Weigh in 9/7/11

Weigh in 9/7/11
231 lbs ( -0 from previous )
Tea - 10
V8 x3 - 210
Green beans - 5
Yogurt - 120
1 oz Cashews - 156
Chicken breast - 100
Broccoli w/cheese - 110
Rum - 150
Total - 861 Excellent day!!!

I'm not going to be discouraged about weighing the same this morning as I did yesterday. I've come to expect it. You can't look at the day to day as an accurate meter of weight loss progress. It's more like every two weeks. But, I will continue to weigh in every day to stay focused.

Morning weigh in 9/6/11

Morning weigh in 9/6/11
231 lbs ( -4 lbs from previous )
Tea w/honey - 30
V8 X2 - 140
1/2 oz Cashews - 80
Salad - 300
Tea w/honey - 30
Dinner - ???
TOTAL: 1,600?
I'm estimating because I don't know what dinner was at Applebees, but it couldn't have been over 1,200. I hope :/ Anyway, that dinner will not be the norm. Also, I bought a bottle of Honey Jack Daniels to celebrate when I reach 190 lbs. Can't wait!!!

weight loss

September 5th, 2011. Morning weigh in: 235 lbs

Diet:
Green beans, red/yellow/orange peppers, sprouts stir fry with Soy sauce - 40 cals
Yogurt - 120
V8 - 70
bite of cottage cheese - 50
Salad - 525
Tea w/honey - 30
Cashews - 180
Rum - 150
Health shake - 300
maca shake - 150
TOTAL = 1,615 Cals
GOOD DAY!

Weight loss. For real this time. Again...again...

So, right now it's attempt number 347 to try to hit 190 lbs. In times before I've reached lows of 205, 215, 205 again, and even 199!!!. All were on separate endeavors to achieve my goal. I'm once again determined to reach a slim and trim 190 lbs. And perhaps even lower. Each time I've tried seems easier than the last. It's becoming less about will power and more about long term focus. I get distracted and I literally forget that I'm trying to make a lifestyle change. I'll go 3 weeks on a new diet and then I'll get invited to a pizza party and I completely forget to remind myself that it's a bad idea. I've really let myself go this time. I got up to 235 lbs. So, I have to drop 45 lbs to reach my goal. It actually helps that I'm going to school because it keeps my mind busy and distracted from food. I tend to eat out of boredom. I need to be entertained by the fact that I'm looking better in the mirror every day. I'm going to buy myself a bottle of Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey as a reward for reaching 190 lbs. I know, I know, healthy right? But, seriously.......losing 45 lbs and drinking Jack Daniels is WAY healthier than staying at 235 lbs. I also think I'm going to buy a nice shirt as my "Goal shirt" that I can only wear when I hit 190 lbs. I'm probably going to use this blog as a diet journal from here on out. I'm sure it will help me reach my goal.

Career path

Wow, so my life is about to change pretty drastically. I'm scared, but I'm excited. So right now, Olde world restoration is sort of merging, or perhaps being absorbed by this new company. We will be working for a new boss, which is cool, but he's gonna want to see some serious hours put in as well as hard work in the factory. So, it's going to be a permanent change of scenery from carpentry.

So, here's my situation, I'm returning to school. This means that I will only be available to work wednesday through friday and every other saturday. This will leave me with only 4 days off a month, plus I will only be able to see my wife on 2 of them. So, that really sucks. My main concern is whether or not my new boss will find this acceptable.

So, I was worried about money, now I'm worried about having too much work poured on me. The upside to all of this is the potential to work my way up the latter in this new company since I'm getting in pretty close to the ground floor. So, best case scenario, my new boss might have me move right into the office once I have my degree. The other thing that sucks about that though is that Al will probably be really disappointed with the fact that I'm phasing out carpentry....to some degree. I think I'll always be involved in the industry in some way, but I would really like my career path to be more administrative. We shall see what happens and where God is going with all this.

Pitching

I've hopefully entered into a new era of my softball career. Pitching. I don't want to speak too soon, but I think there is a possibility of a future for me on the mound. My debut was on thursday night when I pitched the second game of a double header and did pretty well. Since then I've been practicing a lot on my own and have been getting better. And tonight, at the tail end of ODBC-Red's second game against Cornerstone, Eric Litke subs me in to pitch and close out thte game. I dropped in some strikes, kept the batters swinging for junk and I sewed it shut. What a great night. I really look forward to my next oppurtunity to pitch again. I just hope I don't blow it.

p.s. I really feel like this is the end of the episode and I'm Doogie Howser just typing away at the end of the night. (Theme song in my head).

The blogging continues

Hey, blog. It's been awhile. But I'm back and I just gave you a face lift. Anyway,my interests have been pulling me in so many directions lately that I've been neglecting some and perhaps over involving myself in others. For instance, I've been way too into softball lately with no real payout but I haven't been reading the Bible or going to church much which yields massive payout. I also am getting back into fishing and I'm not screwing around. My brother and I are going out on these midnight expeditions and going after the BIG fish that don't allow themselves to get caught during the day. I almost caught a 6 lbs monster bass the other night around 1:00 am but he got off the hook 3 seconds from the net. But anyway, I feel like my life has too much going on and it's really stressing me out. I recently retired from worship team to help reduce the clutter and open up my schedule a little more. Between Work, my family (with newborn son Lincoln), softball, chores, and fishing I don't have any time for Disc golf, biking, working out, reading, target shooting, craft projects/woodwork, music, etc..etc. So, my life is pretty booked up. And, I also am a stress eater so I gained a ton of weight back and now I have to get that under control.