Monthly Archives: January 2015

DAY LXXI

100 Days, , ,

Jogged/walked 10 kilometers. Average pace, about 8:17 (slower than yesterday).

Successfully limited myself to a single cup of Coca Cola.

Working toward a mostly-Paleo eating plan. I’m eating “normal” dinners, although avoiding breads as much as possible. During the day I’m avoiding added sugar products, most processed grains, and most pre-prepared foods. Essentially I’m trying to eat only vegetables and fruits and a bit of peanut butter or a few peanuts during the day. I know peanuts are frowned upon in full-on Paleo circles, but I don’t quite understand that. Lots of nutrition in a small quantity, and a small handful of peanuts is a great appetite, and more importantly, a great craving, suppressant.

DAY LXX

100 Days, , , , , ,

Got myself out for a jog-walk. Ten kilometers. 8:07 per kilometer, or about 13:15 per mile. Walking pace, basically. I walked a kilometer then jogged a kilometer. It was not pretty, it was not pleasant.

Painted some trim boards for the deck. I have come to realize that the stupid deck project will never be done.

Tried to go without Coca Cola today. Felt like a zombie, out of touch, irritable, depressed, sad. Finally broke down and poured myself a glass to have before dinner. I don’t know if this is gonna work. It’ll be tough when I go back to work on Monday.

Read all the posts on a new fitness blog, Steve Roy’s Single Dad, Fit Dad site. He’s got some good stuff on there already. It’s good to get in on a blog like this from the ground floor, so to speak, and to watch it develop. Steve seems to be more grounded in reality than a lot of lifestyle / fitness bloggers. In the fitness realm it’s hard to beat Steve Kamb’s Nerd Fitness site, but Steve Roy is targeting “midlife men” who are out of shape and looking to improve. It’s a niche audience that Nerd Fitness doesn’t fully address, catering as it does toward a younger, and increasingly female, audience, many of whom already are at a creditable level of fitness. Single Dad, Fit Dad isn’t for the already-fit crowd, but more about mid-life guys who might be self-conscious about being out of shape. Guys like, y’know, me, f’r instance!

Steve Roy has been running another site, Ending The Grind, but he’s currently scaling it back to focus more specifically on the fitness blog.

I tell you, though, the difficulty I have in cutting back on the processed sugar and the Coca Cola may totally preclude me from ever dropping the forty pounds I’ve gained in the last thirteen months, or the almost sixty pounds I’d like to lose altogether.

DAY LXVIII

100 Days, , , ,

Thursday. One week into the New Year of 2015.

Weight: a crushing 14 stone 10 pounds.

Stomach circumference (relaxed): 41 inches.

I was going to write more about this, but… I’m tired.

14 Stone 10 Pounds A new personal high!
14 Stone 10 Pounds
A new personal high!

Oh, we went down town to look at new cars today. We looked at the Subaru Forester, the Ford Escape, and the Mitsubishi Outlander. Despite the insanely cool TV commercial for the Outlander, it is the first vehicle to be crossed off the list of contenders. So far, the Forester is the best bet by a long shot.

DAY LXV

100 Days

Painted the deck with a coat of primer. That took a lot longer than expected. Started painting the final coat. Installed a new porch light.

Went to the eye doctor for an exam. I need +1.75 eyeglasses for distance, and +3.25 for reading. At least I can get by with regular reading glasses as opposed to a special prescription.

I wanted to write a more detailed post about rebuilding the deck. I wanted to write a list of goals for the New Year of 2015. I wanted to check my status against my 1oo Days goal list. I want to start writing longer, more interesting or entertaining posts on this blog. There’s a lot of stuff I want to do. But I end up feeling tired and unmotivated.

I want to learn how to use the features of this blogging software.

I want to resume my toy photography hobby.

I want to get the house listed.

I want to write stories and publish them as eBooks.

I want to have a lot of money.

I want to resume exercising. I want to lose weight. Today I still weighed 206.2 pounds.

Apparently I do not want any of these things enough to actively pursue them.

I spent a number of hours this evening looking at toy forums online. It’s not productive. But it’s fun, and I enjoy it immensely. So is it a waste of time? I don’t know.

I want to finish up an editing project I’m helping one of my internet friends with.