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Ok, day one down of eating better. I also got in a 3 mile run. So far so good. Now while we are at it lets work on attitude. I really love my job, but need to be more concerned about myself as opposed to others and how they do their jobs. I don't really know what I can do to get better, but once again this is something else that I think centers on "awareness". I will begin a practice of awareness and keep my thoughts and emotions in check.

Today I will begin a concerted effort at mindful eating. I haven't been nearly the best lately and I notice the pounds creeping up. I know also that my obsession with this can have just the opposite effect with and anxiety and increased instead of decreased intake. So, mindful eating is my plan of attack. This week I will run Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. I will run at a minimum of four days a week till the first of the year when I will then run five. Life is too short to barely survive. I am going to thrive and spread good cheer around me.

Well, I have been doing better this year than in a long time with my running mileage, but it is now waneing. In addition I am eating and gaining. I will starting tomorrow get a regular schedule down once again and drop about five pounds by the first of the year and then really kick ass and drop about 10 more.

I find it amazing so many in this country believe that their overconsumption here has little or no effect on the planet or others. Worse yet are those that just don't care. While our lives may be relatively short, our legacy will live on. Will we leave a legacy of being pigs and wasting resources needed for the future. Will our legacy be finally the generation that caught hold of the idea of preservation and conservation. Most certainly our economy is not based on conservation, but rather overconsumption. Maybe, just maybe it is time for us to wake up.

Tomorrow we start a two week vacation tour. We will start out in Williamsburg, VA. We will do the early American colonial tour and one day 50 mile round trip from Colonial Williamsburg to Jamestown. Then it is over to Chesapeake Bay for about four days of bicycling and then to Myrtle Beach for a week. It will be Radonr's (6yo son) birthday while we are in Myrtle Beach and he gets his choice of activities for the day. I plan to run at least three days during this vacation along with our bicycling activities. I will post more about the trip as it progresses and maybe post some pictures.

Wow, Burger King is giving away a Hummer H2 in its new Indiana Jones giveaway. Well, this is enough to make me never buy from BK again. McDonald's is giving Hummers away in its Happy Meals. I will never buy from them either. A poor choice promoting another poor choice. It is no wonder some people shake their heads at our American attitudes. I am sure no one reads my tripe, but if you do, please boycott these two establishments. There are exponentially better food choices anyway, both for health and the environment.

Just looked at a brochure for this years ride of a bicycle ride we did last year and saw our family picture inside. Almost threw it away as we would be unable to attend this year due to conflicts, but instead looked inside. Wow, hate to miss now, we would have been the family riding a tandem with trail-a-bike that was in the brochure. Maybe we can do it next year it was a fantastic ride. Here is a link if interested. It is the Greene Trails Classic in Xenia, OH. We are the three at the bottom.

Well, had a blast in Key West. Now we are slowly moving northward again heading home to the "real" world. I am continuously firming up resolve in issues I did not make as much progress in during last year. Have been setting here answering some work emails, though trying not to get involved too much. Monday will come soon enought. I will look to add a couple of Key's pictures to the blog later.

Well, hanging at the KOA on Sugarloaf Key, tent camping. Just got here today and took a family 11 mile bike ride to get dinner for a warm up. My thoughts are just mainly to create and maintain the totfit attitude through the New Year. Had a good 2007, though I am a bit heavier than I want to be. The old knees would love to run at a lighter weight and that is part of the plan. Though I haven't done much strength training per se in the past few years due to physical work, my current IT position is not very taxing and I plan to include some weight training a couple of days a week. Right now I am setting with wife and laptop by the pool listening to my six yearl old tell the older kids the "rules" for the pool games. He is really a loud little guy. Hope noone takes a notion to squash him. I will continue moving forward and enjoying 2008. Oh, in addition I am tapering and dropping Lexapro which I have taken for about a year and a half to help with anxiety. Instead I am going t...

