Update Season VI - "A New Day Dawning"

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

By his own word, he has gained 10+ pounds since he came home in a month. For someone his size, that is insane.

And it's not like he's tied down to a desk job at the moment, which makes it difficult for him to find time to exercise.  He has all the time in the world to exercise every day.

Right. He just doesn't care. Baseball games on tv, not wanting to offend people who cook for him, feeling hungry. All of those things take priority over health.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I don't understand how one can possibly stuff that much food into his mouth to gain 10 pounds in one month without at least heavy drinking.

It's probably possible if he's eating pie multiple times a day, lots of fried food, heavy gravies, drinking regular cokes and other soft drinks, and basically eating sugar all day long with no exercise whatsoever (walking to his car and back doesn't count, I don't count walking to the parking deck and back as exercise when I do it every day). It sounds like it is the norm for his family to "stuff their bellies" at every meal.

Like I said, once he got back into that environment, he would go downhill, and I nailed it.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Also, how does one have a 10 course meal?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Oh, normally I consider courses as appetizers, soup, salad, amuse, entree, dessert, etc.. Not each side item. But I get it.

Normally, I am fine with splurging on your birthday, but you splurge nearly every day, and you're fast approaching a medical condition, so you may have to diet on your birthday!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Maybe try having meals without dessert? Typically I never eat dessert except on rare occasions or holidays/birthdays. Sugar is what gets you. Your family already has diabetes in it, so you should be more afraid than you seem to be.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Then what's packing on the weight? I guess the general country cooking in general. Good stuff, but man, unless you're active, which you aren't, it packs on the pounds.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yeah but usually that weight must stay on considering you weigh 269. Or you just have company in town all the time. I eat a lot too when there is a special occasion, so I get it, but I tend to not keep it on when it's over. Hell, last weekend I celebrated my own birthday, a friends birthday and a family friend, so I ate constantly, lobster, lima beans, salads, chinese, cake, but I cut back after that!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yeah but usually that weight must stay on considering you weigh 269. Or you just have company in town all the time. I eat a lot too when there is a special occasion, so I get it, but I tend to not keep it on when it's over. Hell, last weekend I celebrated my own birthday, a friends birthday and a family friend, so I ate constantly, lobster, lima beans, salads, chinese, cake, but I cut back after that!

Before they came, I was starting to drift down closer to 260.  I think I bottomed out at 263-264 before they came.  I was losing a little bit because I was drinking 5 glasses of water a day, cutting back on what I ate, and walking just a bit.

Yeah, drinking water doesn't help you lose weight. It does keep your system clean, flush out some of the excess sodium, which no doubt you have, and is better for you than drinking regular sodas, but it only helps you in that way. Simply sitting around and drinking water all day while eating the same things will do nothing for you.

In any event, you will have to make the conscious decision to really limit your sugar intake before anything will happen, and that means not drinking any regular cokes or eating pie during the day. I am not going to be a stickler like Inks - you can drink diet soda all you want, or crystal light mixes for tea, lemonade, etc, because I know drinking water all day all the time can be boring. And since you don't drink booze, those are some alternatives. All of calorie free.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

The fact that Bushie sounds more like my 90 year old granddad than he does my parents is scary enough with all this talk of diabetes and arthritis.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Because it offends his family.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Culture, guys, it is all about culture. He won't change, and he will not be with us much longer. It's really sad too. But you can only do so much for someone before you have to give up.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Christ Almighty, 9 hours visiting with family members? I'd rather die.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I imagine a lot of the family time is simply sitting around looking at each other. They may have the TV on, occasionally talking about some news event, etc. I doubt any of their lives are that interesting to where they have 9 hours worth of stories to tell, and they have phones, so it's strange that he seems like they haven't spoken since seeing each other last time.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I absolutely support Bushie watching The Masters this week. I will be doing the same thing. At least he isn't watching some other silly TV program. He can learn something about history!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Make sure you drink a mint julep for two...

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I am fully behind Freddy Couples if Tiger can't win. I've been pounding bourbon and mint juleps all day so I am reafy to go!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I am fully behind Freddy Couples if Tiger can't win. I've been pounding bourbon and mint juleps all day so I am reafy to go!

We're going for Mickelson, Garcia, and Couples in that order.

We do not like Mr Woods.

Why? They are all adulterers, just in smaller capacities.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Is playing games still popular in Oklahoma? I haven't played a board game unless it involved drinking in forever.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Some great golf on today. My two favorites are atop the leader board. Go Tiger, go Freddy!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

If Bushie can't walk without having a heart attack, I am afraid he won't be with us much longer. He already has more healthy problems than most 60 year olds.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I had a much enjoyable afternoon and evening.  I watched the Master's again for a couple hours this afternoon and then spent a nice evening with my best friends from high school, enjoying some pizza, watching Kitchen Nightmares w/ Gordon Ramsay, and playing UNO Attack.  I may watch Round 3 of the Master's on my own tomorrow or I may just watch baseball.  I'll probably get out in the morning and take a walk to work off some of this pizza.  The thing is now, I may have a workout buddy that I can do this with, so it should start becoming easier to stay motivated.  She has been trying to lose weight for a few weeks now since the end of February and has only been able to lose four pounds.  I haven't asked her, yet, but I may go over to her house occasionally and walk with her and her youngest son who will be 4 in June.  She's got a nice neighborhood we can walk in, or I might go with her and her son to the zoo some this summer and just get some exercise in.  I'll probably ask her over facebook tomorrow if she would like to be my workout buddy.

Oh, and Duke, don't get any ideas because she's been married for nearly 10 years.

It all starts with that fateful Facebook message.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I love when Bushie talks about marching in place. It always make me laugh!

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Is getting this degree worth the debt you will take on? Can you really see yourself in this field? How much will it cost?

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

What a morbid way to think

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yeah, your body is a temple and you disrespect it daily and now you're trying to justify your poor health as being good because you will die earlier. You're rejecting the life God gave you indirectly with your obesity and lack of motivation to be healthy.