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.

Easter Dinner with the wife and kids

The most often heard phrase today was "I get it Dad, you can shut up now."

It was a great day.

Hope yours was too.

My goal for today

I'm not going to set unrealistic goals anymore. I'm not going to attempt to plan my eating for the entire month or even the entire week.

Right now I am only going to plan for today. It doesn't make sense to set goals I will never achieve so starting today I'm planning one day at a time.

Today is Easter. The Easter Bunny came today. The kids are coming to Easter Dinner.

Today I am going to eat everyfrggin'thing I see.

I am already off to a good start with half a dozen Cadbury Eggs, jelly beans too numberous to mention and a few other things I don't even remember (not sure I even looked at them before I popped them into my mouth.

I suspose next week my little tracker guy will not be speaking to me again but I can handle it.

BTW, the Easter Bunny brought my lovely and beautiful wife the cutest little stuffed Easter Bunny in her basket. It had arms too!

Take care and enjoy your Easter.

Busted

I may have told this story before but not on this blog and it's pretty funny... or sad. Depending on your perspective.

My lovely and beautiful wife and I were standing in line for breakfast at a restraunt in LA called The Pantry. The place is a local landmark and there is always a line for breakfast.

While we were standing there, I noticed a young woman about 15 feet in front of us in line. I couldn't help but notice her natural beauty. I glanced at her face, the shape of her breasts and her general physique. She was quite attactive.

Then I realized that I really shouldn't be checking out other women, especially since I was standing in line with my lovely and beautiful wife. I figured I was being rude, so I looked away quite sure that my lovely and beautiful wife had not noticed me gawking.

I may have been wrong about that because my lovely and beautiful wife leaned closer to me and asked "Did you see that girl?"

Now, I learned a long time ago I'm not a good liar so I nonchalantly said "Sure, why?"

"She doesn't have any arms!"

Oh my GOD. I glanced back at the girl and sure enough my lovely and beautiful wife was right. I wonder why I didn't notice that before?

That happened several years ago but to this day every time an attactive girl comes up in our conversation my lovely and beautiful wife asks me if she has arms.

These days that's the first thing I check.

Random thoughts

I found out that tracker works both ways. Oh well, at least I got to see it move for a minute.

I'm committed and I still wear the ring.

Brat: I only stay away to see if anyone notices. Thanks.

Septemer 18, 2006

CHOLESTEROL 228  -  mg/dL A TRIGLYCERIDE 130  -  mg/dL   HDL 43  -  mg/dL   LDL CALCULATED 159  -  mg/dL A CHOLESTEROL/HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN 5.3  -    H

March 30, 2007

CHOLESTEROL 188  -  mg/dL   TRIGLYCERIDE 62  -  mg/dL   HDL 42  -  mg/dL   LDL CALCULATED 134  -  mg/dL A CHOLESTEROL/HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN 4.5  -     

The LDL is still 4 points higher than they would like to see but I did this with only diet and exercise.

The doctor wanted me to take pills to lower my cholestrerol but I just don't like taking meds.

Here's something I bet you didn't know...

I know you'll want thank me for this one.

I spend alot of time on EP and I'm kinda of a tech junkie so I like to try to figure out how everything on here works.

Like for example when I figured out that you can email your post to EP instead of logging in and typing it.

This one is so much cooler though.

You know that little thing down at the bottom of your screen called a tracker?

Well I figured out that if you lose weight IT MOVES!!!!

Don't thank me, it's fun for me to help you guys figure this kinda stuff out.

Just what the HELL did she mean by that!?!?!?

First of all the good news is I'm not giving up. Thank you all for your comments and support.

The thing that really got me motivated was this post by Berniezaire where at the end of it she talks about this idea someone told her about where you should treat your commitment to weight loss like a "marriage".

That is soooo cooool. Being totally committed to someone else, unconditionally, without question is something that I can totally relate to.

She suggested that you take it the extra step and get a piece of jewelry to represent your commitment.

I know this concept will not make sense to all of you but that just made the light come on for me. I am all about total devotion I would never dream of cheating of my wife, it's just not an option so I'll just apply that same mindset to eating healthy.

My father died from his third major heart attack at the age of 59. I went and dug out his old ring and I am wearing it on my right hand to represent my commitment to being healthy.

I was so excited about this new concept that I couldn't  contain myself. I rushed in to tell my wife about it.

I watched her face as I was explaining the concept of considering unheathly foods as off limits. Without question, don't even think about. I waited for the light to come on in her eyes like it did for me.

When I got done she looked at me and said in an understanding tone "Yeah, but it's okay to cheat sometimes".

WTF?

I don't get it.

Just because I go off the diet and stop exercising for a few days I start gaining weight again.

Why can't I just eat whatever I want and be lazy and stay fit and healthy?

This is just a bunch of crap.

I haven't decided if I want to go back on the diet now or not.

I'm tired of this stuff.

I want to be healthy but I'm just not sure I want it that bad.

We'll see how I feel tomorrow. I wonder what I will eat today? Whatever it is will probably help me decide how I feel tomorrow.

But enough about me. I'm going to go read your blogs now.

Sorry, but I've been busy

I think. I'm really not sure. I know I feel guilty about not blogging lately so I thought I would just start typing even though I don't have a darn thing to say.

I haven't read the other blogs yet. I suppose if I did that first I'd have something to write about.

I'd like to thank those of you who have filled out the survey my daughter put online for her class. She said she has gotten several responses from EP members. She also mentioned one of you did not put your blog address on the survey so she can't use that one since she can't confirm that the person that filled it out is a female.

I have been doing good with my diet and exercise. I was pleasantly surprised to see my weight at 195.4 this morning. It's been hovering around 197 for so long. Hopefully I won't see that number again.

Well, I suppose I should get to work. For those of you that love my witty posts. My intent in posting this one is to ween you off slowly (although I just reread this one and I think it may be more like going cold turkey).

I have a general rule of not posting unless I have something to say... but today I just needed to practice my typing.

Take care,

Jerry