Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seemed to go right?? That was me yesterday. First strike against me was that it was a Monday. Second strike against me was I was tired and semi-cranky. Jonny is getting his 2-year old molars, so he has been up late at night. Sleep does not seem to be a priority of his lately.
Well…I took Jack to the bus stop, as it was cold. We waited, and the bus was late. Jack was occupying himself by playing his Nintendo DS that he got for Christmas. Well, he asked me to drop it off at home, so I did…and after I did, I proceeded to go to work. This was my next mistake…I should have just gone to work, and left the DS in the car…instead, I dropped it off, drove to work, and was not completely focused on what I was doing. What happened?? I was doing 33 in a 25 MPH zone in front of a township cop. Hmmm…what will this officer do???
You guessed it, he pulled me over!!! And, I will be the first to admit it…the stop was well deserved. It was in a school zone, on a road behind the middle school. Now mind you, I don’t speed in town…I don’t’ speed by any school!!! So I was just as mad at myself for being stupid, as this cop probably was for me being stupid. So, he comes to the window, asks me if I knew why he stopped me…I respond with, yes, cause I was stupid, and semi-distracted, and then I give him all the info, he asks how is my driving…pretty damn clean to my knowledge for almost 10 years now. UNTIL NOW!!! He was very cordial the whole time talking with me.
So, he goes back to his truck…does his thing, then comes back, and He tells me how clean my record is…so he gives me a non-point ticket for having one of those covers on my license plate, that is partially covering the words Garden State. I am thinking GREAT NO POINTS!!!! I thank him…and apologize to him again. Then I think…what the hell is that law all about…cause then as I continue my way to work…every car, has the same type cover on their license plates as I do. Hmmm… Not that is matters, because I am thankful and will gladly pay this fine. Just gotta find out what it is.
Then I am rushing around at work, trying to get things accomplished for the meetings I have to attend. Yeah.
Then the next blow happens. I am eating my lunch, at my desk, leftovers of steak (YUMMY) and some salad, and some broccoli in cheese sauce. Well, first the lid to my bowl of salad is cracked, so when I turn it upside down to mix the dressing…some of it leaks out…on my shirt. UGH!!!! But wait…there’s more!!! I then finish my salad, and proceed to start cutting my steak. Get one piece in my mouth, cutting another, but at the same time reading something on the news on my computer…then it happens…I spill the WHOLE PLATE of food on my lap, then onto the floor!!!!!!!!!! Yes…I said on my lap!!! Now, I have some cheese sauce, and some steak marinade sauce on my lap…and in places, that one doesn’t ever wanna see stains like that on the pants!!! Oh, and I was wearing tan colored khaki pants. Now you can really see my dilemma.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So…I proceed to throw out all of my lunch…that was on the floor. Mad…frustrated…angry…and embarrassed. I had a half day of work remaining. What the Hell??? So, I went to the men’s room and cleaned myself up…then got two pieces of not great tasting pepperoni pizza from the cafeteria. Yeah for me!!
So…think that’s the end?? NOPE!!!!!!!!!!! There’s more!!! About an hour before the day is to end…I went up to get a glass of water!!! That was obviously a mistake. It would seem my klutziness was still active, and I proceeded to spill my water on my shirt, so I had a wet shirt, steak sauced, and cheese sauced pants, and a non-points ticket!!!
And that was how my Monday went!!! How was your Monday?? Hope it was better than mine!!!!
Have a nice day!!!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
A Battle with Weight – My Tale
Once…when I was ten years old, I can remember thinking…I wish wasn’t a skinny little geek. I was 5 foot nothing, weighing 100 and nothing…and wished all the time I could get some more meat on my bones. I played outside a lot as a kid, like most. Played a variety of outdoor games as a kid back then ranging from football, to baseball, to manhunt, to whatever the neighborhood was doing. I remember starting to exercise and put some muscle on. I was not the biggest kid in high school…no where near it, but I certainly wasn’t the smallest. The metabolism back then was amazing as I could eat pretty much anything and not put on the pounds.
Move ahead to being 20. I joined the Navy, had gotten a mini-gut if you will from all the fast food, and junk food that one would eat back then. And still I didn’t care about my weight gain then. I wished I could shed a couple of pounds…slim the belly down a little. Decided to exercise before I went to Navy Boot Camp…so I wasn’t a complete out of shape guy suffering during the PT that would take place. Well, I went into Boot Camp at 175 pounds, and I came out 8 weeks later at 160. I felt great. I felt amazing. Went to my specialty school to learn my field, got 2nd overall choice of orders out of 40 students in the two classes. Options were stateside, at both ends of the US, Japan, and Italy. Wow…a chance to go to Europe. I was 20 years old…when would I get an opportunity like that again?? So I took it.
