so 6 weeks ago was a really bad week, mentally and physically for my wife and the family, as her dad passed away. i really thought that there was going to be no way to mentally handle anything like staying on a consistent diet and exercise plan after that, but minus one bump, i had been able to manage the stress marginally well. the exercise plan stayed on course but the diet plan was gone out the window. on apr 29 i weighed in at 237.6. just a ton of added carbs on a daily basis. see, this is proof that the weight can fluctuate a “significant” amount from week to week.

The following week i bought a few cans of self-control and put myself back on the path and on may 6 saw the gorgeous digits 229.6  on the ‘ol scale. at this point i really made the resolution to not waver again, no matter what happened. i can only be on a downward trend. no freak loss of control or stupidness could come over me. i was really glad to finally break the 230 lb barrier and wanted to stay below it.

the second week of may saw a lot of control but not quite enough and on may 13, the scale tilted back over 230 to settle at 230.4. boy did that make me frustrated, but it drove me to take a brave step towards controlling the diet. my wife found this crazy fruit drink by bolthouse farms (this is not an ad)that i fell in love with, contained no fat, 700 calories per liter, but it had a crazy high level of sugar (natural fruit sugars though). i resolved myself to a strict diet of oatmeal in the morning and then only this drink + 4 or more liters of water through the rest of the day, and then salad and meat for dinner (with no seconds) and beyond that i was allowing myself a little chocolate or a couple cookies. it was a nice balanced diet with less than 1600 calories (something my doctor said i should look at when dieting).

after a week of trying this diet method, i noticed that did not have cravings, so it worked well from that standpoint, but i did not loose much weight, less than a pound. i tipped the fat-watcher at 229.8 lbs. back below 230, but at a demoralizing rate. i must forge on in any case. i also decided to try jogging again. the great news was that the stepper strengthened my calf and thigh muscles enough to support so jogging. it felt good and stayed good. no calf pain! yippie!

that brings me up to last week. a second week of bolthouse diet (not an add or endorsement) and i was down another lb. i’m sure the jogging played a roll. down to 228.6 lbs. last week was the end of may and i gave myself a 4 month assessment: jan 23 i was 244.5 and i needed to be half way to my goal of 200 lbs by the end of may. i was not there and if i kept the bolthouse pace, i would never hit the goal. so i made a drastic decision to go no sugar for a month or 2. i’ve got to catch up to my half-way point and actually exceed it in order get back on track with the goal of being under 200 pbs by the end of september. how long do you think i can sustain this?

so now the pre will be here in 6 days and i might actually have my hands on one in 8 or 9. that will be pretty cool! let’s hope it doesn’t let me down.

this video is a pretty funny look at the one investor in the palm company that has made this ride so fun and new palm employee (from apple) behind making this device way cooler then ever possible.

here is the link: http://video.allthingsd.com/video/d7-video-roger-mcnamee-and-jon-rubinstein-on-the-palm-pre/106DC3C8-EC62-426C-BE1F-C2C73E79E101

well i was looking for a t-shirt for my wife that says “i see dumb people” on it and came across a variation of rps in a t-shirt version. it is called rpsls (rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock). this is so totally off the wall cool. i can’t wait to teach it to my kids. this game now has new vigor for me!! this link goes to the creator of rpsls, a pictorial and the rules. very cool, as old as it may be.

rules: scissors cuts paper covers rock crushes lizard poisons spock smashes scissors decapitates lizard eats paper disproves spock vaporizes rock crushes scissors.

brilliant.

and then this guy goes and blows the whole game to hell making it incomprehensible and stupid… go figure.

we do understand that we have to play terrible for the next 3 games so that we don’t get bumped up a bracket in our division. that would be devastating because it felt like the game lasted 2 or 3 hours, yet it was the middle of the second period and only 40 minutes into the game. i don’t think we are ready for an upper division team. we need to stay at the novice (old man’s pace) level. we’re not beginners, we just mostly suck.

next week we face the wild wings from the club division (novice with no advanced players) which is below us. so it may be hard to put on a bad show against these guys, but we’ll see.

forgot the camera, so i will try again next week.

in this episode i all the kids share their mother’s day wished with their mom. yes, that means that i finally have my first guests!

