Despite the fact that I hate the cold weather and it keeps getting colder and colder. I have kept with my daily walks. I skipped last Saturday and Sunday. Not sure if that was good or bad but, Monday I was back out without any issues. The temperature has been creeping ever lower all week and is expected to be about 8 on Sunday. I think I will probably skip Saturday and Sunday this weekend as well. We’ll see. I got a new batter for my Pedometer and although I still need to calculate my stride, the pedometer shows that the walk takes about 1300 steps and is 1/2 mile which puts me at 2mph since it takes about 15 minutes. Not bad for a start. My new sneakers have shipped and will hopefully be here by next Monday or Tuesday. I’m looking forward to having decent shoes to try out. I have been dealing with the cold by adding some extra layers and doubling up on my hoods. If nothing else, the dog sure doesn’t seem to mind it. He is starting to get used to the walks. He seems to even know when it is time to go as he is always looking to his leash at that time of day. Tomorrow is my second weigh in since my new start so we will see how things have gone so far and figure out what needs to change from here on out.

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Well, I finally got around to making up a MySpace profile. I’m not sure what it is about MySpace. But, it has always left a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe it is just my anti-social nature that makes me feel that way about a social networking site.. Who knows… In any case, I jumped in head first and got things set up. I will work on a little bit and make it look better in a few days. I have been busy with a few other projects the past week which has kept me from doing much of anything for this site as well. Here is the link: Built Big XL.

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Four emotions I am feeling right now. I haven’t made it any secret that football season has been one of my week points this past year. Every time a Cowboys game was set to come on I was planning bigger and better spreads. More beer, more food, more everything. I was living it up watching my favorite team, America’s Team, kick some ass this year. The way the Cowboys played through the first half of this football season made me remember the days of 10+ years ago when Troy, Emmitt and Michael ran the offense and the team was next to unstoppable. But then as the season wore on, they started to show some weaknesses and things started to get shaken up a bit. I figured, ahh.. no big deal , they will get their stuff together and get back in the groove.

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Well, I have been looking for ways to expand my horizons and reach out to the rest of the world. My first step in that process was to set up a profile at Technorati. For a person who works with the web to make a living, I am a slow adapter when it comes to using technology like this for myself. The family dog has a MySpace account, but not me. It was only recently that I set up an account at YouTube. I dunno what to say. I’m just slow about that sort of thing. I think it is mostly a time factor. But, I figured maybe it was time to break out of that habit and start exploring all the networking sites that exist. Here is my Technorati Profile.

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As I was poking around here in my word press admin panel, I noticed an old post I had started that was about a Hike I took with my son at Ricketts Glen State Park. When I initially started writing the post, I had been editing it and deleted about 3/4 of the post and saved before I realized what happened. I had just left the post figuring I would rewrite it at a later time. I never did get around to rewriting it and figured I would just post it now so I could share the pictures. We went camping at Ricketts Glen State Park back in August and we were both just blown away by the waterfalls. So when he had a day off of school in October. We went back. Here is the post, with some of the picture we took along the hike. The pictures we take next time should be even better since I bought my wife a much better camera (Canon Digital Rebel XTi) for Christmas and plan on slipping it into my bags when we take our camping trip this year

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7 days into my new start, things are going well. My second weigh-in for the year has arrived. While, it wasn’t anything to write home about. It was still a drop. After weeks and months of slacking, it feels good to be moving in the right direction again. Today was day three since my visit with the nutritionist and my decision to get out of the house on a daily basis and take a walk. I hesitated going out today as the temp dropped a bit overnight and it has been raining all morning.

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Well, my second weigh in for the year has arrived and I am 7 days in to my new start. I have been making some better food choices starting with my breakfast. I have been trying to limit my breakfast to only fruit again. I have been going light on my lunches as well. I am still working on my portion control at dinner time. But, it is getting better. One thing I need to start doing again is tracking my food. I slacked a great deal with that and it does make a big difference not knowing exactly how many calories I consume on a daily basis.

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Today was my first visit with the nutritionist since October. The past week without a doubt has been better than the several weeks and months prior to it. I have been eating better and doing more. The weather has been a little warmer (a lot warmer yesterday. 60 degree days in January. woohoo!) and I have been taking advantage of it. Yesterday I got out and took the recycle we have been building up during the past two months to the drop off. My garage is definitely happier to have all that recycle out of it. Today after my appointment I took the dog out for a walk. It was only about 8 blocks. Not far, but still a good start. I’m hoping for more warm days and also hoping that we don’t slip back into the frigid temps. As long as it stays above freezing, I see myself getting out for daily walks. My appointment went pretty much as I expected. I am 5 pounds heavier than I was in October. Not great. But not horrible either. Last week that number would have been +10 pounds. So, I am moving in the right direction again.

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My biggest challenges come in the food I eat. I like to eat and I like to eat a wide variety of food. A lot of the foods that I think are good aren’t exactly so good for me. So, I figured with my new start in the new year, I would take a look at some of the trouble foods that are my biggest challenge points to losing weight. These are the foods that I have a tough time avoiding and saying no to.

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Well, the past couple months have been a real trying time. Its been a lot of ups and downs. With the end of last year and the beginning of a new one I am using that to close out the past few months and get a fresh start on my journey. I am writing off last year as the year of excess and taking it easy. I am looking to 2008 as the year of working hard and achieving my goals. Not only as far as weight loss goes but, in business as well. I have slacked in the last year or two and need to refocus my business and set some new goals to help it continue to grow as I continue to shrink. Today I found a site called 43 Things. 43 Things lets you join with others in setting your goals for doing things you want to get done. So far I am only doing 1 thing. That is losing 150 Pounds. Here is a post I made there. It kind of sums up my journey to this point which seems like a fitting way of closing off the past chapter of my journey and getting started on a new one.

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