BOOGER OF A MORNING

I was going to post this on the regular blog but seeing as how Lisa just put up a cool post about a great meal we had the other night I would hate to obscure that by more adorable things that Ellison did. Any way Ellison hasn't been feeling the best lately and didn't feel great this morning. She was all snotty and boogery. During the night she had wiped it all over her face. Nose, cheek, chin, everywhere. She had a bloody boogery, runny nose when she woke up as well. The unsightly green spots all over her face were hardened on like super glue attached green stickers. Ellison would not allow the scraping of such trophies. Even worse yet some how during the night she managed to get one on my thigh. Encrusted into my leg hair and gruesomely large and crusty.
Because of this I decided to stay home from school to watch Ellison. The morning was okay and after Ellison got a nice warm bath we dressed her warm and hip for the day.

McCain Obama War Future America

The following is a developing Fictional story about the future of America following the aftermath of the upcoming 2008 Presidential Election. Those that find this and want developing outlooks on this future of this Great nation of the USA please leave your comments. Thanks

When a prospective employer asks “What is your five year plan?” most people think family, house, cars, the American dream. No one could have fathomed that not even 2 years would have allowed this dream possible.
September 2008 the year of the “Rescue” was the turning point. Sure things had been happening for quite some time but it was the catalyst. November of that year was the clincher. America changed, the world changed. With the Rescue came the downfall. In the election the out come was a disaster. Political wrangling, voting fraud, assassinations, it all came head on. It was suppose to be the election of change. It was.
Within 6 months of the “Rescue” cash and inflation were rampant. People couldn’t get food unless they sold their first born. With the food shortages and the election process disaster people went crazy. People thought Katrina was bad that couldn’t even be considered a teaser. Wide spread looting, shooting, debauchery and basically all hell broke lose throughout the country. The major cities got it the worst. When the election debacle cooled down and assassinations of major government officials stopped, it brought on a new Civil War in the jockeying of political control. Two main groups formed Govermentists or Freedomists. No longer were there the blurred lines of Republicans and Democrats and political correctness. The Governmentists unfortunately had the resources and control of major military power. Tanks, planes, bombs, all were used to try and quash the Freedomists.
The rest of the world was having its own problems. With the crash of the American economy other world powers economies crashed as well. Riots, terrorism, and world wide assassinations were rampant. China had internal problems, Russia invaded many of their old soviet satellites. Some areas seemed more stable. However, with such widespread calamities those in control came to only one conclusion nuclear and biological aggression. Not on other countries mind you but, there own. People amassed around large city centers that had the most food and resources. These city centers also attracted large opposition forces for Freedomists. Those in control of the large city centers had no concern of taking out large amounts of opposition forces and panicked bystanders. The bodies piled up out of control and reminiscent of Nazi body disposal. Bodies were ground up and spread onto the death fields destroying the land.
With all the turmoil the governmentists began ultimate control. Mostly in the new redefined major cities like D.C. and New York. Walls were built and the government kept care of its own. In these bastions of control people are monitored as to meals, bedtime, work, compensation etc. Sure it has hints of what civilization used to be but is like a bad Ayn Rand dream. Infanticide and eugenics are in full force. Those that didn’t want to be controlled or were able to evade the massive collection trucks were left to fend for themselves on the outside. Freedomists fought the governmentists in guerrilla tactics others succumbed. The guerrilla tactics were mildly successful until the Governmentists were able to secure their strong holds. After that there was no real need to venture outside their bastions of rule and control.
In the initial melee of Governmentists and Freedomists the women and children were forced into the Governmentist run cities – Those that resisted once inside were liquidated and turned into mulch for the vast fields of crops to keep these megalithic cities running.
Those that don’t live in these all consuming controlling cities are doomed to wander and fend for themselves in the wastelands. Crime, piracy, murders, looting, lawlessness. Someone asks what is your five year plan now? Survival.
The sun can barely crack through the overcast sky and misty morning. Off in the distance a lone crow can be heard.

Progress...

