tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29527474165114496842024-03-13T06:35:07.347-07:00Journey to SanctificationJoin me as I travel on my journey: becoming healthy; communing with God; and fulfilling my obligation as husband, friend, and disciple of Christ. It's a life-long process guided by faith and only possible because of God's grace.beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-10137974623495725442010-11-05T23:35:00.000-07:002010-11-05T23:35:19.239-07:00Hot 100 Update 6<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More green than previous weeeks. Not bad at all!</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes 3 times a week with God</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">.</span> I did three! I wish I listened to Him more during this time...but that will come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Walk/run 175 miles</span>. Missed this. But I did 8 miles.</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"> eating after posting my Calorie total</span>. Another week of success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: red;">Develop post 1 recipe a week.</span> Not this week. I was so busy with all of my extra stuff. I made some mroe food, like a really tasty beef stew, but I didn't get good pictures or write down all of the ingerdients. I have one recipe I've been working on for a while--Saag Chickpea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">Get 1 item done on the "Honey-Do" list a week</span>. I built a shelf above our fridge and walled off an old closet. Up, I definitely get green on this one!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Week 82 Weigh-In</strong></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNT1xVj64jI/AAAAAAAABEY/MpJ1KzlI580/s1600/11.05.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNT1xVj64jI/AAAAAAAABEY/MpJ1KzlI580/s320/11.05.10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Weight: 226.4</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekly weight loss: 2.6</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total loss: 142.0</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not a bad loss considering I dealt with a lot of stress and less sleep and less runnin/working out. I'm happy with a 2.6 pound loss. As I mentioned, I really do think that this is my most accurate weight--plus, I couldn't deflate it by going for a run right before I stepped on the scale or any of the other little tricks I liked to do...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not bad at all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Big goal for the week: NO CANDY!</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday: 2,459 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday: 2,184 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,255 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,162 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 1,455 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 2,033 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Friday: 2,273 Calories</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Average: 2,117 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-48219996561084287602010-11-04T19:20:00.000-07:002010-11-04T19:20:21.602-07:00Nothing to Say<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a crazy, emotional day at work today. I'm drained and didn't feel like running or walking or anything. Nope, I'm not depressed. I'm not in a funk. I just really need to relax, pray and sleep. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's word of the day is <strong>balance</strong>.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday: 2,459 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday: 2,184 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,255 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,162 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 1,455 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 2,033 Calories</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Average: 2,091 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-83828365455460902932010-11-03T22:14:00.000-07:002010-11-03T22:14:29.307-07:00Temptation<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's funny. Just yesterday, I was talking about how I need to be able to integrate my lifestyle into </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my...well...life. One of the things I think I will like to continue with is my fasting. No, it's not for diet, but it is a hunger struggle. And today was the day I decided to fast.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what would happen today, but a free lunch! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of pizza.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNJA4GhNn4I/AAAAAAAABEU/ZjDD3LPOE1s/s1600/pizza.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNJA4GhNn4I/AAAAAAAABEU/ZjDD3LPOE1s/s320/pizza.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ugh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about temptation. It was temptation, though, that I resisted. And felt great about! Thank you, Lord, for helping me to become who you want me to be!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday: 2,459 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday: 2,184 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,255 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,162 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 1,455 Calories</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Average: 2,103 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-43931700486061258252010-11-02T20:40:00.000-07:002010-11-02T20:40:24.884-07:00Canyon River or Water Jet?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's the key. There are lots of things we can do on this journey to lose some weight. We can exercise for hours at a time. We can eat nothing. But really, all that's doing is trying to find a quick fix for what has been a life-long problem for a lot of us. I keep thinking of the image of a canyon. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNDTU-DhW1I/AAAAAAAABEE/cN0YztFPVD8/s1600/6s_colorado_River_Canyon_at_Navajo_Bridge-v1_IMG_2631-979x742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNDTU-DhW1I/AAAAAAAABEE/cN0YztFPVD8/s320/6s_colorado_River_Canyon_at_Navajo_Bridge-v1_IMG_2631-979x742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mean, barring a cataclysmic seismic event, canyons are carved by water. Water cutting through rock. Slowly. That's how weight loss should be, in my opinion: slow and steady. Losing a pound or two a week...even 1/2 a pound. That's great to me. That's sustainable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I know that there are water jets that can cut though metal and a very fast rate--much faster than canyons are formed:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNDU8yEYISI/AAAAAAAABEQ/sY2pMveUMcY/s1600/im772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TNDU8yEYISI/AAAAAAAABEQ/sY2pMveUMcY/s320/im772.