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Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Everything I Though Was Wrong
Okay, so, we restarted this adventure last week.
Barely.
I made some good choices, but not great ones.
Also, the little exercising I did, wasn't enough.
The food I ate, some was good, most was not.
I started to get back into the swing of things. Which is good, but not good enough.
Last week was beta-GetFitTommy.
This week starts the real adventure.
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Here is a post on the Facebook discussion page by my dear friend Eric.
He's kindly illuminated somethings for me. Not just in this post, but in some of our discussions.
So, lets all give a round of applause for my dear friend, ERIC!
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"You have to do continuous cardio for between 30 to 45 minutes to burn fat. I recommend running as it provides the most bang for your buck. If joint problems get you down, try an elliptical; much lower impact.
This is the ONLY way your body utilizes it as fuel (ie. burns it). It's human physiology I'm afraid. Your crunches and leg lifts might help you tone up a bit, but you won't be able to see most of it because it will be "hidden."
And when I give you that range of 30-45 minutes, I would try to head to far end of it. As unfair as it seems, its the fit people who burn fat quicker (cross country runners have been shown in some studies start burning it as quickly as 15 minutes), so go for as long as you can. You'll have to build up to things, but implicit in what I'm saying is PACE YOURSELF. You need to pick a pace where you can jog for at least a half hour without stopping. The upside is that after you hit that point, your body will keep burning fat for around a half hour.
Also you have to do it consistently. Your body has to have regular enough stimulus to change its pathways and energy utilization. You have to stress your system to make it more efficient. So this means you can't be a weekend warrior; 3-5 times a week.
As for limiting your caloric intake, by all means, do so, but your body will want to STORE more fat if you starve yourself. This means you can't starve yourself because when you inevitably splurge, your body will react by storing as much of it as fat as it can because it doesn't know the next time its going to get this sort of thing. It's actually much worse. This is why diet's don't work. Eat small portions at your big meals (regular intervals, and for God's sake, eat breakfast!) and have small, healthy snacks to tide you over (apples are fantastic). You'll have to keep doing the exercise too, because if you stop using those calories to exercise to your fat burning level, you'll start packing on pounds again.
If you do a half hour of cardio 5 times a week, and keep your diet healthy, you'll see the pounds melt away. Trust me. I'm going to be a doctor someday... It's science."
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Barely.
I made some good choices, but not great ones.
Also, the little exercising I did, wasn't enough.
The food I ate, some was good, most was not.
I started to get back into the swing of things. Which is good, but not good enough.
Last week was beta-GetFitTommy.
This week starts the real adventure.
---
Here is a post on the Facebook discussion page by my dear friend Eric.
He's kindly illuminated somethings for me. Not just in this post, but in some of our discussions.
So, lets all give a round of applause for my dear friend, ERIC!
---
"You have to do continuous cardio for between 30 to 45 minutes to burn fat. I recommend running as it provides the most bang for your buck. If joint problems get you down, try an elliptical; much lower impact.
This is the ONLY way your body utilizes it as fuel (ie. burns it). It's human physiology I'm afraid. Your crunches and leg lifts might help you tone up a bit, but you won't be able to see most of it because it will be "hidden."
And when I give you that range of 30-45 minutes, I would try to head to far end of it. As unfair as it seems, its the fit people who burn fat quicker (cross country runners have been shown in some studies start burning it as quickly as 15 minutes), so go for as long as you can. You'll have to build up to things, but implicit in what I'm saying is PACE YOURSELF. You need to pick a pace where you can jog for at least a half hour without stopping. The upside is that after you hit that point, your body will keep burning fat for around a half hour.
Also you have to do it consistently. Your body has to have regular enough stimulus to change its pathways and energy utilization. You have to stress your system to make it more efficient. So this means you can't be a weekend warrior; 3-5 times a week.
As for limiting your caloric intake, by all means, do so, but your body will want to STORE more fat if you starve yourself. This means you can't starve yourself because when you inevitably splurge, your body will react by storing as much of it as fat as it can because it doesn't know the next time its going to get this sort of thing. It's actually much worse. This is why diet's don't work. Eat small portions at your big meals (regular intervals, and for God's sake, eat breakfast!) and have small, healthy snacks to tide you over (apples are fantastic). You'll have to keep doing the exercise too, because if you stop using those calories to exercise to your fat burning level, you'll start packing on pounds again.
If you do a half hour of cardio 5 times a week, and keep your diet healthy, you'll see the pounds melt away. Trust me. I'm going to be a doctor someday... It's science."
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Short Post
Things started good, real good. Then ended bad, real bad.
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Ate all the right things, then two of the wrong things and didn't exercise due to it being 4am.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
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Ate all the right things, then two of the wrong things and didn't exercise due to it being 4am.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Being Better Than Yesterday
Was I super successful today?
No.
Was I better than yesterday?
Yes.
---
I guess that's what matters right?
Being better than yesterday?
---
This morning (almost afternoon) when I woke up, I was very intentional about making myself a large and delicious, yet healthy, breakfast.
Breakfast is my favorite meal and I never make time for it. Ever.
Also, I hear its the most important meal, setting the tone for the rest of the day.
So, I made my usual oatmeal with the usual trappings. But, I also made killer scrambled eggs.