I think I am doing better with the exercise and dieting. Kam and I are still walking most nights (unless it's raining or tornatoing)! We just bought a bike trailer for Ellison yesterday, so biking will be added to our activity list. I have also tried stopping eating past 8:00 pm and am drinking more water. I have cut a lot of the sugary treats out of the diet and am trying to eat more veggies and less carbs. I have lost a pound this week (but do admit I have fallen off the wagon a couple of times too)! My pants are fitting better which is encouraging, I just wish the numbers on the scale would drop (and stay that way) more quickly! How is everyone else doing? Kipp you are my hero, I wish I could go to the gym as much as you, keep it up!

Knock on wood

I don't want to jinx myself but I think I have lost about 2 lbs this week. I have been eating less, and stop eating earlier in the evening, and Kam and I have been walking more. I am also constantly moving at work and I am sure lifting patients helps things out! The next time I go to the Vascular surgeon I am going to ask him if it's ok that I start jogging again and start doing crunches, which will hopefully help things move a little faster. Kam and I are also going to go looking for bike trailors today for the baby so we can start riding again. My new goal is to lose at least a pound a week before Ryan's wedding in May...wish me luck!

Nice Weather

The weather has gotten so nice out here, Kam and I are really trying to take advantage. We have been taking Ellison on Stroller rides at night through the neighborhood, and hopefully at some point, will get a bike trailer so we can start riding our bikes again. I haven't been doing much exercising because my leg has been hurting, but at least the scale is staying the same...(always the same), and not going up. I am hoping just this little bump in activity level will help things out!

mom's working out

Well I can't tell by the scales but I feel thinner. I have been going to the gym. They have different classes to take. The ones I do are power stretch, which is a combination of yoga and pilates what ever that is. And the other one which is fun is Zumba. Lisa knows all about that. Then today daddy and me went on about a 12 mile bike ride. It was fun but I can feel that I am going to be a little sore. So lets all keep hanging in there. If nothing else we will all be healthier. Mom

i'm still here, just PISSED OFF!!!!

yes, well, i guess by kam saying has everyone given up, he means me (kipp).
it looks like mom is the one kicking trash! well, i haven't given up, i've actually
stepped it up; i go to the gym twice a day, i go to spin class (which i love and sweat like
a pig, it feels sssooooooo goood) i aslo am taking yoga and a free flex class that kills your [ ]!!
i'm not joking about that one. but i am PO's because i'm still hovering around 210! 210! That
can not NOT be my bodies new "comfortable" weight. i am so ticked! since new years i have
been busting BUSTING my hump over this, with noting to show! i'm really really frustrated.
on the up side....no, no, there is no up side. well, i'm goging to keep trying. i keep up
with the biggest loser every week and i just see those lard buts losing all that fat and i go;
"Holy moley! i could be on the biggest loser! some of those tubs of lard weigh less than i do!"
it's really getting to me. that and i'm old, broke and fat! so, cheers! i'll write more.
cheers! kipp

going to the gym

Well I have started going to the gym. I like working on the eliptical, and then they have these old people bikes that you sit in a chair and pedal. I took a power stretch class this morning and boy am I out of shape. I will keep trying it. Don't think I have lost any, but I am getting a work out. Keep up the good work. I am proud of all of you. Keep exercising. Mom

HAS EVERYONE GIVEN UP!!!!

Hello Fat Family. I cannot believe the last post was mom's superbowl food Extravaganza. I know we get busy. However, I have been getting busy with weight...I wish. I have been doing a lot of upper body arm workouts. I really think visually my upper body is doing much better. The scale last night was again 200. I really need to do my official in the morning weigh in. This is after I have expelled everything I can from my body and have not eaten breakfast. I then step on the scale three times and average the three.
Lisa and I have stepped up our cardiovascular somewhat. This past weekend we walked somewhere close to 3 hours. The weather was so good you couldn't reason not to.
Anyway, although the scale hasn't moved yet in a more favorable direction I really think I am looking better visually in the upper body. So chubby bunnies you need to keep going so in a few more months you are not rolling over me. HAHAHAHA

mom superbowl food

Well the superbowl is boring. So what do we do? Eat food what else? This is the eating house. Alas, mom is still the same. Hopefully after this week I can lose a pound. Keep up the good work everybody.

