So I haven’t posted in awhile. My excuse is better than yours. For anybody who doesn’t know, I went from being the father of a beautiful baby boy to being the father of a beautiful baby boy & a beautiful baby girl. Leila joined us on Monday, June 14. My world has been a whirlwind… Continue reading Dealing with Changes
Month: June 2010
Setting Goals
I knew when I started to get back into regular workouts & trying to eat right that I needed to set goals for myself, both long & short-term. The only other time I’ve tried this, there was really “don’t look like a fat bastard in your wedding photos”. It mostly worked (didn’t look fat, always… Continue reading Setting Goals
Non-Scale Victories
When I did my “serious weight loss” before & immediately after my wedding, I modeled everything after the Weight Watchers plan. My then-fiance did Weight-Watchers, I figured out the “point formula”, and ate according to that plan. I never went to meetings, though – I’m just not really a “share your feelings” kind-of guy (that’s… Continue reading Non-Scale Victories
How not to get healthy
My roommate my senior year of college had some weight issues. I don’t take such a statement likely, as, well, my “in my head” version of myself includes seven chins. But he had weight issues, and they trumped my own. Now, my senior year of college was probably my strangest one with regards to my… Continue reading How not to get healthy
Park Usage
I know I sound a bit like a broken record, but I do almost all of my running around a park in my neighborhood. This is the park where George W. Bush played softball when he made a campaign stop in Carlisle, making my life downright odd as I passed through multiple security checkpoints just… Continue reading Park Usage
Just where does the energy come from?
This weekend has been a strange one. It’s hardly the last weekend that I’ll have with a Saturday night gig, but it was the first. And, because of the gig (and the great-unknown that was my opportunity to nap), I chose not to work out. Well, I walked the dogs with the kid attached to… Continue reading Just where does the energy come from?
Sometimes, you need to break your own rules
I woke up & spent an hour incessantly & relentlessly pounding. I’m sweaty, out of breath, & have a silly smile on my face. -my incredibly clever & uproariously hilarious double-endentre tweet from this morning This morning was type the morning that a cyclist dreams of. Temperature just on the “warm” side of cool with… Continue reading Sometimes, you need to break your own rules
Guacamole & Meetings
So I mentioned that I went to my nephew’s first birthday party on Saturday. My sister asked me to bring my guacamole. See, guacamole is one of my two favorite “healthy” snacks (hummus is the other). Well, it turns out that I make a pretty decent guacamole (my hummus sucks), so the recipe is to… Continue reading Guacamole & Meetings
Holiday Weekend / The Benefit of Crosstraining
This weekend was memorial day weekend, and that means that it’s traditionally a very active weekend for me. This year proved no different. Saturday morning came & the weather was iffy. I fully intended to mow the lawn, but it was spritzing, the grass was soaked, & I just wasn’t feeling it. So, I ran.… Continue reading Holiday Weekend / The Benefit of Crosstraining