Merry Christmas!

Preemptive Strike

So here it is, getting close to the end of the year. Like most I have been thinking about the past year pondering the goals that were not accomplished and those that were. Then there is long list of things I am thinking about what I am going to set to accomplish, then not the for the next year. So instead of waiting until the first of the year here is my list:

1. ...
2. ...
3. ...
4. ...
5. ....

That should about do it.

On a more serious note: my main goal this year is to find B&E a job here so they can enjoy the 70 degree weather in December, oh and so Eric and I can work on our longboarding skills and have Rudy's breakfast tacos every day. (This plan will require Chrissta and Brandi to get jobs to support us - get lookin ladies)

Kiss Off

I am not sure if I have said this before or not, but many times my titles or something I say comes from a song, tonight's comes from one of those bands I love, the Violent Femmes. I have been a fan for about as long as I can remember. (At least I since I was 15). I love it, and forget how much I like it, until I hear it again. It takes me back to a fond time.

I had another one of those fun times experiences this evening. B and I were driving some where and Rock of Ages by Def Leppard came on the radio. No sooner did it start and he and I were both singing off key but full of energy at the top of our lungs. Anywho, the thought came to me that he is about the age that I was when that song came out and here he is singing it.... It was kind of cool. Then I had a memory of the song. I was in the 8th grade and at my first Jr High dance. It was a new school for me and I did not know that many folks. The lights were low, and the music was loud, and I finally got the courage to ask someone to dance. We danced a couple of songs, one of them was rock of ages, then I found a friend and we probably did some dumb 8th grade guy things. But then the DJ announced that they were going to be playing the last song. Well I thought I should dance, cause my friend Roger had found some girl. So on the hunt for my prey I went looking for just the right person to close the dance with. After a few awkward looking at some girl in the eye moments, I saw the girl I had danced with earlier. So I smoothly walked up to and asked her to dance. To my relief she said yes. Off we danced for about 2 min... to some Air Supply song. Then all of a sudden the music went off and the lights came on. You know after you have been in the dark for a while, and the lights come on - you cant see so good. So after the blinking and squinting stopped there I stood next to this girl I had been dancing with. After I got a good look at her with the lights on, i was bummed. She looked so much better in the dark... (8th grade boys can be so superficial, and for all I know she could have thought the same)

So what does this have to do with anything? Nothing at all, but isn't that the point of a blog?

I am 185....

Is there anybody out there?

Just noticed that I could compose this in 'Wingdings' why did MS include that as a font in anything? I think that one random day a week should be wingding day. All emails, docs, spreadsheets and power points should be created in wingdings. (Oh and don't tell anyone...)

Now on for some more serious stuff. First I have to thank Page for recommending a great book - "The Power of Full Engagement". http://www.amazon.com/Power-Full-Engagement-Managing-Performance/dp/0743226747
I look forward to our further discussions.
I recommend it to everyone, regardless of your chosen profession. It talks a lot about managing energy rather than time and how to do it. A couple of posts ago I talked about the how there are different parts and needs of whole body. This book addresses that. I am going to completely over simplify one of the concepts, but I think its something every one can use.

The authors talk about defining your core values. I think we all have values, some are included in our religious beliefs, others are values that we came to this earth with and some are values that we develop or nurture over time. One of the values I am trying to become more passionate about is self care. One of the things these guys teach is that to help stay true to your values is to ask your self, as you are making a decision, 'how does this serve my core values'? I have been trying this out and it works well (when I man up and ask the question.) Try it...

So I have another thought that I would like to share. Sorry for the length, but hey its my blog... I have a friend who was recently diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain tumor. He is a couple of years younger than I, a father of three, a great husband, hard worker, super intelligent and talented, and to top it all off he is a fellow Ute. Like most others that I know that have or are fighting or a have lost to this nasty c word, he has thrown all that he has to win the battle. I don't want to make light of what anyone else has gone through to overcome their afflictions, but Rich has flown cross country, a couple of times, to meet with specialists in KC, Cambridge MA, and SLC. They moved their family to SLC so they could be close to familial support and world class treatment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute.

So how does this fit in to Josh's blog about loosing weight?? I have a potentially fatal condition as well. I don't need to take radiation or chemo treatments, I don't have a plethora of pills I need to take, I don't even have to have painful operations to help me with my battle, and the worst part of it all; the condition I have is of my own volition. To beat this I all I have to do is eat right and get off the couch. If I were battling cancer, I know I would do the same as Rich. Why is this so hard?

