Update Season VII: "The OK Corral"

[Joe Biden 2020]

Good Friday Afternoon!  I've got a pretty good size headache, but its probably from not eating much.  Since I have overeaten way too much the past two days, I haven't had anything so far today.  I will have supper in about 2 hours at 17:00, though, so I'll be alright.  Tonight, I plan on watching some baseball on MLB Network at 19:00 either the Yankees vs. Royals or Angels vs. White Sox.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Good Friday Afternoon!  I've got a pretty good size headache, but its probably from not eating much.  Since I have overeaten way too much the past two days, I haven't had anything so far today.  I will have supper in about 2 hours at 17:00, though, so I'll be alright.  Tonight, I plan on watching some baseball on MLB Network at 19:00 either the Yankees vs. Royals or Angels vs. White Sox.

I doubt its from not eating. You may be dehydrated or something. Likely not because you haven't eaten enough.

That's probably accurate.  I took a migraine pill about an hour ago and I'll be eating dinner within the next hour.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Dinner is over and my head already feels better. The pill along with the food cut the headache from a 6 down to a 4 on a scale of 1-10. I'm not doing anything else the rest of the evening except relax and watch baseball, so hopefully, my headache will continue to go down.

[Joe Biden 2020]

My headache keeps slowly improving.  Right now, it is at about a 3.0 average on the aforementioned scale.  I say average because it has been fluctuating between a 2.0 and 4.0.  I'm going to get another very light snack here pretty quick.

I've learned something today.  With high blood pressure, I need to eat more than once a day.  I need to have at least two medium size meals a day.  A light snack and a big dinner doesn't work too well.  Three small to medium size meals a day is probably ideal, but I'm going to try two medium size meals a day.  Basically, I'm going to try to combine breakfast and lunch into brunch and then dinner.  I may have a few peanuts, in the middle of the afternoon, but as far as main meals, just a medium size brunch and dinner.  What does everyone think about that?

[Joe Biden 2020]

Headache is sitting at a 1.5 at nearly 21:30.  I really think not eating had a lot to do with my headache.

[Joe Biden 2020]

My normal bed time is not for another 2 - 2 1/2 hours, but I am going to go on to bed now.  My eyes are really fading right now.

[Joe Biden 2020]

My headache keeps slowly improving.  Right now, it is at about a 3.0 average on the aforementioned scale.  I say average because it has been fluctuating between a 2.0 and 4.0.  I'm going to get another very light snack here pretty quick.

I've learned something today.  With high blood pressure, I need to eat more than once a day.  I need to have at least two medium size meals a day.  A light snack and a big dinner doesn't work too well.  Three small to medium size meals a day is probably ideal, but I'm going to try two medium size meals a day.  Basically, I'm going to try to combine breakfast and lunch into brunch and then dinner.  I may have a few peanuts, in the middle of the afternoon, but as far as main meals, just a medium size brunch and dinner.  What does everyone think about that?

Well, you should probably see a doctor and ask for his or her advice. I didn't know you had high blood pressure (although really I should have seen that one coming) so you probably need professional advice on how to manage both that and dieting. This fasting every other day/every couple of days thing isn't for everyone. And remember that that wasn't like the only thing in my post on the last page.. watch those documentaries and get into better habits on a daily basis. There are lots of ideas out there, you just need to pick what you can reasonably do and stick to it.

I will say that dropping out after one day is poor. Your headache could have been from many things. My best guess is that you were thirsty. Dehydration is an excellent way to get a headache. Much of your daily water needs actually come from food, and you need to be substituting for that during a fast by drinking plenty of water. If you were getting enough fluids, it still could have been just a random headache. With a one day sample size it's impossible to say.

I'm enjoying my second day of fasting, anyway. I look forward to seeing what happens to my body over the coming weeks.

I'm definitely not going to give up.  The headache could very well have been from dehydration as I was feeling a little off yesterday until I got dinner.  Today, I'll have another chance to do pretty much the same thing.  I'll have a light snack (this time we have snacks!), before we eat supper at 16:15.  I'm anxious to get on the scale in just a few minutes to see how I did yesterday.  One thing to note after supper last night, I had nothing else to eat and maybe just had one Diet Dr. Pepper. 

I am going to try to get in to see my doctor before the end of May, just the same.  I want to ask him about the proper way to lose weight for me, I want to ask him to increase to dosage of my Tourette's medicine, and I want to inform him that I am going to Africa.  I've read that it is a very good idea to tell your doctor if you are traveling overseas, so that if you have any complications when you get home, your doctor will have a better idea why and know better what to do.

[Joe Biden 2020]

BK, I appreciate the Scripture that you gave.  I know those verses well, but its always good to be reminded of them.

