down 3.0 from last week. It makes giving up that pizza yesterday a worthwhile sacrifice. I'd like to thank DW for not cooking for an army this last week. And I would be remiss if I didn't thank Jillian for making me climb all those hills. Actually, I am surprised that this workout has transitioned slowly to build a good base.

I am still scurrying to get everything done that I have to get done in one day. Just imagine me as a big squirrel scurrying. Perhaps you'd rather not. Come to think of it, it's a hard image for me to contemplate as well.

DW mentioned that we ought to do a little more riding in the near future. Duh! It's been like on hold for the past year. Hello! She said she has to get her toe operated on June 14 (I think). Some kind of hammer toe thing going on. She probably can't get a toe ring on. :) Always something.

Anyway, the birds are happy, I'm happy, and DW is almost happy. Everyone have a great and glorious day! Toodles!

17 May 2013

Weigh-in: 234.0 lb lost so far: 20.5 lb still to go: 44.0 lb Diet followed reasonably well
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16 May 2013

Today I forgot that the General Manager was hosting a recognition luncheon at Avanti's for those that were involved in the flood contingency and recovery operations. I brought my lunch. They had a buffet set up in one of the conference rooms - gondola subs, pizza and salads. This just wasn't fair. If I could have ordered from the menu, I saw there was some pretty good looking Caeser Spinach Wraps. No joy. I did well, but I have to say that I did not enjoy going without. I had a lettuce salad and a 6 inch sub that just had some cheese, deli sliced ham and salami on it. It was the least fattening offerings in the place. The pizza looked great, and you all know that pizza is my nemesis. One of the team members sitting next to me had these square thick pizza slices stacked 6 inches high on his plate. I could have eaten that like "Man versus Food." Brought my lunch home; will try again tomorrow. I weigh in tomorrow morning for Fatsecret and my Division Challenge. I actually was 0.5 lbs. below target this morning, but that's no guarantee that I will make it in the morning. We'll have to wait and see; maybe I'll have to run around the block a few times.

I dropped my Blackberry yesterday, and wouldn't you know it - no worky anymore. Unfortunately, I dropped it in the water. My worthless carrier insurance would gladly furnish me with a refurbished one for my $99 deductable. Wow, what a deal! Not! I've been a customer with these guys for over 15 years, and they couldn't tell me that my insurance wouldn't replace the phone for free. Ughh! I could of course upgrade and get the same model for $179.00 plus processing fee of $30 for a 2 year contract extension. I bought a trackfone yesterday that worked just fine for $29.00. Unfortunately, I have 500 contacts on my other phone that doesn't work and the only way I can get that info back is to get a new phone and restore my backup. They got me. So, I have a Droid Razr coming via FedEx tomorrow evening. I really didn't want a full touch screen, but I guess I better get with the program. I think I would have just stayed with the tracfone if I had recorded all my contact info somewhere where I could have accessed it. So much for paperless electronic technology! Anyway, I probably fumed off a few hundred calories over all that.

Hopefully the weigh-in will go well. I told them no more adjustments. It is what it is. If I don't make goal, I'm paying up and I'm going to keep going until I do. In the past if nobody made it, they readjusted the target. We were getting too lax.

Anyway, here's wishing everyone a wondamous evening and a better day tomorrow. Toodles!

15 May 2013

Another successful day on my eating plan. Today is pizza day at work. Instead of deceiving myself into believing that I am a better man than to allow myself to succumb to the temptation of a delectable deluxe fat-ridden, mountain of Italian cuisine, I will just avoid the cafeteria today. Even though I have been doing great with both exercise and diet, I am hovering 1 pound below this week's goal. I think I'm going to make it, but I'm not going to alter my plan or starve just to make this Friday's goal; that would only make it harder to meet next week's target, and the frustration would only escalate.

Mowed the south yard last night, attended to the birdies, planted some flowers for DW (for some reason she wasn't motivated to go outside), worked out on the treadmill, and did 15 good ole military deep dive pushups. Those things you put at the top of the doorway for pullups make excellent pushup mechanisms as well; they allow you to extend lower than you normally would just putting your hands flat on the floor. I can really feel the stretch in my lower back.

Funny, DW didn't want any company last night either. I guess it's the depression thing going on. As it just happened, two people came over at different times to visit with her yesterday, and as I went to the door, DW said she didn't want any company - to tell them she was too tired. So, being the obedient male servant that I am, I let them in. Within an hour or so, she was out of her depression and enjoying her company - one, her 14 year old cousin (cute as a button) and the other an elderly female neighbor which she really likes. I had things to do.

Well, here's wishing everyone has a great and glorious day! Toodles!

14 May 2013

Good Morning, FS Warriors! Had a fairly uneventful day yesterday. Stayed busy at work with crisis interventions and meetings. DD's boyfriend had dropped some morel mushrooms off with DW, so we had fried mushrooms and french fries last night. I know. I know. Not the healthiest cuisine for someone trying to follow an eating plan, but these things only happen once a year. People in Chicago pay as much as $80.00 a pound for these things; kind of on par with truffles in G.B. They were scrumptious, but I didn't eat too many. I'm sure I still stayed well below my RDI.

I can't believe this, but this place has them for $326.00 a pound.
$326.00 a Pound!?

Worked out for 20 minutes with Jillian. I think the workout topped out at a 7% incline on the treadmill; she went pretty easy on me. I find that sometimes, even though the pace is fairly slow (~3.5 mph) I have to sort of jog to keep from slipping back on the treadmill, especially when it get up to 11 or 12% incline.

My bird feeding has escalated to 3 feeders and 3 suet cages, which I fill every evening. They are gluttons! However, we have seen species of birds that we have never even seen here before, like Red Headed Woodpeckers (granddaughter called them "Peckerwoods"), Rose Breasted Grosbeaks, lots of Cardinals, Red-winged and other Blackbirds, and of course European Starlings and Sparrows. I can't believe that when I put the first feeder up, I was afraid after a day or two that we weren't going to get any birds. The bird feeders were some of the best gifts I have ever given DW; I think she gets more enjoyment out of them than she does out of her rings.

Anyway, that's about the scope of what's happening in my world thus far this week. Have a fabulous day. Toodles!

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