Steve's Weight Loss Update

This past week was somewhat discouraging. My weight has been hovering around 207 all week. The sideways drift to the line is clear. Remember the formula? Less calories eaten + more caleries burned through exercise = weight loss. This week there has been a lot of pre-Easter nuts, candy and cookies around the house. These have been hard for me to resist so calorie intake has increased. Also, I have been working longer at my job with the long commute means I am generally too tired to go for a run in the evening, so burning less calories. Ergo, weight loss has flat-lined. Got to pick it up again, still 4 weeks to go, but 200 # by the wedding seems a long shot now. Even 4 more #'s would be a blessing. Can you image carrying around 17 #'s of lard all the time? That's what I have lost since starting this jouney!

May we all pick it up as we head to the finish line.

Spring in South Dakota

Spring almost arrived in South Dakota

We can see the deer moving around.

Yep, won't be long now.

{Thanks to Daryl and Sandy our friends in Sioux Falls}

Steve's Weekly Weight Loss Update

It's Friday again so here is another graph of my weight loss progress. Hovering around 207 now, 16 pounds evaporated into thin air. Still about on schedule to get to 200 by the wedding. (That's the light blue line) Am well ahead of the original goal line (that's the purple line). The dashed line is a computer forecast if I continue at the overall historical pace. All that is probably more than you wanted to know.

Heather is in town for Mary's bridal shower this weekend. It will be at the house so I will hang out with Kathi's dad. Hopefully there will be some basketball games on or something. I guess baseball season is starting this weekend. Since those are all excuses for snacking, I will need to be careful that I don't over do it. Will try to run a ways again this weekend. Now I am trying to increase my speed as much as my distance. Seems these old legs won't move as fast as they used to without someone pushing them a little.

May you all finish your race with endurance.

Love, Steve

Farmer's Boys Mom becomes Mrs. Taffy

At the left is a link to a new blog called "My Life on a Taffy Pull." It picks up where the "Little Farm House in the Woods" blog ended. Please read and enjoy.

Love, Steve

To the Music

You are on the bus when you suddenly realize… you need to fart.

The music is really loud, so you time your farts with the beat.

After a couple of songs, you start to feel better as you approach your stop.

As you are leaving the bus, people are really staring you down, and that’s when you remember:

you’ve been listening to your ipod.

Steve's Weekly Weight-Loss Update

We continue to make a little progress. The encouraging thing is that there has not been any side-ways movement in the graph for a few weeks. Also recently the moving average is slightly below the trend line. Could I make 200 by Mary and Joel's wedding? I added a new "goal" line to put some pressure on my self to do that. It will requiring losing a pound every 4-5 days.

There has been a lot of speculation if I am running a secret contest. The answer is "yes." But only with myself. Ultimately, I race against myself, not anyone else. The benefits of achieving the goals are very personal and have nothing to do with whether or not any one else exceeds their goals or not. If I can get down to a healthy weight and stay there, I will be adding quality years to my life and may be able to enjoy my wife, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren for many years.

As you reach your goals, may the benefits far exceed your every hope!

Steve

Co-Dependence with Light

My niece Jeannette makes a point that we can be too dependent on light (Understand I am not talking about the "light of the world". That is a whole other light.) The light I am talking about are those things that clamor for our attention, seem important and even necessary to function. But when we get too focused on the visible we miss the invisible, the feel, the smell, our other senses are ignored. When we focus on the clearly audible sounds and voices around us, we neglect the subtle sounds and still quite voice within us telling us something new, different and wonderful (That's the real light). Thanks Jeannette.

Love, Steve