Do as I say.....

I am realizing more and more as my life moves on. I am on this quest to make my life better. To improve my health, my family, and my well being. Some people have come up and asked me about the things I was doing to accomplish those goals. The words just rolled off my tongue!!! And when people close to me have some issues they must deal with, again, the solutions flow freely from my mind.

................so why can't I take my own advice???? I know all the things I have to do. But the main reason I think it is taking so long to accomplish what I want is that I just don't take my own advice. I don't listen to myself. It's easy to make excuses for myself, but if I hear an excuse from someone else, its just not acceptable. And sometimes, I do get mean. So for those who have felt that wrath, I do apologize. It is more difficult than I thought to break old habits. Case in point........

In the meantime, I'll be doing more research into a nighttime protein shake. Or maybe it'll be more beneficial (and cheaper) to eat a small piece of chicken or cheese before bed, like someone suggested in a comment a few posts ago.

Well, three days of hell coming up, so most likely I won't be posting. If I do it'll be short and sweet.
And if I seemed kinda short tempered over the last few posts, just know I have been very tired. I've only had a second job for 3 weeks now, and while I am almost adjusted to it, I'm still not there yet. Hopefully soon I'll be there this weekend so I can resume my Total Gym. Chuck Norris is getting angry. NOT a good thing..........

Been a while...

It has been a trying few days. I haven't been myself for those days, too much going on in my life. Been mean to people, too. Too much stress is all. Wifey has been sick for the past few days and then has to turn around next week for a medical procedure. She is better tonite, about 85%, so some of the stress has been lifted, which is why I am posting tonite. Sadly, she has no sick days at work, so that time missed isn't paid. Gonna be fun paying bills next month. But, we've been in worse situations, so I know we'll pull through.

Then, there's the new job. Trying to balance out between baby-sitting grown men and preventing the boss from thinking I'm the do-boy is harder than I thought. Throw on top of that a corporate office that can change our inventory with out informing us at will, and you have the perfect storm to make a man want to drink. Heh... Once I get that place organized it'll be easier. Just a long journey ahead.

On to happier things. I have my new love.

A mini NuWave oven. Only takes it 18 minutes to cook two chicken breasts and they stay oh so juicy. I don't think I'll use my oven much anymore.... not while this thing is around. Beauty part is that it allows all the fat to drip down from the meat, leaving behind the natural juices. One bite of the Montreal chicken seasoning on the breasts tonite had me hooked. I can't wait to try it with other things.

I haven't worked through my plateau as much as I would've liked to. In fact, I think I may have gained some back. Damn stress eating. But a friend also told me it could be due to the fact that I have been using the Total Gym, so I may be replacing the burnt fat with muscle. We'll see. I'll still hit the scale and let y'all know my progress Sunday. But for now..... bedtime.

Another blog

I decided to start another blog, here. All it is is just some of the funny stuff I happen to come across on the interwebz on a daily basis. I didn't want that to interfere with the progress of my weight loss on THIS blog, that's why i decided to start another.

Speaking of the weight loss, I am not sure where I am on the plateau issue, because I don't weigh myself every day. I tried to eat smarter today, and did a more intense workout on the Total Gym.Now according to the book, in about two weeks I should be ready for the next level. Can't wait for that. But I'd be a fool to skip ahead, so I suppose I will wait.

Honestly, nothing else really to blog about tonite. Just another blah Monday. Meh......

...and this little piggy

Well, it got smashed.

The offender you ask?? Cookie sheets. A lot of them in fact. As I was pulling one out of the cabinet to cook with tonite, they ALL decided to pay my big toe a visit. All falling down on one part of my toe. So that totally killed any hope of doing leg exercises on the Total Gym, as I need my the tops of my feet to help balance myself. I know it doesn't look bad, but when the combined weight of 10 cookie and cupcake sheets falls edge first on one toe, you tell me how you feel.

I was still able to do regular upper body workouts, along with some lower body ones that required the bottom of my foot only. I added in free weights and Perfect Pushups this time for added training. The doctor said I needed to push it a little, what better time than now? And those push ups aren't as easy as the TV makes them out to be. But I did manage to do 6 before I had to stop. One better that when I first started.

Tomorrow, I am on a temporary shift. 6:30 am. Just a trial run to see how things would run if I was there early getting things together for everyone. It may work, it may not, well see. I think it will be for the best, I just hate getting up at the a$$ crack of dawn. HAHAHA!!! So if I am to get up early, I better sign off and go to melatonin land. G'nite!!

Um, yeah....

Ok, So I didn't realize..... AGAIN.... how out of shape I was......AGAIN!!!!! Seems as if the Total Gym kinda got the best of me. So, typical male, I think "I can conquer all!!!" So I jack that thing all the way up, nearly the most resistance. Then I try the first exercise. Epic fail. Can't even do one leg pull. So I lower it down, and here it was manageable. I did all 7 of the beginner exercises, 2 sets of 15 reps a piece. It only took about 25 minutes, so not too time consuming. Funny thing is, I feel grrrrrrrreat!!!! I remember this feeling, when I used to do some cardio at the Y. Problem was my schedule was always changing, so going was a problem, plus I was tired of paying $70 a month for me and wifey to go. I think this will work out better..... no pun intended...... if I stick with it.