In the past, when I've made scrambled eggs I've used lots of butter to make the pan unsticky.
Lots of butter.
So much butter that you could no longer call it butter, but budda.
Today I used Extra Virgen Olive Oil.
And that was a good freaking choice.
Let me paraphrase Robert Frost here:
I took the road less travled and it made all the difference.
Those were damn good eggs.
---
At work the manager of the bar behind us came in for coffee.
We chatted a bit, and I made her drink extra yummy. (It'll be the ridiculous drink of the day.)
She told me later that I should stop by and she'd buy me a drink. AWESOME!
This bar also has a quarterly deal where you can get a $1 Half Pound burger with chips.
So, I could've gone out for a (free) drink and a (practically free) burger.
I didn't.
Yesterday, I would've.
---
I went to my buddies barnapartment today. There was pizza again. Instead of many slices. I had a single slice and a side of deer meat chilli.
Deer meat is nice and lean, and all the veggies were fresh. So, that was not a bad choice at all.
---
I wasn't great today. I'll admit it. I had a sugary espresso drink. But, I was better.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanut butter, bananananananas, and non-fat milk. And awesome eggs.
LUNCH: Water and a yogurt parfait.
DINNER: Slice of pizza and chilli.
EXERCISE:
2 Sets of:
10 Crunches
3 Leg Lifts
5 Push ups
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 2.
WATER GAUGE: Exactly 40 oz! (By the end of next week, I want to have this up to 80 oz)
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Six Shot Venti White Mocha. SIX FREAKING SHOTS OF ESPRESSO?!?!?!
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
No.
Was I better than yesterday?
Yes.
---
I guess that's what matters right?
Being better than yesterday?
---
This morning (almost afternoon) when I woke up, I was very intentional about making myself a large and delicious, yet healthy, breakfast.
Breakfast is my favorite meal and I never make time for it. Ever.
Also, I hear its the most important meal, setting the tone for the rest of the day.
So, I made my usual oatmeal with the usual trappings. But, I also made killer scrambled eggs.
In the past, when I've made scrambled eggs I've used lots of butter to make the pan unsticky.
Lots of butter.
So much butter that you could no longer call it butter, but budda.
Today I used Extra Virgen Olive Oil.
And that was a good freaking choice.
Let me paraphrase Robert Frost here:
I took the road less travled and it made all the difference.
Those were damn good eggs.
---
At work the manager of the bar behind us came in for coffee.
We chatted a bit, and I made her drink extra yummy. (It'll be the ridiculous drink of the day.)
She told me later that I should stop by and she'd buy me a drink. AWESOME!
This bar also has a quarterly deal where you can get a $1 Half Pound burger with chips.
So, I could've gone out for a (free) drink and a (practically free) burger.
I didn't.
Yesterday, I would've.
---
I went to my buddies barnapartment today. There was pizza again. Instead of many slices. I had a single slice and a side of deer meat chilli.
Deer meat is nice and lean, and all the veggies were fresh. So, that was not a bad choice at all.
---
I wasn't great today. I'll admit it. I had a sugary espresso drink. But, I was better.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanut butter, bananananananas, and non-fat milk. And awesome eggs.
LUNCH: Water and a yogurt parfait.
DINNER: Slice of pizza and chilli.
EXERCISE:
2 Sets of:
10 Crunches
3 Leg Lifts
5 Push ups
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 2.
WATER GAUGE: Exactly 40 oz! (By the end of next week, I want to have this up to 80 oz)
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Six Shot Venti White Mocha. SIX FREAKING SHOTS OF ESPRESSO?!?!?!
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Friday, January 8, 2010
Get Fit Plan 1.8 - 1.15
After exercising last night my abdomen muscles were kind of sore. Which is really sad. More sad is that I'm not comfortable calling my abdomen muscles my "abs."
Instead of setting up a plan for exercising until I fit in that Onesie, I'm gonna go week by week. Saturday to Saturday.
---
So for this week here is going to be my exercise routine:
2 Sets of:
3 Leg Lifts
10 Crunches
5 Push Ups
---
Next Saturday, seeing how I'm feeling I'll add more to it.
Probably more leg lifts and push ups.
Also, I'll find a way to get some cardio in.
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Instead of setting up a plan for exercising until I fit in that Onesie, I'm gonna go week by week. Saturday to Saturday.
---
So for this week here is going to be my exercise routine:
2 Sets of:
3 Leg Lifts
10 Crunches
5 Push Ups
---
Next Saturday, seeing how I'm feeling I'll add more to it.
Probably more leg lifts and push ups.
Also, I'll find a way to get some cardio in.
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
A Snow Day, or, Pizza and Beer, or, What It's Going To Take
A Snow Day:
Today, I woke up to a winter wonderland. Which is horrible because Christmas has passed.
Also, "winter wonderland" is kind of a tired cliche. (So, is calling a cliche "tired.")
Anyways, the first thing about my winter wonderland was my first snow day in a long time.
I woke up to a classmate leaving me a voicemail saying class was cancelled. Which left me with nothing to do today. All of my activities were school related: working on a paper, talking to financial aid, actually going to class.
