Weigh-In: Week 67

Cross published on FatBloggers

I use Gimp to put together a little comparison picture for your viewing pleasure tonight. Notice how the bigger me is sad and grumpy… and the smaller me is confident and happy? 

 

I’m starting to understand the shock/surprise in the voices of folks I meet on the street when they notice that I have ‘dropped a few’. This is a topic for a completely separate post… This lady that I have known since I moved here 5 years ago saw me for the first time in quite a while. She asked me the question that I get a lot, “How are you doing it?” I think they are asking if I have had the surgery. My stock answer, “I’m eating less and moving more”. I should start keeping track of the responses I get. I’d wager that at least 80% of the time their response is, “Oh, I wish I could do that”. Yeah, I used to think that too.

I didn’t have a good feeling about this week. I didn’t go over my points, but I only made it to the gym 3x and, well… I just didn’t have a good feeling.

Anton, A drum roll please…

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Last Week (May 6, 2008): 294.8 lbs.
Weight Today (May 13, 2008): 298 lbs.
Current BMI: 39.5

Weight Change This Week: +3.2 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: -94 lbs.
NEXT GOAL (see Goals tab above): 100 LBS LOST! (6 lbs. to go)

Do… or Do Not… there is no TRY. –Master Yoda

Alphabet Meme

Tagged by Chris.

• A - ADVOCATE FOR: Jobs for the mentally disabled w/o stigma.
• B - BEST FEATURE: My increasingly firm chest & arms… otherwise my eyes/hair
• C - COULD DO WITHOUT: political extremists (on both ends), Walmart Christianity
• D - DREAMS & DESIRES: Shopping for normal clothes at normal stores
• E - ESSENTIAL ITEMS: books, iPod
• F - FAVORITE PASTIME:surfing the net, reading, exercising (believe it or not)
• G - GOOD AT: my job, getting my kids to forgive me
• H - HAVE NEVER TRIED: watching Sex and the City
• I - IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS: new family car, pay bills, help family
• J - JUNKIE FOR: coffee
• K - KINDRED SPIRIT: I’m with Chris on this one; if they exist, they are probably in therapy
• L - LITTLE KNOWN FACT: I can’t stand children (well, my kids know it… lol)
• M - MEMORABLE MOMENT: Meeting VP Cheney
• N - NEVER AGAIN WILL I: stick my tongue on the flagpole in December
• O - OCCASIONAL INDULGENCE: Ben & Jerry’s
• Q - QUOTE: “People in hell want ice water”. In response to a child’s ‘I want’.
  
• R - REASON TO SMILE: Ex-President George W Bush
• S - SORRY ABOUT: I don’t have the time to list them all
• T - TAG SOME FRIENDS: Rick, Bryan
• U - UNINTERESTED IN: people who use Jesus Christ as a reason to be a hateful asshole
• V - VERY SCARED OF: closed spaces, 13 y/o girls
• W - WORST HABIT: passive aggressive tendencies and the accompanying lack of communication
• X - X MARKS MY IDEAL VACATION SPOT: 1. San Fransisco 2. Las Vegas 3. The Oregon Coast
• Y - YUMMIEST DESSERT: Homemade German Chocolate Cake
• Z - ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer: Not enough of the good traits, and too much of the bad ones.

Tick Tock…

 

Technorati Tags: Death Clock,BMI,Death,Life Expectancy

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Its a beautiful spring day and I am sitting on my a$$ cruising the internets. So it seems ironic that I come across The Death Clock.

Even as I approach the 100 lb. benchmark on my journey to a lesser me; changing the way I eat and move, The Death Clock marches on. According to its calculations I have about 32 years, the ’sudden stop’ will occur on April 18, 2040. Just as I expected; I might have my student loans paid off by then.

Enough of the gloom, lets put the happy spin on this. As with most things ‘weight related’ the Death Clock is using the BMI to gauge my overall health, but it cannot conceive that someone would have a BMI of over 45. Well I did, my starting BMI was 52!  Since the clock only calculates at 45, by knocking the last 45 lbs off, I have also added 5 years to my life.

So, after I knock the remaining 70 lbs off this shrinking body I will add a whopping TWO years to my life. Marking time until April 2042, at the age of 72. I still don’t like it.

I only have one thing to say to that… CARPE DIEM! (I gotta get started on my ‘before I die list”)

And you thought the Round-Up traffic was bad?

Technorati Tags: Bill Clinton,Hillary Clinton,Barack Obama,Presidential Campaign

Published in the Saturday, East Oregonian.

Former President Bill Clinton will campaign Sunday in Pendleton for his wife Hillary Clinton, senator from New York, who’s in a tight race to earn the Democratic presidential nomination against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

Local police agencies are gearing up for the former president’s visit, Sunday morning, 9 - 10:30am.

Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said Secret Service agents recently discussed the possibility of Clinton’s visit, but he said the guardians of the president didn’t divulge any details.
“We’re just going to be prepared with as many people as we can get,” Roberts said.
And that means reaching out to other police agencies to make sure there are enough officers to cover this kind of visit.

When Vice President Dick Cheney visited Pendleton in September 2004, the Pendleton Police Department had to round up more than a 140 officers. Roberts said this visit wouldn’t demand those kinds of resources because Clinton is a former president, but it would still take many more than Pendleton’s current staff of 23 officers.

The Secret Service will have its own plan for providing protection and security for Clinton, but local police will have plenty to do, such as traffic monitoring for a motorcade.

Roberts said the big security question is the location. Police will have to make a plan that takes into consideration entrances and exits, as well as issues such as surrounding topography.

