Honestly she doesn't sound like a very good dietician. She likes the idea that he's trying to reduce his soda intake?! Just tell him to stop drinking non-diet soda, jesus christ it's not that hard, both taste like fizzy syrup water.

Yeah. I mean, how is it that hard to switch to diet? We've been talking about it for like 2 years and he's still drinking regular soda. Sure, it doesn't taste exactly like regular, but its close enough. He could lose 15 pounds simply by cutting out all that needless sugar but he has absolutely no self discipline.

Also, she recommends light lunches and big dinners? That's the opposite of what I usually do. Bigger lunches give you more time to burn off what you eat. But I do agree protein in the morning is a good thing. Just don't eat tons of fatty foods like sausage and bacon, which we know he'll do.

I have switched to diet, again, primarily.  I may still have a regular pop 2-3 times a week, but the vast majority of the time, it is Diet Dr. Pepper.  My refrigerator is void of all regular pop.

It is hilarious that everyone thinks that because I had 3 hot dogs last night that I threw everything I was told earlier in the day out the window for good.  That is absolutely hilarious.  We've got a lot of comedians here.

I'm not going to follow all of her advice as she wants me to stay within 1500-1800 calories.  That is just not going to happen.  I can do 2000-2250, but I refuse to starve myself and I refuse to constantly be hungry and not be able to enjoy meal time.  She also thinks I should only have 3 oz of meat per day (the size of a smart phone).  I'm sorry, but that's only 2-3 bites.  Not going to happen.  If I want a steak, I'm going to have a steak.  Not every day, naturally, but once in a while, I will indulge in a steak.

Bad thing is, I still wasn't full.   I stopped there, but I was still hungry.

eat until 80% full

I wasn't even 80%.  I may have been approaching 70%.

Google search.  I was looking for Political Forums and I found this one.

Bad thing is, I still wasn't full.   I stopped there, but I was still hungry.

How many hot dogs?

3

I know it's not a proper diet, but tonight I was just looking for speed, as I had 30 minutes before I had to leave.

Bushie have you thought about walking to you fast food/buffet restaurants instead of driving?  I'm guessing they are all about 1-2 miles away.

That's a strange guess.  I would guess them to be between 5 and 25 miles away for most trailer-dwellers in Oklahoma, particularly those with a home not in a 'trailer park' but freestanding on their own land.

Where I grew up the nearest chain fast food/buffet restaurants were 10-20 miles away.  Things are just terribly arranged in the Midwest.

Maybe.  Albuquerque is pretty spread out like OKC and I'm pretty sure there's a restaurant within 2 miles of where I am at all times.

 There's a Braum's and McDonalds 2.5 miles away.  I can walk 1.5 miles, but I'm not up to 5 miles round trip, yet...  I've got a ways to go for that!

What did you eat for dinner, Bushie, and don't lie

Hot dogs with just mustard

My problem with this, is he could have been sentenced to life without parole and have the exact same effect.  Instead he lived 40 years in an utter hell.  At least if he were in prison, he could have been treated like a human being.  He may not have deserved to be treated like a human being, but he did not deserve to spend 40 years wondering if and when the state was going to kill him.

bushie's diet and exercise plan were casualties of the tornado, i see.   

He had a plan?  Perhaps a pipe dream, but hardly a plan.  A plan is something you intend on executing.  The tornado is an excuse, sadly.

How is it an excuse?  What was I supposed to do, walk 30 minute in large hail with the tornado sirens going off? Or walk in rain with lightning?  I don't exactly feel like being fried!!

Walk in the morning, before the rain.  Like I suggested.

In hindsight, I could have done that, but I didn't.

Yeah, why are you going to your cousins every night to help her put her kids to bed?

Because his own kids are in Kenya, and he needs to put someone's kids to be every night.  Doesn't that make sense?

That's got nothing to do with it.

I am helping put the kids to bed because 1) I'm nice, 2) there are six children to put to bed, 3) I offered and she accepted the offer.  When their daddy comes home late Saturday night, I will turn the duties back over to him starting Sunday night.  He doesn't get in until 2152, so I'll probably put the kids to bed and then go to the Airport and pick him up.

What's up, folks!  I'm home from the Dietitian Appointment.  She gave me a lot of good things to start doing.  Of all the things she gave me, she said the best thing to do is change my habits one or two at a time.  She said its not good to run to the fridge and throw everything out as the burn out potential greatly increases.  The first things I'm going to start with is eating breakast, plus a lighter snack at lunch, and a medium size dinner and increase my water intake.  She likes that I am trying to get in the habit of walking, but she says don't overdo it right away.  She says aim for 20-30 minutes 4 times a week to start and then I can work up to whatever goal I have.  She says my body needs time to adjust to a different routine.  She also likes the idea that I'm trying to reduce regular pop.  I am going back to see her on June 12.