So, I went to Starbucks, got some work done for some of my side projects and then went to my buddies apartment, which is really a barn with a loft apartment in it, and watched the best of Will Ferrel and 30Rock.
More on the barnapartment, now...
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Pizza And Beer:
This happens to be one of my favorite food/drink combos, and neither is good for getting fit.
One buddy brought the pizza. And there was already an imported German beer there.
Had to.
Sorry.
---
What Its Going To Take:
So, I worked out a little bit for the first time today.
Afterwards I stood up and looked down and said:
"Yep, still fat."
That's probably because of all the cheats I've made in the past four days since (re)starting. And, because I just started.
So, this is what it's going to take.
1) I'm gonna have to stop putting off exercising. Tomorrow, I'm gonna set some time aside to make some goals and a plan. Without an action plan I'll skip working out altogether, and that won't get me into a Onesie.
I'll post the action plan alongside another blog.
2) I'm going to stop cheating. I enjoy healthy food. I enjoy it more than unhealthy food. I'd choose asparagus over a Snickers any day. A good fine cheese with wine over a frozen cheese pizza and cheap beer. Water over soda pop.
Those other foods are just conveient. So, I'm going to go out of my way to supply myself with better foods and only eat the bad foods in moderation.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanut butter, bananananananas, and non-fat milk.
LUNCH: Water and an small Italian Beef Sandwich.
DINNER: Pizza and Beer. Lots of pizza, only one beer. (I try to never drink more than one beer. Anymore than that leads to a bad territory, and I'm not for abusing the drink.)
EXERCISE:
2 Sets of:
10 Crunches
3 Leg Lifts
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 1.
WATER GAUGE: Just shy of 40 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Grande Signature Hot Chocolate... You may be saying to your self at this very moment "Why, Tommy that's a standard drink?"... Well, don't get ahead of yourself quite yet I'm not done. The ridiculous drink of the day is actually a Grande Signature Hot Chocolate Steamed to 150 degrees.
Customers shouldn't be so anal. Seriously, that's not much cooler than we baristas steam the milk to anyways.
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
---
Sorry, for the ad.
Today, I woke up to a winter wonderland. Which is horrible because Christmas has passed.
Also, "winter wonderland" is kind of a tired cliche. (So, is calling a cliche "tired.")
Anyways, the first thing about my winter wonderland was my first snow day in a long time.
I woke up to a classmate leaving me a voicemail saying class was cancelled. Which left me with nothing to do today. All of my activities were school related: working on a paper, talking to financial aid, actually going to class.
So, I went to Starbucks, got some work done for some of my side projects and then went to my buddies apartment, which is really a barn with a loft apartment in it, and watched the best of Will Ferrel and 30Rock.
More on the barnapartment, now...
---
Pizza And Beer:
This happens to be one of my favorite food/drink combos, and neither is good for getting fit.
One buddy brought the pizza. And there was already an imported German beer there.
Had to.
Sorry.
---
What Its Going To Take:
So, I worked out a little bit for the first time today.
Afterwards I stood up and looked down and said:
"Yep, still fat."
That's probably because of all the cheats I've made in the past four days since (re)starting. And, because I just started.
So, this is what it's going to take.
1) I'm gonna have to stop putting off exercising. Tomorrow, I'm gonna set some time aside to make some goals and a plan. Without an action plan I'll skip working out altogether, and that won't get me into a Onesie.
I'll post the action plan alongside another blog.
2) I'm going to stop cheating. I enjoy healthy food. I enjoy it more than unhealthy food. I'd choose asparagus over a Snickers any day. A good fine cheese with wine over a frozen cheese pizza and cheap beer. Water over soda pop.
Those other foods are just conveient. So, I'm going to go out of my way to supply myself with better foods and only eat the bad foods in moderation.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanut butter, bananananananas, and non-fat milk.
LUNCH: Water and an small Italian Beef Sandwich.
DINNER: Pizza and Beer. Lots of pizza, only one beer. (I try to never drink more than one beer. Anymore than that leads to a bad territory, and I'm not for abusing the drink.)
EXERCISE:
2 Sets of:
10 Crunches
3 Leg Lifts
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 1.
WATER GAUGE: Just shy of 40 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Grande Signature Hot Chocolate... You may be saying to your self at this very moment "Why, Tommy that's a standard drink?"... Well, don't get ahead of yourself quite yet I'm not done. The ridiculous drink of the day is actually a Grande Signature Hot Chocolate Steamed to 150 degrees.
Customers shouldn't be so anal. Seriously, that's not much cooler than we baristas steam the milk to anyways.
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
---
Sorry, for the ad.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Habits To Break, Up In The Air, and A Poem.
Two habits I need to break:
1) Midnight Snacking
2) Saying, "Just one won't hurt."
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Last night, after posting my update, I started to write a short story. It was a good short story. After finishing the first draft I felt rather proud of myself and went downstairs for a midnight celebratory snack: ITALIAN BEEF!!??!?!?!!!
When I finished I felt like crap.
Slept well though.
---
Today was a very long, long day.
The kind of day where you're not exactly sure what all you did, but you know you did a lot. So, I apologize for lack of details.
---
Tonight, my lovely lady friend and I saw a great movie: Up In The Air.