offical weigh in #2

gosh darn it! i have been working out EVERYDAY for 3 weeks. yesterday was my official 2nd weigh in. start 220, last week 211, this week, 214! A gain of 3! i am hoping that it is muscle mass. i have been lifting lots of weights. but i guess i need more cardio. man. that was a lot
of work for no, no, no pay offs! glad to see kam is in the mix. 173 days left. if that's the case losing 1/4 a pound a day would be great! see you next week. my goal: under 200! yup! do or die chubbies! -kipp

mom stays the same

Well so far I weigh myself in the mornings. I have stayed the same 134 all week. I guess i need to exercise more. Congratulations all those who have lost some pounds, Kipp and Lisa. I have been watching my chososteral. Hopefully I can get that down. Good luck to us all Mom

The Scale is tipping in the wrong direction

Kipp has been wondering where I have been. Law school and parenting has kept me from waging an all out war on my own personal buddha belly. Last night the scale tipped close to 200 which is 5lbs or so in the wrong direction. I hope it was because it was at the end of the day and the massive amount of soup I ate that night. I have been using weights on a daily basis and walking around with the baby. I have also half heartedly tried working out with Lisa and her workout videos. I cannot tell if I have effectively curbed my eating. I hope the weight is muscle gain and then some pounds will come off.
I have also fixed the voting because it was set to close on the first day of this new year. I changed it to close about 6 months from now closing on Lisa's birthday. We can change it anytime if you want to do it for longer we can. So now we should vote often. However, we should probably have some personal ethics in not stacking the vote.
Well hopefully next blog I write will show a marked difference in which way the scale tolls.

offical weigh in #1-kipp

ok-
one week ago i weighed in at 220
as of tuesday, the 15th 211
a loss of -9 lbs. this week!
it was a lot of work, lots of gym time, but i'm gonna stick
with it. hey, any one seen kam?
see you next tueday.
kipp

My progress so far...

I am following Kipp's idea on weighing myself, however, I plan on doing it every Sunday rather than Tuesday. I have done pretty well this week as far as exercise goes. Tomorrow I plan on taking the baby for a walk after church. I also exercised for about 45 minutes today and then cleaned the house for an hour. I am hoping all these things helps this baby weight come off!

Time and the plan

well, lisa's plan sounds great, and her brother married! wow ryan!
so i am following the biggest loser show, and so i will be weighing myself in every tuesday
after the last competitor. i have a goal of my first week of 5 pounds +, so i will let you know how that goes. and the time, flies. it's already the tenth (10th), and that means christmas was two weeks ago and more. that is alot of time to do a lot of things. what are you doing?
good luck.
ps.
KAM! where are you tubby? law school getting your goat?
kipp

Lisa's "Plan"

Okay, so I have FINALLY started trying to lose this baby weight (who would have thought a diet rich in ice cream wouldn't help) and the results are as follow.

Tues: 30 minutes of cardio following an 8 hour workday
Wed: Weight training x30 minutes, 2o minute walk following an 8 hour workday

The rest of the week I plan on alternating cardio with weight training (light walk following) and trying to change some of the unhealthy eating habits I got into when I was pregnant. I will post any changes (good or bad) by next Tues.

My goal is to lose at least 10-15 lbs. by my little brother's wedding on May 17th.

the addict

it seems that thus far, i am the only one blogging, so i'll have to make things more interesting.
obviously, my (our) family will be the predominate ones to view this site, but anyway, let's continue.

my life has been nothing really more than drama, mostly over love, being fat, and love and being fat. there are some school, church, and money issues in there, but my problems are mostly love, fat, and being fat. really shallow huh? life has so much more to offer, i'm sure. anyway,
so as my family knows, i have spent pretty much my entire life on planet earth (now 30 years, yuck!) worrying about how i look and how fat i am ( "this sucks, because i'm fat!") and how depressed i feel. the truth is, i know that these things are very vain and shallow, but if they bother you, that is how real they are. so here i go.

