Turkey Day - Back at it again.

I don't know about you, but I am still stuffed. I ate way to much of everything. My stomach was sticking out the entire time...but it was good. I have been slowly going away from my diet and I shouldn't. I have eaten way to much and that is my last horra.

I am going back on the diet again and staying to my guns. I shall not eat anything junk food unless it is on a Sunday. I was feeling good about myself and controlling what I was eating. I am going to stick to it again and follow through on this. For Christmas, I will stay on track and also for the new years too.

I did take in a lot of protein, which is one good thing from this.

Nickelback - Animals

Live video.


Pre-recorded

Could somone explain this to me!?

I was lifting last night and I was watching a bunch of older kids in their late teens. They were lifting together and doing a terrible job of full contraction. I get mad at myself when I don't go all the way down for squats or bring the bar all the way down to my chest for bench. They were doing single dumbbell overhead triceps and they were moving that weight no more than 20 degrees instead of the preferred 90+ degrees. I know they were lifting to heavy a weight for them to have a good posture, but what is the point of lifting that weight if it is not going to do you any good? I know I have bitched about this in the past but I really don't understand why they want to lift and get strong but to do a terrible job at it is wasting their time and using up weights that someone else could use.

I see other people waiting to lift when someone with no knowledge is hogging the weights. I came close to tell them where to go and how to get there.

So could someone please explain this to me?

Hellsgate Video Trailer

The video is awesome and the music is great.

Health-O-Meter Scale

I have been reviewing what a reader suggested to me and I think I am going to get a health-o-meter scale which will estimate my body fat %. This is the one that we are looking at because it matches the bathroom.

Model: BFM580-01

• White
• 5 year limited warranty
• Includes 4 AA batteries
• Accurately measures weight to the 0.2 lb or 0.1 kg up to 330 lbs or 150 kg
• Four load cell technology ensures accuracy and precision
• Large 1.0" LCD display makes reading personal information easy
• Displays weight and body fat percentage for a single user
  

Thank you very much Jennifer for your comment.

The scale is broken!

I do not know why (no fat jokes) the scale does not work but we need to get another one. I have been pretty bad about keeping track of my weight because the scale is MIA. But I still feel pretty good because everytime I hit the gym, I still weigh the same after every workout.

Does anyone have any good suggestions of scales to get?

Halloween - Time for the big FAT

Don't let Halloween consume you like it did me and my wife. We started to make excuses of why we should have these kinds of candy and some other kinds of candy. The point of this post is to let everyone know that I went off of my diet for Halloween and I will be getting on tomorrow. I hope.

I am still keeping track as to what I am doing each day, but that is not going to help besides show everyone that I am eating the wrong foods.

Have a great and safe Halloween.

Trained for Work

I had to travel to San Jose, CA for a training session for work. This would be my second time to California and I was looking forward to the trip for some rest and relaxation. Well the rest did come except the relaxation did not. Here is a quick run-down of what happened to and from San Jose: 1) My first flight was three hours late. 2) My luggage was late by five hours and damaged. 3) United will not reimburse me for the luggage (cheap bastards). 4) The class had a 2 hour delay due to damaged projector. (Projector fell from the ceiling twice.)

The only two things that went right was me booking the flight, through BEyONd THE MAP, and getting sushi at a local restaurant across from my hotel. The sushi bar was awesome. They had some great food that really hit the spot. They also had warm sake which can be sweet but also extremely soothing on a stressful day. The sushi was also great and great in protein. Every bit of it just melted in your mouth and especially the salmon. The protein count in sushi is much higher than you realize. Just think about it. When you eat salmon it is typically cooked which is responsible for burning away some of the protein content within the food. So by eating it fresh and raw, the protein content, omega 3 fatty acids, and everything else about salmon is much higher.

My Chemical Romance - Teenagers Scare The Living Shit Out of Me

Sweet song that says a lot of highschool.

