Thanks for keeping me company, Nita!
I appreciate it. :great:

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Tom - sorry about the peach cobbler imcident. man i love cobbler. when you aref roced to eat that late your low blood sugar is making the choices for you. so you're right not to feel guilty. have a great weekend!

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Thanks Rob! Never thought about late night eating like that. I have to doa better job of spacing out my meals.
You have a great weekend too.
I out to the shed for more "elimination"

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Whew have I been busy!
We got everything outta the rental storage. :great: Even got Cyndi to eliminate about 2/3 of the stuff of hers we were storing. That was awesome! So far I have made 4 runs to the dump. I still have 3 pallets of motorcycle and car parts to dispose of. My 2 storage sheds at home have quite a bit of room left in them. Not for long. Most everything is in piles on the side of the house. It is nice living in the desert. I can take my time going thru this stuff. Liz has done a wonderful job of organizing and eliminating old stuff.
We have developed a guidance tool:
If it is a part of our History or a "memory" then it stays. Anything else that we have not seen or used in the past year... Outta here!
I spent alot of energy doing this. Been eating all on plan except for a gut-bomb burrito on Saturday.

I've decided to staff this weekends Basic class again. I seem to get a recharge each time I do. It takes a lot out of me but it is so worth it. I can do it now that I am 2 weeks ahead of schedule on the storege emptying task.

TJ had a great weekend. He volunteered to help at the NASCAR race with his National Guard Unit. Found out, it wasn't to volunteer. They got T-shirts, signed hats and got to hang around the pits and garages all day Sunday. Oh man, are the guys that didn't "volunteer" pissed. That was great since it was his Birthday weekend.

I skipped Gym last Friday, to work on the storage project. I did get there last night. I'm feeling my strength increase. I changed the way I'm doing crunches. The old way really wasn't doing much on the abs. The newer method is brutal. I was able to get up to 105 total by doing 40, 20, 20, 25. :great:
I am still controlling my urge to raise the weights on my leg exercises. I have increased some, but just a bit. I will keep it reasonable.

Everybody have a Fantastic Day!!

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Tom, I'm doing the same thing with my clothes. If I haven't worn it in a year, out it goes! Haven't gotten to the shoes yet, though. There will be a lot for our yard sale we plan to have - one day.

It's so cool that TJ got some great perks from volunteering. I'm sure he had a blast.

Well, take care, have a great week.

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I'm skipping the gym tonight. I have a line on a street bike for me. A new Toy for Tom. Going to check it out instead.

http://members.cox.net/dad2bike/gsxr.jpg


I went to my staff meeting for this weekends seminar last night. I feel pretty good about what my asignments are.
I will control my eating and with the activity level that I expect, it should be good for my weight. :great:

I had to eat quickly before the meeting last night. In doing so I had a small amount of white rice. Had Philippine food. I sure felt it. I was sweating off the carbs. It seems that my body burns carbs as body heat first.

I'll remember to NOT do that again. Last time I staffed, salads and meats worked well for me.

I don't expect to get to the gym again until Monday night.

My weight is staying stable at 228-230lbs. But my clothes are getting a wee bit looser. I seem to do the best when I do the gym every other day and push heavy weights to break down the muscles to rebuild more. I'm still keeping the leg press weights low. So far that is working well for me. My leg strength is increasing but no knee pain. :jumpgreen

In the mornings I do squats after I get out of the car. Usually I do 10. Today I did 20 and it felt great.

Everybody have a wonderful Hump Day!

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Tom, that's a sweet-looking bike. Is that the color you're getting, or something a little hotter?

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That IS the bike.
Funny, we were posting in each others thread at the same time.

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It sure is a nice looking bike. My husband used to have a red Vespa when he was a teenager, and would love to have another one. I told him he should get a red one, I'll get a pink one, and we can toodle around town on them.

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It was beautiful bike. Just going to be in my future. Probably no Sportbike of any kind. It is just too much stress on my knees. I was sitting in a full squat position. That just won't work for me. So I made the "responsible" decision. :crying:

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Almost a week since my last post.
I was busy with another seminar. Each time I staff one of these, I get a little something new out of it. Eating over the weekend wasn't always on-plan. But at least it wasn't much eating. Too busy to eat much at all. :great:
I got to see a few friends from the camp experience in January. They had relatives and friends in this class. It was nice to see them again.

I haven't been to the gym since last Monday. :crying: But I had plenty of activity. :great:
I should be able to get back on Thursday. Still have activities set for tonight and tomorrow night.

Last night Liz and I were feeling like a little something sweet. So we made up some creamcheese in the Magic Bullet. We were out of Cream so used Whole milk. Not nearly as good that way. And, yes more carbs.

I wish everybody a Fantastic Week!

