ChefChiTown's Rebirth: I'm Back, BABY!!! (In More Ways Than One)...

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Well, I didn't get McDonald's. I wanted to. I REALLY wanted to. But, as soon as my daughter got out of the car and headed into school I was like, "Fuck this, I'm going home." When I got home I plopped on the couch and ended up getting an hour, maybe two hours, of sleep. My body hurts, my mind is numb and all I want to do is eat. I should've gotten that McDonald's. :(
 
I do hope you didn't get McDonalds chef :ack2:
I'm glad that I do not look on having McD's as a treat. Really glad. I hate the place & it's "food".
 
Well, baseball season starts in a few weeks. I got a call the other day from the league president and he offered me the chance to coach WITH him - sort of. There are 18 kids in the same age division who want to play for his team so he had the idea of splitting that group of kids in half and creating two teams - he will coach one, I will coach the other. But, during pre-season when we practice with our teams, we're going to practice together - both teams at once. Then, when the season starts we'll obviously coach our own teams, but we talked about helping each other out when we can. It's a GREAT opportunity for the kids and I can't wait.

The reason he called and asked me to do it so early (there is still a good six weeks before the pre-season even starts) is because he thought I did such a good job with my team last year and he wanted to extend the opportunity of coaching "his" kids (they have all played for him throughout the years) to ME and ONLY ME. He said I'm the only one he trusted with his kids and felt that I would be the perfect coach for them. He told me that I was a great technical coach who knew how to teach kids the mechanics and fundamentals of baseball better than anyone he knew. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't flattered. I can't wait for this new opportunity. It starts Tuesday.

You know what else starts Tuesday? The next chapter in my weight loss journey. Eh, that sounded better in my head. It looks MUCH lamer now that I've typed it out, HAHAHA. Anyway, this past week hasn't been the best. However, the past two months as a whole have been decent. Not great, but decent. I'll take it though. It could've been worse. However, I think I'm done with the last chapter of my weight loss journey - my heart isn't in it anymore. I want to - NEED to - move onto my next chapter. So, goodbye juicing. Goodbye eating whatever I want at night after starving myself all day. Goodbye excessive cheat days, goodbye excuses, goodbye fat, unhealthy me.

But, I'm not saying goodbye to everything. I'm still going to run. That's a big part of what I want to carry with me into the future. I'm still going to get a bike too. I just need to make a change. I'm going back to low carb. It works for me every time I do it. I'm also going to start getting up early in the morning again. That worked for me too. Getting up early did two important things...

1) It gave me the opportunity to get my workouts done in the morning before work which eliminated the excuse of "I'm too tired to workout" at the end of the day. Does it suck getting up early every day? Yup. But, it results in a healthier me. Right now, that's all that matters.

2) It keeps me from staying up late snacking and/or drinking. If I know I'm getting up at 6AM I'm not going to stay up late. I'm also not going to drink. That also results in a healthier me.

So, I'm going to get it all out of my system tomorrow night and start fresh on Tuesday.

I am going to make an exercise schedule and stick to it. My goal is to be near 215 lbs by the end of baseball season. Last season served as a HUGE motivator for me to workout and I know this season will do the same. I expect my players to push themselves on a daily basis to get better, faster, stronger - it would make me a hypocrite to accept anything different from myself.
 
Another chapter in "Songs I'm Currently Obsessed With"...

Escape the Fate - Picture Perfect

Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight (The first song to which I got Jen to dance - I LOVE Sinatra)

A Day To Remember - I'm Already Gone

Neil Diamond - America (SHUT UP...I LOVE Neil Diamond)

Reggie and the Full Effect - Take Me Home, Please (the most catchy song I've ever heard)
 
True story...

I'm watching YouTube videos of Henry Rollins (literally one of my favorite man-crushes of all-time) and guess what? My cat, Gizmo, is STARING at my computer screen the whooooole time. And, not during the whole thing, NO. She is ONLY looking at the screen when HENRY ROLLINS is on.


When Henry Rollins is on the screen, Gizmo is STARING at him. Seriously. Fucking STARING. YES!!! The second he disappears my cat looks away. Seriously...this is AMAZING!!!
 
jen_renee said:
He calls her a "cat", but really she's his baby... his spoiled, rotten baby that can do no wrong. lol!
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Whaaaaat? I hate that stupid cat. I mean, just look at how dumb and ugly she is...

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OH MY GOD, LOOK AT 'ER!!! SHE'S SO CUTE!!!

I mean...stupid cat.
 
Sooooo, we're supposed to get anywhere between 18 and 24 inches of snow in the next day and a half. Yes, you read that right. We might get two FEET of snow in the next day and a half.

