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Friday, April 20, 2012
Wow! I'm Back!
Hey nobody,
We've gone to a plant based diet, that means nearly vegan as far as I'm concerned, but we do cheat a bit so I'm reluctant to call it "Vegan". Those folks seem like such diet and lifestyle Nazis to me. I'm down to 235lbs. without any workout, but I'm stuck here for a couple weeks now so could use some tweaking or some activity overhaul. The Vitamix is on the way so I'll have some decent breakfasts in the coming weeks. I've given up meat and most dairy, and am feeling much better for it.
We've gone to a plant based diet, that means nearly vegan as far as I'm concerned, but we do cheat a bit so I'm reluctant to call it "Vegan". Those folks seem like such diet and lifestyle Nazis to me. I'm down to 235lbs. without any workout, but I'm stuck here for a couple weeks now so could use some tweaking or some activity overhaul. The Vitamix is on the way so I'll have some decent breakfasts in the coming weeks. I've given up meat and most dairy, and am feeling much better for it.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Happy New Year to Me!
So hey, here I am again. it's the end of January and I'm back to write a little. Obviously this is written mostly for my own catharsis but hey if you stumble upon this blog and like any of it or don't like it drop me a note saying you stopped by, it'd be fun to know.
A bit fun to look back at some of the stuff i had written last year. Looks like I tried to turn it into my personal fitness journal for a while. Blogging all that didn't workout so well, but just an update there. I now weigh 243 at last chec,k thast 7 lbs. less than last year at this time so I have that going for me right? Anyway I sold most of my weights and an am now doing body weight circuits. It is very quick which is nice since i'm still really busy with the boys and work and the house and oh ya, another baby on the way in August I think. So ya, lots to do. I'm following several trainers online to help keep me motivated and get advise and news from when needed its been going great.
Did I mention a new baby on the way? Ya, number 3 on deck! Super excited/nervous. Not really nervous about the baby, at least not the way you are with the first but just life in general wise.
Seems I have Ideas about doing my own thing. Rachel, my wife, really wants to get out of dodge. Would like to move back up to her hometown to be near her best friend and family. That will mean a job change for me and i'd like to make it something I can sustain. Not just another job that I will end up hating after a few years. I've thought about doing my own small weld shop with emphasis on bike and trike frames. But I'm really stalled we can't afford to do the things we need to do to this house let alone buy a lot of expensive equipment for a business Idea that may never take off.
One Idea to help solve some of the money/dept issues we have would be to pool resources with family. IE: my family is really close and the fact is either of our houses is big enough to house all of us temporarily anyway. I think it would go along way toward getting everyone out of debt if we just sold one house and lived together for a year of two pooling money to pay of the other house and save up money to pay cash for major purchases (house, car). I'm all about being debt free. We haven't done too bad our van is paid for and Rachel's student loan is paid off that leaves us with just the house and my student loans. Like I said we aren't doing bad but still, we bought this house right before the real estate crash and even though we negotiated a good price, we were both laid off and our income is now less that half of what it was, and we've added 2+ members to the family. So ya we're lucky to have our asses. It is an old house and the costs for major repairs are just not possible without going further into debt. Something that is just more than we are able to stomach.
So really now it just seems like its a matter of buttoning up all the little projects that have been started and getting it on the market to see what will happen.
The list of what needs to be done on the house:
Finish painting the exterior.
Roof.
Gutters.
Remodel upstairs bedroom.
basement ceiling.
New front entry (without tearing into what is already there too much, no sense in opening another can of worms).
Kitchen island and counter tops.
pantry shelving.
New linoleum for the kitchen and baths.
Dinning room floor. what the hell am I going to do about the dinning room floor?
Pretty daunting list if you ask me. But I have to start whittling away at that list and it has to start with the easiest indoor stuff for now since I think we might have some winter left in this very unwintery winter. So since next weekend is a traveling weekend up to the in-laws, my challenge is to do the pantry shelves after work this week.
