In my own little corner in my own little room…

So as you can tell, I’m still not very good about my daily posting schedule. Although you have to admit that two posts within less than a month is an improvement!! 

Not much new on the body transformation front.  Still trying to watch what I eat (as it slips from my fork to my mouth).  I am daily conscious of my portion control, though in reality it most likely still is not where it should be.  I do at least think about it from time to time.  (As I write this, I’m eating a double chocolate muffin that my boss brought in as a treat.)  So, take that for what it’s worth.

Summer is moving right along, as it is for you all, I’m sure.  Having my daughter away through the week is hard, and I miss her terribly during the week.  It really gives me something to look forward to on the weekends.  She is making such huge growth in her life while she is helping the girls to have a fun, spiritual week at camp.  I can’t say how proud I am of her.  She is really something, that girl!  It makes me want to be a better dad to my kids and husband to my wife.

The thing that I seem to have the hardest time with right now is getting things done around the house.  My wife will attest to this in no  uncertain terms, I’m sure.  She is a wonderfully patient woman with the greatest of love for me (heaven knows why because I don’t give her reason to…), but her patience is reaching it’s limit.  I have broken sprinkler heads, weeds, overgrown roses (if anyone has any secrets to pruning roses, let me know!) and a host of other odd jobs that need addressing.  So there is the honey-do list and trying to budget out the money to get the supplies to fix them, and getting the gumption to actually do the repairs.  Then, of course, there’s the inevitable screw-ups that I make that cost us even more to replace what I broke as I was trying to fix things.  Yes, living with me is no picnic.  This is why my wife needs someone like Oprah to give her favorite things!

I’m going to plug, again (and again and again!) the Hunt Mysteries shows in August and September.  The Altos – a little lower than the Sopranos will be running each Friday and Saturday in Ogden at Boccia’s and Sandy at Spaghetti Mama’s.  Go to Hunt Mysteries website for complete details. (Tickets to the show are less than $15/person, with food optional) When you make your reservations, tell them you know me and heard about this from my blog to get a discount.  It is the greatest Hunt Mysteries show they have.  And we all have such a great time doing it.  Come see it!!  You won’t be disappointed.

Quote for the day:

“If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information:  French-fried potatoes are out.”  ~Jean Kerr

The wages of sin don’t pay very much…

Well, here it is, July 1, 2010, and my last update was ages ago.  I am still very fat, and still working on changing that.  I have made some progress, if slowly, and continue with hope.  This blog is going to change somewhat from what it was.  I will be posting much more often, and not really doing some of things I had decided to do in the past.  I will keep updating about my struggle with the bulge, and my eating habits (such as they are).  But this is going to become a much more personal blog.

Many of you know that I am a hopeless ham actor.  I am active in the Utah Opera Chorus and with Hunt Mysteries.  To that end, I am involved in shows every weekend from now through September with shows at Spaghetti Mama’s in Sandy and Boccia’s in Ogden.  There are three shows I will be doing, “An Oscar Winning Confession,” “A Cruise to Remember” and “The Altos: A Little Lower than the Sopranos.”  Dates and locations can be found at the Hunt Mysteries website.  They have changed their way of doing public shows from the past, in that you pay a smaller price to see the show, and then you can, if you would like, purchase food separately at the restaurant.  And if you will let me know ahead of time, you can also get a discount on the ticket price, just because you know me!  So, see there is a perk to being my friend!

As I said this would be a more personal blog than in the past.  I plan on letting you know of what I’m up to, what I’m interested in, what bugs me, etc.  If you follow this, you probably have an interest in what I have to say, and if you don’t, then you wouldn’t be following this.  As I’ve said in the past, I never could figure out why people would want to hear what I have to say, but it seems that a few of you do, so I’m capitalizing on that.

My current obsession is with the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk.  He was an American composer born in the 1820’s in Louisiana.  He spent most of his creative period in Europe, but wrote with a distinctly American flair.  I have come across many of this piano works, and I am enthralled!  Here is an mp3 of a piece titled “Tournament Galop.”  I LOVE this work!  I will never be able to play this or many other of his works, but I love them.  Hope you enjoy it, too.

So, here’s to a new spate of posts, and hopefully a thinner, leaner, more adorable me.  And thanks for making me feel important by following my ramblings.  You are all fantastic!

Quote of the day:

If God had intended us to follow recipes,
He wouldn't have given us grandmothers.
~Linda Henley

Update! I’ll give ya an update!

Ok, so life has been pretty crazy and I just haven’t been too motivated to post.  But here goes.  Since last we saw “Hey, Fatso…!”:

I have started seeing a new doctor.  A great guy who has given me a new lease on my situation.  There was no discussion of gastric bypass or lap band.  (My previous doctor approached diet and exercise as “Then when we do the surgery we’ll know that we tried everything…”)  My general health is good, aside from the whole morbid obesity thing.  I weighed in at 427 lbs, which is a good deal less than I had suspected.  I am starting an exercise program of treadmill and recumbent bike 30 mins. 4-5 times a week. (Haven’t really done too well on this, but at least I started!)  And I have a goal to motivate me.  We have scheduled a cruise for May.  Now I know that I won’t be “bikini ready” by May (I will NEVER be bikini ready!), but I will have made significant dent in my yearly goal of losing 10% of my body weight by the end of 2010!  I will try to post weekly my progress.  I didn’t gain any weight over the holidays, which is a good thing.  My spirits are high, and my resolve is intact.  I appreciate the comments I do get from friends and family, and will continue to update you all on how this battle is going.  I know I seemed defeated there for a little while, but I am going forward with renewed vigor and determination.

Fat quote of the week - “What do you want when you’re really depress, you know, some skinny mom: “Well, why don’t you jog around a while and that’ll release adrenalin in your blood and you’ll better cope with stress” or some fat mom: “Well, let’s have pudding, Oreos, and marshmallows.  When you wake up from that sugar coma, it will be a whole new week.”

Food quote of the week - If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies.  ~Elmer Rice