9-18

Ok, here we are a week later in the diet, and I'm only down 1/2 a pound? The Alli plan told me not to get discouraged, that some weeks I will loose 1-4 and other's I won't. Gee, that gives me alot of hope of hitting 200 by end of year!

We had a great weekend last week. Went and tailgated with our friends at the Buc's home game, even though we got our a$$e$ handed to us. I have to say, I cannot stand our new coach. He has this Meadowlark Lemon grin on his face all of the time, and that isn't how you whip a team into shape. He's probably grinning like that due to his salary being over 1.2 million a year! That will buy a lot of toothpaste!

Anyways, we have our rally hats on for this weekend.

All have a great week!

9-11

Well, life is pretty nuremel around here. I did my weigh in for my dieting, and I am down to 236, so a total of 8 lbs so far, but nothing else. It fluctuates so much, and me being "new" to this dieting thing, can be a bit frustrating. Shan and I are loving the meals I'm cooking though, as they aren't so "heavy". We both feel we are doing better, as we feel better. I know that I'm not getting that "ugghh" feeling, where I knew I was getting heavier, and it makes me feel better.
We are going to spend tomorrow getting ready for our first regular season game for the Buc's against the Dallas Cowboy's. We are also heading back to M&D's to keep the foliage in check. (Thank God I kept beer out there)!
Anyways, M&D are going to Seattle today or tomorrow for the Rotten Apple Cup, UW Huskies against WSU Cougars. Should be an interesting game, as neither university has a football team that could polish any of Florida Universities football gear. Sad, but true....

Go Buc's!

September 5th

Well, yesterday was a good day!
Wifey, #1 son, and I went into the gulf to do a little fishing. We had a good day, seeing a couple of pods of dolphins playing and eating at the entrance to New Pass .
In this picture, you can see them circling what must be some grunts (one of their favorite fish). While they circle, one will then shoot up from below and grab a meal.
We went out to the reefs after this, and caught a good number of red grouper, which let's just say we released them all to help improve the fish population, but in reality, none of them were large enough to keep.
After an early afternoon of fishing, we came home, unloaded the boat, then proceeded to the Buc's game. It was dissapointing to see them loose their last pre-season game, but oh well. It was a good training lesson of Welcome to the NFL Rookie!
Well, got to get around here so I can get the rig cleaned out, then I get to relax, I think....

September 3rd

Not overly happy today. Did my weight check, and it shows an even 239, up 1/2 a pound. Going over it in my mind what I did, or didn't do. Had our first "Meatless" dinner last night, having bean and cheese burrito's. Not happy with Ole El Paso either! They put chunky salsa in a jar that was nearly identical to my taco sauce (no chunks). Poured the rest of my jar, opened the second, and dab nabbit if I Shannon didn't have to tie me down to eat it. I wonder where the pickiness I have came from? Couldn't be the fact that my parents didn't force me to eat (albeit they tried a few times), everything on my plate, or they would make two pans of dinner, one the way I liked it (usually sans cooked veggies), and one the way they liked it? On that same note, why do I have kids who will eat anything put in front of them?
Oh well, tonights dinner is a one pot shrimp dinner. I'm getting hungry just thinking of it, as my low fat turkey/swiss/bread/mayo sandwich and a pear didn't fill me up. Guess I should have ate breakfast, but just didn't feel like it.
Ok, back to work!