- We’re back home and I am counting calories hardcore. Apparently I had a little too much fun in Pennsylvania and jumped about ten pounds. Not cool. Add that to the ten I was thinking I needed to lose, and I’ve got my next few weeks cut out for me! So here’s the plan; I’m eating around 1600-1800 calories a day (3 meals, 2-3 snacks), cutting back my diet soda drinking and upping my water intake, and doing at least an hour of exercise six days a week – and two one hour workouts at least two days a week. I’d prefer to go back to the two a day workouts four to five days a week like I did when I was doing Biggest Loser, but I’m still pulling double duty at the church while the senior pastor is on sabbatical, so that would be a quick recipe for burnout. I’ll just be content with losing 3-5 lbs a week instead of the 6-8 I would have lost otherwise!
- Speaking of Biggest Loser, a ton of Biggest Loser calorie counters arrived in the mail today! I’m gearing up for the kickoff this Saturday of the third Biggest Loser Boothbay competition. It should be a lot of fun, and I plan on posting the audio from the meetings again. 🙂 Speaking of the calorie counters, though, my word I’ve gone through a ton of these! I think this order puts me over the 200 copies mark! It’s the single most important book for losing weight; you’ve got to be aware of what’s going into your body in terms of calories!
- Played Guitar Hero III at the YMCA today during the after school jr. high program. Got destroyed by EVERYONE. These kids were killing it at the expert level while I failed out on easy. Wow. I’ve got to admit, I’m not used to being beat THAT BAD on a video game. It actually made me want to go buy the game and start practicing … then I realized that would set me back about $90 (game & guitar), so I decided to just learn some humility.
- I’ve started reading the Legacy of the Force (Star Wars) book series for fun. So far it’s pretty good. Not sure how I feel about Princess Leia and Han Solo’s son becoming the next Darth Vader, but I’ll learn to deal with it! I’ve always enjoyed Star Wars books – usually I read a bunch in a row and then have to lay off for a year or two! 🙂
- Speaking of reading – I’ve been reading Jonathan McKee’s “The New Breed: understanding & equipping the 21st century volunteer.” I’ll be writing a more thorough review later, but I’ll say this for now: I think it’s one of the best books I’ve read on how to recruit, train and work with volunteers in ministry. Great wisdom, training and practical ideas for any ministry leader.
- Recorded an episode of the Who are these Guys? podcast this afternoon with the guys. I actually missed out on the last couple because of travel and whatnot, so it was fun to get back on the line (um, Skype) with the guys and do a show together! It felt like a good show so I’m looking forward to it getting out there!
2 responses to “More Randomness …”
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hey bro, just want to give you props for being so up front about the weight gain. You could have easily said NOTHING about it and no one would have thought the wiser. the fact that you are remaining accountable to it, not only says so much about your health, but the encouragement it gives the rest of us is HUGE. thanks for being real and not hiding.
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Thanks, Ken! I'll be honest, it's not easy. I prefer everyone to think I'm perfect, but life after the Biggest Loser has been an endless cycle of gaining and losing. But as long as I nip it sooner as opposed to later, it's less overwhelming. This time is a bit more than normal, though, which is what has me irritated with myself. Most of the vacation jump was water weight, at least (I dropped five pounds in the last 48 hours just by eating right and cleaning out my system!), but it doesn't make it okay. Thanks for the encouragement!
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