Howdy from the world wide headquarters of Fat Loss Digest!!
Today is Wednesday and it is warm and breezy.I have a couple of good items to report on---small ones but they are impressing me.
Last week while on the web, I found two items that I wanted to try in my walking and calorie burning practice sessions.
One is a thing called Headsweats. These are Bennie looking caps made of CoolMax material that is suppose to soak up the sweat on your head and keep it out of your eyes. Since this is a big problem with yours truly I gave them a try.I got two of the Bennie caps (one size fits all)in chili pepper and one in lighting bolt print---yep, stop laughing cause I damn sure did.Janet told me 2 years ago I would not be caught dead in them, she is right.I also got a cap in Cool Max material.I wore the cap Monday and Tuesday and I wore the Bennie and cap today.
The damn thing works, the only sweat in my eyes came from around my eyes themselves. And I want you to know my head sweats BAAAD.
The second item I found surfing was socks made by Feetures. These are a blend of Merino wool and bamboo--yep bamboo. It seems if you can keep the panda bears from eating all the bamboo you can make socks with it and they wick moisture away from your feet faster than shit going thru a goose.
Well I got a couple of pairs and wore them all day yesterday and today. First they are the most comfortable sock I have ever had on , lots of cushion and they will not slip on your feet.Also, my feet stay dry even after my 2 1/2 mile Full Pak Trac. Usually I have to wash my feet and dry them and change socks after my noon walk because my socks are soaked.
I guess it IS the small things in life that really matter.
Come travel with me, I am moving more, staying calorie deficient more and enjoying some small stuff.
See ya down the road
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Everyone should burp and fart more---if ya did there would be a lot less cancer in the world, that stuff needs to get out.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Everyone loves a fat man
Howdy from the land of cheap bourbon whiskey and pearl snap shirts.
Well not really cheap bourbon whiskey I only drink Crown but you get the drift!!
For a long time I remember hearing the expression that Everyone Loves a Fat Man.I guessed this was because most of us fat men were funny and jovial and generally fun to be around. I think I was fun to be around--if I wasn't bitching or moaning. The point is I was always making some kinda joke or coming up with a "pearl of wisdom".
I remember telling people"if everyone in the world was a big as me--well we would all be closer together".What a load of crap! In reality I would joke about my weight in an effort to hide my embrassment about it. For decades I would not wear a pull over shirt because they showed all the flab I had.
Now don't get me wrong I am not a modest person but that don't mean I felt good about my size or my shape. It does not mean I was not offended by people making comments about my fat or about me not being able to do anything.I would steer clear of doing things because "I don't like to" when really it was too hard or just not worth it.
It is really sad to think of how little I cared about myself years ago or how little confidence I had.Outwardly I think it did not show too much.But hey, the past is past, now looking ahead, I can see a whole hell of a lot better things down the road.
Just this weekend I got me a cap and a Headsweat bennie to wear walking , to keep the sweat out of my eyes.My darling wife said'You are really changing--2 years ago you would have never worn anything like that> she is mighty right!!
If you think you ought to start this type journey--you probably should.If you think You can't --you are wrong you can.It is worth it and you know it down deep. Come travel with me, I feel like I got this trip by the ass on a down hill drag.
oh yea, I got a new saying----if everyone would lose as much fat as me, there would be a lot more room in the world!!
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Everyone loves a fat man--except the Fat Man.
Well not really cheap bourbon whiskey I only drink Crown but you get the drift!!
For a long time I remember hearing the expression that Everyone Loves a Fat Man.I guessed this was because most of us fat men were funny and jovial and generally fun to be around. I think I was fun to be around--if I wasn't bitching or moaning. The point is I was always making some kinda joke or coming up with a "pearl of wisdom".
I remember telling people"if everyone in the world was a big as me--well we would all be closer together".What a load of crap! In reality I would joke about my weight in an effort to hide my embrassment about it. For decades I would not wear a pull over shirt because they showed all the flab I had.
