Longing for another

I'm longing for another, she's a hot little number isn't she. Just look at her lines. I'm going to order this soon.

2 Weeks

I'm two weeks in to the diet and I've lost about 10lbs. Not bad considering the days of cheating for the holidays. In fact when I feel like I really want a dessert and nothing is going to fix that desire I just go ahead and have it. Then, I'm back on. In fact, I've been craving a bowl of cocoa crispies for like three days. Man, those things are good. So, about 5 minutes ago I polished off a man sized portion of those little cocoa devils. I think that's my trick when dieting. I don't get down on myself about it, it's a marathon. You just gotta keep going.

On another note, I was out skating with the kids tonight, right up to their bedtime. They were riding there new razor scooters along side my longboard and doing great. On the scooters they keep up pretty well and are having a ball.

Learning the Coleman Slide

In my last post I said, I want to do some things on a longboard that the big man has no business doing. Well, I stand corrected. I found this YouTube video of exactly the thing I am trying to learn AND if I'm not mistaken, that is a big man gettin' it done...



I attempted this last night. I threw on my tough Carhartt bibs and slide gloves and gave it a shot. So far, total failure. My board is about 22 inches longer than this guys board and from what I understand that can make it a bit tricky. I did get cool battle wound from my efforts.

Phase II: Day 3

I am on Day 3 of Phase II Devericks weight loss. I'm seeing results already just look at this picture I took today...




Nice huh?

I really am trying to cut some weight again. After losing 35lbs a couple years ago I'm ready for just a bit more. My goal has always been simple, to get down to wearing a 38 waist comfortably. The reason for that is that everyone carries all their pants in a 38x34 but very few people carry 40x34. I have been stuck in between normal and big and tall for 2 years, only rarely being able to find a pair of pants that fit correctly. Annoying as hell.

Another motivation, one I am reluctant to share here. Since getting my longboard a couple months ago I have found that I really enjoy it. It's good exercise, really fun, challenging, scary sometimes and I can do it with the kids. Only problem is there are a couple of things I want to do on it, that fat people have no business doing. I'll leave it at that.

I am really only shooting to lose 10-15lbs. But if I want to maintain that I should probably shoot for 20-25. That way when I inevitably gain back a bit I am still where I want to be.

Last time I weighed myself I was 237lbs. We don't own a scale so no regular updates. When my pants start getting loose I will get curious and go to a friends house and let you know.

Some of you will wonder what I am going to do to lose weight. Well, I am going to do what I did last time. It worked once, why not again right? It's a strange variant on the Atkins diet. I don't eat sugar, breads and all that stuff, just like Atkins says. Low or no carb. Here is where I differ. I can't eat a lot of fatty meat or foods that are too rich. So what I ended up doing was eating a lot of awesome salads full of veggies. Usually everyday at lunch and with most dinners I have a salad. the salad is romaine or a spring mix and contains cheese, red pepper, onion, carrot, english cucumber and italian dressing. I eat the same amount and kind of meat I normally would. If I feel like I need some carbs I have a cracker or carrot. I have no idea how many calories, fat etc. Breakfast is/was always the tough meal. Everything I want for breakfast is straight carbs. I like eggs but I can only do that for 1 or 2 days before I get ill.

Well, there it is. Tune in next time.

It's Beginning to look alot like Christmas

Sunday we woke up to snow on the ground. It lasted just long enough to take these pictures and let the kids enjoy it for an hour and then it was gone.

Last night Jeni and Kev invited us over for dinner and FHE. We made gingerbread (graham cracker) houses. It was alot of fun. Finn ate his weight in candy. Amara enjoyed it the most.

Finn's First Shiner

We went to some friends house for dinner on sunday night and while we were there Finn fell into their entertainment center. He hit his eye right on one of the knobs. It quickly poofed up and got purple. He then proceeded to pull a glass of milk down off the table. The milk covered him and the glass shattered on the floor. That's when we called it a night. We didn't think Finn or their house could take much more of his rumbling. We do thank our friends for their love and patience.

Our Trip