Paul, thankfully, I have a free gym membership with the Indians.  It is 25 miles away, so I won't be going down there all the time, but I will go down there some.  I just found out about it last week and I will explore it some this morning.

A Person, those are two really good ideas.  I will follow them.  Thanks!

would rain stop you from going to mcdonalds?  if not, dont let it stop you from walking either.

Rain alone would be fine.  When there's lightning in with that rain, it would be absolutely stupid to walk outside.

Buy an elliptical or stationary bike, dude. Also, what about the Wii fitness game?

No room for either.  This is a single-wide mobile home.  I have no room.

bushie's diet and exercise plan were casualties of the tornado, i see.   

He had a plan?  Perhaps a pipe dream, but hardly a plan.  A plan is something you intend on executing.  The tornado is an excuse, sadly.

How is it an excuse?  What was I supposed to do, walk 30 minute in large hail with the tornado sirens going off? Or walk in rain with lightning?  I don't exactly feel like being fried!!

mitty and I mean you haven't walked since and you probably won't again today, or tomorrow, rinse - repeat.

The tornado was Monday evening.  Yesterday, there was rain and lightning off and on all day until 1700 and then I had things to do, dinner and putting my cousin's children to bed.  Today, on my way back from the Dietitian, I am going to stop by the park and walk again.  If the rain stays away tomorrow, I will walk tomorrow, too, but let's just get through today.

I don't exactly feel like being fried!!

Unlike your food?

I'd rather the food be fried than me be fried.

bushie's diet and exercise plan were casualties of the tornado, i see.   

He had a plan?  Perhaps a pipe dream, but hardly a plan.  A plan is something you intend on executing.  The tornado is an excuse, sadly.

How is it an excuse?  What was I supposed to do, walk 30 minute in large hail with the tornado sirens going off? Or walk in rain with lightning?  I don't exactly feel like being fried!!

Good Wednesday Morning!  It is about 0015 and I am starting to realize that my time until Kenya is growing short.  As of tomorrow, which is Thursday, I will have exactly four weeks until I leave.  That makes me realize that on Thursday, I need to start the personal packing process.  All the supplies are packed, and now I need to begin the personal packing process.  I don't necessarily need to start putting things into the suitcase quite yet, but I need to start making a list on Thursday, or even later tonight after I get home of what I need to take.  I would like to actually start packing late next week before the end of May, and have everything packed by Father's Day which is the Sunday before I leave.  From the time I actually start packing until the time I finish packing, I will have less than 2 1/2 weeks.  I am starting to get close to crunch time!

Tired.

I woke up at 5am on about four hours of drunken sleep, stayed in bed debating whether or not I have saved enough money to quit my job until 5:33am, when I changed into my work clothes and ran to the train station to make my train to the bus stop, then ran to the bus stop to catch my 5:59am bus to work, began work promptly at 6:20am, finished work at 5:53pm, got driven home by a coworker, and have been drinking since putting my clothes in the washing machine at 6:36pm.  I'm on track to get about four hours of drunken sleep.  Rinse & repeat.

Only three more days until the weekend, though, which is nicer than four.

You're down-to-the-minute timing sounds like one of my posts!

Anyway, I am quite well today.  After getting some good sleep last night, I no longer felt like I was going to lose it at any time.  It rained off and on until about 1700, so I stayed inside and relaxed.  At 1845, I went to my cousin's to help put her kids to bed.  I got home about 2120 and have been winding down since.  I'll probably go to bed about 0030.

Tomorrow, I am going to try to return to some sense of normalcy by visiting with the Dietitian at 11:00 am.  After the  appointment, I am going to come back by the Harrah Park and walk for 25 minutes.  Tomorrow night is church, and I was going to begin a sermon series in Luke, but I'm thinking about just having a night of prayer for the victims and survivors of the tornadoes in Moore, Bethel Acres, Shawnee, Carney, Edmond, and Luther.

How far is the dietician's office from your house?

~25 miles

Tomorrow, I am going to try to return to some sense of normalcy by visiting with the Dietitian at 11:00 am.  After the  appointment, I am going to come back by the Harrah Park and walk for 25 minutes.  Tomorrow night is church, and I was going to begin a sermon series in Luke, but I'm thinking about just having a night of prayer for the victims and survivors of the tornadoes in Moore, Bethel Acres, Shawnee, Carney, Edmond, and Luther.

The rain and storms appear to be out of our area, now.  We can now begin a 2 1/2 day break before more rain and thunderstorms come in on Friday.  Thankfully, Friday may only bring marginally severe weather.  It is not projected to be anything like what we just went through the past four days.

[equipping schools with storm shelters]

We've heard from Sen. Jim Inhofe who will work with President Obama and Governor Fallin to provide the support we need.

Also,  one of our state legislators is going author a legislation that would put up a bond election for $500 million.  $400 million will go to equipping schools with storm shelters and another $100 million will go to equipping homeowners with storm shelters.

Schools in Oklahoma don't have storm shelters ?!

Some do, some don't.