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">That's more of what the intense, crazy workout mode is. But really, do you know how much maintenance they have to do on those things??</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm trying to be more consistant. I'm trying to just live a healthy life. I need to find a Caloric intake and exercise expenditure that will work for me for life. Over time, given that I'd be doing the right thing, the weight would come off. Not super fast, but it would come off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">And I think that's why I need to be a Canyon River. </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tues</span>day:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second front planks</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday: 2,459 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday: 2,184 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,255 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,162 Calories</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Average: 2,265 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-16818606412877438232010-11-01T21:32:00.000-07:002010-11-01T21:32:46.153-07:00I Won<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier, Ish asked if I won my contest at work. Yes, I did! And although the picture isn't that great, you can see the three popcorn balls here:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TM-OgXigKQI/AAAAAAAABEA/s7AYLUVLzL4/s1600/popcorn+balls+cave.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="239" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TM-OgXigKQI/AAAAAAAABEA/s7AYLUVLzL4/s320/popcorn+balls+cave.bmp" width="320" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and we were the Chilean Miners for Halloween, so that's why we were "caved in". And really, the only reason we chose that as a theme is because of the miraculous fact that all of the miners were rescued.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yeah, I won--it was a 3-peat!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But really, that's not why I've been stumbling on this journey. It's really because I've been super lazy. But that changes this week. I'll be pressing myself harder than I have recently. Today, for instance, I did 15 minutes each on the Elliptical and Stair Stepper, and 20 minutes on the Exercise Bike. And I ran 6.25 miles. And I did some sit ups and push ups and planks. And held to 2,255 Calories. That equates to a great day, really!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I must make this a great week. And I know I will!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Goals for this week:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to Monday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">7 miles walked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday: 2,459 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunday: 2,184 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,255 Calories</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Daily Average: 2,299 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-61424376476295363252010-10-30T00:40:00.000-07:002010-10-30T00:40:59.270-07:00Hot 100 Update 5<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Losing ground. More red!</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes 3 times a week with God</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">.</span> I did two. I "knew" I was going to be perfect. I wasn't. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Walk/run 175 miles</span>. Nope. not even close.</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"> eating after posting my Calorie total</span>. Another week of success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: red;">Develop post 1 recipe a week.</span> Not this week. I was so busy with all of my extra stuff. Oops!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Get 1 item done on the "Honey-Do" list a week</span>. I will make this one up this week--I'm planning on doing 2 items. I know it's not the average that counts (at least the way I set it up), but it sure will make me feel better!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Week 81 Weigh-In</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TMvJsKvX66I/AAAAAAAABD4/4i4sre6K7qo/s1600/10.30.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TMvJsKvX66I/AAAAAAAABD4/4i4sre6K7qo/s320/10.30.10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weight: 229.0</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekly Weight <strong><span style="color: red;">gain</span></strong>: 9.4</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total weight lost: 139.4</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not sure what to think of this. I didn't give it my all for the last two weeks--and didn't have a chance to weigh-in last Sunday--but for some reason I'm not worried at all. I'm glad to see that I didnn't extend my weigh-in to ensure a loss; that sure didn't happen here. But I'm really thinking that this might be closer to my real weight (probably something in-between): I tend to work out way more toward the end of the week and probably end up with a <em>deflated</em> weight. Does that make sense? Nonetheless, look for a decent/above average loss by next Friday.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second side planks</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,259 Calories (fasting day)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,468 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,376 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 2,489 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Friday: 2,747 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Average: 2,268 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-55391879968970864282010-10-27T22:11:00.000-07:002010-10-27T22:11:14.451-07:00Balls<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't have too much time to workout this evening (just at work) because I was working on my Halloween treats:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TMkFg6LJzAI/AAAAAAAABD0/uBIKcCCsEs8/s1600/Popcorn+Balls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TMkFg6LJzAI/AAAAAAAABD0/uBIKcCCsEs8/s320/Popcorn+Balls.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm making three different kinds of popcorn balls:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">White Chocolate Peanut Butter Curry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Smores (dipped in Chocolate and rolled in Graham Crackers)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bacon Caramel</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I still have to make the Bacon Caramel (didn't want them to sit a full day) and dip the two others--that will happen after decorating and hosting small group...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Can you say, "Yum?!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At my work, there is a prize for the best treats. I've won the last two years, and I'd love to win for a third, but there's <strong>a lot</strong> of competition!