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Yesterday was awesome! Liz was in great spirits. Which of course spell good spirits for me.
Liz finally was able to get into the Orthopedist. From the MRI results he is scheduling her for surgury to repair a torn rotator cup ligaments and tendons. This is a result of the accident last October. Took that long to get thru the system. She is happy that there will be something done to fix it up and get rid of this pain she has been dealing with. Funny thing, with that positive outlook, the pain has diminished. Go figure. She does have some concerns about going under anethesia (sp?) and so she has decided to quit smoking. I will give her all the support I can with that. 1st thing on the agenda is new rules around the house. The property will be designated NO SMOKING! That means not even outside. If TJ wants to smoke he can take a walk around the block. I will pass on that to Cyndi as well. If the idea of smoking is kept out of her face, it will support her. I have always said that it had to be her idea to quit. I've also said that she WILL quit eventually, one way or another. Now seems to be that time. I'm glad that it is this way. The alternative sux.
I had seminar assignments last night. Liz met me prior for dinner. We had a wonderful time.

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It's just a shame that Liz has had to wait so long to get her problems taken care of medically. It's a great time for her to quit smoking, too. I've never smoked (except for the one time my Grandpa let us all take a puff on his cigar when I was about 7, and I thought I was gonna die!), so I can't give any advice, just lots of encouragement. I hate to see anyone with severe health problems from a lifetime of smoking. In fact, my boss just lost her brother to lung cancer last week, and he was only 57. You're right that it has to be her decision to quit, but with your support, she'll have a much easier time of it. Make sure she gets lots of high-quality nutrition and supplements, which will go a long way to making her healthier and help her resist the cravings.

And a hug to you for being such a supportive husband to Liz.

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Thanks Nita!

It's been a very lively couple of days. Liz had me stop by Costco and pick up some Nicoderm. However, plans have changed. In our discussions, Cyndi is wanting to quite at the same time as Liz. They both have an appointment to get the Laser Acupunture treatment on Monday afternoon. I offered to pay for her as well. :great:

The rule at the house will be NO SMOKING on the property at all. Not even outside. If TJ wants to smoke, he can go for a walk around the block. And I have Liz's commitment to support me in supporting her. This could be the thing that gets him to either learn self discipline or learn to live out of a shopping cart. It is very important that there be no smoking of any kind around the house. We will also alter our eating out activities. Several of our favorite places are casinos. And those still are allowed to have smoking. Not in the restaraunts but we would still have to pass thru that environment. Liz is very excited about doing this. And all in a positive way. That is Great.

We have several activities for this weekend that are falling into place. The road trip to Arizona has been cancelled. That saves money, time and doesn't add to the clutter around here. A friend of mine is paying somebody to come remove his river rock from his fron yard. I asked him to see if the guy wants $100 to dump it at my place. That will give us what we need for the front of the house. In the rear it is just a matter of moving stuff outta the yard and dropping in about 1200 sq ft of Sod. I have plans of finishing up my task of going thru all the boxes from the sheds. TJ made trip #5 yesterday to the dump. I expect 2 more by the end of the weekend.

Eating has been good and on-plan. I'm stable. When I was looking at the website for Liz's laser, I noticed that they do a similar procedure for weight control too. Hmmm, something to think about. Just one more tool to add. If it proves as uccessful with Liz as I'm wishing for, I'd be willing to give it a try.

This is the site for the people Liz will be seeing on Monday:
http://www.annepenmantherapy.com/

Last night we watched a DVD that I bought. It is the basis for the self growth seminars I've been involved with. Wow. I knew some of this stuff but never really put it all together in one place.
This is the website for the dvd: http://thesecret.tv/
I'm sure I will be watching more to get more details.

I wish everybody a Wonderful Weekend!

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What a weekend! Whew am I glad that is over. I did make yet another trip to the dump. I spent several hundred $$ on metal shelving for the sheds. I'll be going back again tonight for more.
Liz has been very resistant to my overall goals. This all came to a head yesterday. Didn't get much accomplished on the clean up as a result. Several hours in "discussions" of where we have been, where we are and where we are going. I have made it quite clear that by the end of the year I will be living in a clean environment. I accept Liz for Liz, but my commitment to myself comes first. I made a commitment to myelf some 6 months ago. It has been put aside until now. If she wants to continue to live in these conditions, so be it. But by January 1st, I will not. I am not asking her to change. She is fully capable of staying just the way she is. I am just saying that I may NOT be a part of it. She has choices to make. I've made mine. She says she has committed to our relationship. Now it is time for her actions to follow her words.

Liz and Cyndi are down getting the Laser treatment to quit smoking at this time. Being a non-smoker it will be easy for me to support this. My son will be resistant. The new rule will be to smoke, go around the block. No more on this property.

It has been a PITA Monday... The workgroup is all riled up about an assignment that they were challenged to complete last week. It was done. But not without a bit of heartburn. Now they are turning to "safety issues" to try and beat on me. I welcome an investigation. I feel very strongly that there will plenty to learn from it.
The couple of $hit stirrers will find that their actions put themselves at extreme risk and they were very lucky in not getting injured.

Ok now that I've dumped that out... On to finish up the day on a positve note.:bellydanc

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