It's going to be beautiful out this weekend. I might take a walk this weekend on the trails in Clive or somewhere. A nice leisurely walk. I do enough of the hard work on the weekdays that this might just be a nice leisurely stroll...
I need to find some things to do for exercise this summer on the weekends and weeknights. I know I want to get into Ultimate Frisbee. I love frisbee anyway, but add the word 'ultimate' to it and who can resist?! Really, though, I wanna try some ultimate frisbee. It's not a lot of exercise, but it gets me off of my butt and doing something outside for at least a little exercise.
Any ideas of fun things to do? New outdoor hobbies to try? Leave me a comment!
Friday, April 4, 2008
I don't think I blog enough about all Mercy and Channel 13 have done for me....
I don't think I blog enough about all Mercy and Channel 13 have done for me.
Mercy's Center for Weight Reduction and Mercy's Wellness Center have been awesome to me! All of the help that they give to their patients is tremendous. Everyone is awesome from my trainer, Deb Fisk and her boss Gene and the other trainer Abby, to my nutritionist/dietician Amy Clark, to my behaviorist, Peggy Palmer-Johnson, to the director of the clinic Marcia Flattery and Doctors Sutcliffe and Tingle... Everyone has been awesome. Gregg Lagan, who is Mercy's PR guy, and Sonya Heitshusen's former news director when she was at WOI is awesome! He's giving me some tickets to a symphony on April 18! How cool is that?
Sonya Heitshusen has been great as have all of the camera folks! It's just been an awesome experience thus far, and I don't think I thank people enough. Especially those that you see frequently, you tend to not thank those people.
Anyway, THANK YOUS all around!
Mercy's Center for Weight Reduction and Mercy's Wellness Center have been awesome to me! All of the help that they give to their patients is tremendous. Everyone is awesome from my trainer, Deb Fisk and her boss Gene and the other trainer Abby, to my nutritionist/dietician Amy Clark, to my behaviorist, Peggy Palmer-Johnson, to the director of the clinic Marcia Flattery and Doctors Sutcliffe and Tingle... Everyone has been awesome. Gregg Lagan, who is Mercy's PR guy, and Sonya Heitshusen's former news director when she was at WOI is awesome! He's giving me some tickets to a symphony on April 18! How cool is that?
Sonya Heitshusen has been great as have all of the camera folks! It's just been an awesome experience thus far, and I don't think I thank people enough. Especially those that you see frequently, you tend to not thank those people.
Anyway, THANK YOUS all around!
Need new clothes bad....
Man...
I need new clothes. I knew the time would come when I'd need to start buying new clothes, and that time has come. I was wearing a 3X shirt back when I started. I recently bought a new dress shirt and it's a 1X and it fits a bit loose. Crazy.
All this time I had some 2X shirts from back in the day. A bunch I had given away right when I started (no clue why I did that!). Some of those I can still wear.
I have NO money to buy clothes. It sucks. Pretty much all of my money goes to groceries, gas, car payment, rent, phone, and utilities. Once I pay those, I have very little money left. I don't spend much money at all on myself. I might go out to the bar once a week with some friends and will spend maybe $15-$20. Of course that adds up over the course of a month, but you need to blow off some steam and do some karaoke!
I'm still working out in some of my 3X t-shirts! Ha! I'll wear them and will remember, "WOW! This used to fit me and was even a little tight." Yikes...that's a little embarrassing!
It'll be nice once May comes. I can't wait for my economic stimulus check from the government. Some of that is going to a past due bill or two, but I'll have a little left for some clothes that will last me a little while til I get to my goal.
I need new clothes. I knew the time would come when I'd need to start buying new clothes, and that time has come. I was wearing a 3X shirt back when I started. I recently bought a new dress shirt and it's a 1X and it fits a bit loose. Crazy.
All this time I had some 2X shirts from back in the day. A bunch I had given away right when I started (no clue why I did that!). Some of those I can still wear.
I have NO money to buy clothes. It sucks. Pretty much all of my money goes to groceries, gas, car payment, rent, phone, and utilities. Once I pay those, I have very little money left. I don't spend much money at all on myself. I might go out to the bar once a week with some friends and will spend maybe $15-$20. Of course that adds up over the course of a month, but you need to blow off some steam and do some karaoke!
I'm still working out in some of my 3X t-shirts! Ha! I'll wear them and will remember, "WOW! This used to fit me and was even a little tight." Yikes...that's a little embarrassing!
It'll be nice once May comes. I can't wait for my economic stimulus check from the government. Some of that is going to a past due bill or two, but I'll have a little left for some clothes that will last me a little while til I get to my goal.
Last night's weigh-in.... Inches lost as well....