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,259 Calories (fasting day)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,468 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,376 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-25016660338426594872010-10-26T21:59:00.000-07:002010-10-26T21:59:52.140-07:00Nightline<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This week will be another long and tough one. Yesterday, Anna and I had a date night. Tonight, we had a small group meeting. Tomorrow, I'll be at work late trying to close out monthly invoicing with my team. Thursday, we're hosting another small group meeting. And Friday, we're going out to dinner with one of my brothers. Yup. Every night we're busy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's on top of working on Halloween decorations, my costume, and my treats for my company's festivities on Friday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah, I'm not sure how I'll be able to get everything done. It'll be a trying week, but this is where real growth happens. This is where I learn again who I need to lean on. And that's God. I'll be getting less sleep, have more temptations, and want to take it easy on my journey. But, if I trust in Him, I'll be able to flourish during this craziness. May He bless me and all of you in your journeys.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 miles ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60 second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60 second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">60 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,259 Calories (fasting day)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,468 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-74382036047234986452010-10-25T22:07:00.000-07:002010-10-25T22:07:03.414-07:00The Lost Weigh-In<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend was another great date with Anna! We spent the weekend up in the mountains at an awesome resort. It was very relaxing! And while we did eat out, I wouldn't say taht we went totally crazy. It was wonderful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But, as a result of that relaxing time (and that we got home on Sunday evening), I missed my weekly weigh-in. But really, that worked out well, because I've been wanting to move my weigh-ins to Fridays for the rest of the year, so that they can coordinate with the Hot 100. It seems like that will get me into more of a rhythm. Now, my scheduled week will go from Saturday through Friday. Greanted, this did have a double bonus, because I weighed myself this morning (as usual), and it's safe to say that I'm retaining a little bit of water. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been away from all of your blogs for the past few days, but I'll be catching up soon!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Goals for this week:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">120 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to Monday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 miles walked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">90 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,259 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-58926795696449490352010-10-22T22:16:00.000-07:002010-10-22T22:16:12.439-07:00Hot 100 Update 4<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 Green, 1 Yellow, 1 red. Another week. More progress.</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes 3 times a week with God</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">.</span> I did two. It's better than last week and better than the week before. And I <strong>know </strong>it'll be perfect next week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;">Walk/run 175 miles</span>. Yes! I did 16 miles this week. I want more. And I'll do more next week. But it's upping my average! </span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"> eating after posting my Calorie total</span>. Another week of success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: lime;">Develop post 1 recipe a week</span>. Another week. Another recipe. Was anyone interested in my <a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/10/being-busy.html">Veggie Chow Mein</a>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Get 1 item done on the "Honey-Do" list a week</span>. Another failure. And I really wanted to complete this one. Bummer!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Friday:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">16 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">250 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">250 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">6 60 second planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">6 60 second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 sessions of tabata jacks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,530 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,144 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,128 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 2,243 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Friday: 1,902 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-28151726931482682332010-10-21T21:18:00.000-07:002010-10-21T21:18:01.029-07:00I Did It!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah, nothing too much, but I did 4.75 miles today. My average speed was 5.1 mph, so it was a little slow, but that's fine. It's funny that just over <a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/02/post-200-seriously-seeking-something.html">8 months ago</a>, I really started running. And now, if I don't average under a 10:00 pace, I feel like I've failed. Really, I have my whole life to get with this program. I can take my time--but not be lazy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thanks for keeping me honest on this blog the past couple of days. Tomorrow, I'll do at least 3 miles. Hold me to that one, too, okay? Thanks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Thursday:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4.75 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60 second planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60 second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 sessions of tabata jacks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,530 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,144 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,128 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 2,243 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-18542070688286037082010-10-20T21:11:00.000-07:002010-10-20T21:11:20.224-07:00Being Busy<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, so I didn't run 6 miles. But I'll get to that in a second. First, I'd like to share my latest recipe with you: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Veggie Chow Mein</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Makes 2 servings</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TL-3T6NZynI/AAAAAAAABDw/AFKd6VFQNvg/s1600/Veggie+Chow+Mein.