I am 185...

Tonight

The Biggest Looser is back on for a new season, and another reminder that I am still large and in charge. I realised today that I am really lazy. One of my weaknesses is donuts. I don't mean cream filled, maple bars, long johns, Bismark's, or sprinkled. I mean good old fashion sour cream (cake) donuts. (I do have to admit that I do enjoy a good apple fritter now and then, but since leaving the PacNW I have not found one that is worth the calories.) So today, I was craving a donut, this is not the first craving lately I have had, Saturday was a good donut day at the HEB. So I planned on stopping and grabbing me one and perhaps a chocolate milk or Diet Coke, cause they both go well. But then I decided it was too much hassle and I could not get myself to do it. Not because I thought better of putting fried dough with sugar in my mouth, but because I was too lazy! That is sad.

It was college football opening weekend. These weekends have become a bit of tradition round here. Nothing gets done, and my buddy Kyle does it up right. Its like thanks giving over there, and who can diet on thanksgiving. The sad thing is there is never a good time to diet.

So I am going to say it again and again, I will continue to work at this, its still hard but I am going to make it.

More drible

So once again I am reporting a little less success than I had hoped. Some of me is in denial mode, another part is in i could give a hang, and there is another part that is saying why cant you stick with this?

So I will continue to be honest in the fact that I have a motivation issue and like to eat yummy food that is unhealthy for me. I am reading another book that has inspired me...

So here is a something that I do every night. I lay in bed and visualize my self running freely. thin and fit. Arms like Vin Diesel, abs like Matthew Mcconaughey, and a chest like Daniel Craig.
I mean I feel it. My heart races, and I get nervous, like just before a race, and I feel the power driving in my legs and freedom that comes with running, it is awesome. I drift pleasantly off to sleep, with the full intent on getting my ross out of the sac and do it, really get after it. Then morning rolls around and I am sleeping good, and feeling the nice fan, the and the soft pillow, Xander comes and I put Sponge Bob on and I come up with some excuse....
MAN!

At least I only weigh 185... (I should say lbs in case my positive thinking is on the metric system and converted it to kg)

Go Brandi Go

So today has been an interesting day of reflection and what ifs. It was the first day of school, I heard that a very good friend, fellow Ute, and just all around great guy has a potentially fatal brain tumor, and well I read Brandi's post. (Brandi is one of the coolest chickas I have ever met, oh and she is my sister-in-law).

So check the texashinze.blogspot.com for the back to school stuff. To my friend, I am putting out the positive vibes, prayers and best wishes for you and yours. Brandi you rock... I am right there with you. I will raise you one though. I think I have decided to not only let it all out there, but also put up some not so HOT photos... unless there are some huge objections then I will just block you, or if there is too much humiliation for my poor wife, then I wont. Maybe.

I have not had such a good day as far as the eating goes, again my exercise consisted of walking to and from the car... Not so good. (No Popsicles nor the accompanying brain freeze...)

I am still 185...

Day 1b

So it started out a good day. I got up with the intention of getting in a workout today. Got to work had me some yogurt and grape nuts. YUM and filling. Bummer I found out that the yogurt I was eating had tons of sugar... Like 28 grams, in a 4 oz cup. A can of soda has like 30 so I am going to have to find a substitute...
For lunch I had a lean cuisine panini, it was great. For snacks I had about 5 - 10 raw almonds. which are awesome.

We then went to the school for bring your minutia of "supplies" and see your desk, join the PTA and get ice-cream. Well I stood for in line for ice cream, everyone that knows me knows that I love ice cream, I had to have one so I settled on a drumstick and it was delicious. Then being the first man of the GOE PTA, I had kid duty again including dinner. Everything I suggested was met with kid anger. I was hungry and they were too. I did the ultimate dad thing, although I typically come up with some pretty creative dinners that make into the Hinze dinner repertoire, I went to McDonald's for some dollar menu items. Out went my good day of eating. A double cheese and a spicy chicken san later...
I did drink about 80 oz of water.