Patrick, I am done just paying lip service, I am at a point now where if I give lip service, I better be able to back it up with solid, tangible evidence.  I'm not going to quit trying different methods until I start dropping the weight and then I will stick with the method that is allowing me to shed the pounds.  This could be quite fun, actually!

Hash, the headache was real yesterday, but it is no excuse.  The headache was completely gone by 22:30 last night, and I fully expected for my body to have to adjust to not eating as much.  I wasn't surprised at all by that headache, and by no means, am I going to let that derail me.

Let me put this down again:

31: A New Bushie.  A new Bushie has arrived on the scene.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Update:  I weighed in this morning at 274.0.  On one hand, it wasn't as big as I was expecting, but on the other hand, I'm not surprised.  While I didn't eat anything until 17:00, I know that meal wasn't the right meal to have after fasting for the 22 hours prior, from 19:00 Thursday to 17:00 Friday.  Today, it will be a 23 hour fasting, from 17:30 Friday to 16:30 Saturday.  Anyway, the point to this story is I'm going to try to watch what I eat a little closer this evening and we'll see what happens tomorrow morning.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I'm really unsure what caused the headache to be honest.  It could have been from dehydration, it could have been from not eating, or it could be from something different altogether.  I don't have one right now, and I'm 17 hours removed from my last bite of food, so who knows.  I still have roughly 6 hours or a little more until I eat again.  Tomorrow, I'm going to do this one meal thing again except my meal will be at lunch, instead of dinner.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Medically, I've never heard of not being to cause a headache. I'm not just making up facts. You were probably dehydrated.

In any event, you may need to make sure your medication doesn't require you to eat. My grandmother was diabetic in her later years and had to eat once every few hours. You dieting may be more difficult than the rest of us given your extensive list of health conditions.

As far as I know, none of my medications require food.  They would probably work better with food.  Still, though, I am going to call the doctor Monday and try to get in before the end of the month so I can ask him what the best dieting method for me would be.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I did have a small bowl of cereal - Rice Krispies about 45 minutes ago.  I won't have anything else until I eat dinner.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Come to think about it, the headache is likely not from the lack of food.  I get headaches nearly every day whether I eat or not.  So, I'm pretty sure eating has nothing to do with it, and at the same time, I don't think dehydration played a big role, for that very reason.  I've got another headache trying to come on and its sitting about a 3.5 out of 10.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Tonight, I am going to do something radically different for me.  I am going to read something other than the Bible.  I am going to start reading Total Church by Steve Timmis.  The book is about church planting, which is something I want to do in Kenya.  Of course, I will read the Bible, too and prepare my first Wednesday Evening Sermon in my Luke series that will be starting Wednesday, May 22, 2013.  My Bible readings tonight will be 2 Samuel 13-14 and John 3.  Early in the week, I need to start preparing my Sunday Morning Sermon for Sunday, June 2, 2013.  The book was recommended to me by my Missionary Friends to China and just happened to be in my church library.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Tonight, I am going to do something radically different for me.  I am going to read something other than the Bible.

Y'know, this explains a lot.

I just don't like to read.  Millions of Americans don't like to read.  Nothing wrong with that, really.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Do you ever put your sermons online? I'd love to hear one. Your brand of Christianity is fascinating compared to the Greeks.

I don't preach very often, as I am not the pastor of the congregation.  My Sunday sermon on June 2 will likely be online shortly after that.  If you want to listen to Pastor Nick's messages - www.wbcchoctaw.org > Sermon Archives.  Right now, it is updated through April 21, so 2 Sundays behind.  My sermon on June 2, should be online by the end of the month.  My Wednesday messages won't be online.

[Joe Biden 2020]

So none of your old ones are up?

No, it only goes back about a year due to space, and I haven't preached on a Sunday morning in over a year.  Our Music Minister, Don, has preached a couple times and his messages are on there.

[Joe Biden 2020]

The headache that was trying to develop earlier today has left the room.  It briefly got up to about a 4.0, but now is down to a 1.5.

[Joe Biden 2020]

The headache that was trying to develop earlier today has left the room.  It briefly got up to about a 4.0, but now is down to a 1.5.

Sounds like it's gotten much further than you have.

Touche'

[Joe Biden 2020]

So none of your old ones are up?

No, it only goes back about a year due to space, and I haven't preached on a Sunday morning in over a year.  Our Music Minister, Don, has preached a couple times and his messages are on there.

What's even more amazing is that you let just anyone preach! You don't have to be ordained or anything? Or have any education?