Skip ahead to being 21 in the summer of 93. It was a time for preparing for the Fall PT tests. I weighed in…wow…I am 200 pounds??? I gained 40 pounds from June of 92 exiting Boot Camp, to August of 93. Is that right?? It sure was. But yet I didn’t think I had a problem. The Navy started me on a mandatory PT program called ‘Fat-Boys’ at least that’s what I was called, along with a few others because we didn’t meet the standard. All I needed to lose was 8 pounds. I had to be 192 maximum. So I worked out, and kept in pace, lost the 8 pounds by the Spring PT tests in 94. Came off of the mandatory program, and that’s when it all went downhill. By the next set of Fall tests, I had put on another 20 pounds. Now I was up to 215. Why?? I stopped working out, and started eating more of the Italian Delicacies, and I went thru a couple of rough patches with a death in the family, and a BAD break-up with my ex-fiancé. What was my reassurance of life, or my feel good solution?? What else…but food!!!
Well…now skip ahead to the summer of 97…new command, shore duty…still same rules!!! At this point of my life, I was almost 27 years old, and weighing a not so slim 240 pounds. I have been on put on the ‘Fat-Boy’ program yet again…and stayed for the remainder of my tour, and final duty station in the Navy. I tried, I did. I worked out every day, I tried to eat healthy…but I was unsuccessful. Mind you one little key thing…I was able to do all fitness requirements, the run, the push-ups, the sit-ups…but not maintaining the low weight. Maintain…that’s what I ended up doing. Never really gaining or losing. That was the story still.
Then in April of 2000, I got out of the Navy. No more mandatory workouts, no more PT tests, no more watching what I ate. What happens?? Well…I will tell ya…within 18 months I got up to 262 pounds. In my opinion…about me…the Goodyear Blimp was smaller!!! I started to have health issues. I started to have breathing problems. I started to have heart stress issues. It was time to do something. I started going to the gym. Walking, bike riding, exercising any way that could help me lose the weight. I managed to lose 5 pounds. But that wasn’t enough. I tried the crazy pills, Stackers being one of them. It was terrible for me. I lost a few more pounds, but was experiencing terrible heartburn and acid reflux. I tried anything and everything to lose weight by my wedding day. I didn’t wanna embarrass my wife on our wedding day. I lost around 10-15 pounds. And I felt better. We got married…and I went on with trying.
But then…I got sidetracked…gained again…what to do?? I tried Power 90 and lost 15 pounds in 90 days. But then I stopped, and put some of the weight back on. My wife got pregnant, and I gained again with her during the pregnancy. Time went on…Jack got bigger, and mobile…I couldn’t keep up. By this point I weighed 257 pounds. I decided that was enough…something had to be done. I joined Weight Watchers. And with their help…I tracked what I ate, and I exercised…and in 18 months…lost 27 pounds. Now I was down to 230 pounds. I felt great!! I was happy!! Christy was happy!!! Jack was happy I could keep up with him…as was I!!!
I started to plateau…and I stopped WW…that was a mistake. I gained back 20 pounds in 2 years. After a little bit of trying on my own…I am back on WW, and they have revamped the program. I like this one even better than before. So far, in less than two weeks since joining again…I have lost 6 pounds. Let’s hope I can keep that off by weekly weigh in time!!!
What is the moral of this story?? Dunno if there really is one, except that when you hit a brick wall, you keep trying to get around it or over it until you do. There will be no giving up at the first plateau I hit. I will conquer it. I will lose the weight. I will just do it!!! Another lesson or moral if you will is to ask for help. I was too selfish and insecure to ask for help when I was having the stressful problems everyone experiences in life to deal with them. Food is not the answer!!!
Till next time!!!
Move ahead to being 20. I joined the Navy, had gotten a mini-gut if you will from all the fast food, and junk food that one would eat back then. And still I didn’t care about my weight gain then. I wished I could shed a couple of pounds…slim the belly down a little. Decided to exercise before I went to Navy Boot Camp…so I wasn’t a complete out of shape guy suffering during the PT that would take place. Well, I went into Boot Camp at 175 pounds, and I came out 8 weeks later at 160. I felt great. I felt amazing. Went to my specialty school to learn my field, got 2nd overall choice of orders out of 40 students in the two classes. Options were stateside, at both ends of the US, Japan, and Italy. Wow…a chance to go to Europe. I was 20 years old…when would I get an opportunity like that again?? So I took it.