Last night's weigh-in....
So I weighed-in last night. I never know what numbers I'll pull anymore. Last week was 1 pound. I think the week before that was 1 or 2. I haven't changed anything in my routine, really. I think we did a bit more treadmill and a little less cross-trainer this week, but that's about it. I was quite anxious to see what number would come up...
I lost 2.5 pounds this week! 2 1/2! Not bad. Much better than 1 pound last week!
35 pounds to go!
That brings me to a total weight loss, thus far, of 81 pounds! That's about an average of 16 pounds a month. Of course it's slowing down now, but I'm coming to terms that that's to be expected. I have less to lose now and am definitely building muscle. I can definitely tell that my muscle mass is increasing. I'm noticing muscles that I used to have when I lifted weights a lot in high school.
My confidence level has definitely increased a lot! I still have the sort of endearingly (I think) shy quality to me, but I've grown much more confident. I really wasn't nervous at all about my speech last Friday.
Inches lost as well....
I've lost a total of 21" since the end of October! That's awesome! I just compared my numbers, and I have lost 5.5" in the last month! Wow.
So I weighed-in last night. I never know what numbers I'll pull anymore. Last week was 1 pound. I think the week before that was 1 or 2. I haven't changed anything in my routine, really. I think we did a bit more treadmill and a little less cross-trainer this week, but that's about it. I was quite anxious to see what number would come up...
I lost 2.5 pounds this week! 2 1/2! Not bad. Much better than 1 pound last week!
35 pounds to go!
That brings me to a total weight loss, thus far, of 81 pounds! That's about an average of 16 pounds a month. Of course it's slowing down now, but I'm coming to terms that that's to be expected. I have less to lose now and am definitely building muscle. I can definitely tell that my muscle mass is increasing. I'm noticing muscles that I used to have when I lifted weights a lot in high school.
My confidence level has definitely increased a lot! I still have the sort of endearingly (I think) shy quality to me, but I've grown much more confident. I really wasn't nervous at all about my speech last Friday.
Inches lost as well....
I've lost a total of 21" since the end of October! That's awesome! I just compared my numbers, and I have lost 5.5" in the last month! Wow.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
I was on the news Tuesday night....
So they aired the bit about my speech on Tuesday night.
After the bit, they kicked it to Keith Murphy for a quick sports teaser before the commercial and Keith says, "If he shaved off his beard, he'd lose another pound!" Erin Kiernan says, "Hey! I love Dave!" Keith says, "No. I mean he seems like a really nice guy!"
It was really funny. I didn't think Keith was making fun of me in the least. Erin seemed to be sort of defending me like she thought he was taking a shot at me. Anyway, funny stuff. :)
After the bit, they kicked it to Keith Murphy for a quick sports teaser before the commercial and Keith says, "If he shaved off his beard, he'd lose another pound!" Erin Kiernan says, "Hey! I love Dave!" Keith says, "No. I mean he seems like a really nice guy!"
It was really funny. I didn't think Keith was making fun of me in the least. Erin seemed to be sort of defending me like she thought he was taking a shot at me. Anyway, funny stuff. :)
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
The show I'm stage managing....
So a bit more about the show I'm stage managing....
It's for Theater for a Change and will play at Grandview College I think the beginning of May. Mike Pace from the Iowa Lottery commercials is in it along with one of the guys from the Radio Garage which is a recording studio that does commercials.
Both of those guys are friends and have a great chemistry together. It's a Neil Simon show (The Sunshine Boys) and is hilarious! I just watched 30 minutes or so of rehearsal last night and laughed so hard!
My roommate is in it, too.
Should keep me really busy for a while. I'm going to start having to prepare my lunch AND dinner ahead of time like when I was in High School Reunion. I'll have to eat dinner at, or on the way to, rehearsal.
It's for Theater for a Change and will play at Grandview College I think the beginning of May. Mike Pace from the Iowa Lottery commercials is in it along with one of the guys from the Radio Garage which is a recording studio that does commercials.
Both of those guys are friends and have a great chemistry together. It's a Neil Simon show (The Sunshine Boys) and is hilarious! I just watched 30 minutes or so of rehearsal last night and laughed so hard!
My roommate is in it, too.
Should keep me really busy for a while. I'm going to start having to prepare my lunch AND dinner ahead of time like when I was in High School Reunion. I'll have to eat dinner at, or on the way to, rehearsal.
Today's workout....
Worked out today as usual.
Treadmill for 7 1/2 minutes before aerobics class then treadmill for another 7 1/2 after class. Total of 45 minutes of cardio today.
Treadmill for 7 1/2 minutes before aerobics class then treadmill for another 7 1/2 after class. Total of 45 minutes of cardio today.
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