I've tasted something grand

Okay forget about cinnamon rolls, I have found the perfect food. The mango:


My trainer told me to eat a mango for my fruit because it has such a high source for vitamins and such. What i didn't know was how good they were. I cut into a mango last night after running and got juice all over. I was little bothered cause i didn't want to be sticky. Once i took my first bite, I didn't care about anything in the world. It was awesome. When i cut into it the mango looked kind of like a cantaloupe on the inside but when eaten reminded me of a peach. I ate that thing fast was had a hard time not eating the other one. If you have never had a mango, you should try it. If you have and you don't like it I suggest cinnamon rolls.

The DIE.........T

because it's going to kill me.


I shared my concern of my lack of weight loss to my trainer/elder/friend/choir director (or to those of our congregation Mike Baker) and he said you need to go on a diet.

I don't have to stay on it, but the goal is to drop as much weight as i can before the Marathon. Which, by the way, is about 4 weeks away. My time hasn't improved too much on my runs but the fact that i can even run 18 miles is great. I have been losing weight but it has been over a long period of time, and i wasted to much of that time instead of preparing. So now i get to be punished. yay...

So here's the deal below I'm going to list all the stuff i can eat from now till then and then I'll list a few things I can not eat.

Things i can eat as much of as i want:
lean steak
lean hamburger (just meat)
chicken
tuna
fish (baked or broiled not butter, sorry Paula Dean)
fresh or steamed veggies: beets, Green beans, peppers, mushrooms, lettuce, celery, tomatoes, carrots.
2 egg white per whole egg ( I make scrambled eggs or poach them, again no butter)
beans, and more beans (these are my favorite)
various walnuts and almonds in smaller amounts.
protein shake
brown rice
sweet potato

Things I can eat before or after a run or during (these are supposed to be the treats)
toast(whole grain) with jelly (still no butter)
fruits-banana, mango, apple, orange
milk skim, even chocolate milk :)
small slice of Amish bread
goo pack
Gatorade

things that are forbidden:
BUTTER
bread
cookies
candy
cheese
pretty much anything the Monk's Wife makes
potatoes
pies
anything else that tastes good :( basically if it has been processed or has a long shelf life, then I can't eat it.

I am going to miss my food, I was regulating what I was taking before on Fitday, and with the link to the right you can see what I eating.

The good news is right after the marathon I can eat whatever I want that day. so look out Cold Stone Creamery, and Red Lobster we have a date!!!

Bummed out

I'm a little sad today. I am no means depressed, just not happy and cheery today. here is why:

Heath ledger died: I'm not a huge Heath fan. I like the Patriot, and A Knights Tale, and am looking forward to the new Batman movie where he plays the joker (I'm a huge Batman fan). But it's just sad to see some one die. I'm kinda glad that my response is a sadness rather than some sort of joy in his death. I seriously doubt Heath had any love for God or even knew who he was based on some of the other roles he has played. I know some "christians" will celebrate his death, But he was still some one's son, he's a father, and he had many fans who looked up to him. Now he's gone, it's still inconclusive as to weather he "killed himself" but with most of these young stars they started killing themselves long ago, by messing with drugs and alcohol and that kind of lifestyle. Other than that, the realization that he was about the same age as me is kind bothering me too. People aren't suppose to die at this age we are supposed to live to at least 70 right? isn't that what man has promised, we have a life span of seventy years. Ha yeah right. I wonder how many other people my age think that way. I guess I just got a dose of mortality and it didn't taste good. I guess I'm starting to drop off of the ideas that I'm 10 feet tall and bullet proof and I'll live til the Lord's return.

Running: I did run 18 miles last Saturday. Yay for me. Although it revealed something to me. The pace that I am at will not beat Katie Holmes. I'm not very happy about that. I really should not focus on that but it's beating me down. I'm not where near where I need to be for the marathon. I have no doubts that I will complete it but it's not going to be the time I was hoping for. I know I'm a whiny teenager with problems right?

Weight: OKay, I have cheated some times here and there. I'm back down to my weight I was before I put some it back on, but I'm still heavy. too heavy for running. If i keep this up I'm going to have hip and knee problems because of the amount of weigh pounding mile after mile. Kind of weird that I can run more 20 miles a week and not be dropping some major weight. I know Christmas killed cause there were many places to go and peoples food to eat. I'd just tell myself hey I run I can eat whatever. That's not true, for every mile I should be taking in about 100 calories. that's not that much. I should only be eating 2000 a day anyway. So on my long runs (like the 18 miler) I should have gotten a total of 3800 calories. I may have gone over that, which counters the whole reason for running. Losing weight is harder that you think. It's not impossible and I am public shaming those who gave up and say I just can't lose weight (oh yeah i see you look and my bug ole Fat finger pointing right at your, you know who you are), you can you just don't have enough discipline, like me. I am at least being reminded about that every time I look in the mirror. So I'll have to get on top of my diet more and get some more weight training in.

Work: my current job isn't really that exciting, I click buttons all day when there is work. I work 9 hour days so I get every other Friday off(very cool) but lately there has been a surge of NO WORK TO DO. It makes for a really long day and that can really bum you out, I think of all the things I could be doing and getting done.

