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07/27/2006
Diet
Continues
The digital camera is back, but I don't
feel like taking some pictures. It's been
raining, and when things dry out I'll
pull the Blast out and take some pictures
of the Corbin. I had a dear old friend
write me, someone I haven't heard from
in a while and I forgot to mention my
weightloss progress to her so I'll do
it here. The diet continues, my last weigh-in
was yesterday and I weighed 212. I started
out at 235 when I started the diet a while
ago. Hopefully I can keep this up, and
get to somewhere between 170 and 180.
Like all the times in the past I have
lost weight, the cinching has begun. I
bought five pairs of pants when I got
a new job, and I have had the pants for
maybe 6 weeks, and since getting them
my waist size has shrunk 3 belt notches,
and now four. So the pants are having
to be cinched up. I have some smaller
pants, 3 pair, which I am trying each
time (they're new) I lose more weight,
about once a week, and hopefully at some
point I'll fit into them at some point.
My shirts, extra large, hang off me now
instead of bunching up at my hips, or
making me look poochie in the belly (hah).
I'm going to have to replace alot of clothes
hopefully, new motorcycle jackets, new
winter coats, new jeans, pants, new work
shirts, dress shirts, a new suit, new
underwear, etc.. I'd like to wear mediums
in shirts, and underoos before all is
said and done, that would be dreamlike
for me. Anyway, If it takes six months
to get where I want to go, I just hope
I have the resolve to get there.. and
then to be able to figure out a way to
maintain it.
That's
all for tonight.
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07/08/2006
Corbin Seat for Buell
Blast
Well the replacement seat for my Buell
Blast arrived from Corbin. My friend Fred
called me on the phone just as I was driving
into the driveway, and I do not talk on
the phone in the car but I thought it
might be Maru so I answered it. It had
just arrived that day it turns out. As
such it took me 2 days before getting
around to installing it. I was dreading
it as I was worried it might not be right
like the last one. Turns out when I fitted
it today it was fine and fit well. The
original seat pan must have been majorly
warped or torqued from the leather being
too tight on the seat plan. They rivet
the leather to the pan, not staple it,
and the new seat is as nice in fit and
finish as the original.. except there
are no huge gaps! Patrick at Corbin seats
was VERY helpful, I'd highly recommend
Corbin now, both for the quality of their
seats and the friendliness and help of
their customer service department.
Diet
I've lost 10 pounds now in about 2 weeks,
from going on a reduced calorie diet,
walking more, and riding my bicycle (oh
and walking the dog). If I keep up with
this, (and I have to as I'm not getting
any younger) then hopefully in six months
I'll finally be to my target weight of
170-175 pounds. Why 170 to 175 pounds?
Well, I checked a chart out there and
based on my height that is the healthy
weight for my height and build. That means
at 225 (I was 235 when I started the diet
2 weeks ago) I'm still 50 to 55 pounds
heavier than I should be. All of my life
I've always had a few extra pounds, I
weighed 180 in High School when I graduated,
and that was just a little overweight
I guess when I look at the Chart... My
butt has always been big since that's
a trait in our family (well, it's where
my extra weight was and is) and my Dad
at my age started getting a gut and I
don't want that to happen to me. So I
figure if I can just get my weight finally
down to the right level, and then maintain
it for the rest of my life I'll be doing
alright.
Part
of doing that means cutting out alot of
red meat, eating vegetables, staying away
from breaded chicken and fish, drinking
fat free milk, eating reasonable portions
(like a sandwich for lunch, on NORMAL
bread), not eating fried foods, drinking
Kool-Aid, Water, and diet drinks, not
eating tons of bread, chips, or potatos
(yep, goodbye fries, don't eat potatos
anymore and when I get down I won't eat
them very often). It means staying away
from Pasta, or eating reasonable portions.
It means filling up on fruit like melons,
apples, kiwi, etc.. Lowfat yogurt, and
granola and Special-K bars for breakfast,
sometimes lunch. Some days I eat a NORMAL
meal once a day, and eat fruit, Special-K
bars, and granola bars for snacks.
My
stomach and body is getting used to the
change, because I changed my diet my digestive
system has to adjust to the healthier
foods. My stomach is shrinking due to
me consuming less food as it has when
I've dieted before.. and it takes less
to fill me up. I also drink alot of water.
When I was in Junior High and High School
I was thin most of the time, and I remember
I used to drink ALOT of water and fluids.
Alot more than I have since I got older.
