Falling off the Wagon

The last two weeks have not been good for me and my diet.  After Easter, I have totally gone on an eating bender, and I know that I have gained back some of the weight that I have lost. It’s not fair, that it’s so easy to put on weight, however so hard to lose. God I have such a killer headache. 

Also I have not been keeping up with my blog entries, and I said to myself, that I would try and do an entry every day. So starting tomorrow, I have to get back on that horse, and go to the gym, eat right, and work on this blog.

On to better things; today I got together with an old high school friend, curtsey of Facebook. It was really good to see her again.

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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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Spring Cleaning

Well my weight loss is not going as well as I would have hoped by this time. I can’t seem to get below 167lbs. I know that I’m hitting the harder part of this diet, and I’m going to have to eat a lot less at dinner, and that is going to be difficult for me, I have become very accustom to big dinners.  So this week will be the start of my new dinner plan.

On to other life news, this weekend we spent the day’s spring cleaning, and moving stuff into the basement, from upstairs, so that the carpet can be changed. I hate spring cleaning, but it will give me the opportunity to re-design my office. So next weekend, after the carpet is done, I’m going to look at some new stuff for the office, and re-wire the house.

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What is this BMI Crap?!

BMI (Body mass index). Well, last week was not a good week for me and my weight loss program, I have been up and down with my weight all week. So then I went and did something really dumb, I looked up my BMI, at this site http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/av.htm. Thinking that I have now lost 12 lbs, and at lest my BMI would say something good; No it said that I'm my BMI is 26.4, and that is OVERWEIGHT for my height and weight (STFU!!!). Sometime I feel that the weight loss thing is just not worth it, and I wish it was faster and easier, oh well, back to the Slim fast.

On that same page there is an "Ideal Weight calculator", it told me that I should be 158lbs, so that means just 10lbs to go. I hope this time I can keep the weight off.

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The Last 10lbs are Always the Hardest

I did not reach my goal of 169lbs last week, and I really don't know why. I thought I was doing all the right things; going to the gym, playing volleyball, eating the right foods, I just could not hit the 169 mark, Well at lest this morning I hit the 170.0lbs, so I was happy about that.

I'm Still playing around with FaceBook, and I'm finding that I'm really liking it. The only thing I don't like is that it's mostly designed for people that you meet off the net, and it's not good for talking to people that may have the same interest as you on the net, but you have not seen in person. So I'm going to stick to all my other blogs, and use faceBook too.

I would like to thank Peter for correcting the errors on my last Blog entry, thanks again.

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The Good, The Bad.... that's it

The Bad

Saw the movie, "Scary Move 4", god, it was so bad. Now I love to watch Anna Faris in any movie, and I really liked her in this movie, she was funny, as always. How ever I don't Have too much to say about it this movie. The first two movies were good, and funny, the third one was just ok, and this last one was just bad. Oh, and I also liked Regina Hall, she is also really funny in this movie, other then that, it just sucked.

4/10 I only gave it a 4 for for Anna Faris, and Regina Hall,

Today was not a good for my diet, I just could not stop eating. I'm really going to have too work hard this week, to lose the weight I put on today. My goal for the week is to get down to 169lbs.

The Good

Things started off really good, on Thursday we had a big win in volleyball. We were behind 14 to 24, we ended up winning 25/24; Keith and Sahar, both had 5 serves in a row, it was an amazing.

My weight was really starting to go down this week, I reached 171lbs, and I started to get some help on line; like from Peter (thanks again peter, for the document you sent me).

My favorite show just got good again; Naruto. We have had a year of crap, and now start the new story line, and it started off so good, I can't wait for next week episode. If you like Anime, and have not see Naruto, you should give it a try. I love how the show is now moving forward, kids are growing up and things are getting serious.

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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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I took the Vista plunge

I guess I should not have upgraded to Windows Vista so soon. I was up until 4am this morning, trying to fix problems with Vista and all the programs I had installed on XP. First off, I knew what I was getting my self into doing an upgrade over a clean install, but I did not want to pay more then $200 for the new OS, so I got Vista home premium for $169.00 CAD.

I Think I have most of it working now, but I don't find the new updated OS as fast, as a clean install OS; I should have known that would happen. Now that I have seen both Premium, and Ultimate, I would like to get Ultimate, I just need to save up the money. There are some things in Ultimate that I would like to have in Premium, like the 3D windows list, you don't get that in Home Premium.

A progress note about my diet, I'm now under 175lbs; down to 172lbs. I'm really happy about this, I was stuck at 178 to 175 for the longest time, and it was become frustrating. I still have a long way to go, before I'm happy with my weight but things are looking up right now. I think that eating an apple or two a day is really helping; also I'm not eating anything after 8pm. That with the gym and volleyball is really start to working out.

I'm also starting on some brain exercises, that is my next big goal, to improve all things that have to do with my mind. I just need to know were to start.

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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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