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TL-3T6NZynI/AAAAAAAABDw/AFKd6VFQNvg/s320/Veggie+Chow+Mein.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We had the Broccoli Slaw in the fridge, and I wanted to use it up. Not knowing exactly what I wanted to do, I tossed this together. I loved it. Anna loved it. And said it reminded her of Chow Mein. Hence the name. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Ingredients:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 12oz bag of Trader Joe's Broccoli Slaw Mix <span style="font-size: x-small;">(essentially shredded broccoli stalk and shredded carrots)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tsp Olive Oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tsp Unsalted Butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tbsp Hoisin Sauce</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">1/4 cup Unsalted Dry Roasted Peanuts</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Instructions:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Heat butter and oil in pan over medium heat with red pepper flakes until crackling.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Add broccoli slaw mix and saute for 5 minutes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Add vinegar and cook until evaporated</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stir in hoisin sauce and peanuts, heat and serve</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Nutrition:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Calories 185.8 </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Total Fat 11.4 g </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturated Fat 2.6 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4 g</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Monounsaturated Fat 2.3 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cholesterol 5.4 mg </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sodium 179.6 mg </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Potassium 110.2 mg </span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Total Carbohydrate 16.8 g </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dietary Fiber 5.2 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sugars 1.1 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Protein 8.3 g</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me know if you try it. I'm excited to make it again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Okay, now to the running. I know that I told you that if I didn't run six miles today, that you should give me crap. Well, I didn't run six miles. But you can't give me crap. I ran 6.31! So it's not too much higher than the 6 I wanted to do, but it's still realy respectable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now, to keep this up, I'm asking you guys to hold me accountable to running/walking 4 miles tomorrow. This sure helps!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Wednesday:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6.25 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">120 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">8.25 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60 second planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60 second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6.75 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 sessions of tabata jacks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,530 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,144 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,128 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-68735531959672138792010-10-19T20:17:00.000-07:002010-10-19T20:17:01.576-07:00Time to Run<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hmm. Here we go. It's time for some tough love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">No, I didn't go overboard with eating (although I did want to eat everything int he house!). No, I haven't had a good run in about two weeks. I'm not sure how this happened, but days just got away from me. And now, because of my laziness (in terms of running), I am in danger of missing my favorite goal of 2010 to run/walk 500 miles this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, maybe a little favor from you all? If I don't post tomorrow that I ran/walked at least 6 miles, give me hell. Deal? </span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to Monday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60 second planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60 second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">90 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 miles walked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60 second planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">4 60 second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">60 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">230 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">230 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 sessions of tabata jacks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,530 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,144 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-68614064245867196642010-10-18T20:24:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:24:14.085-07:00A Great Date<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anna and I had an awesome date yesterday. After attending the early service and helping out with the Welcome Ministry, we headed over to the <a href="http://www.fremontmarket.com/FremontWelcome.html">Fremont Market</a>. It was great! They had all kinds of crafts and antiques. We even enjoyed some filled <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-ebelskiver-lady-seattle">Ebelskevers</a> (filled with our choice of fillings: cream cheese & lox, pumpkin pie & whipped cream, raspberries & lemon curd, and walnuts & honey). Yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we found a vendor who makes </span><a href="http://www.baconforever.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bacon jerky</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. We tried a sample...and bought a pouch. Delicious. And a rare treat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then we went to an Indian restaurant for lunch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we wrapped up our time out by walking around a huge dog park. No, we don't have a dog, but we love them and enjoy seeing all of the different dogs have so much fun. Is it a little weird that we went to a dog park without a dog? Is that at all like a couple hanging out at a park without any kids? </span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to Monday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 miles walked</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60 second planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 60 second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">105 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 sessions of tabata jacks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 1,530 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-90334943405389785152010-10-17T08:04:00.000-07:002010-10-17T08:04:41.654-07:00Week 80<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TLsPNUqO2tI/AAAAAAAABDs/kr7jUlz3k0M/s1600/10.17.