friday flashback 01.29.10 -birthday edition

It was a pretty easy decision for today's flashback photo. My dad had his birthday this week, and since I didn't have the time to put together a birthday post, I knew I'd find a good flashback photo of him for today...

On the back of the photo it says, "January 27, 1982". That was 28 years ago. I was 9 when this picture was taken. I'm pretty sure that makes dad 32 on this birthday? Mom would have been pregnant with Kim at the time.

To put that into perspective, as far as my family goes, Kyle will turn 32 this year. So Kyle is basically the same age as dad was in this picture.

Obviously this is pre-cancer surgery because dad is rocking the 'stache. Other than that, dad still looks basically the same today. The hair may be a thinner and grayer, but it's still all combed back.

Here's my birthday post for dad from last year if you want a little more virtual time travel.

Happy birthday dad. Hope you had a fun day.

upgrade

I finally broke down and purchased a new digital scale. The old dial scale was just too inaccurate and jumpy. The digital scale measures tenths of pounds, in increments of .2. That means the tenths will always be in even numbers.

This week had a lot of "cheats". I had a coupon for a free taco from Del Taco, with any purchase. I purchased a "macho" taco, and got my "classic" taco for free. I was pretty darn hungry, and running errands, so I ate the classic taco with the shell to hold me over till I got home to eat the macho taco without the shell. I didn't know the macho taco had sour scream... but it was sure good.

There was a District Scout recognition dinner on Saturday. I was asked to present an award, so that meant going to the dinner. I ate the garlic mashed potatoes, and rolls with my roast beef and veggies. Also ate the apple cobbler and ice cream.

Our good friends in the ward invited us over after church to hang out and have dinner at their house, but Tegan had just gone down for a nap. So we invited them to come to our house instead. The only cheats I had were eating the spinach-artichoke dip with bread and/or tortilla chips, and the lemon squares we made.

Had a little bit of ice cream at FHE. Plus I probably had other small infractions over the week. But they do add up in the long run.

Other than that, I think I did pretty good about keeping with my diet.

I walked on the treadmill twice since last tuesday. That's pretty ok, but 3 would be better. I also need to start working with my weights as well. Even if I can't go "heavy", something would be better than nothing. I'm not interested in losing muscle, so I need to work them out. Plus, muscle is the only thing that burns calories, so they should be maintained.

I weighed 223.4 this morning. That's only 1.6 pounds lost this week. A total of 11.6 pounds lost. By the way, I eluded to not being satisfied with only losing 3 pounds. After thinking about it, 3 pounds is about right on, for my goals. If I lost 3 lbs. a week, that's 12 lbs. a month. I'd be at my goal weight in about five months. So 3 pounds a week is fine with me (of course that's easily said after only losing half of that this week). Just so long as I'm not adding any weight, I'll be happy.

monday music 01.25.10

I was trying to think of something fun and upbeat for today's music... I think I found just what I wanted...




I believe the poster of this video on youtube says this came out in 1988. That's only like 22 years ago.

I remember some of my friends really liking Voice of the Beehive. I remember liking them for the most part, but my tastes were a little darker.

When I hear that song, in my head, a lot of different movies seem to fight over who's going to get remembered. (Does that make sense?) Meaning, I'm pretty sure this song has been in a lot of movies.

Anyhow, that's my pick. Any thought?

friday flashback 01.22.10

Kind of late to be posting, but better late than never...

The date I have for this picture is 4/22/07. That makes Jennan about 19 months old here. Doesn't seem like it was that long ago, but Jennan's getting so big.

She's a cutey face!

that's it?

So I weighed myself this morning, and I lost 3 more pounds. That puts me at 225, with a total loss of 10 pounds thus far. I was hoping for more, but 10 lbs. in two weeks isn't that bad I guess. Still not feeling any slimmer.

This week there wasn't any "new" dinners I can think of. Just more of the same.

BUT...

Carl's Jr. continues to score high in our book. You can ask for any of the burgers to be "lettuce-wrapped" when you order. Taking away the bun takes away a lot of the extra carbs and calories. Also, if you're getting a combo meal, you can replace the fries with a salad. Sometimes that might add about 40 cents, but that's not a big deal. Anna and I both has Super Star combos this week- lettuce wrapped, with salad instead of fries. SO GOOD!

In contrast, we had some coupons for Burger King. Guess what? "Lettuce-wrapped" is not an option at Burger King. (Anna was very surprised at that-I figured they didn't.) So we just had them without the buns. So NOT comparable to Carl's Jr. They even excluded some condiments and onion on our bunless burgers. Way less satisfying. Not cool Burger King... not cool.

Also this week, I had a big cheat night. Our youth did temple baptisms, and afterwards, the bishop took the young men out for ice cream. Before I got a chance to mention anything, the Bishop had already paid for everyone to have double scoops... who am I to deny someone the chance to bestow the gift of ice cream on me? Plus, Anna always says, "You can't pass up free food!" So I had a double scoop of ice cream this week... and it was soooooo good.

Ok, so maybe I shouldn't be that surprised at only losing 3 pounds after all.

monday music 01.18.10

Today we observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Having Anna home today because of the holiday was a BIG blessing. Jennan and Tegan have been sick since early Sunday morning, and Anna's been awesome at taking care of them. It freed me up to work on some scouting stuff, and I got more of it done because I didn't have to take as much time taking care of sick girls.

Here's an appropriate song to go along with the holiday-

friday flashback 01.15.10

The back of this picture has the stamped date of "Dec/12/99". The birthday sign in the background is for Kelly's 16th birthday, so this was probably taken between Nov. 18 and Dec. 12., 1999.

There's a few things that stand out in this picture. First there's Anna, hubba-hubba. Second, Kristi's hair. Not that she doesn't have her dreads so much as how she has it there. Then there's Kyle as a skinny bones jones. That's Nick on Lisa's lap. I think he's a junior or senior in HS these days. The tower of "stuff" holding Kelly's birthday sign is no longer there. Looks like food must be in the immediate future.

I guess this one stood out to me this week because of how different most things in this picture are compared to now. But I guess we'll look back 11 years from now, and think the same thing about pictures taken today.

Happy Friday.