The Shakes....Why Does It Have To Be The Shakes?!

Quick...name that movie!

Days like today are what makes coming out of funk sooooo much harder. However, there were a couple things today that make it easier.

I'll start with the easier part....
Each of us have things "attached" to being overweight. Things like, not being able to shop for clothes in a non Big & Tall store; getting out of breath even doing the simplest things...you get the idea. To some degree these things are motivators. But after a season of not experiencing some of these things, I'm back to a point where some are creeping back in. This morning I had two of these moments with 5 minutes of each other. The first came in getting dressed. I was getting annoyed while buckling my belt. Not that it was too tight, but that there was "something" in the way. Then while tying my shoes, I experienced a pain in my stomach that I hadn't felt in about a year. Specifically, this pain was a loud wake up call. It was as if God was saying "now, do you remember why you started this?" POINT TAKEN!!!!

Now for the harder part....
With the events of this morning, I was determined to eat right today. I had my bar for "breakfast" and was off to a good start. Normally the first trial comes at lunch time. For me my weakness is Chinese...specifically Chinese Kitchen. It's close by work and it's cheap...real cheap. I've had my Kashi frozen dinners in the freezer at work so I've never had an excuse to go out....but I did. Today, I didn't go out and I ate my Kashi. So far, so good.

Not long after lunch is when it normally gets the hardest. When I am eating like I should, I'm eating something about every 3 hours....bar around 8-9...lunch 11-noon....bar at 3....dinner around 6. However, when I eat the big lunches (Chinese) it throws everything off. Not that I don't feel like eating something for the rest of the day...almost just the opposite. Sometime mid afternoon I start wanting something to eat. More specifically, something sweet. In comes the snack machine! Since I normally get the sweets after a big lunch I knew they would come full force after a Kashi. I was doing fine until I was walking down the hall and heard someone get something from the snack machine. Then I started getting the shakes. I was determined to eat right today, but my mind with it's habits and desires ingrained was also determined....to put up a fight. I wanted so much to get something, but I knew I couldn't....I just walked away.

As I looked at the clock I realised that it was about time to eat anyway. But, I was going to do it the right way. So, I had one of my Zone bars. Again...so far, so good.

The next challenge comes at dinner. Oh, the challenges of dinner!!!

Till Next Time...Keep Moving Forward!!!

He's Alive...And That's Not All...

Yep....it's been 73 days since I lasted posted....and even worse....exactly 90 days since I last exercised. I say that to simply say that I've slacked off and taken several steps backwards. But, for this post, that's all I'm going to say about what I have or haven't done.

Some 32 years ago, around 7:00am on a Saturday morning, I made my grand entrance into this world. Yep, that's right, today is my Birthday. I'm not big on birthdays, especially my own, so on to other matters.

Some 75 days ago, January 26th, (yep, BEFORE my last post) my wife surprised me with this...


Yep! You guessed it we're expecting!! There's a little Disney Geek on the way!

Here's the first ultrasound from February 25th.


I still think I see either some Mickey ears or a Hidden Mickey in there somewhere!!

Our little Geek's due date is September 29th. So, Magic Meets is out, MouseFest is a probably not, but the 1/2 marathon is still on!

Melanie is into the 2nd trimester now and we heard the heartbeat a couple weeks ago. Several people we have told have asked us if this was a surprise. Well....yes and no. No, in the sense that we have been through 4+ years of doctors visits, tests, procedures and on the verge of spending several thousand dollars on in vetro. However, it was very much a surprise in that we had taken an almost 2 year break from the tests and procedures with the doctors and were not necessarily trying to conceive. So, needless to say we were both quite shocked and surprised to see those 2 blue lines after all we have been through.

As you can imagine, it's been a crazy last couple of months. But not nearly as crazy as what is to come!!!

Till Next Time...Keep Moving Forward!!!