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mother’s day surprise intro
the 14 yr old
the 12 yr old
the 10 yr old
the turning 8 yr old
the turning 6 yr old
the drum solo by the 12 yr old

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

pylons!

in this episode i cover the return to the ice of the pylons hockey team (they actually let me play too!) and i briefly mention the state of the skinny me. i’m getting there!

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the pylons take the ice for the summer season
skinny update milestone hit

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFKHaFJzUb4

in this episode i cover the news of the week in my family, how i combat stress when my wife is gone, and my latest idea to keep me occupied during my down time.

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death
wife away = oatmeal batter time
penguins with lasers comic (the idea came from “buzz out load” episode #960, during the emails part of the show, at the end)

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

link: http://www.youtube.com/v/goZLsN6n9mo

so, short and sweet. barely any progress after a horrendus holiday break and a strong coomeback week after the holiday. a week ago wednesday, i was barely able to see the scale display hiding under the gut, but it did read 233.4, up way too much for my liking. boy did it stress me, but i recovered in the week since and yesterday i was a stupendous 230.8! yes! below 231! i think this week i might actually be able to make it beloww 230. just you wait and see next week just before the ironman triathalon!

in this episode i go on about the ironman mini-triathalon next week on apr 29.

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ironman at work

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

in this episode mention my new favorite blog and talk about the crazy thing that happened to my windshield months ago.

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failblog.org
where the windshield cracks came from

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

in this episode lament about being up at 2:45 am and then talk about the excitement of easter morning’s sunrise service.

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why am i up at 2:45 am?
wm 6.5 on my htc apache (verizon xv6700)
easter morning sunrise mass

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

so good-bye snickers, good-bye ice cream, good-bye m&m’s, good-bye any other evil lurking…

on an interesting note, i think i am being gently pushed at the gym into competing in a indoor triathalon. it is a simple(ish) one: 2,000 meter row, 2 mile run/walk, 7 mile bike. i can go it alone (ironman) or find 2 people better than me and go in as a team. either way, apr 29 is the date of the event. sound like something i can accomplish, so i am thinking that i will enter. maybe that will help me get skinny, or maybe it will be these chocolate double stuff oreos that i am stuffing into my face…

in this episode i briefly discuss 3 things i saw on witter that i thought i should share vocally, not that it makes sense to share 2 youtube videos and an ubuntu derivative, but i also go on a tangent or 2. just bear with me as i get better at this and even hopefully spark some pity from a listener to become a guest on the show…

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everyone poops trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsLqKAvKiQM
flutter, the new twitter - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLZCy-_m3s
wubi ubuntu - wubi-installer.org

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

so episode 7 is a short juicy morsel that is my reflection on on the movie knowing, that i just wasted $12 on. enjoy.

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the intro, transitions, and outro are taken from the song drop my raga flow, courtesy of the killbotz and ccmixter.org

twouble with twitter

well, i’ll start off by saying the i have been paying more careful attention to what and how much i am eating, and although i have not stopped eating ice cream and m&ms, i have really held back and controlled myself. i have also cut back to one soda per day, hard but pretty good. and i have also managed 4 liters of water per day, that’s 4 33.8 oz bottles. lastly i have almost stopped having seconds at all meals.

on the gym front, my partner bailed because hes manager left the company and he has been picking up the pieces and has had no time for any sort of life. sad but reality. i guess i’m glad my boss is not showing signs of bailing on us. in the workout dept, i know that i had to change up the routine, so i now do 20 min on the elliptical and i do 20 min on either the stair or the bike on alternating days. i actually do a little more than 40 minutes in total so that i register 400 cals on the eliptical and 300 on the other machines, for a 700 cal/day burn rate. it seems to be working well.

in light of all this change, wk 5 say me down to 238.0, wk 6 saw me up to 238.6, and this week i was down to 236.2 lbs.

so, sorry for the delay, but i am still working at the fat-drop, and it’s actually going mildly well. 6 1/2 months till make or break day! I may have to pick up the pace, if it is going to take 3 months to lose 10 lbs… eeek!