Skip ahead to being 21 in the summer of 93. It was a time for preparing for the Fall PT tests. I weighed in…wow…I am 200 pounds??? I gained 40 pounds from June of 92 exiting Boot Camp, to August of 93. Is that right?? It sure was. But yet I didn’t think I had a problem. The Navy started me on a mandatory PT program called ‘Fat-Boys’ at least that’s what I was called, along with a few others because we didn’t meet the standard. All I needed to lose was 8 pounds. I had to be 192 maximum. So I worked out, and kept in pace, lost the 8 pounds by the Spring PT tests in 94. Came off of the mandatory program, and that’s when it all went downhill. By the next set of Fall tests, I had put on another 20 pounds. Now I was up to 215. Why?? I stopped working out, and started eating more of the Italian Delicacies, and I went thru a couple of rough patches with a death in the family, and a BAD break-up with my ex-fiancé. What was my reassurance of life, or my feel good solution?? What else…but food!!!
Well…now skip ahead to the summer of 97…new command, shore duty…still same rules!!! At this point of my life, I was almost 27 years old, and weighing a not so slim 240 pounds. I have been on put on the ‘Fat-Boy’ program yet again…and stayed for the remainder of my tour, and final duty station in the Navy. I tried, I did. I worked out every day, I tried to eat healthy…but I was unsuccessful. Mind you one little key thing…I was able to do all fitness requirements, the run, the push-ups, the sit-ups…but not maintaining the low weight. Maintain…that’s what I ended up doing. Never really gaining or losing. That was the story still.
Then in April of 2000, I got out of the Navy. No more mandatory workouts, no more PT tests, no more watching what I ate. What happens?? Well…I will tell ya…within 18 months I got up to 262 pounds. In my opinion…about me…the Goodyear Blimp was smaller!!! I started to have health issues. I started to have breathing problems. I started to have heart stress issues. It was time to do something. I started going to the gym. Walking, bike riding, exercising any way that could help me lose the weight. I managed to lose 5 pounds. But that wasn’t enough. I tried the crazy pills, Stackers being one of them. It was terrible for me. I lost a few more pounds, but was experiencing terrible heartburn and acid reflux. I tried anything and everything to lose weight by my wedding day. I didn’t wanna embarrass my wife on our wedding day. I lost around 10-15 pounds. And I felt better. We got married…and I went on with trying.
But then…I got sidetracked…gained again…what to do?? I tried Power 90 and lost 15 pounds in 90 days. But then I stopped, and put some of the weight back on. My wife got pregnant, and I gained again with her during the pregnancy. Time went on…Jack got bigger, and mobile…I couldn’t keep up. By this point I weighed 257 pounds. I decided that was enough…something had to be done. I joined Weight Watchers. And with their help…I tracked what I ate, and I exercised…and in 18 months…lost 27 pounds. Now I was down to 230 pounds. I felt great!! I was happy!! Christy was happy!!! Jack was happy I could keep up with him…as was I!!!
I started to plateau…and I stopped WW…that was a mistake. I gained back 20 pounds in 2 years. After a little bit of trying on my own…I am back on WW, and they have revamped the program. I like this one even better than before. So far, in less than two weeks since joining again…I have lost 6 pounds. Let’s hope I can keep that off by weekly weigh in time!!!
What is the moral of this story?? Dunno if there really is one, except that when you hit a brick wall, you keep trying to get around it or over it until you do. There will be no giving up at the first plateau I hit. I will conquer it. I will lose the weight. I will just do it!!! Another lesson or moral if you will is to ask for help. I was too selfish and insecure to ask for help when I was having the stressful problems everyone experiences in life to deal with them. Food is not the answer!!!
Till next time!!!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Athletes...Not Great Role Models Lately...
Well...let's just take it from the top...
First we have Jose Canseco, write a book exposing a lot of other players that 'juiced up' to improve their game. Players Rafael Palmeiro & Mark McGwire are among the names released. They both swear they didn't do it...even swore to a panel in front of congress...we didn't do it. And Rafael popped positive...Hmmm...well...that's not the real purpose of this bitch session. Time goes on, and other players feel the controversy from the book, and some have popped positive and weren't even named. So...most recently...Alex Rodriguez...A-Rod...or A-Roid according to some papers, or A-Hole according to the NY Post, has popped positive in a drug test from 2003. But he did do the admirable thing...and fessed up and admitted to millions of people watching ESPN...'yes I did it'. Kudos to you A-Rod for being a MAN and admitting you screwed up. My Daddy always told me, any jackass could lie, but it took a real man to admit he was wrong, no matter what the consequences...so KUDOS to you A-Rod.
