Weekly weigh in for 01/29/2010

I feel like I am in hibernation. It is cold and dreary outside and that is what I consider to be good hibernating weather. My metabolism feels slow and I even feel like my brain is stuck in low gear these days. I am so ready for spring to get here but we are not even half way through winter. We shall persevere however and get through this period of the doldrums. Happy days will be here again.

I weighed 231.4 pounds this morning for a loss of .8 for the week.

I'm off and pedaling for now.

Weekly weigh in for Friday 01/22

I went through a stretch in November where 2 pounds and even a little more were dropping each week. I am eating the exact same things still but lately it has been difficult. The good news is I am not gaining. It's just not dropping like I wish it would. I am not discouraged and this is a long haul run. It's just running uphill these days but I know we'll get through it.

I weighed 232.2 pounds this morning. That is a .6 of a pound loss for the week.

I'm off and pedaling for now.

Weekly weigh in for 01/15/10

We had free donuts at the dealership this morning and they were so tempting but I passed on the chance. That's a good thing.

I weighed in at 232.8 this morning for a 1 pound loss for the week. I will take that.

I'm off and pedaling for now.

PPBC

I am not an extremely sentimental person. I know what an extremely sentimental person is because I know several of them. My brother is one, my wife is one, etc. There are things that I greatly admire about the extremely sentimental person but it still doesn't make me want to be one. There just are very few things that I allow myself to get all that attached to but there is one place very special to me that I want to talk about today.

My church is Plymouth Park Baptist Church. I am sentimental when it comes to PPBC. It was at PPBC where I first learned the story of God, his son, and his living spirit. It was at PPBC where I fell in love with my wife. It was there that I met many men of God who I have looked up to as role models for most of my life. It was the safe haven that helped me raise my daughters in a secure environment. Seeing my girls bloom into the wonderful young ladies they have become may not have happened with out PPBC. My love of singing was so wonderfully nurtured by Cliff McClellan and the music ministry at PPBC. It was at PPBC where we were able to introduce my grand daughter Madi to Sunday School and the pre-school bible stories that I know will only help her in life. And it is to PPBC that I still go on Sunday mornings to worship.

I don't know what the future holds for PPBC. As we all know the population base of Irving has changed. That specific area, The Plymouth Park Shopping Center, has changed too. The membership size is not not what it once was. I guess I have come to grips with the fact that I can't count on PPBC to be at that location forever. But it will live forever in my heart. PPBC has done what few people/places/things have been able to. It has made me attach myself and I will never, ever want to let go.

I'm off and pedaling for now.

Weekly weigh in for Friday January 8th

Phase Two of my attempt to get healthy is officially under way. Each Friday will be the weekly weigh in day for this year. My goal is to lose one pound each week and if I do that I would then weigh 213 pounds on Memorial Day of this year. I may or may not achieve this and only time will tell. What I can control is what I eat, how much I eat, and how much I exercise. From that point nature and physics take over and I really don't know where this will end. I just intend to control the three things I listed above and we'll see where I end up.

I weighed 233.8 pounds this morning. I am where I hoped to be at this time.

I'm off and pedaling for now.

TV Talk

ALL of our favorite shows are about to be starting. 24 will debut on Jan 17th and American Idol I think is Jan 12th. Don't have dates but by February Lost, Greys Anatomy, a new Survivor and Amazing Race should all be on. There is a spring season of Dancing with the Stars starting soon and a spring season of Glee too. I imagine we will have another Hell's Kitchen soon too.

Remember the scene in "Field of Dreams" where Shoeless Joe asked Ray "Is this heaven?" Well I know how Joe felt. Don't call me till summer...I'll be busy watching TV till then.

I'm back Friday with the weigh in...I'm off and pedaling for now.

2009 was a weird year

I have been trying, for days, to write a good bye post to the year 2009. I have typed, re-typed, back spaced, cut and pasted, and cleared more pages than I care to think about. I know how I feel about 2009 but expressing these feelings is proving impossible. In summary I think it was a bad year for our country and for Americans in general. That truly saddens me.

But on a personal level there are several good things that happened last year. My two oldest daughters married wonderful men. My two youngest daughters have started new careers and I am excited for them and proud of them. Those are the best things for me about 2009. Karen's work environment (a new principal at her school) made her life happier which makes me happy too. And then I decided to try and lose weight and write a blog about it. Getting healthier is a "no brainer" type of good thing. What I never realized that deciding to write this blog about trying to get healthy would help me strengthen so many of my personal relationships. I doubt that I will write this thing forever but I must admit it has enriched me while I have been writing it.

As for 2010, I guess we'll see. I do have great hope for 2010. I think it may be a great year.

I'm back Friday with the first weigh in of Phase Two.

I'm off and pedaling for now.