A Cold?

I think I have a cold. I'm not sure, but I have had mild fatigue for days, and today, I feel a bit foggy headed. This stinks!

Weight

I've got to get my weight under control. I'm not happy with the extra weight I am carrying and no I can do better. I've added a link to my fit day journal to share. In 2000 I was walking 1 hour a day and got down to 238 lbs. Today I am around 275. It's not healthy, I don't feel good and I'm not happy with my appearance. I need to do better.

Last year at my physical, I did well. All results from the doctor were good except my weight, I had momentum and felt like I could get that under control. Instead I've gained 15-20 pounds this year, the worst for weight gain in recent memory.

Losing weight isn't rocket science, it's like a bank account, I can only spend what I have (in terms of calories). I need to not eat garbage (I eat unhealthy snacks), I need to control my portion size and I need to add exercise.

With three kids I don't have luxury of walking for 1 hour every day as soon as I get home, but I can find other ways to exercise. At lunch I can walk, and I can get on the elliptical at home for a few minutes each night. I can try to walk with the kids.

With kids it is easier to create barriers to prevent exercise. Regardless of weather they are real or invented to give myself an convenient excuse not to exercise I have to deal with them. Staying healthy for my wife and kids should be a strong motivator for me. The strongest motivator.

Ah...well. Don't give up. Keep trying. Don't get discouraged.

Happy Thanksgiving

The bird is in the oven, the house is being cleaned by my beautiful wife and we're watching the Macy's Day Parade.

Life is good.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Got the bird and we are putting up the tree.

I picked up the 'bird' today. 21.5 lbs of turkey goodness defrosting in my fridge.

We are also putting up our Christmas decorations tonight. I know it's a bit early but it is a tradition. We started the year my wife and I got married. Our anniversary is on Nov 25th and we were very busy the week before and had the honeymoon afterwards, so we put up the decorations almost two weeks before Thanksgiving.

The next year, one of our sons was due about the same time, so everything went up early again.

Since then it's just been habit.

Bring on that Christmas Tree. Crack out those carols, the holiday season beings tonight!

22 Pound Turkey

My wife and I are hosting Thanksgiving dinner again this year. I think I need a 22 pound turkey, which is close to what I have done the past. At one point the turkey was bigger than my kids. Now my children can eat a 22 pound turkey in a single sitting. When did that happen?

No Photos

I was trying to upload photos but the blog doesn't seem to want to take them. The two photos I have included will only show the smaller inline versions, not the full sized images. Hmmm...

We put a barracuda anti-spyware/anti-virus appliance in place at work. I can read my blog, but can't post from work anymore. I didn't post from work very often. At lunch occasionally, but that was pretty rare.

It's been a long and busy few weeks at work.