The big one
School starts tomorrow for me:This is going to be one of my hardest classes. It's a portfolio class. I do a whole bunch of writing about my job and work experience then I turn in my portfolio and it gets sent off to some important scholarly people and they will award college credit for stuff I have done. Just taking the course gives me 3 credits, but I am going to be writing for a total of 15 hours. If I can do this that would leave me with about 6 credit or so to graduate. (awesome) if not I'll have to take a few more classes. If all goes according to plan I can graduate in August, if not it will have to be December or so. SO the pressure's on. The bad part is... I HATE TO WRITE. I'm bad at it, I can't cite sources, ugh it's just awful. SO yeah that has me down.

Long posted today and woe is me, I know there are people out there with real problems, but this is my blog and you are in my world now :)

I'll be okay once I get to go home and then to church. These things always perk me up.
Home=Shelly
Church=Godly friends

Boomshine

Okay I know this isn't a regular post but this has been taking up a little of my time and I'd thought I'd share it with you.

This game is fun and as far as I can tell there is no real strategy. Try it out. There are 12 levels. My high score was 253. Let me know how you do. BTW isn't the music nice and relaxing mixed with all the pretty colors. It's mesmerizing.

click here for the game!
http://www.k2xl.com/games/boomshine/

Update: my new High score w/proof!!!

Fun

I thought this little drawing was funny. For some reason it reminds me of The Mad Monk... anyone else?

New job prospects

So today I finished working on my resume and have turned in my application for a job that could potentially double my income. Which would be totally awesome. I mean come on I already make like a million dollars a month(smell that sarcasm). This could do some great things for us in the future. It can provide us with the lifestyle we would like, where Shelly doesn't have to go to work and would be able to stay home with (future) children and be the awesome Mommy I know she will be. I often wonder though, am I worthy of such blessings from God. When you start to analyze yourself you begin to think. Why would God want to bless me? Of course why would God want to save me for that matter? This just humbles me, then I start to think how dare I ask for more when God has given me and my wife so much already. Am I crazy do other people feel like this sometimes? I feel like bratty child in the grocery store who wants this and that. Once sitting and thinking about it, I don't think wanting this job is a bad request and if he gives it to me. It's not like I want more money so we can vacation in the Bahama's or buy all new cars and junk we don't need. But it would be nice to not have to budget ourselves into a corner where we can't be a blessing to anyone.

okay that's enough of that, anywho, to my prayer warriors out there please pray that if it be God's will that I can get this job.

oh right, the job, I guess some of you don't even know what i do, let alone what I am wanting to do.
Current Position- Records Specialist
I maintain the computer graphics of the Electric Grid after the various electrical constructions jobs have been completed. I also balance everything so that all the material and labor are recorded accurately so Oncor can get paid either from the Electric providers, homeowners or the State.

Position applied for- Distribution Service Advisor (DSA)
This person handles direct customer issues, like crossed or missing meters, scheduling outages for construction projects and notifying business and homeowners, dealing with upset customers about storm work done on their lines and tree trimming issues (yeah I might even be on the news) I would also have close relationships with schools and government officials for storm situations and for safety seminars. It's a pretty neat job.

So if you wouldn't mind add me to your prayer lists, and I'll keep everyone updated as this long process go on in the background.

Star Wars to the Max!!!

Okay I know I haven't posted in a long time, but I have had lots on my mind and just couldn't blog. It's complicated trust me. If you could see the inside of my head, it would terrify you. Just cause I have a hugely (yeah it's a word) wide, weird imagination. Shelly loves it. It's kinda sad though, I may be certifiably crazy and she thinks it's neat. Oh well. So anyway I have tons of bloggy type ideas and I'll do better at posting. I guess I just needed a vacation.


Alright already get to the Star Wars stuff. Check this link out

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320005,00.html

Love this story. They aren't real clear if the kid actually fended off the attack, or drew more attention to what was happening. Kudos to the kid defending his mother. I'd love to see the video though that would have been better. So, Moms, the next time little Johnny wants to take his lightsaber with him on your trip to the grocery store, you should let him. What else can he use to fight off evil people in this world. Just think if it were a real lightsaber, (drools a little). Ha that guy wouldn't be hurting anyone else after that.

Makes me wonder though, this kid was obviously a huge star wars fan (can't blame him), I wonder how this situation would have gone if the kid was a different kind of fan.


Spiderman- Kid could have used the spray can of silly string web stuff.




















Superman- the Kid would have ran as fast as he could have hitting the guy in the stomach. I think just the kid being in the costume would provide him with an adrenaline rush to protect his mother. (cool)
























Batman- throw the grappling hook and pull the guy down. (he so wouldn't expect this)




























Transformers- All I can say is if something that looked like this ran at me and started hitting me, I'd run. Plus check out the gun. He can shoot or just hit him with it.



















Okay so now that I have terrified all parents from buying their kids toys they would really enjoy, I'll move on to another cool thing I found, also Star Wars related.


This will let you watch a text-animated version of Star Wars Episode IV.


1. Open Windows XP and go to Start, then run.

2. Type in or copy "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" without the commas or quotation marks.

3. Sit back and watch the ASCII movie :)


This is totally awesome. I wonder how long it took them to do it.


BTW Happy New Year, stay tuned for more blogging adventures!