Now don't get me wrong I am not a modest person but that don't mean I felt good about my size or my shape. It does not mean I was not offended by people making comments about my fat or about me not being able to do anything.I would steer clear of doing things because "I don't like to" when really it was too hard or just not worth it.
It is really sad to think of how little I cared about myself years ago or how little confidence I had.Outwardly I think it did not show too much.But hey, the past is past, now looking ahead, I can see a whole hell of a lot better things down the road.
Just this weekend I got me a cap and a Headsweat bennie to wear walking , to keep the sweat out of my eyes.My darling wife said'You are really changing--2 years ago you would have never worn anything like that> she is mighty right!!
If you think you ought to start this type journey--you probably should.If you think You can't --you are wrong you can.It is worth it and you know it down deep. Come travel with me, I feel like I got this trip by the ass on a down hill drag.
oh yea, I got a new saying----if everyone would lose as much fat as me, there would be a lot more room in the world!!
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Everyone loves a fat man--except the Fat Man.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Hathcock
Greetings from the land of Hoppy Dog and Leroy.
In reading Muata's site-www.mrlowbodyfat.com & Tony's -www.theantijared.blogspot.com I keep seeing questions from people on "how can I do this?" "what should I eat?" "tell me what exercises to do".
But in reading all around the web and looking at what 100s of people are doing to be successful losing fat it is evident that they all have one common factor. No they don't all eat cauliflower or they have not all quit eating meat, sugar,bread,cheese or even Snickers Bars. They have all reduced the number of calories they eat AND/OR increased the number of calories they burn.**the Energy Equation**
The point I am making is there is a PLAN for everyone, it is called **eat less move more**
What I stuff in my pie whole is not as important to anyone else as it is to me.I have to find my way in this journey.If I didn't find a way to travel this journey and what will work for me I would be doomed for failure.I don't want to abandon my whole life history for the rest of my life.I want to eat a piece of Aunt Annie Pearl pound cake once in a while, I want to eat Janet's sour dough bread and her one and only world famous tea cakes AND I can while continuing to lose fat IF I realize how much I eat and how much I burn---and most importantly for me---WHY.
Yes I said WHY.One thing I keep learning is "why" I eat some things.A lot of the time I am not hungry but there is a trigger. Last night we watched the season final of LOST---crap I love/hate that damn show. The whole plot is a Dick Cheney/Nancy Palosi plot to rule the world--LOL. But because I watched to boob tube for 2 hours(much longer than normal) I was craving some popcorn.WHY-I was bored. Well I popped the corn and timed my nibbling to last until the end of the show.
The point of all this rambling is, we all have to find our way in our fat loss journey.What works for me may not work for you.What I try once may not work for me and I may have to try again and again.For now, I have found a path that is working.While some people around here may not agree with my path it seems to be leading me in the direction I want.
I will leave you with a quote from a book about Gunnery Sargent Carlos Hathcock--Marine Sniper
"It is not the critic that count, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better.the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.Whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood.Who strives valiantly,who errs and comes up short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause. Who,if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievements and who if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Read above again!
In reading Muata's site-www.mrlowbodyfat.com & Tony's -www.theantijared.blogspot.com I keep seeing questions from people on "how can I do this?" "what should I eat?" "tell me what exercises to do".
But in reading all around the web and looking at what 100s of people are doing to be successful losing fat it is evident that they all have one common factor. No they don't all eat cauliflower or they have not all quit eating meat, sugar,bread,cheese or even Snickers Bars. They have all reduced the number of calories they eat AND/OR increased the number of calories they burn.**the Energy Equation**
The point I am making is there is a PLAN for everyone, it is called **eat less move more**
What I stuff in my pie whole is not as important to anyone else as it is to me.I have to find my way in this journey.If I didn't find a way to travel this journey and what will work for me I would be doomed for failure.I don't want to abandon my whole life history for the rest of my life.I want to eat a piece of Aunt Annie Pearl pound cake once in a while, I want to eat Janet's sour dough bread and her one and only world famous tea cakes AND I can while continuing to lose fat IF I realize how much I eat and how much I burn---and most importantly for me---WHY.