In one of the opening scenes George Clooney's character is firing a character from his job. That character happens to be a cameo role by Zach Galifianakis, the funny fat bearded guy from "The Hangover."
I leaned over to Steph and told her:
"I wanna look like Clooney, but I feel like I look like the other guy."
---
VS.
---
Guys, I think it's safe to assume George Clooney sucks. Bad.
---
A POEM
Slish, Slosh
Slishy, Sloshy
Feel the water in Tommy's
tummy
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Bottle O' Water.
LUNCH: Tuna Melt, Chips, Pickle.
POST-LUNCH SNACK: Lots of of assorted holiday nuts.
DINNER: Orange Chicken, Kung Pow Chicken and Fried Rice.
MOVIE SNACK: Popcorn. But, not too much.
EXERCISE: Somebody, I need some motivation here.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 0. (This is where the "Just One Won't Hurt" comes in.)
WATER GAUGE: About 60 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Ventir Six Shot Americano, Light Water, a 1/3 Whipped Cream, and Two Equal. (I did not make this drink up, somebody ordered this week. Disgusting.)
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
1) Midnight Snacking
2) Saying, "Just one won't hurt."
---
Last night, after posting my update, I started to write a short story. It was a good short story. After finishing the first draft I felt rather proud of myself and went downstairs for a midnight celebratory snack: ITALIAN BEEF!!??!?!?!!!
When I finished I felt like crap.
Slept well though.
---
Today was a very long, long day.
The kind of day where you're not exactly sure what all you did, but you know you did a lot. So, I apologize for lack of details.
---
Tonight, my lovely lady friend and I saw a great movie: Up In The Air.
In one of the opening scenes George Clooney's character is firing a character from his job. That character happens to be a cameo role by Zach Galifianakis, the funny fat bearded guy from "The Hangover."
I leaned over to Steph and told her:
"I wanna look like Clooney, but I feel like I look like the other guy."
---
VS.
---
Guys, I think it's safe to assume George Clooney sucks. Bad.
---
A POEM
Slish, Slosh
Slishy, Sloshy
Feel the water in Tommy's
tummy
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Bottle O' Water.
LUNCH: Tuna Melt, Chips, Pickle.
POST-LUNCH SNACK: Lots of of assorted holiday nuts.
DINNER: Orange Chicken, Kung Pow Chicken and Fried Rice.
MOVIE SNACK: Popcorn. But, not too much.
EXERCISE: Somebody, I need some motivation here.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 0. (This is where the "Just One Won't Hurt" comes in.)
WATER GAUGE: About 60 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Ventir Six Shot Americano, Light Water, a 1/3 Whipped Cream, and Two Equal. (I did not make this drink up, somebody ordered this week. Disgusting.)
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Letting People Know
So, today, I decided to mention to my coworkers my desire to loose weight.
It was very hard to do.
I felt silly.
This is how it went down:
"Tommy, you want a toffee pecan bar?"
My heart started to thump a little.
Yes! Yes! YES! I DO!
"No, sorry, can't. I'm trying to loose weight," I said quietly.
I don't know why I felt so wrong for admitting I wanted to loose weight. They don't care. In fact, they probably would be proud of me. Maybe I just really, really wanted that toffee pecan bar.
I also was eye balling a cheese danish. But, that's a different story.
---
Later on at work one of the girls said this:
"I don't think you should loose weight. I just don't think we could handle all the girls that'll be coming in when you do."
She's right, we couldn't handle such an increase in customers.
And don't doubt for a second our customer count won't go up:
I'm gonna be smoking hot, soon.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanut butter, bananananananas, and low fat brown sugar.
LUNCH: Blueberry Scone and a single pump, four shot, grande mocha.
DINNER: A small sampling of chicken and vegetables.
EXERCISE: None yet. But, before I go to bed I'm thinking maybe a push up or two.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 2.
WATER GAUGE: About 30 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Venti Quad Breve* No Foam Sugar Free Vanilla Latte.
*Breve = Steamed Half and Half. So, this particular drink had four ounces of espresso, two ounces of sugar free vanilla, and FOURTEEN OUNCES OF HALF AND HALF?!?!?!
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
It was very hard to do.
I felt silly.
This is how it went down:
"Tommy, you want a toffee pecan bar?"
My heart started to thump a little.
Yes! Yes! YES! I DO!
"No, sorry, can't. I'm trying to loose weight," I said quietly.
I don't know why I felt so wrong for admitting I wanted to loose weight. They don't care. In fact, they probably would be proud of me. Maybe I just really, really wanted that toffee pecan bar.
I also was eye balling a cheese danish. But, that's a different story.
---
Later on at work one of the girls said this:
"I don't think you should loose weight. I just don't think we could handle all the girls that'll be coming in when you do."
She's right, we couldn't handle such an increase in customers.
And don't doubt for a second our customer count won't go up:
I'm gonna be smoking hot, soon.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanut butter, bananananananas, and low fat brown sugar.
LUNCH: Blueberry Scone and a single pump, four shot, grande mocha.
DINNER: A small sampling of chicken and vegetables.
EXERCISE: None yet. But, before I go to bed I'm thinking maybe a push up or two.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 2.
WATER GAUGE: About 30 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Venti Quad Breve* No Foam Sugar Free Vanilla Latte.