In the Southern Baptist Convention, you have to be licensed in order to preach or perform weddings.  You don't have to have any seminary education, although that never hurts, you have to have a confirmed calling to preach the Gospel and have to be licensed by the local body.  Each church in the Southern Baptist Convention is autonomous, which means each church elects their own leaders.  Since we're a small church, the only person ordained is our deacon.  Our Lead Pastor, Music Minister, and myself are all licensed which is one step away from Ordination.  Outside our local church, a license allows me to conduct weddings inside the State of Oklahoma.  I have to be ordained to conduct weddings outside the State of Oklahoma.  We register our licenses with the County Clerk and the County Courthouse.  Our deacon's ordination is on a different level than if my pastor would be ordained.  The deacon's ordination is contingent upon the local body.  If he were to change churches, he would have to be re-ordained in order to serve as deacon.  My Pastor, if he were ordained, could go to any other Southern Baptist Church in the nation and hold the same ordination.  In a bigger church, in order to be licensed or ordained, one has to 1) be called to preach, 2) be heard by the Pastor Search Committee, Deacons, and other ordained officers, 3) be recommended by the same groups to the congregation, 4) Preach before the congregation, and 5) be voted in by the congregation in a special business meeting in an up or down vote.

[Joe Biden 2020]

do you ever go straight from your bible readings to viewing porn on the computer? 

canceled those subscriptions yet?

Since Bushie won't answer you I will. 

Porn then Bible (for forgiveness)

No he hasn't cancelled them all.

Correct, I still have one - playboy.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Tonight, I am going to do something radically different for me.  I am going to read something other than the Bible.  I am going to start reading Total Church by Steve Timmis.  The book is about church planting, which is something I want to do in Kenya.  Of course, I will read the Bible, too and prepare my first Wednesday Evening Sermon in my Luke series that will be starting Wednesday, May 22, 2013.  My Bible readings tonight will be 2 Samuel 13-14 and John 3.  Early in the week, I need to start preparing my Sunday Morning Sermon for Sunday, June 2, 2013.  The book was recommended to me by my Missionary Friends to China and just happened to be in my church library.

You mean you've never read any other actual books besides the Bible?

I didn't say never, just not in the past few years.

[Joe Biden 2020]

So none of your old ones are up?

No, it only goes back about a year due to space, and I haven't preached on a Sunday morning in over a year.  Our Music Minister, Don, has preached a couple times and his messages are on there.

What's even more amazing is that you let just anyone preach! You don't have to be ordained or anything? Or have any education?

In the Southern Baptist Convention, you have to be licensed in order to preach or perform weddings.  You don't have to have any seminary education, although that never hurts, you have to have a confirmed calling to preach the Gospel and have to be licensed by the local body.  Each church in the Southern Baptist Convention is autonomous, which means each church elects their own leaders.  Since we're a small church, the only person ordained is our deacon.  Our Lead Pastor, Music Minister, and myself are all licensed which is one step away from Ordination.  Outside our local church, a license allows me to conduct weddings inside the State of Oklahoma.  I have to be ordained to conduct weddings outside the State of Oklahoma.  We register our licenses with the County Clerk and the County Courthouse.  Our deacon's ordination is on a different level than if my pastor would be ordained.  The deacon's ordination is contingent upon the local body.  If he were to change churches, he would have to be re-ordained in order to serve as deacon.  My Pastor, if he were ordained, could go to any other Southern Baptist Church in the nation and hold the same ordination.  In a bigger church, in order to be licensed or ordained, one has to 1) be called to preach, 2) be heard by the Pastor Search Committee, Deacons, and other ordained officers, 3) be recommended by the same groups to the congregation, 4) Preach before the congregation, and 5) be voted in by the congregation in a special business meeting in an up or down vote.

so, to sum up...they will let anyone preach?

I didn't say that.

[Joe Biden 2020]

I am considering a major change of plans, but I'm not going to keep you in suspense.
Basically, I'm praying about a return to Alva, Oklahoma and the campus of Northwestern Oklahoma State University!  I'm thinking about upgrading my Computer Science Minor into a Computer Science Major.  I may be making another trip up to Alva pretty quick to talk to the Department Chair of the Comp Sci/Math Department and get his thoughts.  I'm thinking about this in lieu of my vo-tech program down here.  I'm not financially invested in the CAD program down here, yet, so I have the freedom to move and I can just divert my FAFSA to NWOSU.  I am also looking at the Northwestern Technology Center.

[Joe Biden 2020]

You just need to decide what you want to do with your life before you spend more money or go into more debt. You clearly aren't sure CAD is what you want to do, as I expected. You just want something to do that doesn't involve having a job.

Negative Ghost Rider, the Computer Science major includes CAD and would likely be better than just a CAD certificate.  I haven't fully decided, yet.