Yes I said WHY.One thing I keep learning is "why" I eat some things.A lot of the time I am not hungry but there is a trigger. Last night we watched the season final of LOST---crap I love/hate that damn show. The whole plot is a Dick Cheney/Nancy Palosi plot to rule the world--LOL. But because I watched to boob tube for 2 hours(much longer than normal) I was craving some popcorn.WHY-I was bored. Well I popped the corn and timed my nibbling to last until the end of the show.
The point of all this rambling is, we all have to find our way in our fat loss journey.What works for me may not work for you.What I try once may not work for me and I may have to try again and again.For now, I have found a path that is working.While some people around here may not agree with my path it seems to be leading me in the direction I want.
I will leave you with a quote from a book about Gunnery Sargent Carlos Hathcock--Marine Sniper
"It is not the critic that count, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better.the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.Whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood.Who strives valiantly,who errs and comes up short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause. Who,if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievements and who if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Read above again!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Wednesday Record
Howdy from the land of cornbread and stewed prunes.
Hells bells , I am having a good week.It is getting hot and the patio project is coming right along.My neighbor gave Janet some fresh green beans and some field corn, she cooked it up for supper last night. Fresh food is really good, tastes so much different from the stuff in the store.
It is amazing how little TV I watch now compared to a year ago. Last night we got home and I changed clothes, went and laid some pavers on the patio,cut some pavers for the angles. By the time I got through it was 8:15 and I watched 30-45 minutes of TV and put on my shoes and did my 30 minutes of treadmill and then my Turbulence Exercises.I then took a shower and hit the rack, read for 10-15 minutes before my old mind blanked out.
I stepped on the scale this morning----229.6!Hot damn! 75.4 pounds of melted fat gone gone gone!!
Travel with me down the road, every pound lost is a record!!
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Nature gave all of us something to land on, sooner or latter we all fall flat on it.
Hells bells , I am having a good week.It is getting hot and the patio project is coming right along.My neighbor gave Janet some fresh green beans and some field corn, she cooked it up for supper last night. Fresh food is really good, tastes so much different from the stuff in the store.
It is amazing how little TV I watch now compared to a year ago. Last night we got home and I changed clothes, went and laid some pavers on the patio,cut some pavers for the angles. By the time I got through it was 8:15 and I watched 30-45 minutes of TV and put on my shoes and did my 30 minutes of treadmill and then my Turbulence Exercises.I then took a shower and hit the rack, read for 10-15 minutes before my old mind blanked out.
I stepped on the scale this morning----229.6!Hot damn! 75.4 pounds of melted fat gone gone gone!!
Travel with me down the road, every pound lost is a record!!
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Nature gave all of us something to land on, sooner or latter we all fall flat on it.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Political Correctness
Howdy from the land of green grass and fire ants.
Today is Monday and we had a real nice Mother Days yesterday.
On Saturday I had a one day goal to burn 3600 calories and I did not quite make it. I pooped out and burned 3505 calories for the day. Not bad but a little short.
Well it is great that it is Monday and I have a new week to burn some lard.I plan on cutting calories fairly hard the rest of the month. With summer coming on pretty quick I am trying to get in shape for a speedo---LOL
See ya on the fat loss highway.
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Political Correctness is like trying to tell someone there is actually a way to pick a turd up by the clean end.
Today is Monday and we had a real nice Mother Days yesterday.
On Saturday I had a one day goal to burn 3600 calories and I did not quite make it. I pooped out and burned 3505 calories for the day. Not bad but a little short.
