Diet, and the Dog Whisperer

It has been some time since my last post, I have been a bit busy with the house and spring cleaning and the new carpet, (that has not been installed yet).

The Diet; well, it was going good until this weekend, then I fell off the wagon and ate way too much. I’m going to have a lot of work this week. Peter, I’m having a hard time with just eating good food to lose weight. I think I will be staying on the Slim Fast for just a bit longer.

I will have to thank my friend and his wife for coming by and showing our dog Frodo who’s boss and showing us how we have to be with Frodo; she was like the “Dog Whisperer”. They stopped by and brought their dog Popcorn; now if you know Frodo he hates any and all other dogs, and will do anything to get them to go away. Well Frodo tried to attack Popcorn, but I got him to sit down but he was still upset that Popcorn was there. I gave Frodo’s leash to my friend’s wife, and she was able to get Frodo to be calm, it was amazing, she was tough and firm. Now I’m going to be a lot tougher with him from now on.

 

Oh and I have finally wired the lower part of my house, and moved my desktop computer into the basement. It felt good to get that done.

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Mondays

So today I had to deal with Dell again, and I have to say that I happy with them. My power bar for my XPS notebook was starting to fall apart, and I needed a new one, and since I got the 3 year warranty for the notebook, I called them, so that I can get a new one.

Now I thought it was going to be a fight to get it replaced, however, it was fast and easy. I called them on Friday, and I got the new plug and power bar today. I think I will stick with Dell, for now

On another note, my weight lost plan, is not going as well as I would like, and I'm now going back to Slim Fast ; I'm finding that it is the only thing that works. Below is my weight lost chart so far.

As you can see I keep going up and down, and it's starting to become frustrating. Now I know that I should not be frustrated, because the over all trend is down, I just hate waking up in the morning, finding out that my weight went up. It puts me in a bad mood for the rest of the day.

NOTE: If you are like me, and have a hard time staying away from McDonald's, you should try using their on-line nutrition calculator. I did it today, and it helped me pick items that I would like, but all under 1000 Calories.

This is what I had.

Yes, Yes, I had way too much, I know but I was hungry, and my total calories for the day was under 1600, plus I'm going to go and play some volleyball, so I think(hope ) I'll be ok.

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Not much to say today (but games for all)

Got into work just before 10am today, I did  not want to get into work early today, because  I have a late volleyball game at 8:00pm tonight, and I will not be going home after work, I will stay at work and try and get some more work done before I head out to the game. I hope my performance is better tonight, than Monday nights, I really sucked that night.

My Diet is going well, I don't know how much I have lost, however, I'm starting to see a change. Not too much of a change yet, and I don't think others can see it yet, but I can see a little change in my stomach, and I do feel a little bit stronger in "Group Pump" class at the gym. Food is the hardest part, and I'm using meal replacement shakes to help me not eat so much. I started out with Slim fast, then moved over to "Myoplex Original Nutrition Shake" (after reading a number of reviews about how bad Slim fast is for you). However I think I might move back to Slim fast. Why you ask? Well I have to say that I don't like the taste of the Myoplex, and it just cost too much money; $70 Canadian vs $8 Canadian for the Slim Fast (This will help me save money as well). I know that Myoplex is better for you, but I don't want make this diet feel like work, I really need to feel like, I like what I'm doing, for this to work, and for me to stick with it. I'm also starting to eat a banana and a apple between meals; now this is harder for me, because I don't like eating fruits, but I'm become accustom to it, I just don't know how long I will continue.

Oh, one last thing, related to Windows Vista. Last night I was looking into updating the look of my WordPress Blog, when I came across Jonathan's Shrine page. There he has instruction on how to install Windows Vista games on Windows XP. I tried it out, and it worked. Take a look.

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What to do?

God, I’m finding it so hard to concentrate today, it is now becoming a big problem for me. I need to find something (some method, or some drug ) that will help me focus on one task at a time. I tried an antidepressant last year sometime, but I could not live with the side effects. Has anyone out there had this problem, and has found a way to deal with it? I doing this quick entry, just because I can’t focus on the work that I should be doing, or maybe it’s because I’m a bit under the weather today. Oh well back to work.

On another note, I have stopped using “Slim Fast”; I’m now trying a new meal replacement shake, called Myoplex Original. It dose not taste as good as Slim Fast however it is better for you. Also I have hit 175lbs. now I just have to keep myself under that for my upcoming cruise (witch will be hard).

Random thoughts

10:00am
I was just thinking about the weather on my way to the gym this morning. Why is it so spring like in January, does this have to do with global warming, or is this just a weather cycle, thing? Now I don't ever remember it being this warm in January before, however that just might be my selective memory. Anyway, if it is global warming, it would be really bad, with China, and India become industrial power houses, I think that this global warming thing is really going to hit us in our life time, and not our children's, and I'm afraid that there is not the political will to fix it any time soon.

11:20am
I'm going to try and move away from Slim Fast. I have been looking on line for information about Slim Fast, and all the info says that Slim Fast is one of the worst meal replacement out there. So I have now found a list of alternative meal replacements. I just hope that they taste OK, and don't cost too much. I went to Ultimate Fat burner, in the hopes to find something that is good for me, and simple to use. Oh if you are interested in meal replacements to lose weight, the list I found it here.

7:00pm
I’m looking at WordPress (because of Feliyp ) for a new blog, and Flickr to manage by blog pictures. So now I’m going to also post there; now I have four blog pages. I still don’t know witch one I will drop.