Three weeks ago I was feeling bummed cause conditions got too cold outside for me to continue running. So I decided to stay inside and exercise. I started by doing some jumping jacks. As I was jumping I realized how hard doing a bunch of jumping jacks is if you are not conditioned for it (go ahead try, see how many you can do before you want to fall over). So in that small amount i time I made for myself what seems like a very realistic and unrealistic goal at the same time. I decided that before the years end I will do 100,000 jumping jacks.
Now if I pace myself and do about 300 a day I should be good. But 300 a day doesn't allow for me to be sick or hurt and means i need to be consistent every day. So will I do it? I dunno, but it is my new goal.
With that said I will reveal that I crossed over 10,000 total jumping jacks today so I am 10% of the way there. Will it last? We shall see.
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Well I must be dropping weight again. My skin has gotten wrinklier around my stomach and thighs. This is a good sign, for now seeing it makes me happy. However, it will not be long till I am wishing that I wouldn't have such baggy flabby skin hanging on me. For now, I will relish the moment.
Tonight we went on a family walk. We drove down to the Avon playground and hiked around their ball fields. I am hoping that this becomes part of our family's schedule. We all need some good exercise and I need to counter balance all the unhealthy habits I have already taught my kids. Hope this catches on.
Well my jar of Kim Chee is getting low, I have had it for over a month and it will soon be gone. I need to find more soon! I have gotten into the habit of eating it almost everyday. My favorite dish currently is my special 'house salad'. I use about 2 cups of spring mix, 2 cups of spinach, 1/3 cup of Kim Chee, a sprinkling of crushed Pecans, and less than a tablespoon of ranch dressing. I top it off with a few ounces of grilled meat. Sometimes Chicken, sometimes Roast Beef or Fish. I find this salad to be satisfying and it fills me up. I can easily eat it twice a day.
My wife finds it to be odd that I can just eat the same thing all the time, but that is how I am programmed, if I like it, I can eat it everyday. I once did my own home grown diet. I would not eat breakfast or lunch but for an early supper every night I would eat a can of tuna fish with a plate of baked french fries. (DO NOT ASK WHY OR WHAT I WAS THINKING CAUSE I DUNNO). Anyway, I ate this combo everyday for over 6 months. Then one day I made my meal, I sat down to eat it and i got nauseous. After that I couldn't eat tuna for a few years. So perhaps Kim Chee will have it's day too.
Bought some more black socks today. They are supposed to wick water away form my feet when i exercise so my feet don't get all sweaty. However, my wife says she heard or read something that says black socks have some sort of die in them that it bad for you and you should not wear them to exercise. Come on, really? You got to be kidding me! Why would they make black socks that poison you? Then again why do they produce cigarettes? It is a cruel world.
One year ago this week I celebrated losing my first 100 pounds. It was a great feeling. I am very pleased to announce that I still have that 100 pounds off so I have maintained my 100+ pound weight loss for over a year. The second hundred pounds is another story, I have fluctuated in my weight in the last 6 months. However, I am gonna continue working at my weight, and who knows, perhaps I will have a second 100 pounds to celebrate someday.
Today also marked another anniversary it was the anniversary of my mother's birth, so we had a small party for her at our house. My wife made her one of our & her favorite meals, Obie's Pork Chops. Pork breaded and fried and then slow cooked in an sweet onion gravy, served with mashed potatoes. Very yummy. By the way, I had a salad.
The kids decorated a chair with streamers for her and made her cards. We also tromped out to the store and bought her a foil heart balloon and a cherry pie(which she requested). We visited for several hours and sent her on her way.