*Breve = Steamed Half and Half. So, this particular drink had four ounces of espresso, two ounces of sugar free vanilla, and FOURTEEN OUNCES OF HALF AND HALF?!?!?!
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sick Day
I was really sick today.
I haven't left this one particular chair all day long.
Wonderful.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanuts, bananananananas, and low fat brown sugar.
LUNCH: Small slice of lasagna and a roll with butter.
DINNER: Ham. Lots of ham.
EXERCISE: Walking from chair to fridge and that one time I frantically looked for the remote.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 1.
WATER GAUGE: In or around 40 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Venti Nonfat White Mocha - WITH WHIP CREAM?!?!
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
I haven't left this one particular chair all day long.
Wonderful.
---
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal with peanuts, bananananananas, and low fat brown sugar.
LUNCH: Small slice of lasagna and a roll with butter.
DINNER: Ham. Lots of ham.
EXERCISE: Walking from chair to fridge and that one time I frantically looked for the remote.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 1.
WATER GAUGE: In or around 40 oz
RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY: Venti Nonfat White Mocha - WITH WHIP CREAM?!?!
---
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Sunday, January 3, 2010
The Onesie Project
So, for Christmas this year I got one of the best gifts.
Onesie Pajamas.
Or,
Footsie Pajamas.
You can call them what you like. I like calling them Onesies.
---
I tried them on and things were looking good.
I put my feet in the place for feet. Loose and comfortable.
I pulled them up my legs. Snug.
I put the arms on. Tight, but comfortable.
I zipped the Onesie up. All hell broke loose.
Everything fit fine until my belly and chest.
Then to make slack for my belly the Onesie became a wedgie, the zipper strained at the force of my belly, and it almost made me cry for being so tight.
---
---
This Onesie could fit me.
It could.
But, it don't.
So, my first goal of Get Fit Tommy is:
"The Onesie Project."
---
For the first month I hope to be following my efforts of getting into that Onesie.
---
I'll bring back my old counters.
For Example -
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Garbage
LUNCH: Nothing worth having
DINNER: Feast fit for a king.
EXERCISE: None. None at all.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 0.
WATER GAUGE: 0 oz
---
I have to apologize, I no longer see the bird who would attack me. So, that counter will not be back.
---
But, to make up for loosing that counter we'll add a RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY.
I work at Starbucks, so, lots of stupid drinks.
---
I'll post a my diet and exercise and all those fun counters later tonight, when I've ate something and (or) exercised.
---
All The Love My Even More Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Onesie Pajamas.
Or,
Footsie Pajamas.
You can call them what you like. I like calling them Onesies.
---
I tried them on and things were looking good.
I put my feet in the place for feet. Loose and comfortable.
I pulled them up my legs. Snug.
I put the arms on. Tight, but comfortable.
I zipped the Onesie up. All hell broke loose.
Everything fit fine until my belly and chest.
Then to make slack for my belly the Onesie became a wedgie, the zipper strained at the force of my belly, and it almost made me cry for being so tight.
---
---
This Onesie could fit me.
It could.
But, it don't.
So, my first goal of Get Fit Tommy is:
"The Onesie Project."
---
For the first month I hope to be following my efforts of getting into that Onesie.
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I'll bring back my old counters.
For Example -
DIET:
BREAKFAST: Garbage
LUNCH: Nothing worth having
DINNER: Feast fit for a king.
EXERCISE: None. None at all.
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 0.
WATER GAUGE: 0 oz
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I have to apologize, I no longer see the bird who would attack me. So, that counter will not be back.
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But, to make up for loosing that counter we'll add a RIDICULOUS-DRINK-OF-THE-DAY.
I work at Starbucks, so, lots of stupid drinks.
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I'll post a my diet and exercise and all those fun counters later tonight, when I've ate something and (or) exercised.
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All The Love My Even More Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Where Have The Last Eight Months Gone?
I decided to put this off until a Sunday.
Sunday's are good for second starts.
Maybe you're a church going person, maybe not. For the churchy folks, you get why Sunday is a good day for second starts. For, unchurchy folks, Sundays are stil good for second starts because they're the first day of the week.
So, here we go.
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Over the last past eight months people have asked me a variety of different variations of this one question:
"What happened to Get Fit Tommy?"
For awhile, I answered akwardly:
"Umm... You know... Just taking a break... That kind of thing... Excuses... Too hard to update, but I'm still at it... Excuses..."
Now, when people ask I'm a bit more honest:
"He got fit, then fat."
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I re-read the last post from back in June, '09. I mentioned how my fitness was no good, all around. I slept too late, stayed up too late, watched too much television, that kind of thing.
Although, I've WAY let my body go, I can honestly say I've made some strides in those other areas.
I started working at Starbucks after I finished round one of Get Fit Tommy. I can safely say, I don't sleep in too late on a regular basis.
I've seen hours, you didn't know existed.
I also am normally in bed no later then midnight. So, that's good.
I only watch T.V. maybe once a week. And now that "Glee" isn't on for a few more months, I'm sure it'll stay that way.
Also, I've been pretty creative. I've started a novel. Written a good plenty of short stories. I'm working on my first kids book. And I read more now, then ever before. Which is a lot, considering how much I used to read.