Well...I have two questions concerning all of this...One, what kind of message are we teaching the children?? What kind of role models are we displaying for the next generation with all this use of enhancing performance drugs?? What does it tell them?? Ok...that was like three...but now I have a fourth...which is a bigger bitch...WHY IS CONGRESS GETTING INVOLVED??? I mean...shouldn 't they be fixing our economy, or pollution, or global warming?? I mean...why the hell are you looking into who may have lied to people about using enhancers?? Are there not more important issues going on right now?? It may just be me...but i would think you can find a lot of more interesting, and USEFUL ways to spend your fucking time, then to worry about athletes who lied about enhancers. Just my biased opinion here...take it or leave it.
New Topic...Michael Phelps!!! What the HELL were you thinking?? Seriously dude??!! What were you possibly thinking?? Why after getting all them sponsorships...after winning all those gold medals...WHY would you smoke some dope?? And even better, get caught by someone with a cell phone camera?? Or whatever was used...I mean COME ON DUDE!!!!!!!!!!! Use some fucking common sense. You are /were an American Icon to MILLIONS of fans...all over the country. And you could care less by smoking some dope?? What kind of message are you sending there?? I wonder. I will say I hope you can get back what you lost!!!
Well...Whatever the reason...I hope it was worth it. How many sponsorships have you lost now?? How many millions of dollars have you lost?? I hope it was worth it. And I also hope you found the dude who took the pic and bitch slapped them. Especially if it was some friend who thought it would be funny!!! With friends like that...who needs enemies??
And on that note...I am out for now...till my next brainstorming blog!!! Have a good one!!!
First we have Jose Canseco, write a book exposing a lot of other players that 'juiced up' to improve their game. Players Rafael Palmeiro & Mark McGwire are among the names released. They both swear they didn't do it...even swore to a panel in front of congress...we didn't do it. And Rafael popped positive...Hmmm...well...that's not the real purpose of this bitch session. Time goes on, and other players feel the controversy from the book, and some have popped positive and weren't even named. So...most recently...Alex Rodriguez...A-Rod...or A-Roid according to some papers, or A-Hole according to the NY Post, has popped positive in a drug test from 2003. But he did do the admirable thing...and fessed up and admitted to millions of people watching ESPN...'yes I did it'. Kudos to you A-Rod for being a MAN and admitting you screwed up. My Daddy always told me, any jackass could lie, but it took a real man to admit he was wrong, no matter what the consequences...so KUDOS to you A-Rod.
Well...I have two questions concerning all of this...One, what kind of message are we teaching the children?? What kind of role models are we displaying for the next generation with all this use of enhancing performance drugs?? What does it tell them?? Ok...that was like three...but now I have a fourth...which is a bigger bitch...WHY IS CONGRESS GETTING INVOLVED??? I mean...shouldn 't they be fixing our economy, or pollution, or global warming?? I mean...why the hell are you looking into who may have lied to people about using enhancers?? Are there not more important issues going on right now?? It may just be me...but i would think you can find a lot of more interesting, and USEFUL ways to spend your fucking time, then to worry about athletes who lied about enhancers. Just my biased opinion here...take it or leave it.
New Topic...Michael Phelps!!! What the HELL were you thinking?? Seriously dude??!! What were you possibly thinking?? Why after getting all them sponsorships...after winning all those gold medals...WHY would you smoke some dope?? And even better, get caught by someone with a cell phone camera?? Or whatever was used...I mean COME ON DUDE!!!!!!!!!!! Use some fucking common sense. You are /were an American Icon to MILLIONS of fans...all over the country. And you could care less by smoking some dope?? What kind of message are you sending there?? I wonder. I will say I hope you can get back what you lost!!!
Well...Whatever the reason...I hope it was worth it. How many sponsorships have you lost now?? How many millions of dollars have you lost?? I hope it was worth it. And I also hope you found the dude who took the pic and bitch slapped them. Especially if it was some friend who thought it would be funny!!! With friends like that...who needs enemies??
And on that note...I am out for now...till my next brainstorming blog!!! Have a good one!!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Super-Blog???
Better late than never...LOL
So…like everyone else, I watched the Superbowl this past week with the Steelers vs the Cardinals. Who would have thought the Cardinals would be in a Superbowl?? They are normally known for being the team most requested to beat on, and get a win. Now look at them…NFC Conference Champions!!! The Steelers were on a quest to become the 1st franchise to win a record 6th Superbowl Champion Title.
