1st Reader

I let him read my blog entries last night. Needless to say he didn't like what I wrote down, but some of those points needed to be heard and I thought it was only fair that I let him read it since he's mentioned. We talked for a long time about it and I'm glad we did. We're still friends, and knowing that makes me very happy. :)

I don't have long to write for now, I have to get going up to Boyton street to play tonight. I hope it goes better than last week, I didn't like what happened there at all...

Things are going to change soon. I'm working on my resume to send out and hopefully I'll land a good job that will help me reach my goals. In a few months, I predict that I'll be in a lot better shape in almost every area of my life. Let's just hope God wants me to get there.

In the meantime, I'd better get Culver ready to go.

I've got a new light saber!!! :D

LOL.... I'm sorry if you don't share my excitement, but I'm a huge Star Wars fan... so when my brother gave me a green lightsaber just for the sake of being nice to his big sis, I was very happy :)
We just got back inside from sword fighting with them, and I am going to challenge him again later. He says he really wanted to find a purple one for himself, but that his blue one is just fine. Why is it that you can't find a purple light saber anywhere? I know it's the color of Mace Windu's saber, and from what I can tell, everybody wants to be Mace... so why can't you find a purple saber? Maybe they didn't think purple would sell... although I've never seen a yellow saber either... think how great that would light up!
Well anyway, I'm extatic over my new toy... go ahead and laugh, I know I'm a dork :P

For Today

Besides seeing that grave, I've got a few other things to do today too. I'm supposed to help clean out the pool and get it ready, even though the filter is broken, we can still get started on it.
I've got to work out too... but I'm putting that second today. If I can get everything done here that needs to be done by the time I have to leave for Kentucky, then I can get down there sooner and my friend and I can spend more time together. I told him I'd call either way. I might end up not going down there, if that's the case, I'll work out again this evening if we're done with the pool and everything. Honestly, it's not really that big of a loss if I don't go down there, I know what will happen if I go... and if I don't... Guess I'd better get moving.

Barbara Lee

All I know is that today I'm going with my Mom to visit the grave of a very close friend of ours. He's been gone a little over a year now. His wife seems to be recovering a little more each day, but she just can't let him go. I miss my friend too, as I loved him very much, but I've moved on. Everyone else has moved on, except for her. I worry about her.
Her Mom isn't doing all too well either, being 92 years old, she's begun to wear down and needs help with things. She doesn't like admiting it though. :)
I just hope things turn out okay for them both, and that my friend doesn't cry today, or ever again over what happened last year. It's done. Time to let Larry go.

8 down!

Only... 52 more to go! Yay! lol

I'll get there... no doubt. I currently weigh in at 203.5 , which really means I've lost 8 1/2 pounds, but that half doesn't mean much, it could change easily the next time you hit the scale, so I always round down.

I believe I said in another entry that I wanted to lose about 50 pounds... but that was before Mother's Day too... ha ha. I really need to lose 60 total to reach my goal, but since I've lost 8, I'm ready to lose the original 50 and then some if I need to. I've been working hard for about 3 weeks now, and I'm seeing a drastic change in the amount of weight I use when I lift. I'm afraid to go up too much more on some exercises... I don't want to look like a body builder, I just want to get the fat off and tone up. Of course, since I have to carry a bunch of extra weight on my frame, my legs are the strongest muscles I have. Right now I'm lifting 270 on the leg press... and I could go higher. What's funny is that my upper body is pathetic... lol. I'm doing only 10 pounds on the isolated bench press ( I use isolated because you can't use one arm to help the other, and you don't need a spotter), and that's not counting the weight of the machine... so I'm actually lifting more than that, but it's still funny to watch others lift this thing with 3-45 pound plates on each side, and here I am with two "baby plates" (the ten-pounders... used fives last week...lol). I'm getting there though, I just have to keep at it and remember what stopped me the last time...

