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Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The Wedding...Wow, September 24th, 2005 has to rank up there as one of the best days of my life! I finally trapped the love of my life in the bonds of matrimony. Well, I hope she doesn't really feel "trapped". Anyways, I couldn't be happier with the evening, or the outcome. The ceremony and reception were light years better at Shane and Chet's house than any reception hall. Everything was beautiful, and I could not have asked for it to be more perfect. I'd like to type some words of thanks that I would have stated at the rehearsal dinner if I'd had any type of ability to propose a toast. I know that Lorene shares these sentimens. Connie: Thank you for standing at our book for the reception. Your contribution was not overlooked and was appreciated. Dee and Jeff: I thank you so much for your contributions to making everything run so smoothly. You're both incredible friends and you did a lot more than we expected you to. Dee, thank you so much for your contribution to our wonderful scrapbook. It's something I know that Lorene and I will always cherish. Jeremy and Michelle: Thank you for accepting your places in our wedding line and for all your help with planning this event. Michelle's part in planning the wedding was overlooked at times, but extremely valuable to us. Toni and Rob: Your positions as maid of honor and best man were definitely warranted, as you have always been there for us and likely always will be. Thank you for honoring us by accepting these roles and exerting so much energy on our wedding. Chet and Shane: Thank you for allowing us to experience this incredible event at your beautiful home and for being part of our line. This whole thing had to be terribly inconvenient for you both, and we're glad you can now return to normalcy. Shane, you were absolutely the glue that held our wedding together. I don't know what we would've done without you. We are forever in your debt for all of the time, effort, and expertise that you put in to this event. I don't know what we did to desserve you. You are pure class. Lorene, I thank you for saying yes. You've made me happier than I ever imagined I could be. I hope I can do the same for you. We love and thank all of you. I apologize for the abundance of sappiness in this post. Next post, I will attempt to return to my usual sarcastic, nasty self.
Weight Diary Week 5...Well, last Wednesday was very aggravating. I walked in to the gym and weighed in at 4 lbs up (314). Of course, this had me really upset since I had been working out harder that week than any prior. So I stewed about it on the treadmill. After finishing my workout, just for shits and giggles, I went and weighed myself again. Well, the fucking scale said that I was 1 lb up (311). I feel fairly certain that I didn't take off 3 lbs in the course of 35 minutes. So I have no confidence in the gym's scale and have no real idea what weight I am or have been at. Today's weigh-in will be a joke. But over the course of the weekend, Lorene and I will hopefully pick up a reliable scale for home.
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Weight Diary Week 4Wednesday's weigh-in was positive for me. I took off the 2 lbs. that I put on last week. Sufficient gym activity is probably what did it for me. Hopefully, I can continue the weight loss trend going in to my wedding this week. Speaking of the wedding, I'd like to express my thanks again to everyone who pitched in to get Lorene and myself a honeymoon night. I know we will enjoy it. I just hope we're not so exhausted from Saturday's activities to, ahem, really enjoy it, no'msayin'? Anyways, it was a very thoughtful gift and Lorene and I are very fortunate to be surrounded by friends like y'all. Oh, here's a tip. Don't eat a half bag of Brach's candy corn expecting not to get the shits. I'm just sayin'...
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Weight Diary, week 3...It is not a good week for the weight diary. I went in and weighed myself yesterday morning at the fitness center and had added 2 lbs. back. So I'm at 312, right now. I had hoped to just stay even this week, because I knew I hadn't been as good as I should. I only went to the gym once last week and I had a couple of free days. Lorene did point out that I am down 6 lbs. after two weeks, which really is good. But I'd much rather have lost 3 lbs. the first week and 3 the second. Would've beeen much better for my morale. Anyways, I worked out yesterday morning after the weigh-in and this morning. I can't believe I was at the gym at 5:45am!!! But I'm glad to have it done, along with cleaning out the 2 fish tanks (one of my least favorite chores). I plan on doing better this week. I plan on plenty of gymming, as I have to compensate for the Fair, which it looks like I'll be attending at least twice. Wish me luck.
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Weight Diary, Week 2Greetings, just taking a little break from vaccuuming the house to check in. Well, I have mixed emotions about my weigh-in yesterday. I got to the gym in the morning expecting to have lost anywere from 0-2 lbs., as I have been pretty good (but certainly not exemplary) for the last week. I step on the scale, and the fucker says 310 lbs.! Now if this is accurate, then I could not be more thrilled. But my mind is telling me that the scale must be fucked up. 8 lbs. in a week seems highly unlikely, IMO. Anyway, I wanted to verify it with my mother's scale at home, but it doesn't go any higher than 300 lbs. So, I'm just going to accept it at face value and try to take some encouragement from this. I certainly don't expect to lose that amount in a week's time again. But if I can consistently bring it down by at least a pound a week, then I'll be very pleased. Ultimate goal: to be able to wear a plain old extra large shirt. I have some vintage punk rock t-shirts that I'd love to fuckin' be able to wear. Short term, I'd like to be able to pick up a t-shirt at the Hot Topic. They carry some snug 3x shirts from a couple of bands I like. Right now I wear 4x's, which makes me really unhappy. I'm really tired of paying out my ass at the big n' tall shops. I'd also be happy to eventually have a size 38-40 waist. I think any smaller than 38 is unrealistic for me. Oh, thanks a million to my best man (Rob) and Lorene's maid of honor (Tonester) for a nice, relaxing bachelor/bachelorette get-together...and for supplying/barbecuing our food. Other than the traffic on the way up (and getting a surprise bath at 9:00), we had a blast.
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