That is on top of 3 early morning workouts and overtime at work so wish me luck and extra motivation. And like I said leave me a note if you happen to see this. Thanks for stopping by.
A bit fun to look back at some of the stuff i had written last year. Looks like I tried to turn it into my personal fitness journal for a while. Blogging all that didn't workout so well, but just an update there. I now weigh 243 at last chec,k thast 7 lbs. less than last year at this time so I have that going for me right? Anyway I sold most of my weights and an am now doing body weight circuits. It is very quick which is nice since i'm still really busy with the boys and work and the house and oh ya, another baby on the way in August I think. So ya, lots to do. I'm following several trainers online to help keep me motivated and get advise and news from when needed its been going great.
Did I mention a new baby on the way? Ya, number 3 on deck! Super excited/nervous. Not really nervous about the baby, at least not the way you are with the first but just life in general wise.
Seems I have Ideas about doing my own thing. Rachel, my wife, really wants to get out of dodge. Would like to move back up to her hometown to be near her best friend and family. That will mean a job change for me and i'd like to make it something I can sustain. Not just another job that I will end up hating after a few years. I've thought about doing my own small weld shop with emphasis on bike and trike frames. But I'm really stalled we can't afford to do the things we need to do to this house let alone buy a lot of expensive equipment for a business Idea that may never take off.
One Idea to help solve some of the money/dept issues we have would be to pool resources with family. IE: my family is really close and the fact is either of our houses is big enough to house all of us temporarily anyway. I think it would go along way toward getting everyone out of debt if we just sold one house and lived together for a year of two pooling money to pay of the other house and save up money to pay cash for major purchases (house, car). I'm all about being debt free. We haven't done too bad our van is paid for and Rachel's student loan is paid off that leaves us with just the house and my student loans. Like I said we aren't doing bad but still, we bought this house right before the real estate crash and even though we negotiated a good price, we were both laid off and our income is now less that half of what it was, and we've added 2+ members to the family. So ya we're lucky to have our asses. It is an old house and the costs for major repairs are just not possible without going further into debt. Something that is just more than we are able to stomach.
So really now it just seems like its a matter of buttoning up all the little projects that have been started and getting it on the market to see what will happen.
The list of what needs to be done on the house:
Finish painting the exterior.
Roof.
Gutters.
Remodel upstairs bedroom.
basement ceiling.
New front entry (without tearing into what is already there too much, no sense in opening another can of worms).
Kitchen island and counter tops.
pantry shelving.
New linoleum for the kitchen and baths.
Dinning room floor. what the hell am I going to do about the dinning room floor?
Pretty daunting list if you ask me. But I have to start whittling away at that list and it has to start with the easiest indoor stuff for now since I think we might have some winter left in this very unwintery winter. So since next weekend is a traveling weekend up to the in-laws, my challenge is to do the pantry shelves after work this week.
That is on top of 3 early morning workouts and overtime at work so wish me luck and extra motivation. And like I said leave me a note if you happen to see this. Thanks for stopping by.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Fittness
Ok so I haven't done so well writing on this lately, but I am making progress. To fill in. I've moved, thanks to my wife's wonderful cooking, to what I'd call a mostly vegetarian diet. We'll say about 98% no meat. Still eating dairy and eggs and while we don't eat chicken much, I'd still find it acceptable. But between the diet and walking to work at least 3 days a weak I'm down to about 24lbs. I was sick last week so I expect to gain a pound or so back but even before that I was down to 242lbs. Going well here but looking to get a bit more of a workout here in the coming weeks.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Workouts
Last I wrote I was in quite a lot of pain even considering a visit to a chiropractor, something I don't do. But Friday morning I changed up the workout opting to do some nice stretching yoga poses and then just one set of unweighted squats before taking a long walk to work. Then Saturday it was still nice so we all went for a walk with our dog Tank. Between the walks and the yoga I got my back issues sorted out I'm considering doing yoga every morning and then another workout card and strength at night before bed. That's difficult though because I often drift off to sleep on the chair before the kids do at night. By y the way I weighed in sat morning at 248.8
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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