New Year, New You Assessment

Work provided a free assessment for me today to help jump start the 2011 year season.  Setting some tough goals for 2011 to continue my working to being a healthy man at age 50.  Assessment went well and kinda got me motivated again to keep track of what I am eating and my activities.  Installed an application on the iPod to help track the food intake called "lose it".   Target intake is currently set at about 2000 calories per day that is 500 calories under my assessed weight and height.  Time to get busy before my golf field trip.

60 days on the Wii

Christmas was good to us this year.  Josh purchased a Wii for everyone to have fun with this year.  His job and drive to be successful has provided him with some disposible income.  Thanks Josh!   Linda & I ran out after Christmas to purchase the Wii Fit Board and Wii Fit Plus.  It motived me to get up everyday to check my progess.  The Wii graphically show me as Obese, ouch!   An all time high of 227 was not good, yuck.  Today, I prepare to get ready for a golf trip with friends in less than 20 days.  After that purchase on December 30, 2009, it has been 60 consequetive days for fun workouts and weigh-ins.  I will continue to check my weight daily to keep an eye on it.  I will be out of town for 5 day that will break my consequetive day streak.  Nonetheless, I continue to move the graph line down under that Obese line, now just plain overweight (210).  Watching what I eat; walking about one hour a day; and playing some of the fun games is keeping me motived so far.  Thanks Josh and Linda for all your support!   Love you.

Merry Christmas to all!

It is a blustery day in Wisconsin.  Rained all night, hope Santa had good wiper blades.  My gife list has been updated after a very nice morning opening gifts with the family.  We even had Tomahawk join us this year.  It is nice when a family continues to grow and mature.   I am excited for my monitor stand, my external hard drive, and my cool golf club labels (just in case, I leave one sitting someplace).  Let the practice begin to prepare for the field trip in March.  Putting nightly, chipping every other day, and perhaps a day at the dome hitting golf balls with friends and fellow golfing buddies.

Special thank you to my son Joshua for help make Christmas the best.  Special yell out to my other son Lucas playing XBOX with his new headphones and checking out the Internet on his new monitor (I am jealous).  Tomahawk was a fun addition to our Christmas morning fun, thanks for hanging out with us.   My wife Linda was excited about her new video picture frame and Mom necklace.

stress less in 2010

attended a stress less class at work that talked about resiliency... finishing the year by starting to practice. Number 1 thing to work on is taking those negative thoughts and turn them into positive. Taking in each and everyone moment by living for the moment in the moment. Reflecting on the good times and practice daily or as much as possible to catch those negative thoughts and rephrase into a positive thought.

old friends

looking forward to a walk through memory lane meeting old friends that influenced and entertained much of my early years as a bartender. Should be fun saying hello to as many that show. Busy schedules often don't allow some to show. Also, looking forward to celebrating my nephews 21st birthday and checking out the Miller Girls!

thanksgiving at Mom's

It was a beautiful day at Mom's for Thanksgiving. Turkey, Pumpkin Pie, Asti, and a few games of pool. Baked cookies, updated Christmas list with ideas. Can you believe Christmas is around the corner already. Time to get butt in gear and push those pounds out the door. Time to eat some more cookies first!

Holidays coming soon

with the holidays coming soon, making it tough to watch that weigh again. Since back injury and now my wifes neck injury, exercise has not been at the top of the priority. Therefore, it is going to take some serious focus to get on track to move oneself out of the chair and on treadmill to walk for a very long time. With another golf trip on the schedule, type to get butt in gear.

P.S. appears that work as blocked ability to blog and keep current, so will need to update in the evening instead of mornings.

Life Changing Events

Josh, my oldest at 18 years of age has will meet a milestone on June 7th. Yes, he is going to be finishing up High School. He has done awesome in learning along the way...about life working hard and making friends and of course playing hard! Next on the list is some college education in the law enforcement world ( I hope he gives me a get of jail card ). Very proud of him, and wish and pray for his success as he makes that next life changing decision. Glad to have you as my son. Love ya man!

Golf in the Desert?

So, is this what we have to look forward to? Miss the green by 10 yards and dead behind that large rock! Maybe some of these veteran desert golfers can give me some tips on hit a ball in the desert behind a boulder?

Is is really junk? Or do some of these guys really suck at the game called "Golf"? April is only a few months away...can't wait to test out they new swing I been practicing around the lazyboy.

Golf Schedule set for April. Need to get losing some pounds and practicing chipping and putting. Need to kick Mr. ONeil's butt! Yes, in pounds and strokes on the links.

