melog-20110123.log

Well, this is the beginning of week four. I've decided to move my rest day from Sunday to Saturday. So, that means that Saturday is the day I don't exercise, and I don't worry about counting calories or eating healthy.

I notice that the longer I eat healthy, the harder it is to over eat when I allow myself to eat with reckless abandon on my free day.

So far, so good. Forty-eight weeks to go for this year.

My wife noticed that our daughter was choosing to play rather than go use the bathroom. My wife cautioned her that is she didn't go use the rest room, her "boo boo" would get bigger.

With grave concern in her voice, my five year old daughter replied, "Is it going to explode?!"

Kids say (and ask) the darnedest things.

melog-20110121.log

I'm three weeks into the year now. More or less, I've eaten better and exercised more. As a result, I haven't had much time to post anything.

I haven't been perfect with everything, though. Sometimes, I miss a workout or make a poor choice with eating. But, most days, I've done well.

I've learned that, for example, if I get a chicken sandwich, rather than a double cheese burger, I can cut out several hundred calories. The same goes with holding the fries or making a substitution with another side.

But, I try to only eat fast foods on Saturdays. All other days, I'm making sandwiches, cooking at home, or eating Kashi granola bars, or drinking a whey protein shake.

I notice that I get full much sooner, now. When I do eat out on a Saturday-- I can only make one good trip to the bar at the Chinese buffet rather than three. If I do get a hamburger on the weekend, I can't finish all my fries-- especially if I went to Five Guys Burgers and Fries. They give you a massive amount of fries. I could usually eat them all. Now, I have to throw most of them away if I order them on my "cheat" day.

I have to go home soon and work out. I overslept and didn't get the chance to exercise before work.

I tell you what-- it's hectic. And the first two weeks had me really whipped out! But, today, I have to say, I feel pretty good. I don't feel as "tight" and I don't feel quite so sluggish. I feel a bit lighter on my feet and little things like getting up from the floor after working on a computer low to the ground, or just getting out of a low sitting chair is much easier.

I picked up my daughter and held her up in my arms for over 30 minutes and didn't really get fatigued.

Little things like that make a big difference.

Tomorrow, I think I'll take my mom out to this really awesome catfish place we love to eat at from time to time for her birthday. Then, I'll end the evening with some of that fine Belgium Chocolate cake I ran across a few weeks ago.

Then, I walk the "straight and narrow" again for the next six days-- watching my calories and eating as healthily as I can.

Then, I'll look up one day and be my ideal weight and in perfect health. That's when I'll go jogging one day and get smashed by a car!

melog-20110113.log

been busy past few days. had to do some late night maintenance and still get up early to exercise and get the kids off to the bus for school.

i've done well for week two of my exercising. week one went well. week two has been successful in that i've mainly stuck with my diet changes and i've exercised.

i didn't do my cardio today, however. my work schedule had me zonked out. i had to catch up on some sleep.

but, i can do cardio and lower body tomorrow to make up for today, I guess.

so much drama. i can't go into it right now. and, i gotta do some late night work soon.

but, i will mention that i'm running my laptop off of a bootable usb stick right now. cool. i installed it not long ago. i might make an image of this and restore it to my HD.

cool.

melog-20110108.log

my wife is having a party tonight. her birthday was earlier this week. i slaved over the past 24 hours cleaning the house up and running errands to help her prepare for the party.

it's a girl's night out kind of party, though, so i'm not attending. she made arrangements for someone to watch the kids so i can have that time to myself rather than baby sitting.

i really appreciate that notion. and i'll certainly take her up on that.

workout and diet wise-- things have gone well for week number one. i'm proud of myself. as i told my friend-- 51 weeks to go.

today is

I forgot was i was saying . . . my daughter started crying. my kids were horse playing and they had a bump with each other-- though i think it was less of an accident on my son's fault.

my wife is putting on her outfit. she had her hair done again the other day. her hair dresser is gay. that doesn't matter, except that many people feel like gay men are the best at feminine style.

so, he did her hair again-- and again did a great job.

he recommended an outfit for her-- a really nice white shirt with pink bottom and matching pink hoodie. simple-- but she looks great.

well, i'm making preparations to get outta her. can't leave if i'm sitting her blogging-- huh?

melog-20110107.log

tough week, but i've met some of my personal goals for the week.

i've worked out every day this week, and i've gone to bed early and got up early every day so far.

