"Hey, Lucifer, Check The Anti-freeze!!"

Based on my racquetball match today, I'm predicting that Hell will freeze over tonight!! I don't normally play on Fridays because I'm eating lunch with my grandson at school. But with school out for the summer, Ron and I got together for what I assumed would be my normal beat down. I played pretty well in the first game and lost 15-13; however, I considered that one a moral victory because I saw something I had never seen before. Ron was breathing hard after a couple of points!! That's pretty damn rare! We had some good rallies and he had to run a little. The second game, however, saw me on the top side of a 15-11 -- one of my very rare wins. Now I have to state here for honesty's sake that this is sort of like a better golfer giving me several strokes in a match. Ron usually doesn't use his good service game for any game we play unless I'm threatening to win. And there are some points where he probably could have gotten to a ball with more effort. But Ron does not want to lose so I have to earn those last few points. I got some good returns in against his serve, and he uncharacteristicaly skipped a few balls when he could have put me away. But the bottom line is - I WON!! :-) Based on past history, my next scheduled victory should come around November. :-)

The Tale of the Scale

Today's digital downer:

221.2

Last week I was sure that this was going to be the day when I would be typing 199.X for my Friday weigh-in. I guess that big meal yesterday did me in. I had stepped on the scale Thursday morning and I was at 200.2. I'm starting to think that this scale watching is counter productive at this point. I'm admittedly in a slow loss mode which I believe is good for sustainable loss even if it isn't as satisfying as watching the pounds drop in big chunks like it did in the first 3-4 months. So I think my plan at this point will be to shove the scale under the bed and leave it there for at least a couple of weeks--maybe more. I know I'm eating and exercising according to plan, and I don't need to be demotivated by the variances of the scale.

I'm Stuffed!!

We had a pot luck lunch at the office today in honor of a retiring member of our crew. So I ended up in a "good news-bad news" situation. The good news is that I managed to avoid the rice, potato salad, cake, pies, and the like. I ate some beef, sausage, and a gumbo-like mix of shrimp, sausage, and okra (and other stuff). The bad news is that it was very good so I ate some rather large portions. Normally I prefer playing racquetball rather than eat a big lunch--especially the day before my normal Friday weigh-in. So it will be interesting to see what the Tale of the Scale produces tomorrow morning. I may have to delay that "sub-200" celebration! :-)

The Big Salad

Trust me - it looks a lot better than this washed out phone camera picture. The ingredients include:

A Bed of Baby Spinach
Two Roma Tomatoes
Cucumber
One Avacado
Two Eggs
One Fuji Apple
Brocolli
Olive Oil & Vinegar Dressing

It tastes great but now I have to go floss--lotsa green stuff in my teeth!!

This evening's menu - some grass fed top round and asparagus!