Apr 3 to Apr 7, 2009 - 4 Night(s) lodging at CasaBlanca Resort Casino - Mesquite, Nevada

Fri Apr 3, 2009 12:50pm - at Oasis Golf Club - The Palmer - Mesquite, Nevada

Sat Apr 4, 2009 8:00am - at The Ledges Golf Club - St. George, Utah
Sat Apr 4, 2009 2:16pm - at Sand Hollow Resort Golf Club - St. George, Utah

Sun Apr 5, 2009 11:00am - at Coyote Springs at PGA Village - Nicklaus Signature

Mon Apr 6, 2009 8:40am - at Oasis Golf Club - The Canyons - Mesquite, Nevada
Mon Apr 6, 2009 2:18pm - at Falcon Ridge Golf Course - Mesquite, Nevada

New life - Golf in April to look forward

Okay, time to get serious about the weight loss so I don't pass out after play some golf in April. Looking forward to hitting the links at number of courses in April.

Friday April 3rd-Falcon Ridge**
Saturday April 4th-Oasis Resort-36 holes (Palmer and Canyons)
Sunday April 5th-The Chase Golf Club at Coyote Springs**
Monday April 6th-Ledges Golf Club and Sand Hollow Golf Club** in St. George Utah
Tuesday April 7th-Golf in Vegas** - play somewhere in Vegas

What is the weather in Las Vegas in April - check it out!

Golf season ending

It is Novemeber already! Golfed on Friday perhaps for the final round of the season...what a beautiful day almost 70 degrees. Just can't seem to get the pounds to drop below that 215 mark. Started with pedometer again to help keep a close eye on number of steps.

Irish Course

Yesterday, I was able to play the Irish Course for the first time. What a fun golf course! I really enjoyed the round with the Keough brothers.

Regarding the contest, I am going the wrong way right now. Ouch might cost me some money. Time for a change. I talk to a guy at work today...he has me motivated again. At least for a while...perhaps over the next couple weeks we can start to drop again.

One more this year...

Yes, we are going to have one more contest this year (2008). I have won all contests so far. Not sure how close the competition has been. Hope Mom gives it a try this go round. Since winning, I have been going North that is why another contest is needed. Not to say working at home may have some impact in behavior as I continue to site a my desk much longer than when I a am at work.

New start weight for this contest as of 9/22/2008 is 217.6. We will conclude the contest before Mom and Dad go to AZ. December 15th will be the final weigh-in, yes likely after Christmas at the Collins' which might be that Saturday or Sunday.

Good luck Mom, perhaps this will be the push I need to get to 200!

Summer Contest Concludes

We have finished the summer weight lose challenge. Not as good as hoped for me this period. Have not heard how Mom did. Likely she has been more active than me this round, so might have to return that twenty.

Finish weight was 210.3 this round. Lose 7 pounds which was 3.2% of my body weight.

I will continue to work hard to get down to that 200 mark, hopefully before Thanksgiving, so I can enjoy the Turkey dinner.

Near end of contest...

The contest for this summer is nearing the end as agreed upon. See previous post entry...

Let the contest begin. Beat mom on the winter contest. She wants a summer rematch, so I will attempt to win again. Contest end date is August 30. See you at the end.

With the end nearing, I better get out and walk those extra steps. Too bad, I just spent the weekend at Mom's. She bulked me up with lots of good food that I could not pass up. (Thanks Mom for keeping me feed.)

I will post my final weight at the end of the day on August 31 which is Sunday. That will give us one more day. I feel $20 richer already...step...step...step.

Bee problem corrected

As some of you may have heard, we had some Bee's in the basement. German Yellow Jackets thought it would be good idea to build a nest in the corner of the floor boards in the basement. The little sH#Ts were coming in up under the siding and between the foundation and block.

The BeeGuy showed up today to spray some dust. $95 later the nest is slowing down and hopefully dying. Some follow up clean up work is required to get ride of the nest and then chalk the little hole. Very nice BeeGuy knew what he was doing and quickly took my money and hopefully won't see him again.

Golfing and walking help

Golfing 4 days in row help on the weight challenges. However, the back has been acting up a little with all the walking. So, took a cart this week. Keeping the push on until end of this month, trying to win that second bet with Mom.

Just got my cholesterol checked this week at work. 176
Blood pressure check too: 110/84

No steps working at home

Today, I worked most of the day at home. Already 3pm and I have less than 1000 steps. Look for some weight increases in the next day of so. Ouch! Gotta getta walkin...

Golf adds steps

Have been tracking steps again this week. Seems that I average about 4500-5000 without walking outside work. Sitting at the desk, walking to meetings; walking to lunch; walking for a cup of coffee. Does have impact on weight as I don't seem to lose anything, good news is that I don't appear to be increasing as long as I watch what I eat.

Golfed on Saturday in the wind. About 15000 steps walking the golf course at Broadlands. Seems that I don't lose the next day after walking many steps, it appears the benefits are the day after the next. As long as I am watching what I eat.

Not much walking last couple days, so I would expect to increase again. We will have to see what the number is later this week.