Well it is great that it is Monday and I have a new week to burn some lard.I plan on cutting calories fairly hard the rest of the month. With summer coming on pretty quick I am trying to get in shape for a speedo---LOL
See ya on the fat loss highway.
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
Political Correctness is like trying to tell someone there is actually a way to pick a turd up by the clean end.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Fat Burning in High Gear
Howdy from the land of milk and honey---and raw carrots and grapes too.
Well today is Friday and the wind is blowing. I had a real good Full Pak Trac walk at lunch with the Formosa Lunch Track Team.Andy, the baddest cat in the land , was running as usual.
I got me a short range goal for tomorrow---tomorrow only--burn up 3600 calories.
I am continuing to work on my yard project and I am gonna really move thru space with intensity. I am adding on to the patio and will be carrying plenty of pavers and bending over a bunch.Yea man I can't wait.Like an old boss I had one time always said---if ya can't get it, ya can't stay.
Sunday is mothers day , so I'll be cooking up lunch for my mother and Janet.I might get in a little work too.
See ya next week, been kind to someone, they deserve it.
Pearl of Wisdom form the mind of WEL
When asked "how's the world treating you" I always answer---"the world ain't TREATING me, I pay for everything I get"
Well today is Friday and the wind is blowing. I had a real good Full Pak Trac walk at lunch with the Formosa Lunch Track Team.Andy, the baddest cat in the land , was running as usual.
I got me a short range goal for tomorrow---tomorrow only--burn up 3600 calories.
I am continuing to work on my yard project and I am gonna really move thru space with intensity. I am adding on to the patio and will be carrying plenty of pavers and bending over a bunch.Yea man I can't wait.Like an old boss I had one time always said---if ya can't get it, ya can't stay.
Sunday is mothers day , so I'll be cooking up lunch for my mother and Janet.I might get in a little work too.
See ya next week, been kind to someone, they deserve it.
Pearl of Wisdom form the mind of WEL
When asked "how's the world treating you" I always answer---"the world ain't TREATING me, I pay for everything I get"
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Man whatacompliment!!
Ever day when I go walk at lunch, with my Full Pak Trac, there are several people walking and running. Over the months everyone of them have been very supportive and encouraging to me. None are more encouraging than Andy. He is a runner, built like a gazelle. He runs so effortlessly I don't even hear him come up behind me.
Today Andy gave me a nice compliment when he passed me. After I got back I sent him an email thanking him for all his encouragement. Andy sent me back the nicest compliment in return. He wanted me to know the lunch crowd on the track were all inspired by my journey and I encouraged them to continue walking and running when they did not feel like it.
Hot damn!! I can not tell you how much this short note means to me.I have had numerous people in my life that had a lot of influence on how I turned out. I never really let most of them know that they had a great effect on me.What a shame.
It is like the ripples you make when you throw a rock into the pond. You can throw in it one side and the ripples will spread and finally reach the other side.You just never know how much we effect others.
I should spend more time letting people know when their ripples have a positive effect.
Thanks Andy & and to all the Lunch Track Team.
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
It is better to give someone an award for their good deeds now, than after they are dead.
Today Andy gave me a nice compliment when he passed me. After I got back I sent him an email thanking him for all his encouragement. Andy sent me back the nicest compliment in return. He wanted me to know the lunch crowd on the track were all inspired by my journey and I encouraged them to continue walking and running when they did not feel like it.
Hot damn!! I can not tell you how much this short note means to me.I have had numerous people in my life that had a lot of influence on how I turned out. I never really let most of them know that they had a great effect on me.What a shame.
It is like the ripples you make when you throw a rock into the pond. You can throw in it one side and the ripples will spread and finally reach the other side.You just never know how much we effect others.
I should spend more time letting people know when their ripples have a positive effect.
Thanks Andy & and to all the Lunch Track Team.
Pearl of Wisdom from the mind of WEL
It is better to give someone an award for their good deeds now, than after they are dead.
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