Slimdude

Well, BSers— I have had a very busy day. I did not even get everything accomplished I wanted to, but I’m hoping to have it all done by the end of Sunday night. I think we may start living in our new house Next Monday.

I can’t decide if I’m going to Gazelle tonight or not. I may give it a whirl and if I feel too badly then I will stop. Maybe I’ll just do a few miles while watching Last Comic Standing.

I guess the title of this post refers to the fact that only a few years ago, I could run so well and do HIIT cardio and lift weights and do Plyometrics and everything else and these days sometimes just walking around and lifting boxes and stuff is enough to put me in serious pain.

By 5:45pm today I was in a lot of pain and I felt so sleepy but I was determined to take my son to the park which is only a half mile away. But it took everything I had to make it down there and then chase him around all over the equipment, including sliding with him several times.

And I guess I just have to be happy that I am able to do what I can but with my feet and back issues I guess I need to learn that if I’m just so active all day I’ve got to accept that maybe at 6pm in the evening I’ve gotta do something less physical with my son. I think tomorrow we might watch a DVD oriented towards activity, like Elmocize! or Teletubbies On The Go! and that way if I need to I can rest but if I feel okay I can do the movements with him.

Accomplished Today:

• 2 Loads of Stuff to the New House
• Oil Changed In Car
• Took Son to Daycare, Picked Up Son from Daycare
• Walked 4 miles DVD this morning
• Ate right all day
• Drank lots of fluids
• Signed Insurance Paperwork
• Went shopping @ Wal-Mart — I bought my son a new outfit, and a new SpongeBob DVD, bought a tall step-ladder so I can do stuff @ the new house — bought myself and my wife some magazines. My wife says she wants to eat healthier and everything so I got her some woman’s fit magazines as well as a few like Woman’s Day and all… also got her a Dual DVD of Moonstruck and Mermaids because she loves Cher and I bought her a new pajama outfit, I thought it was cute. I spent too much I know but what the heck ya know, what else do I fix these jets for if not to have the $$$ to spend on my family…???
• Made dinner for the Boy and then went to the park. And yes I am counting that mile to the park in my Challenge, my foot barely made it!!
• Watched Dr. Suess tonite with Son before he went to bed

Oh yeah and I did a load of dishes, a load of laundry and changed all the trash and cat litter in the house — I rock!!! Picked up my meds from the Pharmacy, too. I took my pill I hope it works.

I’m on Celebrex first thing in the AM, Robaxin during the day, and then Flexeril at night.

But the night isn’t over. It’s only just begun now I have to NOT EAT ANYTHING. Only gum, diet soda, water, herbal tea… you get the idea.

Have a good night, BSers.

—Matt

Wowza, it has been a busy day so far. It seems like the day is going by so quickly and I have only managed to take one full car load to the new place and go grocery shopping.

I have decided not to do any workout this afternoon, because it would be silly. Moving all this stuff around non-stop is a workout enough. It would be different if my plans were to sit on the sofa for an hour. THEN perhaps an extra workout would be beneficial. But I have a TON of things to do.

1. Load up car
2. take tv to repair place
3. sign insurance paperwork
4. wal-mart for oil change and new lite bulbs and ceiling fan, step ladder and anything else i want
5. go to new house, unload car, install bulbs and fan
6. pick up prescription for muscle relaxer (god knows i’ll need it tonight)
7. drop uniform off at alterations
8. pick up son from day-care
9. time permitting, take one more load to new house
10. dinner time
11. take a walk
12. bath time and bedtime for The Boy (Mommie is working tonight)

after my son goes to bed, I have not decided if I want to Veg and watch TV… OR my wife and I bought a  DVD that teaches you how to dance and I think maybe we should give it a whirl before the Ball Friday night.

But we might both be too tired.

Stay tuned for that…

—Matt

Well, BSers. I have a confession to make right up front : The momentum I picked up last week concerning eating at night and all that… it is gone. I have pretty much gotten up to eat every night. I’m very dissapointed because I really thought maybe I had finally beaten the one habit that is keeping me from my Vanity Goal Weight of 140 pounds. I know I cannot get to that weight and maintain it unless I stop eating crackers and sandwiches and cereal at midnight while watching Jimmy Kimmel.

I even made the mistake of stepping onto the scale to see what kind of damage I have done since Saturday, and the truth is not kind : 158 pounds. That is back up from 154.

But you know what?! Despite that, I’m feeling pretty decent this morning. All I can do is eat right and exercise and focus on the good things in life and vow once again to stop eating after dinner. That’s it. It’s not too hard. I will try very very hard to Log On to BuddySlim and scan some blogs when that Urge to Eat hits. I think if I do that on a consistent basis it will pleasantly replace my current habit of eating mountains of food while watching TV.

My new habit will be to have a diet soda or some herbal tea and surf the BS blogs for half an hour and then go back to bed.

As many times as it takes.

On the Good side, I am doing very very well in my Walking Challenge with Ellen and Tatiana. I think I am up around 30 miles in the first week, and I clocked in 4 more with Leslie Sansone this morning. If ya’ll don’t know, Leslie gives you one heck of a workout. Maybe you’ve seen the DVDs in Wal-Mart or Target and thought “Walking? That’s nothing.” But you would be wrong. I do the Four Mile ones like the Walk Express Challenge and the new Fast Walk series. It’s really a low-impact aerobics class on DVD. Much more of a calorie burn than many many other fitness videos out there because there are no complicated steps, you are just steady moving and sweating for about 50 minutes and then  you stretch and cool down.

I have the next three days off of work so that I can do stuff for the new house. My wife has already moved a lot over there and by this weekend we hope to be totally moved in. Then the fun part of unpacking / organizing / decorating begins. Decorating is my Wife’s Department.

So today I plan to be busy busy but around 1pm if I feel good I may walk a bit more and lift some light weights. Just to give myself a little “exercise break” from all this other stuff. Moving is fun but it’s also kind of stressful.

In other fun news, did anybody catch “The Biggest Loser” last night? I love that show, and I admit I like Bob more than the other two trainers. I think Bob’s approach to fitness and nutrition sets people up for whole lifestyle changes forever much  more than Jillian’s “Hard and Fast” approach. But I admit it was badass the way they had Jillian show up on a motorcycle to lead the black team. Even though I think it was a stunt driver the whole time until she finally took her helmet off.

Also that very first challenge where they had to run to meet Bob and Kim gave me a funny moment… when all the people started going back for that one lady who was lagging behind… if I had been her and I saw all these ginormous people heading towards me, I would have thought “Oh crap… they must be hungry after that jog they are going to gang up and eat me.” and I would have turned around and ran.

Okay I know that’s not the nicest sentiment in the world but I could not help but think of it… a sort of “Lord of the Flies” moment and maybe I just have a dark sense of humor.

—Matt