Now mornings and me don't get along. Its kind of a hate-hate relationship. So I wont be getting blood work during the week. I'll have to wait for Saturday. No big whoop. But even though I hate them, mornings and I have to be on speaking terms. I am getting up wayyyyyy to late in the mornings, causing me to rush around and sometimes be late to work. So there's another thing I must improve upon. Especially when my start time changes from 8:30 am to 6:30 am, which should be in about a month, after I get that warehouse tightened up.

So thank you, Chuck Norris!!!!! I bought your product and feel like you just roundhouse kicked me in the berries. No worries..... the day shall be MINE!!!!!!!!

So far, so good

The doctor said I was doing great. All my head holes, ok. Knees, feet, ankles, all doing good. Even after the *cough, cough* test, everything is a-ok!! He said he could find nothing wrong with me physically. (Mentally.....?) He also told me the best way to lose the weight is cardio, cardio, cardio. So I may be buying a bike in a few weeks.... we'll see. So now the only thing left is I must make the time to get blood work. Full panel, so I wonder how much blood those vampires will take. As long as they don't glitter in sunlight, I think I'll be ok.

I finally got the Total Gym set up in my workout room.

Although I did lose the instructions on how to put it together, I still have the workout book. So I'll just have to go to the interwebs for more specific details. Between this and the heavy bag, I'll stay pretty busy.

Back to the doctor, I think he was more interested in my tattoo work than the job at hand. So hopefully I've referrewd someone to Jess, she does excellent work!!! He also seemed very interested in the reddish, rash looking skin on the back of my arms. He called it keratosis pilaris. No biggie, its not going to kill me or anything, but he said it was a condition passed down from generation to generation. Also of note, he said scientists are finding that it is a condition that originated from Vikings. Not sure how much I believe him, because I couldn't find ANYTHING about it on a Google search. But anything is possible, because from what I know, my ancestors were from all over northern Europe. Germany, France, Poland...... I'm a Euro-mutt!!! HAHAHA!!!!

Have I read the book yet that I talked about last post?? No. Is it late?? Yes. Its only 135 pages, so what should take a normal person a week will take me a month!!! So if I don't blog here over the next few days, I didn't fall off the earth. Just reading........ Off to bed, with my new best friend, Melatonin.....

Good... no GREAT morning!!!

WOW, did I sleep well!!!! NO headache, no fatigue, no nothing. Melatonin, here I come for the next few days!!! For now, though, I sit and wait. Doctor appointment at 2pm. Not looking forward to it, but it needs to be done. I have to see what I am lacking and what I have too much of. Body fat is one obvious answer!!! HAHA!!!

I was finally able to get my 2nd bottle of Syntha-6 on Saturday. Apparently, the Vitamin Shoppe has vendors come in every now and then to give out free samples.The first one I was offered??? OxyELITE Pro. AKA, purple pegasus. Ive taken them before, so I said, "nah." The guy was perplexed, but when I explained to him about the side effects I had, he backed off. Next was a built guy just offering a book and some advise. I listened to him and his story was nearly a mirror image to mine, except for the age part. Overweight at a young age, not wanting to be like his father (health wise), and not sure where to turn. So I bought his book, which I WILL read and review later. Finally, a boxing class for women. Wifey loved the idea, so she signed up for a contest for a free year.

I feel like I want to get alot done today. I requested this day off from work specifically to go to the doctor, but I slept so well last night, I don't want to waste the day away by watching movies. So lets see if my body can match the motivation in my mind!!!

Another Sunday

Time to go at it, my weekly routine of facing my enemy, le scale. I was feeling a little bit nervous because although I ate relativley healthy, I did over eat on some occasions. Moment of truth.....

214.8!!!!

Just damn!! I was amazed this morning. I had all day to think about how I keep losing, and the only thing I can come up with is my new job. No more am I just sitting on my ass driving for hours on end, I'm moving, lifting, twisting, walking, and all kinds of other things. I think this change was timed perfectly, a kind of healthy perfect storm.

The one thing I can do without is this insomnia. In the last 48 hours, I maybe have slept.... 6??? I dunno what my deal is, but I am going to the doctor tomorrow for a check up, I'll tell him about it. Till then, its another meletonin night. So tonite I am posting from my bed. That's right, there's an app for that!!!

Finally, I got my Total Gym back from my father in law. I was going to set it up today, but got a little distracted from the playoffs. That and I've been nodding off half the day. The only thing I had the energy to do today was to make sure the couch didn't float away. By about 6 I helped wifey clean the living room, but that's about it. So its an early nite, relatively speaking, for me. More things happened this weekend for me, but I'm starting to nod off again. That and posting from this little phone is a bit annoying. So I'll post tomorrow to get all 7 of you caught up. Nite!!!!

P.S. BTW how can anyone throw something away when its endorsed by Chuck Norris???