New Demo Pics

Holes patched.

Patches done!!

New Light installed.

Gorgeous painter Girl!!!!!

Powder Room Demo!!!

And so it begins.....

This is what it looked like before.... so dreamy...

will post some new ones soon......

A Short Break

Well not so much a break as a time-consuming side project.

We are re-doing the powder room in the house which is taking us away from our workouts. I'm okay with that as it is a physical job and is BADLY needed.

We demo'd it last night and tonight I get to patch it and get it ready for paint tomorrow. we are changing the vanity, toilet, mirror and laying tile and putting in all new trim along with a new paint job, light and fan. So big job. I will post some pics on here to tack the progress.

Oh and I hurt my hip.... while I was asleep... LOL!!! I was sleeping too close to the edge of the bed and my leg fell off & I guess my body tried to save it and pulled something. Too funny. Oh well the "rest" of renovating the powder room will be just what the doctor ordered I am sure.

Watch for the pics!!!

My Wife Hates Me!!!!!

And that Tony guy needs to get his ASS KICKED. WTF was that that!!!!

Seriously though, KempoX.. First time.... WOW!! I will admit that it was a lot of fun but I was not expecting to sweat that such. That Tony guy is insane.

We started again this week on our exercising. Monday I used the treadmill for 20 minutes and last night was my first session of KempoX. How funny was that!?! I spent almost as much time laughing as I did exercising I think. But, I made it through the whole DVD and that is what matters, AND, I was able to do some things that Pam couldn't! In fact, she said on more than one occasion, "I can't believe how strong your are!!" Who's the man? I'm the man!! LOL!!!

I am a little sore today but it really was a great workout and I am glad I did it, bitching and moaning aside, but hey I'm a dude and that's how we do. My weight is at 226 1/2 and going down and other than a little stomach issue today that has me home from work, I feel pretty good. The process continues to work and I am getting healthier everyday.

Don't know yet what wifey has in store for me tonight, but we will see. Maybe it's my turn to kick her ass tonight? Hhhhhmmmmmm........

What a Weekend!!

Well we pulled it off. Pam managed to get to Burlington and surprise Lisa without slipping up. It was so great to be witness to that. Lisa was shocked and I think she may have teared up a bit (did you Lisa?) and it was a great moment.

I am so proud of my girl for accomplishing what she did; all three girls actually. You all did great!! I know Pam is very sore from her race and wants to properly train for the next one, so guess what? That is what we are going to do!! We have decided to do a 5K as a family, the Whitby 5000 on July 24th. Pam, Rebecca and myself are all going to do it. we are going to figure out a route in our neighborhood that is the right distance and start walking it, then build on up from there to running it. It is going to be awesome.

I managed to maintain my weight after the weekend which means I am at 228 1/2 pounds.... that would be exactly 20 pounds I am down, yeah baby!! I am very happy with that, and why shouldn't I be? We had an odd weekend for us. We don't stay at Hotels or eat out regularly so I was a the mercy of restaurants all weekend and I did okay. We stayed at the same hotel as our friends Jacqui & Eugene and we all went out to dinner together at Montana's which is my very favourite restaurant where I indulged in some ribs... oh baby, were they good. Then the buffet for breakfast the next day and I still did okay, so I am happy about that.

It was such a great time meeting Pam's WLW friends this weekend. It is always a little nerve-racking meeting new people because you don't know how or if you will get along. My worries were, of course, unfounded as we all got along famously. I think we spent more time laughing than anything else which was great and I think we have made some friends for life. I am really looking forward to getting to know & spending time with Lisa and Greg in June as we didn't get a tonne of time with them this weekend like we did with Jacqui & Eugene. But the time we did spend was great so no worries there.

So the training routine is about to change with more emphasis on building to that 5K and of course baseball training as the season fast approaches. I will try to keep this as up to date as possible. Until next time!!

Wasted Week

Wow, one whole day of exercising!!!! Ahhh, what will I do?

Well for one, I will continue with my don't worry about it attitude and will really try to get back to it in the next couple of days. On the plus side, my eating has been spot on and the scale shows it. I have not been a total lazy ass. I have been taking the dog for more walks, taking more stairs on my way to and from work and getting in all my water everyday. So I am keeping on the road, just in the slow lane this week.

Have to wait and see now what the weekend brings I suppose. Hopefully something cool happens... we'll see....

I will update my weight in a bit....

Too Many Days Between Posts......

But what are you going to do...... I am not being defeatist about this, pessimistic, whatever, just being realistic. I can't control circumstances, no matter what i tell myself. We had dinner out on Saturday and as a result I had what I can only imagine was a tonne of sodium, which as a result of my choices, doesn't happen anymore, so I was up almost 2 pounds come Monday. That's just how it is. we are at the mercy of the restaurant or in this case the individuals we choose to dine with. Now granted I didn't need to have the few chips I did have, or the veggies and dip, or the 3 glasses of wine, oh and the carrot cake, mustn't forget that... lol!!

Again, not being dismissive of this at all, i think that I am just really into this now and I know that it's not always going to be losses and good days, it is hard this and I choose to do this with as positive attitude and the biggest smile on my face I can. Now that smile may fade when I am tired or I am on minute 9 of 10 on a 7% incline at 4.6 on the treadmill like tonight (30 minutes overall) but it's still there, because I am accomplishing something. Not as fast as I would like of course, but again, it takes as long as it takes.

The only negative tonight was my blood-sugar going low near the end of my half hour on the treadmill, but that happens and I know how to deal with it. I am just going to concentrate on what i can control and brush off the stuff that I can't because that is my choice. don't like it, too bad.....