We'll see how it goes. If I can get to
170 that would be great. It does mean
though several changes of clothes as it
happens. I've already lost an inch or
two in my waist, and need to put more
notches in my belt. Once I got down to
195 and my belt went all the way around
to the middle of my back (yeah, I know,
buy a new belt!). I'll make sure I do
that this time.
Anyway,
signing off.. Hope to keep updating this
more often than before. Would post some
pictures, but the digital camera is out
at the moment. :-)
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07/04/2006
So much for being proactive
and updating this more often!
The amount of SPAM I have been getting
on a daily basis for each of my e-mail
accounts is staggering. I've gotten in
the habit of switching the e-mail address
for my feedback form about once a month
due to the junk people keep sending me.
Thunderbird's SPAM filter is the only
thing which makes it manageable, and it's
pretty good at learning what is junk and
dumping it in the trash. I get so many
ads for Levitra, Nigerian 419 scams, Viagra,
Home Loans, Etc.. you name it. One spammer
is constantly tacking on a trojan horse
program (VBS.Banker?), I donno.. My virus
protection software picks it up the minute
it hits the mailbox and deletes it. Why
they want to SPAM me I donno, I'm not
a receptive audience for the things they
are selling... I've only bought things
off a TV commercial twice in my life,
and one of them I sent back and got a
full refund on. I typically laugh at the
AS SEEN ON TV label.
Books
I am reading at the moment include:
I
started another diet about a week ago...
So
far I'm eating mainly vegetables. If it
weren't for some Fish or Chicken I'd not
be eating any meat. For breakfast most days
I consume a Granola Bar that's 90 Calories
(Raisin Oatmeal, Chocolate Chunk, or Honey
Nut) or a Special K Bar that's also 90 calories
(Strawberry or Chocolate Drizzle). Some
days I eat a yogurt cup for breakfast (Strawberry
or Peach, Lowfat). If I get hungry between
breakfast and lunch I eat a piece of fruit,
usually some Kiki, an Apple or Grapefruit.
Lunch is usually a sandwich, either Tuna
or Cheese with some mayo on Wheat Bread
and a piece of fruit. Again, snack later
on would be fruit. I also chew sugarless
gum and drink alot of water. Dinner is usually
a salad, sometimes with fish (baked) or
chicken breast patties (baked, no breading),
or the salad might have some chopped chicken
breast in it. The last meat I ate was a
Tuna sandwich today for lunch. The last
time I ate any red meat was on Friday, when
my dad and I went out to eat and I had some
roast beef at a cafeteria.
I'm
riding my bicycle, trying to do it each
day, and to go a long distance. I take a
pack and some water with me. The only way
to keep my glasses on when I'm riding is
to take some shrink-wrap tubing and fit
it over the ear hook on each side and then
tighten it up and it won't fall off. Marie
doesn't like that I use red ones, but they're
precut to the right length. I suppose I
should get out the box of wiring supplies
I have and get some of the black but it's
a utilitarian thing to me... It doesn't
matter much.
Projects...
Haven't
worked on any real projects recently. I
sent my seat back to Corbin, still waiting
to see what happens with that. Have some
wood to build a Zen gate in the backyard,
but it's been so hot I'm not really feeling
like it... and I need to work on my Dad's
old Jon boat he gave me that we used to
fish in when I was a kid. The trailer needs
to be painted, and the boat has some holes
where things were screwed on that need to
be filled, and I need to yank off the rotten
seats it has and fill the holes where they
were screwed on and paint the interior gray.
I haven't been fishing in forever, but I'd
like to go again, I always used to enjoy
fishing in my canoe. It was more a solitary
thing for me, just getting out on the water
and being alone.
Martial
Arts...
I
am maintaining our dojos website, it's at
http://www.arkansasbujinkan.com and need
to make some updates in a few minutes to
the seminars page. The last class was very
good as I learned alot of new things. I'm
still working on rolling, but making progress
thanks to Jeff S and Aaron. Jeff told me
a few weeks back to focus on looking at
the ceiling as I rolled, and combined with
breathing out as Rob told me to, and then
Aaron holding my hand (you shoot your hand
between your legs as you do a forward roll)
to show me properly how my hand should go
as I roll I think I'm doing a little better.
I also got walked through the whole Sanshin
this last class which was great... Aaron
and Regina helped me with that. I'm wanting
to make some experimental/practice weapons
like a naginata, and a Ninja-To but need
materials. I need a couple of 4' oak dowel
rods, maybe an inch and a half thick, and
then I can work on them. I also need to
make a wooden tsuba for Aaron and make another
for my Shotto.
That's
about it for today. I'm going to work on
the Dojo site.
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