So, not all is bunk.
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I'm starting over this time. And, before you roll your eyes, I'm gonna invite you back on this trip with me.
Things will be rough.
But, do-able.
So, join me.
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All The Love My Even More Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Sunday's are good for second starts.
Maybe you're a church going person, maybe not. For the churchy folks, you get why Sunday is a good day for second starts. For, unchurchy folks, Sundays are stil good for second starts because they're the first day of the week.
So, here we go.
---
Over the last past eight months people have asked me a variety of different variations of this one question:
"What happened to Get Fit Tommy?"
For awhile, I answered akwardly:
"Umm... You know... Just taking a break... That kind of thing... Excuses... Too hard to update, but I'm still at it... Excuses..."
Now, when people ask I'm a bit more honest:
"He got fit, then fat."
---
I re-read the last post from back in June, '09. I mentioned how my fitness was no good, all around. I slept too late, stayed up too late, watched too much television, that kind of thing.
Although, I've WAY let my body go, I can honestly say I've made some strides in those other areas.
I started working at Starbucks after I finished round one of Get Fit Tommy. I can safely say, I don't sleep in too late on a regular basis.
I've seen hours, you didn't know existed.
I also am normally in bed no later then midnight. So, that's good.
I only watch T.V. maybe once a week. And now that "Glee" isn't on for a few more months, I'm sure it'll stay that way.
Also, I've been pretty creative. I've started a novel. Written a good plenty of short stories. I'm working on my first kids book. And I read more now, then ever before. Which is a lot, considering how much I used to read.
So, not all is bunk.
---
I'm starting over this time. And, before you roll your eyes, I'm gonna invite you back on this trip with me.
Things will be rough.
But, do-able.
So, join me.
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All The Love My Even More Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Friday, June 12, 2009
Soda Pop and Sleep
I reached my goal for not drinking soda pop!
So, I drank one.
Or,
two.
Either way, it was like sipping on Dr. Death.
I did that twice.
I winced alot.
So, I think I'm just going to be done with it altogether.
Which means no more of the counter. I'm just done for good!
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I know I haven't been posting lately. Sorry. I'm working on moving to wordpress, no more blogspot for me.
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Another thing is that I need to better optimize my time. I sleep too late, stay up too late. I haven't been creative lately, just lazy. I watch too much T.V. and I have poor sleeping habits (For the past three or four years, I lost count, I've been sleeping on the basement couch with either the T.V. show "Scrubs" or "King Of The Hill" or "Iron Chef: America" to put me to sleep).
So, since I want this to be a blog about total fitness. Well, not total fitness, but intentional living. I'm going to set some new goals in these three areas: Fitness, Creativity, Lifestyle
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
So, I drank one.
Or,
two.
Either way, it was like sipping on Dr. Death.
I did that twice.
I winced alot.
So, I think I'm just going to be done with it altogether.
Which means no more of the counter. I'm just done for good!
---
I know I haven't been posting lately. Sorry. I'm working on moving to wordpress, no more blogspot for me.
---
Another thing is that I need to better optimize my time. I sleep too late, stay up too late. I haven't been creative lately, just lazy. I watch too much T.V. and I have poor sleeping habits (For the past three or four years, I lost count, I've been sleeping on the basement couch with either the T.V. show "Scrubs" or "King Of The Hill" or "Iron Chef: America" to put me to sleep).
So, since I want this to be a blog about total fitness. Well, not total fitness, but intentional living. I'm going to set some new goals in these three areas: Fitness, Creativity, Lifestyle
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Five W's and an H.
I've been thinking a lot about life lately. About what it means to not just exist, but to live. Asking myself the big questions like "What is this all about?" "Why do I do the things I do?" "What happens to everything I've done, saved, created, etc when I die?"
I've been watching some videos at Ted.Com about life. "Ted" is a conference where the greatest minds in the world come together and just share their ideas about life, business, art, marketing, and everything else you could think of.
One particular video was of Rick Warren about worldviews and how we live. He talked about the in and out of life. Wake up, Work, Go Home, Watch T.V., Sleep, Rinse and Repeat. Then he said this isn't living, but simply existing.
Then he said, how we live, whether we exist or live, is really just evidence of our worldviews and values.
But, I'm sick of seeing videos of famous people, geniuses, and celebrities telling me what life is all about. So, I'm asking you, folks I HIGHLY respect and who's opinions matter dearly to me, what your personal values and what your worldview is. What defines your day to day living/existing? What gets you up in the morning? Why do you work where you work? What your goals? Things of that sort.
When you have some free time, PLEASE, take a couple of minutes to answer the next couple of questions:
1. Where do you work? Why? How'd you decided that what you do for a living is what you're going to do?
2. What are three things you value most?
3. Who are three relationships you'd give your life for? (You don't have to be too specific, simple answers like: my kids, or my wife/husband, my dog, will suffice.)
4. When do you wake up in the morning? And why? (I'm having a hard time not sleeping in since I work at night mostly, and all my hobbies can be done really in the middle of the night)
5. How do you go about making big decisions?
Again, you're all wonderful, beautiful people and I'm excited to hear back from you.
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
I've been watching some videos at Ted.Com about life. "Ted" is a conference where the greatest minds in the world come together and just share their ideas about life, business, art, marketing, and everything else you could think of.