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I don't know about you, but that much snow wrecks a lot of my motivation to do well with diet and exercise. Something about being stuck inside with all the food and no where very good to exercise. :p
 
-Cory- said:
I don't know about you, but that much snow wrecks a lot of my motivation to do well with diet and exercise. Something about being stuck inside with all the food and no where very good to exercise. :p
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Oh, I'm totally the same way. Jen too. If it's dark, cold and/or snowing outside, my attitude literally goes from "I'm going to do so good today!!!" to "Fuck this shit right in the butthole."

Today, for example - I am NOT doing well. However, it's been a fun day so I'm not going to fret. Jen and I took the kids out to lunch and had a little fun. Then, we had a late dinner together (which was delicious). Now, we're sitting here having a few drinks, watching some funny shit on TV. I mean, it's cold and snowy outside so it's not like I can go exercise, RIGHT? Right.

Eh, I'm not perfect. I'll get there. Just not today.
 
Don't be too hard on yourself. Snow does legitimately make it a challenge. Tomorrow is a new day, right?

Also, I wanted to comment on a post from a few days ago. The one about closing this chapter in your weight loss. I think that's a very healthy way to think about it. So the stuff you were trying with your diet didn't work? It happens. I'd say all of us here have tried things, figure out they didn't work for us (for whatever reason), and had to readjust. I tried intermittent fasting for a bit, but had to give that up because it does terrible things with my blood sugar. Other people swear by it. Point is, just keep trying until you find the combination of eating and exercise that works for you.
 
The kids are on Spring Break right now and have the entire week off school. Like typical kids, all they do the entire day is go outside and play with their friends. That's all they want to do - that's all they care about. Well, NOT TODAY, kids!!!

Today, they will be spending the whole day at their grandma's.

See, their grandma doesn't do anything with them. She sits there and ignores them the whole time while she plays on her tablet. Literally, she just puts on cartoons and then sits there ignoring them. I took them over there the other week and she literally spent about five total minutes talking to the kids. She talked to me about nonsensical bullshit (like how she was going to see a medium the next day, blah blah blah), played on her tablet and talked on the phone with one of her friends 90% of the time. What did the kids do? Well, our daughter sat on the couch (right next to her grandmother by the way) and played on her phone the whole time because she was bored to death. Our son got bored very quickly and started drawing by himself. Their grandma literally ignores them the whole time, yet she complains about how she never sees them enough...even though Jen takes the kids over there twice a week (but that's a whole 'nother can of worms).

So, what will the kids be doing all day today? NOT going outside. NOT playing with their friends. NOT having fun. NOT doing what they WANT to be doing, no. Instead, they will be sitting at their grandmother's being bored to tears all day long. And, they know it. How do I know it? Oh, I'll tell you...

Daughter: What time are we going to Grandma's?
Me: We're leaving a little before 9:30 (I'm taking them over there before I go into work).
Daughter: What time are you picking us up?
Me: I'm not.
Daughter: Then, how are we getting home?
Me: You're not coming home.
Daughter: WHAT?!?!
Me: You'll be there all day.
Daughter: SIIIIGH, ALL day?
Me: Yup, ALL day.

And, with that, she quietly waltzed into her bedroom and flopped onto her bed, defeated and lifeless. You could literally SEE the joy and life exit her body, like when you tell a kid there's no such thing as Santa Claus, HAHAHA.

Poor kids.
 
That is such a shame. She doesn't know the fun she could be having. I love spending time with my grandkids! What a waste.
 
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This is hilarious...


cate said:
That is such a shame. She doesn't know the fun she could be having. I love spending time with my grandkids! What a waste.
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Oh, please ask Jen about the text she got from our daughter while she was over there. PLEASE, HAHAHAHA!!!
 
So, we went to the movies the other night (I will get into that later) and, during the pre-preview portion of the screening, they showed a couple of random ass music videos. One of those videos was the following...


Not the best song ever, but certainly catchy as hell. Not bad, huh? And, to think, it was played in a movie theater.

***The bass line that kicks in around the 1:30 mark is super catchy.
 
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I started something a little different this week. I went back to eating primarily a low carb diet (which has always worked for me - as long as I stick with it) and I began exercising every day. Nothing new there. However, it's the exercising that is a little different. I've been getting up early in the morning and getting my exercise done before work. It's still really cold and snowy here so running is something I don't want to be doing at the moment. I wanted to do SOMETHING though, so I did some looking around online and came across a couple of workout videos that are designed to burn a lot of calories in a relatively short amount of time - something that is perfect for my mornings.

The video I am following (which I will post below) is only an 8-minute routine that is comprised of eight exercises, each of which lasting only 45-seconds. However, when you pair all of the exercises together it truly makes you sweat. Since the routine is only 8-minutes I complete it twice and count that as my morning workout. Sounds simple, yes. But, I can honestly say this - once I complete this routine twice my heart rate is just as high as if I ran for the same amount of time and I sweat just as much. Like I said, it sounds simple, but it's a WORKOUT.

 
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