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="239" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TLsPNUqO2tI/AAAAAAAABDs/kr7jUlz3k0M/s320/10.17.10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weight: 219.6</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekly Weight loss: 2.0</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total weight lost: 148.8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Average Weekly Loss: 1.86</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I lost almost all I gained last week. I still have 0.2 remaining of that blip. I also have 1.2 pounds remaining until I hit 150 lost. I know this is frustrating, but it really is important that I have patience. If I continue to make decisions I'm proud of, I'll be fine; if I make decisions I'm ashamed of, I won't. The same goes for all of us: make decisions we're proud of and we'll be fine!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial;">Goals for next week:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 sessions of tabata jacks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">date with Anna</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-21070988921452477152010-10-15T21:34:00.000-07:002010-10-15T21:34:38.417-07:00Hot 100 Update 3<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not too much to say, but I'm okay with the week. I know I'll do more next week, too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes 3 times a week with God</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">.</span> I did one. Does that mean I get an orange?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Walk/run 175 miles</span>. Ha! Last week, I had 1 mile...this week? <strong>Zero</strong>. Ugh. Now that all the wedding stuff is done, we should be fine. I'll shoot for 15 miles, but may need to do more. Yikes! </span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime;"> eating after posting my Calorie total</span>. DId this one finally!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: lime;">Develop & post 1 recipe a week</span>. Success! Posted that <a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/10/miscellany.html">Tomato, Cucumber, and Tofu Salad</a> recipe yesterday. And I have another one in the wings!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Get 1 item done on the "Honey-Do" list a week</span>. No success. Sure, I could use the wedding as an excuse. Sure, I could say that I had two small group sessions and a dinner with my dad. But really, I just didn't make the time to do it. Frustrating. But it's all my fault.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 side planks on each side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: dunno</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday: 2,422 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,472 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 1,083 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Friday: 2,249 Calories</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Off to read some new hotties' blogs!</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-3555790291785163502010-10-14T22:09:00.000-07:002010-10-14T22:09:53.520-07:00Miscellany<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been needing to catch up on a couple of fun things. The first is my recipe for the week. It's a side dish--though it's all I had for dinner...like 4 servings of it!. The second is an award that I was given a couple of weeks ago (I've just been too busy to post about it).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Tomato, Cucumber, and Tofu Salad:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Makes 10 servings</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TLet50Q7xJI/AAAAAAAABDo/dQp2IziUaw8/s1600/CTT+Salad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TLet50Q7xJI/AAAAAAAABDo/dQp2IziUaw8/s320/CTT+Salad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is a really tasty and simple recipe. I'd recommend it be consumed the same day, as both the tomatoes and cucumbers lose liquid over time--and the dish gets really watery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Ingredients:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 containers Lift Extra Firm Tofu, drained and chopped into chunks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 large red ripe tomatoes, chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 large english cucumber, chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 cups thawed frozen peas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 package dill</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 small container Fage 2% plain Greek Yogurt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 tbsp lemon juice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Salt & Pepper to taste</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Instructions:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Drain and press the tofu, then chop and add to bowl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Add chopped tomatoes and cucumbers to bowl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Puree thawed Peas, Greek Yogurt, Dill, Lemon Juice, and salt/pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Pour blended mixture onto other ingredients & stir</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Nutrition:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Calories 91.2 </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Total Fat 2.2 g </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturated Fat 0.3 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Polyunsaturated Fat 1.1 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cholesterol 1.0 mg </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sodium 68.8 mg </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Potassium 165.6 mg </span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Total Carbohydrate 9.2 g </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dietary Fiber 1.9 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sugars 2.9 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Protein 11.0 g</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By accepting this award, I must fulfill a few obligations:</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>THANK THE PERSON WHO GAVE YOU THE AWARD:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks <a href="http://www.440to200.com/">Bubba</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Describe your blog in 5 words.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope these words apply: Faithful, Honest, Open, Inspiring, Historical</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">What would you change about your life?</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Honestly, this question always get me. Yes, there are things I wish I did differently, btu I firmly believe that every choice I made and every path I took made me who I am. I have a wonderful wife, I'm living a healthy(ish) lifestyle, and am part of a wonderful family. Who knows where or who I'd be without all of my life's experiences? So no, I don't think I'd change anything...</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>NAME 10 THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. I originally wanted to be a playwright. I've even written two sripts--but I hate editing, so I haven't done anything with it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. I love using a typewriter to write with--I use it whenever possible</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. I have a spice/sauce company (that I also haven't done anything with...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. I like to build custom art furniture<br />