One particular video was of Rick Warren about worldviews and how we live. He talked about the in and out of life. Wake up, Work, Go Home, Watch T.V., Sleep, Rinse and Repeat. Then he said this isn't living, but simply existing.
Then he said, how we live, whether we exist or live, is really just evidence of our worldviews and values.
But, I'm sick of seeing videos of famous people, geniuses, and celebrities telling me what life is all about. So, I'm asking you, folks I HIGHLY respect and who's opinions matter dearly to me, what your personal values and what your worldview is. What defines your day to day living/existing? What gets you up in the morning? Why do you work where you work? What your goals? Things of that sort.
When you have some free time, PLEASE, take a couple of minutes to answer the next couple of questions:
1. Where do you work? Why? How'd you decided that what you do for a living is what you're going to do?
2. What are three things you value most?
3. Who are three relationships you'd give your life for? (You don't have to be too specific, simple answers like: my kids, or my wife/husband, my dog, will suffice.)
4. When do you wake up in the morning? And why? (I'm having a hard time not sleeping in since I work at night mostly, and all my hobbies can be done really in the middle of the night)
5. How do you go about making big decisions?
Again, you're all wonderful, beautiful people and I'm excited to hear back from you.
All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Be Back Soon.
Okay, I clearly don't have the time to committ to this blog. I'm still going to post everyday. But, just the stats. Expect me back soon.
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Commencement speech will hopefully be up someday soon.
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Bowl of an oaty cerale.
LUNCH: Yogurt Parfait
DINNER: Two delicious coffee drinks.
EXERCISE: 2.5 hours staining a fence, sweeping and mopping the cafe.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 23
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 26
WATER GAUGE: approx. 70 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
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Commencement speech will hopefully be up someday soon.
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Bowl of an oaty cerale.
LUNCH: Yogurt Parfait
DINNER: Two delicious coffee drinks.
EXERCISE: 2.5 hours staining a fence, sweeping and mopping the cafe.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 23
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 26
WATER GAUGE: approx. 70 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Friday, June 5, 2009
Just Stopping By, Be Back Later
Come back later tonight for my Commencement post.
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Eggs with cheese, salt and pepper, a bowl of oats and honey flakes with skim milk.
LUNCH: Iced Coffee
DINNER: A large slice of pizza. Sorry.
DESSERT: A bowl of spaghetti with meatballs.
EXERCISE: Very lazy.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 22
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 25
WATER GAUGE: approx. 30 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Eggs with cheese, salt and pepper, a bowl of oats and honey flakes with skim milk.
LUNCH: Iced Coffee
DINNER: A large slice of pizza. Sorry.
DESSERT: A bowl of spaghetti with meatballs.
EXERCISE: Very lazy.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 22
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 25
WATER GAUGE: approx. 30 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Golly!
Okay, I apologize for the lack of awesomness coming from this blog currently.
I'll explain myself:
1) I'm working on updating this blog to a new server and its taking up a bunch of time.
2) I've been doing a lot of social networking for this blog, and it has seriously cut into my writing time.
3) Even though this blog is one of grace and honesty. Well, lets be honest, I'm shamed about the past two weeks.
4) I'm working like 25 hours at the coffeehouse and about 25 doing volunteer ministry. It's all starting to get to be much and as I figure out an exercise schedule, a healthy diet, and have a life, well it cuts into my writing time.
5) The little writing time I'm finding (maybe every couple of days) is being spent on a big project that I want to have completed by the end of June. I'm about 10% done! YIKES!
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I promise to still update every day, but, the content may not be as good. Sorry. But, stop in tomorrow there is going to be a special Graduation post!
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Coffee
SNACK: Flaxseed Peanutbutter bar
LUNCH: Veggie Sandwich, coffee drink.
DINNER: Burrito, soft taco
DESSERT: two bites of an Orea blizzard from DQ, a bite of a meatball sub from Subway, coffee
EXERCISE: Now I'm just getting lazy.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 21
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 24
WATER GAUGE: approx. 60 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
I'll explain myself:
1) I'm working on updating this blog to a new server and its taking up a bunch of time.
2) I've been doing a lot of social networking for this blog, and it has seriously cut into my writing time.
3) Even though this blog is one of grace and honesty. Well, lets be honest, I'm shamed about the past two weeks.
4) I'm working like 25 hours at the coffeehouse and about 25 doing volunteer ministry. It's all starting to get to be much and as I figure out an exercise schedule, a healthy diet, and have a life, well it cuts into my writing time.
5) The little writing time I'm finding (maybe every couple of days) is being spent on a big project that I want to have completed by the end of June. I'm about 10% done! YIKES!
---
I promise to still update every day, but, the content may not be as good. Sorry. But, stop in tomorrow there is going to be a special Graduation post!
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Coffee
SNACK: Flaxseed Peanutbutter bar
LUNCH: Veggie Sandwich, coffee drink.
DINNER: Burrito, soft taco
DESSERT: two bites of an Orea blizzard from DQ, a bite of a meatball sub from Subway, coffee
EXERCISE: Now I'm just getting lazy.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 21
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 24
WATER GAUGE: approx. 60 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
The Whole World Over
I went to an information session about a college program for adults. (The college is in Deerfield, I work an hour from there, I live 40 minutes from where I work. So, I drove 40 minutes to work, then an hour and a half to Deerfield, then another hour home. See how many miles I drove below.)
