365 Day Photo Challenge 315/365 “Day 10”

10 Tuesday Nov 2015

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It’s been a full day. Emotional wise it was a lot better than the last two days.  I got a lot accomplished at work but they kept pouring on the new tickets.  That’s ok though, I’ll just keep doing what I can.

My daughters had a meeting to go to tonight so my wife took them on her way to a meeting she had to attend.  I volunteered to pick them up after I got off from work.  We got home around 7:30 or so which put me really late getting on the treadmill.  I was able to do get up to three miles tonight which I’m really glad I did but without one small problem.  While on my cooldown lap the treadmill stopped in mid stream.  Nearly sent  me over the top.  I’m glad I wasn’t going too fast otherwise I would’ve hit the wall in front of me.  That would have been a sight.  I can just imagine the laughter when I told my boss why I couldn’t come in to work the next day.  For some reason I tripped a breaker on the treadmill itself.  It may have something to do with all the boxes that my wife has stored in front of it cutting down the airflow or it could even be the dust from all the cat litter that has been poured into the litter pans next to the treadmill over the past few years.  Either way I’ll be sure to check and clean it before I get on again.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 314/365 “Day 9”

09 Monday Nov 2015

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I just learned a few moments ago that I was nominated for the Starlight Award by http://talkingtomyweightlosscounselor.com/  Deborah Crocker has a very inspirational blog and she has lifted me up with her comments as well as her prayers.  I would appreciate it if you would go by and check her blog out.  I’m sure you won’t be disappointed.

This has been a Monday for sure.  With us being shorthanded at work it’s becoming even more difficult to do what I’m supposed to do without being called out to do something else.  I’m so far behind that it will take weeks to catch up.  I’m not worried about it though.  I’m going to do what I can do and not worry about what I can’t do.

I did spend nearly an hour on the treadmill tonight.  My goal was to do three miles or an hour whichever came first but at mile 2.5 my right leg started cramping up on me.  I didn’t stop, I just asked my wife to get me some pickle juice and kept going to make it to 2.75 miles.

I gained three pounds of my weight that I lost during last week. I guess not being able to get on the treadmill didn’t help matters none.   I can’t tell you how much I hate losing weight that I’ve already lost before.  I’ve been doing this all my adult life so I’m not sure why it bothers me so much.  Oh well, there’s always tomorrow, right?

365 Day Photo Challenge 313/365 “Day 8”

08 Sunday Nov 2015

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This morning, as usual on most Sunday mornings, I got up and cooked breakfast for my kids.  It’s a tradition that my mom did for us as kids and I want to keep that tradition going. This morning it just so happens that I cooked bacon and eggs. My wife cooks 99.9% of the time during the week and I try to cook at least one meal during the weekends.

After breakfast I cleaned up the kitchen, changed into my workout clothes and got on the treadmill for nearly an hour.  I did 2.75 miles at an average of 3.2 mph.  I have nothing planned this week so maybe I can keep this trend up.  Being that the time has changed it’s now too dark to do anything outside once I get home to do anything else.  Might as well get on the treadmill instead of just sitting in my recliner watching television.

365 Day Photo Challenge 312/365 “Day 7”

08 Sunday Nov 2015

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It’s been a gloomy and wet day here in the deep south.  It’s been raining ever since yesterday afternoon.  We need the rain but I’m getting a little tired of getting wet every time I have to go outside.

This is the second day that I haven’t got any treadmill time in.  My feet have been hurting a lot.  I may have overdone it, I’m not sure.  My goal is to get on there sometime tomorrow.

I was able to go to an event up the street where the high school jazz band was performing.  Being that one of my daughters plays the saxophone in the jazz band I went and recorded it.  They played for over an hour and my daughter did very well on all her solo’s.  After which my wife and girls went shopping and I went home and took a much needed nap. The weather reports claim more rain is in store for tomorrow.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 311/365 “Day 6”

07 Saturday Nov 2015

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As I’m writing this there is a steady rain with a sound of thunder off in the distance.  I have always enjoyed the sound of rain especially when it’s hitting a tin roof.  I even enjoy an occasional thunderstorm when it’s not too strong.  I don’t care for the strong winds, lightning and the damage that is associated with sever storms.

Today was a continuation of yesterday.  I had already conceded the fact that no matter what happened today I would not let it bother me.  That lasted about an hour after I arrived.  Since I lost my temper yesterday most of my coworkers were keeping their distance and rightfully so.  My helper was afraid to work with me for fear of my biting his head off.  The truth of the matter is once I “explode”, I’m good.  I don’t let it eat at me like most people.  The explosion is simply a release of stress and frustration that’s been building up over the past few months.

I did not walk tonight.  The girls school has made the playoffs and tonight was the first round.  Because they won their game tonight they will go on to play in the second round. The rain started late in the fourth quarter and we all got soaked.  The team made it all the way to the final round last year and lost.  I’m not sure if they’ll go as far as that this  year but they’ll give it their best.

365 Day Photo Challenge 310/365 “Day 5”

06 Friday Nov 2015

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Leaders Banquet

Today started off better than yesterday as far as mood but as the day wore on the worse it got. Without boring everyone with the details; I work with a bunch of idiots.  About 2:30pm I had all I could take and I took the rest of the day off.