5. I love <strong>love</strong> LOVE musicals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. I have a really dark sense of humor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. My dream home will be made out of <a href="http://www.fabprefab.com/fabfiles/containerbayhome.htm">shipping containers</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. I can drink a full beer in under 5 seconds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. I can put a full McDouble in my mouth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. I haven't done the last two facts in over a year...</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>PASS THE AWARD ONTO 4 NEW BLOGS:</strong></span><br />
<a href="http://couchpotato2tenk.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phil </span></a><br />
<a href="http://findingfitme.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amy</span></a><br />
<a href="http://mymindoverfatter.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben</span></a><br />
<a href="http://debwillbethin.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deb</span></a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">60 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">105 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 side planks on each side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: dunno</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday: 2,422 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,472 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 1,083 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-9370629047057754412010-10-13T21:52:00.000-07:002010-10-13T21:52:22.868-07:00The Power of Support<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is now my 408th post. I've been on this journey for over a year and a half. And It's been one of the best experiences of my life (still not nearly as amazing as marrying my beautiful wife). But it's been quite a long journey. In fact, while I was inspired by <a href="http://www.344pounds.com/">Tyler</a> at 344pounds, I'm not sure if he ever visited my blog. And that's okay. He's busy, I'm busy, you're busy! And though he was my source of original inspiration and I posted some comments on his blog, I never though that I would be as popular or followed as him. I'm not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Comments are great. They can help you get through tough times; they can help you celebrate successes; they can correct bad behavior; they can give new ideas for making even better habits. I do have some readers (I'm really not sure how many, but it's maybe 10 a day?). But I don't get the comments that other blogs get. I don't get 100 or 50...heck, I'm excited when I get to double digits! I know there are ways to get more comments: I can hold give-aways, I can do workout challenges, I can post comments on other people's blogs (while advertizing my own). There's a lot I can do. There are articles and even books written on how to drive readers to your blog. Lots of tools. Yes, comments are great.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But there's something more important than comments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Support. Yes. Support is so much more valuable than comments. Now, granted, comments can give hints as to how much support you have. But really, the power of ONE commenter is huge. It doesn't take 25 or 50 or 100 commenters to have the support you need. It only takes true champions who comment to help you succeed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Why do I bring this all up? Well, I just wanted to thank one commenter who really carried me through the early stages of my journey. No, I wasn't really struggling, but he sure did encourage me. That man, as most of you know, is <a href="http://logmyloss.com/">Steve</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">He was my first commenter, and I think that he's my best blogging buddy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My first blog post was on 04/04/09. And I blogged pretty regularly for weeks, only talking to the air. Eventually, I told my Small Group at my old church and my Interdenominational Couples Small Group. But I don't think I really had many readers. And I certainly didn't have any commenters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Nope. My first comment came on the 10th week of my journey. I was my wife, Anna. And while that's a little like having your mom tell you that you're the most handsome boy in school, it sure did make me feel great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It wasn't until my 13th week--a full 3 months into this journey--the first quarter of this new life--that I got my first non-wife comment. That was good old Steve. And he's been commenting ever since. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thank you Steve, and all of my other consistent commenters! Your support means oh, so much. And if anyone reading this think that their comments go un-read or un-welcomed on any blog, just think about how excited you get when a post of yours gets a comment. So please, if you are reading blogs, just drop a note to those people--especially those who've just started--to encourage them--don't make them wait <strong>four months</strong> to hear from their Steve.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wednesday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 side planks on each side</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">105 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: dunno</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday: 2,422 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,472 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-39753144508938012702010-10-12T22:34:00.000-07:002010-10-12T22:34:54.885-07:00I Hate Candy<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually, I guess I should call this post: I need to hate candy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today wasn't a great day, to be honest with you. I think it's the let down from the wedding (which I <em>will</em> recap soon, Ish!). I ate too much junk foo</span>d today. Too much candy. Now that I'm on this new team* that has drawers full of candy, it's been hard to resist. Why, though? I've been so strong for the last year and a half. