Alas, another of my dad’s siblings has left our world and is joining my family of angels. But this is a first in that it’s the first sister to pass away. I may not be very religious but I find it comforting knowing that my Auntie Chee (short for Cecilia) is in the heavens with my dad (her brother Ramon) and four other brothers (Benjamin, Ponciano, Antonio, and Pedro). They’ve left behind seven other siblings - my uncles Francisco & Mariano and aunts Anna, Rosaria, Isabella, Maria, and Antonia. Can’t believe that these siblings of 13 are now down to 7. Makes me sad but I knew these days are inevitable. Now I need the remaining sibs to promise not to go anywhere anytime soon. In the meantime, I wish my Auntie Chee the best in her new journey.
What the heck? I just saw on the news that there’s a Marvel marathon happening at select AMC theaters on Thursday. Six glorious movies… wait… no… EPIC movies starting at 11:30am - the final one being The Avengers at midnight. Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor, and Incredible Hulk! How amazingly geeky would this be? How much popcorn would I end up eating? Would I also have to buy nachos, hot dogs, pizza, cherry coke, and sour patch kids? How much weight will I gain? Will I get any sleep in? Awesome, awesome, awesome! Sent a day off request to my manager. Let’s hope I get it approved!
Two and a half months away from the Tumblr - not accountable to nobody - and I’ve gained ten whole pounds. Booooooooooooo. Ugh.
Now let’s see if I can work my weight loss magic again. Noting my latest weight to see the pounds drop significantly before my flight on 5/25 - that’s less than 8 weeks to be done to 160 lbs. Yeaaaaaah…. it’s gonna happen.
Less than two months from now, I’ll be in beautiful Maui, Hawaii for the first time in my life… celebrating my honeymoon with the wifey. Nice to have collected enough credit card points over the years and getting the flight and hotel for free! And Priceline swoops in to save us more money with a $25 per day car rental. So excited to get out of Seattle and into some skin darkening sun. Hopefully our accommodations will have better sound blocking walls than our last two hotel stays. In Vegas in Jan and Portland this past weekend, we heard loud you-know-what moans from our neighbors. Do people think about others hearing em or have no shame? I mean, obviously, it meant me muting the TV and listening to them until they were done. OBVIOUSLY!
Anyhow, absolutely cannot wait for vacay. Lots of healthy eating and hardcore exercising in the next eight weeks.
One week ago, January 14, operation Slim-Down-Rodney continued it’s weekly progress. 166.2 lbs is not bad at all. The best part about this whole eating better thing is that its not just a New Year’s Resolution. It’s a continuation of what was started at the beginning of November.
The MLK weekend was a busy one. Even though there were social meals that could have easily damaged all the hard work, it hasn’t been all that bad. Got back on track this past week and this morning I weighed in below 165 lbs. 164.8 to be exact. I haven’t been in this weight range since July 2010. Feels great! And, again, this is all just changing eating habits. I’ve hardly done any real exercise this whole time.
We’ll see what the official Week 11 weight comes in at tomorrow. I really should add more notes about the foods I’m eating. But, if you really want to know, just buy the 17 Day Diet book and you’ll see all I’ve been doing.
Side note: Am I the only dude on the 17 Day Diet? I like searching for other people doing this diet and only finding females. Just sayin.
I’m waiting for a facial at the spa. Yeah, I am. Stop making fun! Anyhoo, reading this article and I have to blog this hilarious part:
” I keep thinking: Now that every single human being on earth has a camera phone, where are all those UFO pictures? Remember you used to see those pictures. Some guy just happened to have a Polaroid when the UFOs appeared? Either it was all bullshit, or my theory is that the martians have decided, “Don’t go down there, man. All those fuckers have cameras now.”
There we go. Back on track on 1/8/12. And no hurry to get to my 159 lbs goal. Just eating smart and making sure to be healthy. That was a result of being back on Cycle1… lost four pounds in five days. Awesomeness!