i have abused my body more than i care to admit, and i can only hope that i can recover. not only have i scarred my body with ups and downs of weight loss and gain, i have sabataged my future. i am clinically obese now, and feel it everywhere, mixed with depression and worry, i am a target for a short life span. but that is not what frightens me most. is it the sheer horror of losing all my great gifts, talents, and the love of life. this weight issue must go.

the other side of this truth is that i don't know how to look after myself, clean and cook and work, and so on. this makes it difficult for every time i try, i fail even more. so here it goes:
in many aspects, i consider this my last chance, my final attempt at finding a balance in this life.
i know my family loves me and doesn't want me to worry or suffer, but this has to go. as my dad says, you only get one body, how true is that?
so my mission this semester during school is not only to draw and write my master piece, but to make my body a beautiful master piece, and capitalize on my good genes. so here is the "plan" mom.

mon-fri
attend the gym every day before class. this will help wake me up and get my mind clear.
on mon- wed- fri- i am doing weights, with at least 30 mins of cardio.

tues-thurs-sat- at least 1 hour of cardio.

i am also taking a yoga class, mon, wed, sat, and sunday nights. this will help relax me and strech my muscles.
i have signed up at the gym for a 100 mile completion marathon by valnetines day. i have already done 8, but i need to step it up. 4 miles a day and bingo!

ok, now the big thing, the eating!
i am an OINKER! a bad one! i have sloshed down slop all my life ("I'm not a garbage desposal mom!" well maybe i am afterall ), this one will be hurting me. i can't really cook, so in between classes i eat chips and donuts and chocolate bars and milk and JUNK; it's really, really bad. i have no self control.
so, as an embarassing techinec, i am posting my weeking eating -for the most part. that will include every chip, every candy bar, soda, milk dud, popcorn, apple, banana, ect. i'll keep it short and clear. but this should help. something i always ask my brothers is: "i wonder what it would look like if we could see all the food we've ever eaten?" Gross huh?

well, that's it. i hope this is interesting enough, and quite frankly, it's realy just for me. Kam needs to lose the most next to me for obvious health reasons (bum ticker) and he has a kid now, "bunches" or "Elli". so that should be his strict motivation. ( although i hear he can run like a jack rabbit when the need arises). I hope my mom works out for her high blood pressure. Lisa just has baby fat, but if she's not careful that stuff can stick on you for a life time. Kallee, she actually looks really good for a mother of four, but as you get older and your kids get off to school, chips turn into wide hips. so that's it. i'll be posting my weekly eats and excercises, and post my weight loss every month or two months. have fun and happy eating.
oh, mom and dad are coming into town today and want to take me out to eat. there is always something.
chow, baby.

greeting fellow oinkers!

well, well, well. its 2008 and it's been a week since Christmas. i am offically posting this in the site to show my miserable self loathing. i don't know how or what started it, but 15 months ago, i was weighing in at about 160-170. now, i am 220! what a loaf! i would like to blame it on president Bush, or maybe the pope, or hell, even my mom's fancy cooking, but i can't. only a year of depression, worry, stress, and lame days of bad jobs, and an obese future. yes, i am clinically obese

so, here's the deal. i am not a happy guy, well i am, can be, but my boobs are getting so big, i have to lift them to clean under them, yuck! i thought of killing myself as the fastest way to lose the weight, but then i realized i would only be leaving a fat corpse that would be heavier to carry into the ground, and i know my fat brother couldn't carry me there, since he can't even do 5 push ups! (yeah, that's you kammy boy!)

i wish i could say more, but my goal is to be back to my "ideal" weight, 160 ish, by May. that's a [ ] load of weight, i. know. It used to be for looks, but now its for health reasons. i kind of want to out live my parent, but at my rate, good gooooeeeeeeww! i don't think so.

By next week i will post here my workout schedule and eating menu. so that when May comes, it's one of 4 things: i will be realtively heavier. realitvely the same. realtively dead. or in damn good shape! maybe i can even be a model for a wash board company! see you next week my fellow couch potato's!!!!

KIPP

ps- nothing is more inspiring to losing weight as in watching the biggest loser TV show. Who in the hell would want to go on that show? i am overweight, but if i got morbidly obese, yes, you would fine me dead. happy eating and all that stuff. eat to live , not live to eat.
triple ho's!!!!