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arrogance? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Laziness? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fatigue?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm not sure. But. It. Stops. NOW.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">No more candy for the week. And if that goes well, no more candy the week after that. But let's get through this week first.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wow, this is almost like my <a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2009/04/week-0.html">first day</a>.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goals</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to Tuesday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">105 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">15 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: dunno</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday: 2,422 Calories </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">* Yes, <a href="http://logmyloss.com/">Steve</a>, I did get a promotion about a month and a half ago. I'm now a supervisor. Not a huge step up, but definitely in the right direction!</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-66605221908857375942010-10-11T21:17:00.000-07:002010-10-11T21:17:13.889-07:00Week 79 (10.10)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TLPd6Y99lvI/AAAAAAAABDc/90xU3IL6lSo/s1600/10.10.10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TLPd6Y99lvI/AAAAAAAABDc/90xU3IL6lSo/s320/10.10.10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weight: 221.6</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weekly Weight <strong><span style="color: red;">gain</span></strong>: 2.2</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total weight lost: 146.8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Average Weekly Loss: 1.86</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup. There was the gain. The gain brought on by the excesses of both of the last weekends. I'm not too worried. Seriously. I'm not upset, I'm not beating myself up. I'm actually pleased. But wait. Let me tell you why. My twin brother got married. And I had fun. It was probably the first day during this journey that I had two beers in a day. They were tasty. Now, granted, I didn't finish either beer. But I still had 2 beers. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I didn't indulge, but I also didn't allow myself to get bogged down by "I can't eat this" or "I can't eat that". I'd say that's a win.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But it's still a gain. One I have to work off now.</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-28983577016654373672010-10-08T23:30:00.000-07:002010-10-08T23:30:35.548-07:00Hot 100 Update 2<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting there, but I was SUPER busy with my brother's wedding coming up, but I think I did an okay job all things considered.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">30 minutes 3 times a week with God</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Nope. I know I need this. And I know that getting this quality time in will be instrumental to my success in everything. Just gotta get up and do it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Walk/run 175 miles</span>. In order to be able to meet this goal, I have to log 12.25 miles a week. So far, I've logged 1 mile. Not even close. Tomorrow, though, I plan on doing a good long run. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"> eating after posting my Calorie total</span>. Okay, I missed one day. Same as last week. And yes, I'm keeping this <span style="color: red;">red</span> until I hit 100%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: lime;">Develop & post 1 recipe a week</span>. Success! Posted that <a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/10/caramelized-onion-cheddar-frittata.html">frittata recipe</a> the other day. Yummy, it was!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">Get 1 item done on the "Honey-Do" list a week</span>. I'd say a partial success on this one--I got a lot of stuff done on the wedding. I think Anna's happy about this, even though it wasn't on the list...</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Posted Hot 100 Goal Results</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 mile run/walk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Posted Hot 100 Goal Results</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">117 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 mile run/walk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 dates with Anna</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<div></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">33 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">9 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,246 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,356 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,231 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 1,660 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Friday: 2,968 Calories (probably an over-estimate, but I think it was close...ugh)</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-15719595658372834242010-10-07T22:02:00.000-07:002010-10-07T22:02:11.197-07:00Rehearsal Dinner<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight was my brother's wedding rehearsal and dinner. It went well, and we all had a lot of fun. Oh, and I had a fair amount of food. Pizza to be exact. Like 5 pieces. Ugh. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good thing I fasted today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I didn't fast because I knew that I was going to eat pizza (even though I did know it was coming); I fasted because last night, after reporting my Calories, I had some candy--and thus will miss one of my Hot 100 Goals. I chose today to be my fast day because I--again--let food slip in front of God as my source of comfort; but only for a moment.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">45 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">117 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">250 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">250 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 dates with Anna</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">fast</span><br />