Still Counting and Tracking

I am still watching the calories and the sweets that I eat. I have not yet lost a pound, typical. I hope that this will show that I need to workout more than and do more exercises. I am currently lifting every M, W, and F and having very little time between reps so my workout is more of a cardio than a lifting session. I also try to get my cardio in on thursday as well as on the weekend.

Linkin Park - Bleed It Out

The song and video says enough.

Putting your faults in front

I have been taking a good look at myself and what I have done in the past to lose weight. Yes, I am still counting calories but not calculating out every little bite. What I have been doing is, in addition to counting calories, is having a check list of my faults. I like to eat at night, eat more than 2500 calories and eat a lot of sweets. All of these things are not good for someone who is trying to cut down and trim up. So what I did is created a checklist to show me what I have done that day for eating.

Here is a picture of it.


With this chart I am writing down when I have eaten or done the bad habits. This will show me while I cannot lose more weight.

Seether - Fake It

This song has a pretty good beat to it. I makes me want to work my back for some reason.

Night Time Hunger

I have been trying to fight my night time hunger. IT IS HARD! The only way I have succeeded in keeping from eating at 7:00pm is to brush my teeth after supper and try to go to bed by 10:00pm. This has kept me out of the refrigerator and thinking about the fact that I am hungry. I was weighted after doing this and in my first week I went down 5lbs. That is not to say that I lost it but fluctuated 5lbs.

Nickleback - Rockstart

This song and video is funny and it has a good beat.

Counting Calories

I am sure that I have talked about counting calories before but I just want to chime in again on this matter. I have just started to count my calories. The most success stories that I hear are how people counted their calories and they lost a lot of weight. I am one of those people who think that the caloric countdown is a mind over matter. If you think that you will lose weight then you probably will.

I just so happened to notice a weight change when I least expected it, and that was when I was doing one hour of walking on Tuesdays and Thursdays, weight lifting at nights on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and I was playing racquetball during lunch on the days I lifted. I happened to notice by chance but when I stopped lifting for the three months because of my feet, I gained it all back and have been at the same weight for a long time.

Anyway, I have started on counting my calories and we will see what this brings us.

Plantar Fasciitis

For the last 6+ months, I have been having a huge amount of pain within my left foot. It started with both feet hurting and then I went to China to give training. I received a foot message over there and both feet felt great after that. I then played racquetball after that and my left foot started to hurt again to a point that it was hard for me to walk on my left foot. I had to stop lifting and cardio and concentrated on healing that one foot.

I have been meaning to go to the doctor and find out what is going on on that side. I went into the clinic and we took some x-rays and found out that nothing was wrong. All of the joints look great and the bones look very healthy. (That is what exercise and lifting does for you. Healthy, Healthy, Healthy) We did some more exploring of the feet and it appears that I have Plantar Fasciitis.
In short, Plantar Fasciitis is the tearing of the tendons due to overweight, intense use, flat feet, poor shoes, anything dealing with high strain with the feet. It can be avoided by stretching. Stretching is so important and I was not doing as much stretching as I should have and now I plan for stretching before any activity.

Depressed on the Rainy Days?

My family just endured another rainy dreary day. I am a father of two beautiful girls. They were both a hand full when we were in the house, but when we were outside. They were a lot better. At least the oldest was. It sure is true about getting older; you learn to deal with yourself in boring situations like staying inside when it is raining.

My daughters were very illed tempered due to the cabin fever that we had to endure since nothing else was going on and we didn't want to go to the closest major mall.....1 hr away. Try to keep your wits about you and try not to take it out on the kids, because they are going through it too.

CureZone - Educate Instead of Medicate

I stumbled across this site. It happens to have a lot of blogs and other articles dealing with nature cures and also natural ways to lose weight and feel great. There was one article that talked about using coconut oil to help you lose weight. I am still investigating the natural way to cure your thyroid gland and coconut oil seems to be the way to do it.


Click here to view the site.

Nine Inch Nails - Capital "G"