Good morning to the faithful! Today we here in America will be celebrating Memorial Day. Mostly that includes sitting around visiting, cooking out, remembering funny moments, and eating bad food! To be honest this past week has been great for working out and running, but not the best for eating. We have been eating well during the day, but at night we have not been doing the best. We have not been eating awful, but just not as good as we possibly could have. The good news - I weighed in at 319.2 this morning! That is down 2.4 pounds last week! And if you really think about it yesterday was my Dad's birthday and we ate a big lunch and cake! Friday night we had pizza buffet! My favorite! Saturday we had mexican with lots of cheese and guacamole! So this has been a full flavor weekend so far! And today steak, corn, bread, potato's, cake, and cookies are on the menu! BUT I will be running this evening and P90X! I am excited about running - Week 3 on the couch to 5K is getting tougher - Jog 90 seconds, walk 90 seconds, jog 3 minutes, walk 3 minutes, then repeat the whole thing! That doesn't sound like much, but that is starting to get brutal for a fat man like me. But I am excited about it! I am excited to run a 5K and feel good while doing it! I don't mind eating a little bad food when I am running and feeling good! This morning when I put on my shorts and belt I can go back down another notch! Notch number 6! OH YEAH! When I originally started this quest at a hefty 373 I was at belt notch number 2, then I was at number 5 for what seemed like forever (number 5 for like the past year and a half basically), then I hit number 4 a little before my birthday and went back to number 5 for these last couple months. So to hit number 4, if only for a day, feels good and helps me to know I am on the right track! I will post some pictures soon just because everyone has been bugging me about how other blogs that are "successful" have pictures. To be honest I am freaking excited when I see people have visited my blog and I have a new follower - all 8 of you now! But I am really writing this blog for myself. It is like a journal or diary I guess - of course that sounds a little flametastic, but that is what this is for me. It is a way to talk about how I feel and put it out there. And it really helps me - when I stick to it and write more. But anyway about the pictures - when I stand in front of the mirror and suck in my gut you can see the bottom of my rib cage - I know that sounds silly, but that is one of the ways I know that I am losing gerth and fat. When I am bloated and beasty and suck in my gut there does not appear to be any change - just a round mass sticking out from what could be a healthy body - but now when I suck in you can see some rib cage and it is just my belly that pokes out! OH! And when you tighten up your neck and mouth you know how you can get veins and tendons to stick out in your neck? Well I can see those again a little! So I am excited and I will strive to do well! Today in P90X we are going to do chest and arms I believe - I am going to try and get KSTS to take some pics and I will post those as well. Wish me luck today with all that good food! And remember what I have said before - just move a little and it truly helps! Just a little every day and it makes a WORLD of difference.

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