I really didn’t want to get out of bed this morning, and nearly used Karen being sick as an excuse. But I didn’t. I’m a little behind schedule, but I’m getting it done.
My new earbuds arrived yesterday. I really, REALLY didn’t like walking with my big-ass headphones on, so I’m a happy man. Sometimes it’s the little things.
I don’t know how much my little stretch routine is helping improve my flexibility, but every time I do it I realize just how much I limit my range of motion in my daily life. I don’t often need to stretch my arms straight above my head as far as they’ll go. Or try to bend at the waist and touch my fingertips to the floor. So I don’t. Without thinking about it, I’ve limited my range of motion as much as possible. I need to move more.
There seemed to be more people out and about at an early hour this morning. At first I couldn’t figure out why, but I think it’s because tonight is Game 1 of the Rugby League State of Origin series. They’ve started their days extra early so they have more time to watch football tonight. Queenslanders are weird. š
I'm a fat, middle-aged white guy who's trying to lose weight. A LOT of weight. My goal is to lose 200 pounds. I was born in 1968 and I grew up in East and Southeast Texas After graduating high school in 1987, I went to the University of Houston and then Lamar University. In 1994 I shoved my life into a suitcase and moved to Australia. I was married in 1998, and my wife andI have 3 children (all boys) aged 19, 16, and 10. We lived in Canberra (the national capital) from 2001 until 2016, and now we're in Brisbane, Queensland. I'm a librarian by profession but currently living as a stay-at-home dad and a Gentleman of Leisure (I sometimes describe myself as temporarily retired).
I've been overweight since puberty, and gradually went from 200lbs in 1988 to 250lbs by 1998, and then to 300 a decade later, and over 400 lbs by 2011, when I first joined Weight Watchers. I lost about 100 lbs in 6 months, then quit, and then my weight bounced around between 330 and 375 for several years after that. I joined Weight Watchers again in May 2017, and discovered that I was back up over 400. So now I'm trying as hard as I can to lose over 200 pounds and get back under 200, and preferably to 186 lbs, my weight when I graduated high school.
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