Almost to Disneyland

Something arrived in my email today that I really wasn't expecting.  I got an email announcing a major airfare sale, $40 each way plus tax from Seattle to LA.  That means I could go to Disneyland for about $100 round trip.

I was struggling all day trying to decide if I should go, but then I thought about my weight loss and how I said that I wouldn't go back to Disneyland until I loose another 50 pounds.  Right now I am nowhere near that so I will be passing on that great deal.  It's time to get back to loosing weight.

309

Sorry about being late on the weigh in reporting.  I just got back from visiting my family.  I had a great weekend, but I spent the whole time sitting and talking.  That's the problem with the holidays, it's a lot of fun but I know that I will end up gaining weight.

Big week.

So it's a big week this week.  First it's short week because I'm taking some time off for the American Thanksgiving.  I'm leaving on Wednesday night to go to my parents and will blow my diet on turkey.  I should have known that I wouldn't make it under 300 this week.  To celebrate, my employer threw a bunch of work on me that usually takes a week to complete and told me that it must be completed before I leave.  Yeah!  and the person I work with went home sick today so I'm just swampped.  Lets see how bad my weigh-in is on Friday.

305 and dropping

Good News! I happy enough about the amount I dropped this week that I'm actually posting on weigh-in day!  Now I know it would take a lot of work, but I would love to be under 300 pounds by next Friday.  It would be the first time since 2006.  Let's see what I can do.

Christmas season is here!

So the Christmas season is here!  I don't know what the deal is, someyears I really don't care about Christmas, but this year I'm really getting into the mood.  Today I was actually listening to Muppet Christmas music.  Pretty soon I might start buying presents.

Which by the way reminds me that my last trip to Disneyland was almost a year ago (I did all my Christmas shopping at Disneyland last year).  I miss that place, but I have said that I won't go again until my weight falls below 250 pounds.  Which by the way I am down so far this week.

So I'm also thinking about last year when I quit running due to the cold and dark.  I'm struggling to run just as much as last year at this time.  I am temped to stop running and just focus on my diet, but I don't want to give up this time.  I guess I'm just lost as to what to do.  It is something I just have to figure out soon.

I feel better today.

So the other day I felt completely hopeless with my weight loss.  I just want to say that it wasn't the first time that I have felt that way and I know it will happen again.  I feel a lot better today and I am trying to get back on track.  I know Friday is my weigh in day but I did weigh in on Sunday at 308 and I am really hoping this week I'm going to end up down a few pounds.

309 - Some troubles

I put off writing this post for a couple days now because I know that I have gained a pound.  I have trouble trying to run in this weather with it getting dark before I even get home from work.  I don't know what to do.  I feel like giving up but this weight loss has been an important thing in my life for the last year and a half.  I did go for a run today, but I spent all day yesterday watching the rain and eating.

I'm sorry for writing a jumble of thoughts here but I just needed to get it out.  Here is hoping for an improvement by next week.

MUPPETS!

So today in class Art brought up a Kermit the Frog quote and challenged us to add a Kermit quote to our blogs.  Little did he know that I am a huge muppet fan.  How much am I a fan?  I could say here, but Walter thinks the same as me so I will let him talk  (skip ahead to 45 seconds...)

 

I have even meet one of the muppets last May.  I saw Elmo at the Seattle Film Festival last May when he was promoting his new movie "Being Elmo" along with his best friend Kevin Clash.

So right now my favorite muppet has to be the Swedish Chef (bork bork bork).  The guy is just crazy, here check this out...

So anyways the challenge was to somehow include a Kermit quote.  The problem with Kermit is that he is the glue that holds together all the crazies on the show so there aren't very many good one line quotes from him.  I can give you my favorite muppet joke that involves Kermit

Pops:  Hey how are you guys fixing to pay?
Kermit:  What are our choices?
Pops:  A, Credit card.  B, Cash.  C, Sneak out in the middle of the night.
Fozzie: We'll take C.
Pops: Very popular choice.



So far I have wrote a little about the Muppet Show, and Sesame Street, what about Fraggle Rock?  My favorite song from that show is from the very first episode...

But the challange was a Kermit quote which like I said is tough.  I bet if Kermit was writing this he would have said, "I could have solved this whole thing months ago, but who listens to a frog?"




How else should I end this post?  With a song...

308

I know, I went up a pound, but I wasn't running for the last week and a half because of the pain.  The good news is that I did run today and it felt great.  I hope to run again tomorrow.