The college proram has a minimum age requirement that, well, I'm not old enough for it. That makes me really sad. But, when asked if there is a precedent of younger folks getting into the program there was an emphatic yes.
But, it's rare.
After meeting both the dean of admissions and the admissions person for my major, I think my chances of getting in are pretty high!
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Life is good (even though I'm still fat). I feel like I should've felt after graduating high school, years ago. I'm moving on from certain things that have been holding me back, moving on to bigger things. I'm finally leaving ECC! I'm doing more full time ministry! I'm actually going to be a college where I can get a degree!
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Coffee
LUNCH: Great New Delicious Coffee Drink I Made Up**, Cookies
DINNER: 1.5 Roast beef sandwiches, 1 veggie sandwich
EXERCISE: None. None at all.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 20
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 23
WATER GAUGE: approx. 60 oz.
MILES DRIVEN: approx. 100
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**Next time you go to a coffee shop and ask for this:
An iced latte, with 2 cubano shots, soy milk, and a hint of hazlenut flavoring (it's super light on the calories, about 100)
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
The college proram has a minimum age requirement that, well, I'm not old enough for it. That makes me really sad. But, when asked if there is a precedent of younger folks getting into the program there was an emphatic yes.
But, it's rare.
After meeting both the dean of admissions and the admissions person for my major, I think my chances of getting in are pretty high!
---
Life is good (even though I'm still fat). I feel like I should've felt after graduating high school, years ago. I'm moving on from certain things that have been holding me back, moving on to bigger things. I'm finally leaving ECC! I'm doing more full time ministry! I'm actually going to be a college where I can get a degree!
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DIET:
BREAKFAST: Coffee
LUNCH: Great New Delicious Coffee Drink I Made Up**, Cookies
DINNER: 1.5 Roast beef sandwiches, 1 veggie sandwich
EXERCISE: None. None at all.
BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 20
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 23
WATER GAUGE: approx. 60 oz.
MILES DRIVEN: approx. 100
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**Next time you go to a coffee shop and ask for this:
An iced latte, with 2 cubano shots, soy milk, and a hint of hazlenut flavoring (it's super light on the calories, about 100)
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Looking For A Sadle
Okay, so, I was bad last week. Exercise became limited, then it became nothing. Diet became lax. Then it became even laxer.
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The only thing that I did well was not drink soda-pop. But, the water consumption became an all time low.
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So, I said: "Monday, I'm back on the horse, and we'll ride into the sunset of fitness." But, lo and behold, that particular horse is harder to remount then I thought. Some motivation needs to be found. Here are some goals.
* Come late July, I want to look freaking hot. Well, hotter.
* In early August, there is a six mile race I want to run. I want to complete in under one hour and three minutes (the time I completed it in the last time I competed.)
* In mid-September, there is a half marathon I want to ride.
I need to start training last week.
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BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 17
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 22
WATER GAUGE: approx. 60 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
---
The only thing that I did well was not drink soda-pop. But, the water consumption became an all time low.
---
So, I said: "Monday, I'm back on the horse, and we'll ride into the sunset of fitness." But, lo and behold, that particular horse is harder to remount then I thought. Some motivation needs to be found. Here are some goals.
* Come late July, I want to look freaking hot. Well, hotter.
* In early August, there is a six mile race I want to run. I want to complete in under one hour and three minutes (the time I completed it in the last time I competed.)
* In mid-September, there is a half marathon I want to ride.
I need to start training last week.
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BIRD ATTACK COUNT: 17
DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 22
WATER GAUGE: approx. 60 oz.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
Monday, June 1, 2009
Quick Update. Expect a Better Post Tomorrow.
Okay, so, I was a good boy this weekend. I didn't eat as horrible as I thought I would. Lets be honest though, I also didn't eat great... You kind of have to eat a beignet or two at Cafe Du Monde. So, I did.
(Beignet's are kind of like donughts. But, way better.)
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My lady and I walked from about 8am till about 3pm with a few breaks. So, we probably covered 9-10 miles. I'll count that as my exercise.
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DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 20
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Tonight, or maybe tomorrow afternoon, I plan on getting back to regular workouts, intentional eating, and I have some new goals. So, be on the look out for that.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
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PS: Ask me about how I sign off each post.
(Beignet's are kind of like donughts. But, way better.)
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My lady and I walked from about 8am till about 3pm with a few breaks. So, we probably covered 9-10 miles. I'll count that as my exercise.
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DAYS-WITHOUT-SODA-POP-O-METER: 20
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Tonight, or maybe tomorrow afternoon, I plan on getting back to regular workouts, intentional eating, and I have some new goals. So, be on the look out for that.
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All The Love My Massive Heart Can Give,
tommy
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PS: Ask me about how I sign off each post.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The Devils Face of Fat
RED = NEEDS CHANGING
GREEN = GOOD CHANGES
(Check out the evil clown face my fat makes.)
GREEN = GOOD CHANGES
(Check out the evil clown face my fat makes.)
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