Oh and I did not do any exercising, except for the walk to and from the car at the school. On the way back to the car, Xander decided he was done with his rainbow-pop. So I did what every dad does, finished it. Only I put the rest of it in my mouth. As usual, my eyes were bigger than my mouth and I got a doozy of a brain freeze. You know the kind that make you dizzy and you think you are going to pass out. Too make things even a little better we ran into an former colleague of mine's wife and two kids. There I was trying not to pass out from the brain freeze and talking with a lost acquaintance. I am sure she thought I stopped for happy hour before I showed up at the school.... ah well

Part Duex

It is with contrite spirit and humble heart that I write this. I have not been following the rules that I have set for myself regarding this part, or any other to be perfectly honest. It is difficult sometimes to own ones personal short comings, but I as I am finding out, loosing weight and becoming physically fit is not just about the physical aspect of ourselves. We as humans are more than just physical beings, and there is more to our beings than what is presented in physical form. We are spiritual, we are emotional, we are physical, and we are temporal.

All of these things have, for the lack of a better word, needs. If one (or more) of these things are out of line, then it messes with the other things. It can be difficult to find harmony in all those areas. I think the reason there are difficulties is that there are external forces that are working against our inner selves, to keep these areas out of line.

Now what does all this have to Me loosing weight?? Well I will be attempting to bring my inner being into harmony. The Japanese have a word for it, "Wa", its like "Harmony" only it does not seem adequate. Anyway, I will be using this to track my progression into not only weight loss and whatever else falls out.

I still will be working on my diet so I will focus mainly on this here. However there may be some fall out. Just to reiterate here is my plan:

• Daily work outs cardio and resistance.
• Keep calorie intake to between 1500 and 2000/ day. I will adjust as needed.
• Keep a food Journal.
• Stay focused on the end goal, by creating and meeting short term goals.
• Being positive.

I am 185...

Its been awhile.

Hey Ya'll....
Its been a while since I have taken the time to write. I definitely need write more. My goals have been out the window for the past month and a bit. I have noticed that it makes it a big difference in keeping focused. I have been trying to work out more, I will admit that its been more like once or twice a week. Not nearly as much as I would have liked it to be.

Something else that has been good, is that at work a couple of others have been eating better and working out. Right now I am re committing. I will eat healthy I will work out and I am 185.

Stay tuned for more growth or not....

Still 185

It has been a while since I have taken the time to write anything, its not that I have not cared, but I have just been busy. Things are good though. I still can visualize my 185 self, with arms a shoulders like Vin Diesel and a chest like my fellow Austin-ite Mathew McConaughey...

I found a new work out to try, and there is a story behind it.
I come from a family where food is important, and was not thin nor very active, I was actually diagnosed with asthma when I was very young. As a child, every time I walked into my grandmothers house she tried to feed me cookies, donuts, salami sandwiches the works. I spend much of my younger life with her and my grandfather. When I was about 13 we moved further away from them and my contact was more limited. I also discovered sports. I played soccer, football, basketball, wrestled and also ran track. I was not particularly good at wrestling, I was OK at basketball and football, but I was pretty good at running. I tried a few things including shot put and discus, and the 100 meter, that was all a kid with asthma could do, right?

Move a head a year and its 8th grade, new school, new friends, good times. Football and basketball were fun, and track was better. We did not have cable, video games or any money to do anything. And my mom was working part time going to school full time and being single. So If i wanted to get somewhere I had to walk or run. I even would walk home after football practice. I think it was two or three miles, and no it was not up hill both ways and it did not snow. I started thinning down. (Besides all the activity, we ate rice and frozen veggies or popcorn for dinner, I did have free school lunch though.)

When track season came around they had me try the 400 meter as it turned out that was my race. In that district the track team was divided by a combination of age weight height size etc... needless to say I was on the A - Team. Which work well for me. I was up against a much higher level of competition which made me work harder.

Recently I found workouts for track folks to train for the 400. I think I am going to give them a try. In my mind it worked once...

Survived the ATL

So I would have to say that in my large experience there is really only one step down in humiliation from being asked to buy two tickets (not that that has ever happened): asking for a belt extender. This is the first time that has happened. In all honesty that was the smallest, in terms of space, of an airplane I have ever been on. I know that I have been bigger than I am now and still fit.

I had sort of a Stewart Smally breakdown, first I thought about complaining to the fight attendant that there was no way a 185 lbs man needed a belt extender, then I thought I should eat a burger, then I went through my affirmations, and gosh darn it people really do like me.