Title

Sorry I haven't written in the last couple of days, there's been some pretty interesting things going on in my life... ha ha...
For starters, on friday I met one of my friends in Paducah, KY (since that's where he lives) and hung out there. That was so much fun I couldn't stop thinking about what happened yesterday, and it's still on my mind a little today. I'm not going to say what happened though, that's between him and I.
Last night I played at the Eagles. We had a pretty decent crowd, and our sound was solid. Hardly any mistakes anywhere, which was good. I met another friend of mine for the first time there. He didn't stay long, but it was nice to finally put a face with the person I've been talking to online.
Found out that I lost more weight than I thought... yesterday I weighed in at 206... on the dot. So I really have lost 6 pounds this week! Which is great because that means I'm finally working off that Mother's Day dinner... lol. That's one thing that caused me to go from 207 all the way up to 212... now I'm down to 206... unless I weigh different right now... I'm sore today too... thanks Jeff :P
You know, I was just wondering if anybody has put up a post that is camoflaged with the background on their blog... think I'll try that just because...
Nope... won't let me do it... rats... lol.
I just woke up about an hour ago, and I have to go play again at the same place I played last night in five hours. That should be fun. I really enjoy playing out.
Well, guess I'm gonna get going for now. I think I hear Dad watching a race on TV... think I'll go watch too.

Woo! I feel good! :D

Despite learning that my BMI is 31.0, making me officially an obese person, I feel pretty good today. I did my workout first thing this morning when I got up. I worked hard, and I'm full of energy today. I'm even thinking about getting out and cutting grass! Hopefully my allergies won't be too bad after that's done and overwith... we'll just have to see.
I washed my car today too... she really needed it... lol.
Right now I'm doing laundry and straightening things up around the house... I'll mow later when the sun is down a little farther. I really hope I start losing this weight and keep going with it... I lost two pounds this week so far, which is healthy :D ... of course, after Mother's day, I gained weight up to 212... that really made me mad. Thankfully I've worked enough off to get me back down to 209.5, which puts me in a good mood today, because I just weighed in this morning. I've done pretty well with my eating so far today too... I had a couple (2) energy bars for breakfast before working out, then for lunch, Dad and I went to Wendy's and got a salad for each of us. Well, I don't want to be sitting around for too long, so I'll write later.... maybe not today... but later... :)

Boing!

I finally broke down and bought an exercise ball today... haha! Those things are so much fun! I've been messing with it since I brought it home. I know that my abdominal area is going to be the hardest to work on, so I took a friend's advice and bought the ball. This way I can get some extra reps in when I'm just sitting at home. I'd get into a workout with it right now if it weren't almost 11pm where I am. The ball in the picture you see is bigger than the one I have, which will probably make workouts harder... but that's okay!

The Mirror

Once again I looked into it, not liking what I saw,
Not on the outside,
Not in the inside,
Nor hardly anything that my life consists of.

Each time I try to change myself is harder than the last
Because I have more failures,
Many more dissapointments,
Than successes.

However, I must remember
that I am worth the physical effort,
and the struggles of the mind
that I go through everyday.

And then I realize that I must learn to like myself,
on the inside
and on the outside,
just as I am.

Then maybe the image in the mirror will let me go,
let me change,
and most importantly,
let me live.

Yep... gonna be sore in the morning...

This entry could possibly be short and the only one I write today. For the first time in a long time I actually have the energy to do something. I don't even want to be sitting as I'm writing this.
I spent a good while at the gym today... met up with a couple friends that I talk to all the time there and decided to work out together. I'll tell you what, those two should be trainers... there's no slacking around them... Everytime I've sat down today I can hear Jeff's voice in my head " Ok kid, I want 15 reps this next set!" ... lol. He knows what he's doing though...so when he really says he wants 15, I give him 15 if I can. Yep... if I'm not sore tomorrow there's something wrong, because that was a hard workout today.