Well…it was an awesome game in my opinion. And I ain’t bitter, that if the Cardinals could have held on and won the game 23-20, I would have won $200 in someone’s block pool. I really am not bitter… much!!! LOL It was one hell of a game, and what a way to finish it. Although I am a little annoyed that they NEVER reviewed the ‘fumble’ from Kurt Warner in the closing seconds. I mean clearly he was in forward progress, but I guess they just wanted to end the game. Whatever!!! It was still one helluva game!!!
Of course, like anyone else who watches the Superbowl, there are two other things that one looks forward to on this night. First are the Superbowl Ads…and boy…were they lacking this year. I mean…what’s the deal?? The most hilarious one I thought was the Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head commercial. F-U-N-N-Y!!!!!!!!!!!! Then there was the space driving with the car getting ripped off for its tires…funny!!! The 2 E-Trade commercials with the baby were cute too!! But one thing that pissed me off was the 3-D commercials. I mean…where the hell was the warnings about those 3 commercials?? I never saw anything that said "Get your 3-D glasses here for the Superbowl commercials!!" That pissed me off!!! "What the Flog-Nod?" Do you remember which commercial that was from??
I just felt like the commercials were lacking!!! I guess our economy may have had something to do with it. But I also think that the comedy and the real deep interest in putting out the great commercials have gone downhill. Oh well…Hopefully they will improve next year…LET’S GO JETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second other thing to look for at the Superbowl is the Half Time Show. Enter Bruce ‘The Boss’ Springsteen. Are you kidding me?? This dude needs to just flat out retire!! While I found it somewhat entertaining…I could have had just as much fun shoveling snow out of my driveway!! It just was…eh??...I mean, how bout we get some of the newer artists out there to perform??!! Need to get some new meat out there!!! Well that all I have to say about that…
Lemme see…what else did I wanna discuss here…I really should write down the subjects I wanna blog about…it may help my brain freeze. HA HA!!!! Well…Can’t think of it now…but as soon as I do…I will write it down!! Till then…I am outta here!!!
So…like everyone else, I watched the Superbowl this past week with the Steelers vs the Cardinals. Who would have thought the Cardinals would be in a Superbowl?? They are normally known for being the team most requested to beat on, and get a win. Now look at them…NFC Conference Champions!!! The Steelers were on a quest to become the 1st franchise to win a record 6th Superbowl Champion Title.
Well…it was an awesome game in my opinion. And I ain’t bitter, that if the Cardinals could have held on and won the game 23-20, I would have won $200 in someone’s block pool. I really am not bitter… much!!! LOL It was one hell of a game, and what a way to finish it. Although I am a little annoyed that they NEVER reviewed the ‘fumble’ from Kurt Warner in the closing seconds. I mean clearly he was in forward progress, but I guess they just wanted to end the game. Whatever!!! It was still one helluva game!!!
Of course, like anyone else who watches the Superbowl, there are two other things that one looks forward to on this night. First are the Superbowl Ads…and boy…were they lacking this year. I mean…what’s the deal?? The most hilarious one I thought was the Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head commercial. F-U-N-N-Y!!!!!!!!!!!! Then there was the space driving with the car getting ripped off for its tires…funny!!! The 2 E-Trade commercials with the baby were cute too!! But one thing that pissed me off was the 3-D commercials. I mean…where the hell was the warnings about those 3 commercials?? I never saw anything that said "Get your 3-D glasses here for the Superbowl commercials!!" That pissed me off!!! "What the Flog-Nod?" Do you remember which commercial that was from??
I just felt like the commercials were lacking!!! I guess our economy may have had something to do with it. But I also think that the comedy and the real deep interest in putting out the great commercials have gone downhill. Oh well…Hopefully they will improve next year…LET’S GO JETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Second other thing to look for at the Superbowl is the Half Time Show. Enter Bruce ‘The Boss’ Springsteen. Are you kidding me?? This dude needs to just flat out retire!! While I found it somewhat entertaining…I could have had just as much fun shoveling snow out of my driveway!! It just was…eh??...I mean, how bout we get some of the newer artists out there to perform??!! Need to get some new meat out there!!! Well that all I have to say about that…
Lemme see…what else did I wanna discuss here…I really should write down the subjects I wanna blog about…it may help my brain freeze. HA HA!!!! Well…Can’t think of it now…but as soon as I do…I will write it down!! Till then…I am outta here!!!
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