I then decided to crank up the nano to some DropKick Murphy's, which we all know that Boston - Irish - folk - punk can only elevate your mood, and it was good. Right until the short a-hole in front of me deiced to lay all the way back. Of course its never the big folks who lay down, its the shorties that don't get it. While I am on the subject and you are one of those folks who thinks its OK to lay all they way back; when you are putting your seat back and it stops cause you are crushing the guys (gal's) legs behind you, don't lean back harder the seat will not go any further back and it really makes big guys listing to punk music more angry, and want to sneeze in your hair, ensuring gum comes with it! Oh and while I am on the subject don't keep pressing back on the seat through the ride it doesn't help either.

So after having my leg pinned between the seat in front of me and the wall of the plane, nearly avoiding deep vein thrombosis and being arrested for assault, I decided I earned the cheese burger and it was good.

I am still driving to 185...

Quick note on the book

Just to dispel any controversy or fear and untruth; the book The Secret" is not the end all be all. I am not even sure it is for every one. It is just something that I have found that has made an impact on my thinking and they way I opperate. I am not replacing any of my beliefs, I am just using these things to enhance what I know.

The book is a little too new age and cheesy as a whole for my liking. That being said, the underlying message is great and I believe its baised on universal truths. That if you are positive good things will happen (even if good things don't happen your attitude will be such that you can find the positive.) and you will have the things you want. It may be that eventually you will have the things you want. All you have to do is ask, be sure that you will get them and they will be yours.

This also works the other way. Think about riding a bike or driving a car. If you concentrate on n0t crashing what happens more often than not? If you think bad things are going to happen they are.

I have been taught that if I really want something all I need to do is ask. I may not get it right away but if include this want in everything I do, prayers, meditation, daydreaming it will come. Perhaps it is better said, a way will be provided for it to be mine.

Drive to 185

I am doing pretty good, I need to focus a little better. But I feel good. I want this to work, the hardest part is realizing this is a journey, not a race. I know its going to take some time, but I will get there. But with the time it takes, sometimes its hard stay focused. Good thing I am already my ideal 185!

I need to start writing down my activity and food intake daily, again. It will help me to be accountable to something, even if it is the Internet.

Drinking tons of water has been great. I also have been adding fish, albeit fish tacos. YUM! I prefer grilled fish to fried any day. There is the is place called Wahoo's here and they have about 170 calories per taco and they are yummy. Nothin finer than a chunk of white grilled fish, wrapped in a corn (its all about the corn) tortilla with some shredded cabbage, fresh lime juice and some lite spicy sauce...

A new challenge is coming my way I will be in Atlanta next week. Travel will be interesting. But I will be great.

I still appreciate all the support and thoughts. Thank you all.

Just Another Day

This daily thing is tough. As you can see I have not been so good at it. But I have been working hard thinking hard and livin lite...

I am reading this book called "The Secret". Its one of those life changing books. The premise is that the secret is the law of attraction. If you really want to be something or you want some thing, visualize that its yours, and it will be, or rather there will be a way that is provided. Its quite powerful if you think about it. I don't expect everyone to understand at first, but I do and that's what matters most.

So how does this relate to my size? Here is how, there is no dieting, my mindset is that I am my ideal weight and I can eat anything I want. But here is how it works. I am my ideal weight, so what do I eat? Healthy good stuff that makes Me feel good. I also exercise, cause that's what thin folks do, and I am thin, my ideal weight. Before I stated that it was 220, well that has been bothering me ever since I wrote it. There has been a number that I cant let go of, so it must be my true ideal weight. Oh by the way its 185. Isn't that great!

I have also made some common sense adjustments. Like drinking 40 oz of water before I have a soda. Then before I can have another, I need to drink 40 oz more. So what this has done is I really don't want more than one soda, if I want one at all, after drinking all that water. I guess its "40 oz to freedom" to quote Sublime.

The other thing is that I have been adding in activity. Again thats what thin folk do. So far this has been great. I have been eating smaller portions, the only setback has been the cookies at work. Even they are not a big deal.

Its Friday

and I haven't written in a while, its been a busy few days with company and birthdays and stuff. Needless to say its not an excuse for not keeping up with my goal.
It has been the usual stuff in the eating dept. mostly fatty and sugary foods. Here is what I have learned so far through this little experiment.

1. Food does not taste as good as I think it does, if you think about how good it tastes then try it, its usually not as good as you remember it being. Think about it for a while and let me know what you think.
2. The first bite is as good as the last, meaning that food does not taste better with more bites. Smaller portions are just as good.
3. If I think about the stuff I can't have or shouldn't have its overwhelming, and I crave it. If I don't think about it, I don't want it.
4. There are more foods that I can have than I can't that taste better and give me more bang for my buck.
5. Positive thoughts and attitude are key.

