Diaries of a Snowcation

Thoughts during this wonderful 6 day weekend:

• For people not getting out of the house there are a lot of people out of the house
• Missus woke me up at 3:30 to complain of a strange noise. Discovered it was a wind turbine so I'm giving her hell all day. Nonstop. Shh. What was that? Greatness.
• My dogs are German. They don't like snow. Um was ist dass alle?
• I need a haircut so bad but the barber has been out all week and will probably be today as well. Gotta get one by Monday so if anyone wants to volunteer...
• DVR is empty now so bring on the crap. Example: Lady in Cement
• Weight loss has stalled for now but I'm not getting any exercise. Snow is not an excuse, just don't feel like doing anything. Have only gained back 1/2 lb.
• Public Enemies is a good movie. Not a fan of Johhny Depp but I like a good shoot 'em up.
• I knew we got a lot of snow when I woke up and the shades were bright white. They seemed to be brighter than when the sun is out. Current count from the eldest, 5 1/4".

Adventure continues

So I've continued Induction on Atkins and I've slowed a little bit but still losing a little bit. When I weighed today I came in 17.5 lbs lost, almost half way to my goal. I cheated a little bit with dry roasted peanuts but just a couple of handfuls. Phase 2, OWL, introduces nuts so if I'm cheating it's best to choose an item from the next stage. I should being that phase Feb. 8 which will be 6 weeks of induction.

I've also run every other day for a couple of weeks with 7 straight days of at least 2.25 miles. My times were getting better each time so I increased the distance and on Thursday put in 2.65. I'll look to continue that distance today and throughout the week. My time was 26:24 so I'm still on a 10 minute mile pace which I'd like to increase. I'll get back to 5k distance and then begin improving my speed. Wish me luck.

New Adventure

I began Atkins on January 4. I haven't logged or entered any journal entries because I didn't know how successful I'd be. I have only cheated with two bite size dark chocolate Hershey bars and a couple of cookies a couple of weeks ago. Other than that I can't remember anything I've done to cheat. Previous versions of Atkins didn't really include vegetables but the newer version has most of the carbs coming from veggies. You have to find ways to change your current diet to include some at almost every meal and in snacks.

I've started reading the new Atkins book and it's pretty good. It can be a little complicated but I attribute that to sitting down and reading 89 pages in one day. There's also a featured article in the Feb. issue of Reader's Digest (on the cover) that's pretty good. I've also found a couple of good websites for support, atkins.com and fatsecret.com. The latter has really cool features including tracking of food, exercise, calories, net carbs, etc. Very helpful.

So down the the results. Since I began 20 days ago I've lost 16 lbs. I'm still in the induction stage and plan to stay there for two more weeks. After that I'll slowly add other food choices. Welcome to my adventure, I'm about 1/3 of the way to my first weight goal.

cool pic

Anybody Else See This?

Black Friday

• This is quite possibly the last Friday that I take off this summer. Things are starting to get busier at work and so will we.
• I absolutely LOVE the British Open. The conditions make the course such a challenge, much like Texas esp. Lubbock. There was a 1:06 delay because the golf balls were being blown by the wind as they removed their markers. If I had a dime...
• Tiger's pissed.
• Wonder why they call them sandwich buns and not hamburger buns? They make hot dog buns.
• And why do they call it hamburger? Why are they called hot dogs?
• I'll be happy when the Musers return to the Ticket next week but at the same time I won't be able to listen very much.
• If you were to make a quick 3 or 4 day trip in Texas, where would you go?
• I would be very nervous interviewing in front of a committee like we did this week. Very large table and 9 people asking all kinds of questions. Spooky.
• I went for a run this morning and the heat broke out. In a big way. Feels like 75 my a**.

Total Randomness

• I looked up at the calendar on Thursday only to realize it is July. Seriously? The summer time is just flying by.
• I love this rain. It help off long enough for Cliff and I to get some fishing in, only had 7 keeper crappie and a stray catfish. Cliff said he'd eat it so I chopped them all up and gave him the lot of em.
• Twins won again last night, hanging on to 1st place, barely. I'm not a fan of their closer, Rauch. And if you haven't watched video at MLB.com, you're missing some high quality stuff.
• Another former Longhorn was arrested. It's slowed down a bit, only averaging one per week right now. It's the clean cut Chris Simms. Wonder what daddy thinks.
• Errands to run today, not sure if I'll have enough time for Bed Bath and Beyond.
• Watched Youth in Revolt last night. It's definitely not for the youth but certainly entertaining. I would give it 3.5 stars out of 5.
• Here's a link to some of the best commercials for the Twins.

Are You Kidding Me?

Now this is Funny

Dad Life from Church on the Move on Vimeo.

There's No Fish in that Lake

Fished for about 5 hours yesterday in the 90 degree heat. Slightly overcast and humid. Only managed to catch 17 and put 10 in the live well. Partner caught 7 and kept 4. It was an OK outing but felt we were both off our game a little bit.

Bear Trap

No Way You Can

Keep from tearing up, even just a little bit.

Interesting

Remember Me?

Haven't posted in quite some time. Just letting you know I'm still kicking. Here's a funny little video for you.