Not the sharpest tool in the shed

I went to Quiznos for lunch and ordered a Caesar's salad. They asked me what kind of dressing I wanted.

My Father's Day

http://boshearsbabble.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/my-fathers-day/

Whatever works for you

We are each here for the same reason.

We each are trying to acheive the same goal.

We do this in a public forum but it is a private process.

Each of us has to do what works for them.

I've lost weight before. I used a diet someone at work gave me. I went from 215 to 175.  It worked.

That was then, this is now. Maybe it didn't work so well.

I haven't weighed in this morning but I suspect I am somewhere between 200 and 202.

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. One of the things I thought about is self image. Is it really good for me to have a blog called Fatboy? I decided to abandon this blog and it's name and start a new blog on SparkPeople.com with a name that is more postive.

I thought long and hard about what I could call a blog that would be representative who I aspire to be or who I truly am at the core.

I thought about things like "The new me", "Healthy and Fit", Fat No More and other things like that but none of them really represent who I am at the core.

I came up with "Cheryl's Guy".

That's who I am. That is all I aspire to be.

I set up that blog.

I haven't actually used it yet.

This morning I thought about why I picked  Yo Fatboy in the first place. The reason is because I thought it was funny. The idea was inspired by a line in one of the Rocky movies when he is fighing a 7 foot wrestler and the guy picks Rocky up and holds him over his head and just before Rocky goes flying he yells "Yo Adrian, catch me!". That was pretty funny.

So I picked the name to be funny. That's part of who I am too. That's probably one of the reasons Cheryl loves me.

So I decided I won't abandon this blog (well, I'm not much of a regular blogger anyway but whatever).

I've decided I can have a blog called Yo Fatboy and still have a positive self image. Although that does go against the philosophy of positive thinking, I believe I can handle it.

So, back to my subject heading of "Whatever works for you" (which btw isn't about you at all but about me). What works for me today is Dr. Oz' book "You On a Diet".

We bought it some time ago and never cracked the cover (just like the South Beach diet book that I still haven't opened). But this morning when I couldn't sleep I came out here and read the introduction.

I like it. I like it alot. I'm going to give it a shot. I think I'll use this blog space to track my results. I say "I think" I will do that because let's face it, we never really know what I am going to do until I do it.

Oh, speaking of me doing things, some of you may remember when I went to New York to study for my exam... I got my results the other day. I am now a Certified Kitchen Designer.

But, I digress. Back to Dr. Oz. I really like the book and I think it will work for me.

We'll see.

If you've read this far down, thank you and I'm sorry you have no life.

Fatboy

The camera subtracts 10 pounds

My feet are not really as small as they look in that photo... not that you would need to know that but I'm just sayin' We have been in Fredericksburg, TX all week celebrating out wedding anniversaries with our daughter and her husband. it is ther second (last Tuesday) and our 33rd (tomorrow). We have had a great time. A week long party. Tomorrow Cheryl and I are going to have spa day. We started that tradition a several years ago in New Orleans. It makes for a very memorable anniversary. I have been keeping up with your blogs lately. I hope you are all doing well. Take care.

It didn't mean anything, honest

I suspose you've noticed I've been a little distant lately. I'm sure you are wondering what I've been up to.

Well, I'm back. I just needed some time to clear my head.

What did I do?

Nothing. Honest. It was nothing.

It didn't mean anything. It took less than 3 minutes tops. It felt good and I don't feel guilty about it. In fact, I think I'll don't it again.

If you're in the mood for a quickie maybe you'd like to join me.

Check out:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=596

Enjoy.

It's simple really.

Burn more calories than you consume.

What's so hard about that?

You may have noticed I haven't been posting my weigh ins lately.

My momma always told me if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all. She needs to have a talk with my bathroom scale.

I knew my scale was moody but lately that bitch has gone psycho. Crazy psycho bitch scale. That's what I'll call her from now on.

I hope I haven't offended anyone by that comment. However, if you are a crazy psycho bitch and are offended please send my a private email and I'll personally apologize to you.

Take care,

Fatboy (no really, I am)

Story of my life

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DkxV3gTgdsA

I couldn't sleep

I normally get up at 5AM during the week so on the weekends I find myself waking up about that time even though the alarm is not set.

My wife doesn't get up until 6:30 or 7:00 so I usually try to go back to sleep so I don't wake her.

This morning was no different. At about 5:20 I gave up and came out here to the living room. My routine is usually the same. I turn on the coffee, get my laptop, go to the couch and catch up on how all of you are doing.

I learned a long time ago that you always have to check that there is water in the coffee maker. It really doesn't like it if there isn't any water.

I also learned that you have to make sure there is coffee in the coffee maker otherwise you get nothing but hot water ( I really don't like hot water first thing in the morning).

My lovely wife always gets the coffee ready the night before so really all I have to do is turn it on but I check it anyway because that's the kind of guy I am.

This morning I turned on the coffee and then I came out here and turned on the laptop, I could hear the coffee maker gurgling which is good because that meant it had water... then I smelled the coffee which is a good thing because that meant it had coffee. But I knew these things already because I checked... because that's the kind of guy I am.

It takes about 15 minutes for the coffee to make and then I wait a few more minutes for the last of the drips to drip down.

Sometimes I get so engrossed in reading all your blogs that I forget to go get the coffee. My wife can never understand how I could forget to get coffee. Coffee is her life first thing in the morning.

Some couples like to get frisky in the morning, some couples like to cuddle in the morning. We like to keep our distance until my lovely wife has a chance to enjoy her first cup of coffee in the morning. She is so sweet... as long as she has her coffee.

So back to my story, today I did not forget to get up and get the coffee (okay, I needed to get something else and decided to get the coffee as long as I was up, but that's not the point).

I walked into the kitchen in the dark smelling that wonderful coffee. The aroma just filled the room... literally... hey, what is that warm liquid I'm standing in?

Today I learned to check to make sure there is a pot in the coffee maker.

After cleaning up the entire kitchen floor with shop towels(where does she keep that mop anyway?) I put more water in the coffee maker, more coffee and the pot and pushed the button... nothing.

Apparently the flood killed it.

Well, it's almost 7AM and my lovely wife will be waking up soon. I'll talk to you later, I have to make a starbucks run... maybe I'll get her a donut too, that always helps.

What am I forgetting?

April 12th. Isn't that a holiday or something?

Seems like it should be.

On a positive note I've finally gotten rid of that extra skinniness I had hanging all over my body. Now I feel like the full me.

Hmmm, maybe this isn't that right blog for talk like that.

I haven't stayed on plan. I haven't worked out all week and won't next week either.

I'm still commited but I'm working 12 hour days for a few weeks. That's no reason to go off plan but I haven't eaten bad. I just haven't planned so my logic is, if you don't have a plan you can't stay on it.

But enough aobut me. How are you doing?

Hmmm

Didn't gain any weight yesterday. Not sure what that's about.