Here is the plan:

1. Average 1500 calories a day, some days I will eat 1200 and some I will eat 1800 but it will balance out.
2. I am going to do something active at least 6 days a week.
3. As a family we are going to change our thoughts around holidays, instead of what are we going to eat, it will be what are we going to do?
4. I am going to continue to write down what I have eaten and add my exercise in.
5. Positive thoughts will prevail my mind, body and spirit. (I am reading "The Secret" I highly recommend it.)

I will also be modifying this as time goes on. Thank you again for all your support.

I still have not decided what to do about pictures. IF I put current photos up, they will remind me of what I am not what I will be. So your input is appreciated.

Fat Tuesday

After the weekend, I only had a few treas during the day. I am sure there was an M&M pack in there and a mini-oreo pack as well. I skipped Bfast but had orange chicken and Mongolian beef for lunch. Dinner we went to Gatti-Land the pizza buffet. I did well there only a few slices, I did have a huge salad and some of the desserts. Other than that I nothing really.
I am reading a new book that is giving me some great tips. I will share as soon as I can articulate them well...

Sunday Bloody Sunday - Monday, Monday

So it wasn't too bad,
I had the same dinner on both nights, Burgers and dawgs, mix in a few chips and cake, brownies and peach cobbler. Breakfast on Sunday was Raisin Bran, Monday was biscuits and gravy home fries, and some sausage patties.

For those of you following along, I am going to keep journaling regular meals for the next week, just to change my mind set, I will explain later.

Saturday went a little something like this...

"Woke up quick at about noon, thought that I had to be in Compton soon"
Actually we had a wedding to attend in g San Antonio, so we got up and headed out the door about 8:00AM we picked up a friend of the groom, and headed out down the road. We stopped at McD's for b-fast. I had a sausage and egg McGriddle, hash brown and a dc.
After the wedding we stopped at a c-store and got some chips chexmix and a soda for the ride home. Chrissta and I went shopping, when we got home, and had lunch at the Brooklyn Pie Co. YUM, we shared a Greek Salad sans the Kalamata Olives - they were out, it was a sad day... then I had a large slice of yummy NY Style pizza with pepperoni and green olives. We topped it off with a piece of baklava wow good tasting lunch....

Dinner was served at the reception, I had a salami sandwich some fruit, something chocolaty and a piece of wedding cake.

When we got home, and were just hanging out, I had 1/2 a carton of Ben and Jerry's peach cobbler ice cream then bed....

see you tomorrow...

Wedding/Memorial Day Weekend begins

My Cousin Andrew is getting married, tomorrow. He is marring a sweet girl they are going to be great. The thing is though, the food that comes with weddings. Tonight was the rehearsal dinner at the melting pot. I stuffed myself with salmon beef bread dipped in cheese and fruit dipped in chocolate. Before that though I had a Stromboli grinder for lunch and some M&M's peanut of course. (See we have a snack cupboard at work, company provided so it is so easy to walk by and grab something, sure there are healthy choices, but they are not nearly as good.)

Thank you all for your support, and encouragement.

Need some advice, progress pics yes or no?

Slow getting this out...

Yesterday was OK again, only because I was super busy. I had a trip to San Antone for a big meeting, with a major client and a sales/engineering team.

I was rushed in the morning so I did not eat b-fast, we had anticipated stopping but traffic was bad, so all I had was a stick of gum.
Lunch was a different story. We went to Logan's Roadhouse. YUM.... I am all about ethnic food and I will eat anything once. But there is something about fire cooked meat and yummy bread that just makes my belly happy... We had mini-burgers for an appetizer, these are done on their yeast rolls, (I know this may cause some controversy, but I think my wife's bread is about the best bread ever, but these rolls RULE!) I then had a salad with honey mustard dressing a full rack of ribs and some fries. YUMMY

Back at the office I had some peanut M&Ms.

Then for dinner we had some bacon wrapped chicken, Johnsonville Brats sauteed cabbage watermelon, grilled pineapple then some chocolate cream pie.

Benson, a friend of his, Kevin (my brother-in-law) and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and I had about 5 of Kevin's sour patch kids and a soda.

Thanks again for all your support. Being accountable to someone other than myself and my wife is going to help me, for sure. Lets see how my last weekend of free range eating goes....

