mpjrod

Another good week is in the books. I can start to see changes in how I feel. It's taken 4 weeks to get feel the changes. But it's finally here and I'm excited to take it to the next level. Things are going well at home. Eating ok, drinking my water (even on my days off work, which is hard), doing my work out whenever I get a chance, walking the dog for a few minutes here and there throughout the week... Things are happening. I am however getting a little discouraged at work and it's leading to me not wanting to do anything when I get home. I need constant focus to allow myself to do something after a rough day at work. We have company coming over this weekend and things aren't getting done like they need to be. The little elves that go around and pick things up haven't visited in a while. I wonder why... Anyways, it's supposed to be 85 degrees today so I think I'll go and hit some golf balls after work today. Or not, looking at my schedule. Oh well... We'll see.

Spring is weird here too. Everybody in the northeast have been dealing with crazy cold storms and snow as late as mid-April. It's crazy. This is why I love the Dallas area. If you don't like the weather, wait 5 minutes. It'll be completely different.

Your grand dog is doing wonderfully. I went golfing to get my mind off the anxiety of him getting de-manned. Don't worry about him. This isn't a thread to focus on his, I mean its, de-manhood. It needed to get done before he started to get aggressive and marking territory in the house. Definitely don't need that. Today is a good day. I woke up early, had a bunch of fruit for breakfast, with 1.5L of water. Right before I started to get ready for work today, just on a whim, I weighed myself. Since starting my first challenge here, I have dropped 11 pounds. In 3 weeks. I know, I know... It doesn't seem like a bunch. But I am now below 220 lbs. Big deal for me. It's been a long time since I've been even sniffing 220. The water has saved me, I think. No more non water drinks. I can't wait to start eating more whole too. I've been dealing with crazy headaches the last few days. Typically when they happen, I just throw on my glasses and they seem to go away. But these aren't. Right behind the ears too. I can't stay focused on teaching when I hear that crazy kid in my head banging trash can lids together for 72 straight hours. If the pounding didn't go away, I was threatening going to the doctor. My manager told me to drink more water. HAHA!!! I told him that I'm drinking like a fish and couldn't possibly drink any more. I'm up to about 6L a day. I think that hardest goal for me to achieve is going to be the body weight workout that I'm doing. I realized that I drive 45-60 minutes one way to and from work. After a long stressful day dealing with stupid people (yes they exist), I just want to hang out with the girlfriend and the incapacitated dog and not have to worry about doing anything. It's hard to want to be active when you are active every day. Well, mentally at least... I have found that in between games of Call of Duty takes about 1 minute which allows me to do my planks and squats in between games. They have been getting done, but it's just hard getting up and down doing it.

So today was hard to stick to my routine. I had a lot to do around the house and errands that I ran. I'm trying to make up for not drinking my water all day today by drinking it all over the next hour or so. It was just one of those days.

I love water!!! That's my mantra... Gotta keep it going.

It's not wrong if you have it all in one sitting Nicks. But you don't need it. Gotta keep it strong even after the 6 weeks is up. You rock!!!

Since I teach it, I see golfers everyday. I wouldn't necessarily say that they are HOT HOT HOT!!!! But I am kind of jealous that you live so close to Carnasty... Playing it is on one of my bucket lists somewhere. Courtney said it was very depressing that I was losing weight and it's noticeable and she can't. She wanted to eat like crap when she noticed it. Me, being the amazing boyfriend I am, told her no and we had some grilled chicken salad and WATER!!!! I've decided that I hate water. I am drinking it and I trust that it is good for me. But it's a pain in the butt to always remember to drink water. When does it become habit? 30 days... GAH!!! I don't have time for that. I've been off the computer for a couple of days and still see that the cyber world has been doing well without me. But now that I'm back, it'll be that much better. Ranger had a bad stumble on our walk yesterday. I shouldn't own a dog. Especially one so manly as a 3.5 lb Morkie. I guess I'm just too ruff on him (a-thank you)... He doesn't walk well on the leash. Challenge accepted. More walks with him allow me to teach him that I lead, not him. It's something that he needs to learn. Something that I need to learn as well. I blame Courtney. Couldn't possibly be my fault. She babies him and is scared about everything when it comes to him.

I talked with Mother Nature last night. She said she would cooperate with the weather. How was the heavy rain? It's always difficult to rock hard when the weather sucks.

Aggi, I've never been a huge fan of ginger anyways. I'll try it and see how I like it. Maybe it'll be like you said, just something to cover up that funky bottle taste. Ranger, my 17 week old morkie, says hi by the way. He climbed all over the key board and wanted to get in this conversation.

How do you eat an elephant? You have to start small. The food thing is coming. Just not yet. Gotta make things a habit before I can work on something else. I am very excited to start this new week. This week will definitely be a little harder than week 1. But it'll work too. Just gotta not get in moods like I've been lately. Oh well... Keep your head down and plug away is my mantra right now.

I'll text her for you Nicks. She hasn't been responding to anything I've been sending her lately, but it doesn't hurt to try. She is acting a fool down here in Texas and it's about to get worse because of our spring storms. It was 80 degrees two days ago and not a hint of air. Today, it's blowing and keeping the temperature just above 60. Ugh... We'll see what she does here soon. It can get hard when the weather changes every 15 minutes.

I'm down with the water. Every day it gets easier to drink the water. I'm drinking a little more than 4L every day. It's actually feels good to drink all this water. It's been a while since I've felt this good. Did another 30 minutes of feet to pavement. I actually ran a little this time. My knee has been bothering me lately, but once I got a few minutes of movement on it, it was ok. It was good times. Good music helps too.

Today was definitely a challenge. Courtney left today to Hereford for 4 days with the dog. It's definitely easier when there is somebody who is working on herself to make sure you stick to something. Just like the support we get here. I did my first Angry Bird's workout today. I'm a little disappointed in myself for some of the stuff I wasn't able to do with it. But it gives me something to improve on. I see things as one more push up than yesterday, I'm stronger. 10 more seconds with planks and I'm stronger than I was before. I see some people are talking about drinking 45 ounces of water a day... Did I bite off more than I should have with drinking 4 liters of water everyday?

Good thing you don't give up your coffee. We need that boost in the morning. It makes the day tolerable...

Thanks alien. It's a tough thing to quit something that has been around for most of your life. But I've been chugging water to get the thought out of my mind. Today is a jog/walk with Ranger. Hope I can keep up. I've got to tire him out so that he can sleep. I've got to tire myself out so that I can sleep. There is a complex path that we are going to travel all the way around the apartments. I wish I had the guts to find a park or a path to walk. Nike Fuelband website has some hot zones for people who are walking and running and bike riding within a few miles of the apartment. Drinking my water, too. I think it's finally kicking in. I'm headed to the store after work today to find some frozen strawberries to flavor boring water.