Well, haven't been able to get cranked up due to a bad could over the past couple of weeks. I am going to begin tomorrow and move, move, move. I have to get out of this funk. Though generally I feel pretty good, I will begin moving much more run at least three days a week until the new year.

Time to crank it up entering the New Year. I am starting to set new goals and getting myself in condition to really start cranking next year physically. I am now exactly where I want to be in life. I have the job and family that fits. I have finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up and am doing it. I am merely 48 after all. Life is good and it is time to start looking at going from good physical condition to excellent. It is time to look at areas where I would like to contribute in my own small way to the greater good. I will get there and I will make that contribution. I think we can all contribute here in the US by not buying into the overconsumption game. It is vital that we conserve so that there will be a good sustainable life for all. It is time that we toss aside greed rather than going to war to sustain a lifestyle that is unsustainable. Where I will concentrate my efforts I know not, but it will most likely be toward environmental preservation and social justice.

Long time no post. Life has taken a wonderful turn for the good. (Never really been bad) I believe the "old guy" who was yet to figure out what he wanted to do in his life has found his way. I am working field IT Support for the local school system now and loving it. I can easily see as this being it until retirement. My fitness goals have suffered a bit during the first month on the job, but now that I am settled in I will pick up once again and continue on the road of a balanced life. I will also once again commit to writing here more about life experience and related thoughts. While life for me is good I am saddened by the turn of world events and our hand in making the world not a safer place for those our actions are affecting. I hope that some sanity will take hold and that we will realize that peace and protection of the environment in which we life is paramount to a good life for all. I hope we realize that we can't make peace at the end of a gun barrel and that u...

Wow, the monkey has for some reason been on my back tonight. I think it may be a bit of boredom from a long summer of recreation. It could also be that I got quite a bit of work done around the house (painting) today. It has almost been 14 months without drinking or smoking anything at all and I would really like to keep and am going to keep the streak alive. I just could not imaging being in that vise/vice once again for want of a fling. It just doesn't work for me. Life otherwise has been grand. Have had a great summer at Disney World, the beach, and a four day bike ride in Ohio. I would not trade for anything. Also the running program is progressing. I did a five miler Monday and will continue with increasing my weekly mileage till the first of the year and then see if I am anywhere near able to train for the Music City Marathon. I figure I need to be getting at least 25 miles a week in by the first of the year even to consider the training ramp up. We will see. Oh well, "L...

Haven't been doing much writing here, or practicing real awareness. I pretty much have just been slogging through. I will make an effort to beginning staying more in touch with what is going on and documenting the thoughts, feelings, and experiences occurring in life at any given time. The teaching is about done for now and will be taking an A+ test next week. Let's see what career that I will eventually settle upon. Hey, I am just a babe of 48, so I should still have some time to figure out what I will do when I grow up. Still a Linux fanatic, Mepis 6.5 is the flavor after trying several varieties in the past year and a half. Open source software and being open to "the source" is the way to go. :-)

I am sick of eating a senseless amount and feeling like a slug. I have mentioned a couple of times that this is it, but God I have to start something different RIGHT NOW before other things get way out of wack. I will begin moving forward and not worry about the rest. Movin on and doing what I want and know.

I have now officially had it. I am going for the 4-14 kick. I will do it from now on guaranteed. I will not make the mistake of going backwards any more. Run tomorrow and Monday for good. Got to push it.

Saturday trip to the Zoo. Wonderful day and a wonderful life. There is not much going on other than the usual living things. "boog si efil"

I am now at the point that I must just kick it in tomorrow and go for the total change. I have been a bit too long dragging it out. Though I am doing good it is time for the lifestyle finishing touches. Primarily my changes will be in the area of attitude towards gain, finalizing the exercise consistency and tweak eating habits. Things are going well, it is merely time that they are better. Just Do It!

Well, I most certainly can't complain about my life as it is. At least I can't justifiably complain. I have it made. No, nothing is perfect by a long shot, but dare I ask for more. I'll write more later