<div></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">33 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">10 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,246 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,356 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,231 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thursday: 1,660 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-17939201904689475962010-10-06T23:46:00.000-07:002010-10-06T23:46:07.294-07:00Caramelized Onion & Cheddar Frittata<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight was another long and great night! Anna and I went to see In the Heights at teh 5th Avenue Theater in Seattle. So fun! One of the best musicals I've seen recently--and I'd heartily recommend it to anyone who likes musicals.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So yeah, no exercise today. But I still promised a recipe. And I hope <a href="http://livinginonederland.blogspot.com/">Ish</a> likes it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Caramelized Onion & Cheddar Frittata</strong><br />
Makes 4 Servings</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TK1r6nKacMI/AAAAAAAABDY/G0jNMPzvrfQ/s1600/Fritata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EVmqZnPuXQU/TK1r6nKacMI/AAAAAAAABDY/G0jNMPzvrfQ/s320/Fritata.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Ingredients:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 tsp Olive Oil</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">1 large Onion </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 tbsp butter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 tbsp balsamic vinegar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Fresh Ground Black Pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">3 Large Eggs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 cups Liquid Egg Whites</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">1/2 cup 2% Milk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">1/2 cup Shredded Cheddar</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Instructions:</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Heat Olive Oil in oven-safe pan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Add sliced Onion and cook down until translucent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Add Butter, Balsamic Vinegar, and Pepper and cook until caramelized</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Pour mixture of beaten Eggs, Egg Whites, Milk, and Cheddar into pan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until cooked through</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Nutrition:</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Calories 214.3 </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Total Fat 10.0 g </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturated Fat 4.7 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Monounsaturated Fat 2.4 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trans Fat 0.0 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Cholesterol 174.3 mg </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sodium 353.4 mg </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Potassium 294.3 mg </span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Total Carbohydrate 6.6 g </span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dietary Fiber 0.7 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sugars 1.4 g </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Protein 21.1 g</strong></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">72 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">2 dates with Anna</span><br />
<div></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,246 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,356 Calories</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Wednesday: 2,231 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-16475083211755283702010-10-05T23:47:00.000-07:002010-10-05T23:47:52.236-07:00Quickie<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry, gang! Another long day. I am just now going to bed at about midnight after finishing up the slideshow for my brother's wedding (and I wake up arounf 5 am). But, I did do some other things (like a good workout at work). I also made my recipe for the week that'll be posting tomorrow. I think it's a keeper, especially since Anna said, "I'd like you to make this again."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and becuse I guess I never mentioned my <strong>twin</strong> brother, here's a picture:</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tuesday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">36 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">72 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
<div></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">78 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,246 Calories </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Tuesday: 2,356 Calories</span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2952747416511449684.post-52779146823310102812010-10-04T23:01:00.000-07:002010-10-04T23:01:09.848-07:00whew<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight was a long night, and I'll probably have a couple more of those this week. It's the week my twin brother gets married!! I had to plan the bachelor party last Saturday; then I have the rehearsal dinner on Thursday (where I need to have the slideshow done--and I've barely started it); and the actual event on Sunday (where I need to have the toast done--and I've barely started it). So yeah, it'll be a challenge to get everything done. And no, it's no time to start letting up on the exerise front either...yikes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, apparently my last weigh-in was exactly a year and a half since I started my journey. Crazy, it seems like so much longer and so much shorter at the same time. Awesome!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goals</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">150 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 miles walked/ran</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">300 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up to Monday:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">36 minutes of cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">100 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">date with Anna</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remaining:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Complete my weekly share of </span><a href="http://journeytosanctification.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-hot-100-goals.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hot 100 Goals</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">114 minutes cardio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 sit ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">200 push ups</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second front planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5 60-second side planks</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pray daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read the bible daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">read my devotion daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fast</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Calories:</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday: 2,246 Calories </span>beejhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986176276061737623noreply@blogger.com4