Tonight was our district’s leadership banquet.  I got home in time to make a Dutch Oven Cobbler.  Peach to be exact.  The leaders banquet is just a gathering once a year to recognize those leaders that have earned special awards throughout the year.  I’ve got several but I’ve been so busy lately that I failed to get mine in on time.  That’s fine with me because I’m not a leader that likes to be recognized, I’m a leader so that the boys can be recognized.

I did get some treadmill time in tonight after I got home from the banquet.  When I got done everyone had already gone to bed.  I took a shower and now I’m watching a little Perry Mason as I’m winding down before going to bed.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 309/365 “Day 4”

04 Wednesday Nov 2015

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Today was a wild ride.  I had to make a trip to Montgomery today to work on an AC unit that had frozen up.  I was instructed to work on several other items while I waited for the unit to thaw out.  I wished it was as simple as that.

Going out of town takes me out of my comfort zone as far as my dieting goes.  Normally I can do better if I stay within a routine but with me going out of town it threw my routine out the window.  For breakfast I normally have a bowl of cereal with fat free milk.  Today we stopped at Chick Fil A.  I ordered a number 4 which was a spicy chicken biscuit with hash rounds and a medium coke.  I wished I had done better.  For lunch I normally fix a salad at the salad bar in our dining center.  Today we went to Baumhowers.  I had one pound of of hot chicken wings with french fries.  I wished now I had done better.  It wasn’t until I got home when I got back on track.  I had a baked pork chop with mac and cheese.  As you can see and has been noted earlier that my willpower is no good.  The silver lining to this is I did get back on track and didn’t continue to spiral downhill.  Another plus for me is that I didn’t have any sweets and I did get to get on my treadmill tonight and I did 2.25 miles at 3.2 mph.

One thing I have learned over the years of “dieting” is never to give up.  You may have bad days occasionally but don’t let it continue.  In the past I have made the statement after a meal that I have just botched that I might as well continue and start back on my “diet” again tomorrow.  The beauty of this is that you don’t have to wait until the next day, you can get back on track your very next meal.  Another fault that I have is that sometimes I think that it’s ok to eat whatever I want to eat as long as I do some exercise later that evening.  I know it’s wrong to think that and I’ve got to stop letting that thought enter my head.

There are other things I’ve learned over the years when it comes to my diabetes but I’ll save that for another story.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 308/365 “Day 3”

03 Tuesday Nov 2015

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I got into an argument today with one of my cousins about the best way to lose weight.  At first it was a discussion and then it turned a little heated.

She is several years younger than I am and she is obese just as I am.  At one time she had gotten up to around 350 lbs. I nearly got there at 345 lbs.   She tried losing weight by taking pills, drinking shakes and these weird diets and she lost weight but she quickly gained it all back once she quit her diet.  About two years ago she had Gastric Bypass Surgery and for a while afterwards she did great.  So much so that I was even thinking about having it done.  I’ve known four people that have had the surgery.  Out of those four, one has kept the weight off.  The other three has gained all the weight back plus an extra twenty or thirty pounds.  My point is this.  Losing weight is not a diet, it’s a lifestyle change.  My cousin has yet to understand this.  She’s gained not all but a lot of her weight back only because she does not exercise, she does not eat right; she’s convinced that all she needs to eat are weight loss shakes.

I am in no way a diet expert but I have been doing it long enough to know what will for my body.  I have found that if I don’t eat right ALL THE TIME and exercise ALL THE TiME I will gain all the weight back that I had previously lost.  The fact is that you have to find a “lifestyle” that is right for you.  It just so happens that shakes and diet pills do not work for me.

My cousin is back on these diet shakes which I think is only a money making scheme.  Sort of like those pyramids that were popular back a few years ago.  She’s got my brother hooked and is trying to get me hooked but I refuse to listen to her sales pitch in which this is where this whole argument got started.

I know I can loose the weight by doing exactly what I’m doing now.  By eating right and exercising on a regular basis I had lost down to 265 two years ago.  But, like I said, once I quit eating right and exercising I gained a lot of the weight back.  This morning I weighed in at 294, down six pounds from last week, so I know I can do this.  Just a little will power and a little help from the good Lord.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 307/365 “Day Two”

02 Monday Nov 2015

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Day two consisted of two miles at 3.2 mph and about 40 minutes on the treadmill.  That was this morning and I had every intention of doing it again when I returned home but I had other things that needed to get done.  What I’d like to do is get up around 4:30 in the morning and do about an hour before I have to start getting ready for work but I like to stay up too late to be able to get up that early.

“Life Goes On!”

365 Day Photo Challenge 306/365 “Day 1?

01 Sunday Nov 2015

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Today is the first day of thirty days of a treadmill exercise program.  This evening I just did a little over thirty minutes and 1.56 miles.  I know it’s not much but each day I will try to increase both the time and the milage.  Two years ago I had gotten up to an hour and a half and up to a little over five miles before I got burnt out and quit.  Maybe I can work up to that again before the month is over with.

The above picture is of the chicken pot pie that I made yesterday. It went over very well and was loved by everyone that had some.  I’ll post some pictures tomorrow of some of the mayhem that went on during the trick or treating.  It was crazy.

Other than doing the treadmill this evening I haven’t done much of anything but edit a few pictures and watch some football with my son before he had to leave for college. Tomorrow I continue with my hellish job at least for another 34 more months.  I can only hope and pray that it gets better.

“Life Goes On”