While none of this could be easy because of the typically short notice campaigns have to give, Roberts said local law enforcement will be ready.

… and the drive to church is normally so… normal.

Ooooo… Pick Me! Pick Me!

Technorati Tags: Contest,Bicycle,Fuji

John over at JohnIsFit.com is giving away a Fuji Crosstown 2.0, courtesy of Lipton (the Diet Citrus Green Tea is awesome!).

As I was approaching the 100 lb mark, I wanted to start riding a bike out in the real world. My oldest kid is almost 13, and she has NEVER seen me on a bike. So I got this ‘yard sale special’ that really isn’t that special. I have been shopping for a new bike, but the ones I like are just too expensive and the ones that are less expensive are cheap in other ways.

So, all that being said, John… PICK ME! PICK ME!

There are so many ways that I can embarrass my kids, you can help this not be one of them.

Have a Beer… and a vote

Back in 2000, I thought that Gov. Bush would be a great guy to have over for a cookout and to toss back a few ‘cold ones’. I remember that I wasn’t alone, that was one of the ‘likability’ factors that folks bought into. He was a ‘good ol boy’.

Scott Williams over at Big is the New Small asks the question, Which of the current candidates would you most like to have a beer with?

I think Sen. McCain is the guy that comes to the family BBQ and drinks too much and then starts telling dirty jokes and embarrassing everyone. I think that Sen. Clinton knows how to toss back a few, but won’t admit it. So that leaves, Sen. Obama. I’m not sure that I would want to have a beer with him, but I would like to sit with him in a quiet corner of a neighborhood coffee shop and talk about ’stuff’.

What do you think?

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Wordless Wednessday - Guess what he’s finding in his slippers tonight

Weigh-In: Week 66

Cross-published on FatBloggers

The weather gets warmer and you know what happens? I totally neglect my blogging responsibilities. I was just noticing that I haven posted here since last Friday.

I would say that I was sorry to have neglected my legions of readers… but I’m not. I’ve been at track meets, softball games and getting some yard work done. The lawn looks great; of course it always does this early in the season. Its when the temperature got north of 90 that the lawn starts looking a bit ragged. I also replaced a faucet in the yard. Which included digging a hole 3+ feet deep and multiple trips to D&B for various parts. But now I have a beautiful new faucet that isn’t hidden by the grass (not fun to hit with the mower).

After a quick shower, I made it to WeightWatchers tonight. Jan talked about recognizing the short and long term benefits of transforming your life and following a healthier lifestyle. The Wife has mentioned the drastic change in my eating habits; we went out for pizza the other night (we got our stimulus check). Once upon a time, I was known to finish off an ENTIRE large Pietro’s Pizza (Oregonians might remember this awesome restaurant… they only have 3 places in Oregon now).

Short Term Bargain.. of changing your lifestyle

• Portion Control
• You’re eating smaller portions, therefore saving money.
• Low cost healthy meal & snacks
• I’ve heard some people say that they can’t afford to eat healthier foods. I believe that I am saving money by cutting the volume of what I eat.
• Shopping Strategies
• One of the easiest strategies to pass on is ’shop the perimeter’. You have undoubtedly noticed that the healthier/non-processed foods are around the outside walls of the grocery store

Then there is the Long-Term Payback of a healthier lifestyle

• Lifetime
• Once you make your WeightWatcher Goal, you don’t have to pay for the meetings anymore (so long as you don’t gain back 2 or more pounds).
• Good Health/Quality of Life
• even at the weight I am at right now, I am feeling the benefits of my lifestyle transformation. Some of them are picky little things, others aren’t.
• Emotional Benefits
• It feels GREAT to NOT be a FAT TUB O’GOO!

And finally, before I get to the Tale of the Scale. I saw my Doctor today. He is very pleased at the progress I am making. The nurse was very flattering when the scale register UNDER 300 lbs. for the first time. I asked him about setting my OFFICIAL weightWatchers goal weight. When I was on the Weight Warriors challenge, I had my body composition taken twice. It told me that my lean body mass was 205 lbs. So I ask you, how can I make Weight Watchers BMI influenced goal range of between 165-180 lbs? The Doc didn’t think it was intelligent either. He walked me through a bunch of formulas and determined that an appropriate goal weight for me would be… 225 lbs.

My Traineo widget has been updated to reflect this change.

Anton, A drum roll please…

Starting Weight (Dec. 22, 2006): 392 lbs.
Starting BMI: 51.7
Weight Last Week (April 29, 2008): 299.2 lbs.
Weight Today (May 6, 2008): 294.8 lbs.
Current BMI: 38.9

Weight Change This Week: -4.4 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: -97.2 lbs.
NEXT GOAL (see Goals tab above): 100 LBS LOST! (2.8 lbs. to go)

Do… or Do Not… there is no TRY. –Master Yoda

I Am Ironman!

The Wife and I took The Boy and his buddy to see Ironman tonight. I’ve confessed here before that while I exude manly confidence and coolness… I am, in reality… a GIANT geek. I played with Star Wars toys, I thought the greatest thing in Vegas is the Star Trek museum at the Las Vegas Hilton, and Comic Books, Oh how I love them. There are many other examples of my geek-dom, most are known by just a few close friends.

I currently have a couple favorite Captain America’s**, Fantastic 4 and …. Ironman comics sealed from the elements (and the grimy fingers of children). So far, I have seen my childhood heroes; Johnny Blaze, Mr. Fantastic and Ironman made into movies, thank God Stan Lee keeps a close eye on them!

I had heard that Robert Downey created the perfect Tony Stark… oh boy does he!

I want to see it AGAIN!

 

**Are they going to make Captain America into a movie?