Have you seen this?

check out this link...

http://www.friendlyrobotics.com/videos/robomow/

Pretty cool huh? I wonder what they'll come up with next... I can imagine its a dream come true for people like me, who have outdoor allergies or like others who absolutely can't get outside to mow...and of course to people who would just rather not do it...

On the other side of it, by having these machines available (assuming that they really do work like they're said to do), people would get a lot less exercise than they all ready do, and it would probably put people who mow grass for extra money out of business. Perhaps not entirely though, because they would probably cost a bunch... let me see if I can find a price...

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Well, well! Looks like they're not as expensive as I thought they would be! According to the friendlyrobotics website, the Robomower RL 1000 model (mows up to 1 acre yards) costs $1999.99 ...

So people can still make some money mowing yards... I don't see one listed that can take care of a 6 1/2-acre field, and I don't see one listed that has the ability to climb hills. Well, that leaves our house out! Rats...lol. Guess I'd better stock up on Benedryl...

Slightly Annoyed...

My younger brother has his music blasting so loud right now that you can't even hear yourself think if you go anywhere near that end of the house... since our house is fairly small, I'm about to go nuts... he won't turn it down. Don't get me wrong, AC/DC and Guns n' Roses are awesome groups, but I can only hear the song "You Shook Me All Night Long" so many times in one day... sigh... even the poor cat is fed up with it... he's yelling at my brother's closed bedroom door at the top of his lungs... lol.

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Oh my gosh... he just turned the music down. Yay!

Dance Class & Other Stuff

For those of you who know my Mom, this is a secret that must be kept from her... okay? My Dad decided that he wanted to surprise Mom by taking dance classes. I'm glad to see him doing this, because that way he won't be sitting by himself anymore when everyone else gets up to dance. He's excited about going, and he's working hard to get all the steps down... right now he's learning the waltz... I don't even think Mom knows how to waltz... I can't even waltz... ha ha! Dad's going to show us all up!

I'm not sure what to do with myself right now... not really too much to be done. I just put my picture up on here, man that one is starting to get old... lol. That was taken in my senior year of high school... I've been graduated from there for a year! Its rare that I do get my picture taken, as I'm normally the one holding the camera, but someday I will have a different one there...

I'd go back to the gym, but its not a good idea to go between 4 and 7pm if you can avoid it. Its usually very crowded around that time with people who just got off work, so I'll wait a little bit longer. In the meantime, I guess I'll get up and go find something to do...

Yay!

Not sure what the yay was for, I just felt it... It's been a good while since I've done any blogging, but the only thing that worries me is whether or not I'll remember how to sign back in... lol. I just had a not-so-intelligent conversation online with one of my brother's friends; that seems to be how most of our conversations go. uggh... my brain is mush once more as I try to save whats left of it by writing something down.

I managed to start exercising again as of Monday, and I'm all ready feeling better. Today I just did some cardio at Gold's Gym... I've been a member there for about a year and a half, but I got lazy last fall and ended up losing just about everything I had worked for... all the weight is back and I'm once again beginning to grow out of my wardrobe. Last week I saw that I had two choices: I can take my money and buy a whole new wardrobe, or I can lose the weight and buy an even BIGGER wardrobe when I have my birthday money saved up! :D
I say that because my birthday is toward the end of October, which would give me five months to get most of this weight off. Now that I'm thinking about it, today is Shane's birthday! Happy 33rd man! :D

So far I've done all right as far as getting back up to the gym everyday, but what gets me in the most trouble is the whole food thing... once I get that part figured out though, look out! I hope to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 pounds (I weighed in at 207 this morning, so I know I've got at least that much that I can get rid of). I have really no idea why I started writing this blog in the first place, but maybe by doing this it will help hold me accountable while I'm working toward my fitness goals.

I don't mean to bore people though, so fitness won't be my only topic :)
Hope you enjoy reading this, if I can sign back in without any problems, I know I'll enjoy writing it!