i did my upper body monday and friday-- waking up at 04:30. i did my lower body and cardio on tuesday and thursday. lower body on wednesday. i wake up by 05:30 on the other days.

i've been eating well and i have moments where i feel really great again.

but in the evenings, i get really sleepy and a little grouchy. 22:00 is starting to feel like 02:00 in the morning without any sleep yet. i guess that's good, because that means i'll go to sleep and get a good night's rest, but that's an alien feeling to me-- and to my family. because they're used to me being up. i go to bed, and they keep waking me up as i drift off, asking me questions and stuff. i feel like i'm being rude, but i just drift off to sleep. i don't know if i even answer them sometimes. i try, but i can't open my mouth-- sleep is taking hold.

i figured out some things at work and i've been getting there on time this week. i stay a little late, but not much because i need to go to bed early.

anyhow, this week took a lot of effort on my part and i feel like i rose to the occasion overall.

i'm so glad today is friday. i'm soooooo looking forward to this weekend.

well, i gotta get my kids up and ready to catch the bus . . .

that's the other part of my week i haven't mentioned-- my wife started school again for this semester. so, she's taking classes, working late-- leaving me as the house husband often times.

so, i get off work, tend to the kids, prepare for the next day, get them and myself in bed. get them up and off to school, and now i'm squeezing in a workout routine and more sleep. my days burn really fast, it seems.

but, hard work deserves hard play. and i think i'll be doing that tomorrow!

melog-20110104.log.0

a bit grumpy this evening. took my daughter to the doctor. he's a pediatrician, but his office isn't equipped to do x-rays. but he had her do some activities to asses whether she might have a broken bone.

he determined that she didn't have that, though she may have some pulled muscle or something. he figured it would go away on it's own, but told me to call him if the pain continued. he'd refer me at that point to a specialist.

that money i spent on that would have served better as tissue paper for my ass.

my nephew went out with a friend, but neglected to buy another air mattress. he's hanging out on the couch again watching tv. he'd better not get too comfortable.

i guess i need to run to wal-mart.

my wife is working late tonight, so i had to get the kids in the bed. they were uncooperative.

i'm tired. i'm sore from working out. i have a headache.

and, a friend at work asked me to exercise, er, i mean, remove a trojan from her PC. i can barely get the damn thing into safe mode.

and work was difficult in that i had a lot of reading to do to prepare for trying to make apache, php, perl, and mysql all work together *without* using lampp, xampp, or some webstack utility 'casue we need to update them all separately.

somebody help me . . .

melog-20110104.log

I woke up about 04:30 this morning, again. But, I snoozed until about 05:11. Today was the day I would do cardio-- I keep that short, so I didn't really need to get up as early as yesterday. Yesterday, I did my upper body work-out, where I just get a weight bench and lift weights with all my upper body muscle groups. That takes more time and preparation, so getting up at 04:30 is necessary.

I made it to bed last night around 22:40. Not bad for a night owl like me.

My wife has also started exercising. This may be the first time we both started working out together. Usually, I'll work out and she won't. Then she'll start around the time I quit. I lose while she gains, I gain while she loses.

This time, I think we're going to work on this together. That might make the difference we need for consistency. We'll see.

I've got the kids off to school. After school, I'll be taking my daughter to the clinic to see what's happening with her back / tail bone. She romps and plays like nothing is wrong, but keeps complaining about it. Kids can be resilient sometimes. Gauging how serious their suffering is can be difficult.

My nephew's air mattress went flat again. He crashed on the couch. Bad idea.

Nobody sleeps on momma's couch.

Long story . . .

My son swears he didn't put the hole in the mattress this time started crying when I asked him questions about it. I guess he didn't do anything directly to cause it like the time before. I think he might have contributed to it, though. I've caught him and his sister bouncing on it over the holidays.

But, it went flat through the night as if something spontaneous caused it to fail. Not sure what's up. Slow leak, I guess.

Anyway, my wife hates for anyone to sleep on her couch-- that's her place to sleep on alone when she feels like it.

So, my nephew has put a bit of wear and tear on his welcome-- at least, as far as my wife is concerned.

I only care because I know the history and psychology behind the significance of the couch and my wife.

She doesn't want me to get our nephew a new air mattress. But, knowing what I know-- I had better stop by Wal-Mart tonight before bedtime and get him one. Gotta keep the peace, take advantage of game theory, and all that jazz.

Well, gotta eat some cereal and start getting ready for work. That's my next goal of the year-- to do a better job at work. That starts with showing up on time, ready to work.