Random Thoughts

Jul 312012
 
    • I’m totally ok with Peter Jackson turning The Hobbit into a trilogy. There is so much content from Tolkien outside of the book, that a trilogy should not be a problem.  It may end up being a total debacle, but he did such a great job on Lord of the Rings, that I’m more than willing to give him a chance. Plus he made Dead Alive / Braindead, and that’s worthy of a free pass right there.
    • I still don’t care about the Olympics. Sorry.
    • I’m really liking Spotify. It’s quite awesome to have that much music available on demand.
    • I ended up having to buy a new computer. Somehow the screen on my netbook got smashed on our way to Florida. Andrea thinks it was her fault, but it could have been mine as well, because I’m the one who packed the car. I’ve been using a netbook as my primary computer for years, and I really like the form factor. They’re underpowered for a lot of people, but for what I do with it, it works perfectly fine. This is the model I ended up getting. It’s powerful enough to run a few games that I like, and do everything else I need it to do.
    • We went to the drive-in Friday night. We saw The Watch and Ted. Both were great. Ted was exactly what I expected it to be, but The Watch was totally not. I was expecting a typical Ben Stiller type comedy, but it was actually a pretty good Sci-Fi movie. The advertising completely doesn’t acknowledge that.
    • My work picnic was at Kennywood Saturday. We didn’t even get there until the dinner started at 4, and left about 9. I think that’s the shortest day I’ve ever had at Kennywood, but the tickets were free, and being at Disney a couple of weeks ago makes Kennywood seem awfully lame.
    • Speaking of Disney, I really wish I was still there. Best. Vacation. Ever. 
    • We’ve kicked up our diet again starting this week. We ate pretty much anything we wanted while we were at Disney, and we both put some weight back on, so we’re working on getting it back off. I think we both really need to exercise more as well, but we have a really really hard time with that. We pretty much lack the motivation.

Home made italian dressing

Jun 072012
 

I made italian dressing last night, because I was getting tired of just olive oil and balsamic vinegar on my salads. It turned out fantastic.  I used the recipe at http://www.pennilessparenting.com/2010/07/perfect-homemade-italian-dressing.html

I used rice vinegar, olive oil, and left out the water and honey. It’s probably the best dressing I’ve ever had.

Weight loss 6-7-2012

Jun 072012
 

We kinda fell of the wagon for a while, and stopped our diet and weigh ins.  This week we’ve started back up. I was at 275 at the start of the week, and am down to 271 as of last night. Our goal is to stick with this now until July 4th, go on another break while we’re on vacation in Florida, and a start back up again when we get back. My ultimate goal is 200 lbs. We’ll see if that can happen.

Weightloss

Mar 282012
 

The wife and I have started a new more focused diet, with the hopes of losing some much needed weight before we go to Disneyworld on vacation this summer.  I’m still nowhere near where I was at my heaviest, which was 317lbs, but I’m still quite a bit heavier than I want to be.   We started buckling down last Monday, and my progress has been pretty good so far. As of last night, I’ve lost 8.3 pounds, to put myself at, I believe (I’ll update this later, I can’t remember exactly.), 274. I would eventually like to get down close to 200, but my goal for this summer is 250.  If I’m able to keep up the pace I’m going, that will definitely not be a problem.  I’m going to attempt to update here every day on my progress.

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