Day 4

Not too bad, not great but not bad...
B-fast Cereal Raisin Bran
Lunch Rudy's yes thats three times this week, I had clients in-town and they wanted bbq.
snacks, cookies and kashi muti-grain crackers
dinner, 1/2 of a cheese frozen pizza
and the requisite dc for the day.

I did a little better. I am now worried about what I am going to eat cause i have to write it down. I am starting to look forward to the 'new diet' and the exercise portion. I want to thank my three fans, Chrissta, Jaylene and Lisa. Thank you all for the tips and encouragement.

The Simpsons are on and Homer is running a Marathon, takes three steps and says he hit a wall, then recovers, then hits a wall again, recovers and hit another one... LOL, I hope that is not a sign...

Day Three...

...was better than Monday for sure, I felt good when I woke up, although the day started busy, my work phone rang at 6:30, there was an emergency at one of my customers' sites. Fortunately it was not as bad as they thought, but its fun to get that early rush.

After getting ready for work, I grabbed a protein shake and a fiber bar and ran out the door to work, I think I had a DC as well. I held a training class for most of the day, there were some Chocolate Chip cookies at the office, and the usually menagerie of unhealthy snacks, but I managed to only have a couple of cookies over the day. For lunch I had a cheese burger from Sam's Boat with some fries and a diet coke, then for dinner Jeni made some Chimi Chungas, I also had some diet coke and chips and salsa. Compared to Monday, much better, but I still need to work on it.

This has been a good exercise, I struggle with trying to be honest in putting down what I eat but I am finding that it really is a good thing.

To Quote Metallica - 'Sad but true'

This morning was typical, I woke up at about 7:20, got up at about 7:35. Felt sick as usual, got ready for the day. Rushed out the door to work. On the way to work, I decided I needed something to eat, thinking that it might help my stomach, I got a Sausage biscuit, and a diet coke. When I got to work one of the sales guys brought in Rudy's breakfast tacos so over the course f the morning I ate, two... Bummer. Then for lunch I went to BK with another guy and I had a cheese burger, fries and two tacos. Then we went to a movie with the family and I had some licorice, then we all went to dinner at Rudy's and I had an assortment of meat, and cream corn... I think at some point I had some M&Ms too. MAN! its no wonder I am HUGE!

When you write down what you eat its a little embarrassing. OK a lot embarrassing. Hopefully this will help in my quest.

The journey begins (severe run on sentence warning)

I have been thinking about this for a while now, and the time for thinking ends and doing begins I am not sure how this will work or how long it will go for, but maybe just maybe I airing my thoughts and decisions to the world, right, as they relate to my eating and exercise habits may force my accountability and I may finally do something about it. The bottom line is I am sick of being a large person. I want to go the clothing store, the regular store and be able to find something that fits. I want to run and not get tired. I want to be actively engaged in life.

This is one area in all our lives that we actually have complete control over. Granted we all have different struggles and health issues, but the things we put into our mouths and what we do with our spare time is our choice. I choose to sleep, I choose to sit on the couch and do nothing, I choose to eat a whole pint of Ben and Jerry's Willie Nelson Peach Cobbler ice cream. I am the one who orders fatty foods.

There are people all around me who are actually concious of what they eat and what they do. My wife for example gets up at freaking crack of dawn to run and exercise because that is when its best for her. My friend Kyle has been concioulsy eating a limited number of calories and walking daily. We have a friend who moved back to England, but she would have treats every night, but they would be in mouse sized portions. She got her fix, but used extreme moderation. Yet I continue to not exersise and pack my face full of food that is not healthy.

This year, Benson has been playing baseball and getting ready to play football in the fall. I want to work out with him over the summer A) For overall health and B) so he wont pass me up. I eventually want to go running with Chrissta and Jill when they want me that is, with the overall goal of running a marathon before I am 40. That will be my mid-life crisis fix. Mentioned some of this to Chrissta and she asked me what my plan was to do this. Well its three fold.
First, I think I will begin my diet by limiting my bad carbohydrates and limiting my calories to like 1500 a day.
Second, I am going to exercise. That is the key.
Third, I will keep a diet and exersise journal on this site.
Fourth, I am going to alow myslef a cheat meal. I am not sure if this will be a weekly or a preformance based award, like after 10 lost lbs. to begin I am not going to modify anything and I will keep track of all these things to monitor where I am starting at to where I end up. Hopefully this will be an interesting journey.