I must admit when I think about my mom, I realize that much of the time I take her for granted. Perhaps, that is because she has become a familiar fixture in my life and I know her quite well, so she
doesn't always come to mind as the special person that she truely is. She, as a mother should be, has been a big part of my and my families life. She is one of top people in our lives. My kids fight over who gets to spend the night at grandma's next. They cheer when any van pulls in our driveway, 'Grandma's here, Grandma's here'(sometimes even when it isn't her). We have come to enjoy and look forward to the Vacation time we can spend with her every year. She has bailed me out of various trouble and problems throughout my life(thanks). And if she could, she would gladly be more involved with us(physically) than she can be right now. I must admit i do find her to be annoying sometimes. She doesn't always listen to the doctors when they tell her things(does anyone?). She also has this knack of winning board & card games even when she is just learning them(grrrr). But, for what it is worth, if I could, I wouldn't choose another to be my mother.
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Well today I crossed the 20,000 jumping jack mark. I am 1/5 of the way to my goal. Not bad, if I do say so myself. My next goal is to push past 25,000 by next friday when I finish my fast from weighing myself. So 5,000 more jumping jacks this week. Go, TEAM!
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Last summer at the height of my weight loss(or is that at the depth of my weight loss?, anyway). I bought an adidas t-shirt at the outlet store for $4. I actually bought 3 of them, I had decided to buy them all in XL size, but the one I liked the most was only available in Large. I tried it on and it fit fine, but I was concerned that after a few washings the cotton shirt would shrink and I do not like tight fitting clothing. By fall I had put back on a few pounds and moved my snug fitting Large shirt to the back of my closet.
Well I got it out again and tried it on, it fit. AND it fit nice enough that i wore it all day(which is a real good sign, cause if it was snug I would have taken it off). There is still a bit of weight loss to go but my favorite Large t-shirt fits again . . . nice.
BTW, adidas= all day I dream about shelly ;)
for what it is worth, today has been a bad day. I would actually like to forget about it and pretend it didn't happen, but it did and for some perverse reason i WANT to remember it. Yesterday already my ankle was really sore and stiff and it was the first day since i started doing jumping jacks that i did none. I figured a day of R&R and I would be good. This morning I woke up and my ankle hurt twice as much and I felt like i was hit by a freight train. My head was numb, i was achey and tired and sick feeling, it felt like i was swimming in mud everywhere I went. I read things on my computer that made no sense and did I say my ankle hurt?
I actually laid down for a bit and thought i felt better until I got back up. Then this sales guy called in a panic over a client and needed help. Somehow that little incident raise my blood pressure a few notches in my already weary body. After that, my kids had some friends over and I drove down the road and picked up some pizza for them to eat for lunch. On the way home the pizza smelled incredible, but I wasn't planning on eating any. I was gonna stick to my healthy salad with some warm roast beef on top.
When i got home my wife had the stove top covered to lay out the pizza and I was unable to make my food. So I retreated back to my office in the basement. Where a few more stressful things happened. When I emerged upstairs later the cheese covered pizza was sitting in a box on the counter and it spoke to me. In that instance I grabbed the box and a few pieces of candy and took off to the basement and devoured it.
Even though, I thought I had solved a temporary problem, the pizza and candy did nothing for me. And now I am livid with myself for my indiscretion. I have been teetering on the edge of bingeing on more food to try to cover up my pissed off feelings over over-eating. I am not going to.
I am far form being under control right now, I still feel like crap, my ankle still hurts. I feel like a failure, but I am gonna try to put this behind me, bet back on with my life and recognize this for what it is and put it behind me.
I hope. And hopefully when these feelings and days rear their ugly faces again i can win!
After my first entry, I printed it out and handed it to my wife. Since she had been upstairs she had no clue that I had been bad or had a bad day. So after she read my entry, she giggled and told me tomorrow will be another day. Shelly then asked if I wanted to go out to eat and get some chinese food. So in my state of distress and shame I was weak and said yes. We had a great time, and the rest of the evening went well.
I love my wife, she is an awesome person and for loving me even when I expose my weaknesses to her I am forever grateful. And for the chinese food suggestion? That just proves that she knows me.
I Suppose I will need to drive to Phili. soon to find some.
