will be back to updates soonish

well i've almost hit 1000 views, been wanting to get back into this but things got very busy and i haven't even thought about it for a while.

bmw, sold...i'm now driving the 97 Grand Cherokee 4.0l and fixing it up.  i'll try to get some progress pictures up, plans are to finish getting all interior bits functional and installed, then fix the body up and paint it. i'll worry about lift kits and bigger tires another year, right now i want all speakers working properly, all options working like they should from the factory, and for it to look like a nice jeep, not the multi-color beast i cheaply tried to do last year.

got back into playing xbox 360, for almost half a month, then RROD strikes again.  i've done the penny trick (remove thermal pads on the bottom and replace with taped penny's to transfer heat better, i've modded the fan shroud to seperate the air flow and give the gpu better cooling, i've added a AUX fan in front of the cpu and on top of the gpu cooling heatpipe, i've used my heatgun to "hopefully" reflow the motherboard chips  (gpu and hana)....still freezes on netflix...  i am going to try to clear the hard drive cache/or remove hard drive to test it...and possible add a heatsink to the southbridge chip as well as take the case off so it all gets more air...i'm just sick and tired of trying to fix it, i really like battlefield 3 and trials evolutions, but jeez!

health wise, well its kinda a wash.  i hit 214lbs (don't know where i am today) but i haven't been very strict...been stressed and not worrying about health.  its going to be better though, i have a meat grinder, and i plan to use it, also have a deep fryer and peanut oil (maybe try to pickup some lard from morganton)

i'm up to almost 4 pull ups and i'm doing (sometimes) pushups with DD on my back (extra 30lbs)

thats it for now, will get back into the swing of things and updates to once a week or so.  thanks

update 5/10

Alright, so i haven't stopped or anything like that.  My mother-in-law passed away last week.  Posting a blog or any updates isn't on the top of my list.  But i figured i should get on here and post something for my records.  Didn't do much friday but did weigh myself the past few days.  Friday i was at 219, then after the weekend i jumped up to 221, and today i was back at 220.  there was so much kindness shown to my family and i really didn't care what i ate, so thats all i'm going to say about that.

My MIL was a great lady, she took care of her daughters and loved her grand daughter.  she will be greatly missed.

nothing else really to say about the rest of life.  we are taking it one day at a time.  take care of the ones you love, and remember all the good times shared.  life is a wonderful gift we have.

35+ hours into it...

alright, so another brief update.  still successful on my 40+ hour fast.  i should be ending it after gymnastic's with DD tonight and should be right around the 46-48 hour mark.  so WOO

so how does this feel.  well last night i did get very tired, it was easy for me to fall asleep at a good time.  i woke up this morning feeling great!  i was surprised and thought i would be very lethargic today, but thank heaven, i'm feeling good.  although now that its lunch time, i am thinking about being hungry...but its not a bad painful feeling either.

going to work out as well, all i can do is push as hard as i can and we'll see how that works out.  will probably only do a big fast like this once every two week to once a month.  we'll see how i feel and how things go.

thanks for reading

28 hours later...

alright, so i'm at 28 hours into my fast, 2nd attempt at doing a ~40 hour fast.  so far so good, i'm tired, only thing i've had is some diet mt.dew at work and one cup of coffee tonight, a little cream (palm oil based)

plan to work tomorrow normal, take a cup of coffee with me, and skip lunch...then work out hard as i can after work.  DW is already planning to fix my sweet potatoes and we'll have some meat...just don't know...chicken, pork or beef...any case it shall be grand!

also, saturday i did weigh myself, down to 220.  hoping this new weight loss keeps going and i'm back into the 210's again this end of the week.  learning to eat only what i need and not all that my eyes think i can.  bad problem with that, i turn into a bottomless pit for food.  so far 2 weeks of eating almost all in a "eating window" for 4 hours and paying close attention after i have one serving of food to see if i still feel hungry.

also still progressing nicely in the gym and getting closer to what i think is tabata hiit.  i basically go in and work out large muscle groups and have little to no break in between sets.  takes me about 20-30 mins to do all my workout and at the end i can barely raise my arm and i'm sweating, sounds like a good workout to me, and no cardio involved, my body isn't built for running thats for sure!

smallish update

ok, so heres a small update, re-wired my speakers in the bmw, huge improvement getting rid of the common ground!  also have two new pioneer speakers in the back deck, big difference with them.  next up for that car, new alternator belt and then fixing the shifter linkages...after thats done, i can put all the interior back in and not worry about the car for a while.

the other update, here are some pics i took, it goes from oldest to newest.  i'll find the dates later, but basically, its feb, mar, apr...that sounds right  :)

i can tell a difference, its getting more subtle, but pants are getting better, and my chest is getting more firm.  weight has went from 230ish then to 226 then to 223...so nothing big there but thats not the whole story, if you look at my inches, i've lost more than that, but its putting on muscle thats been helping the most.

i look like i'm loosing hair too.  just different times of hair cuts  :)

friday, its post time!

................2/23....3/2......3/9......3/16........3/23......3/30..........4/6...........4/20
weight -..230.....226......225......229........226........226..........225.............223
chest -....46........45........43.5.....43.5.......45...........................45...........43.5
Neck -........................................................16.5…...................17..........17
Waist -....42.......41.........39........40..........40.5......................40.5...........39.5
bicep -....14.4.....14.5.....14.5.....14.5.......14.75....................14.75...........14.75
forearm -.12.......12.25...12.5.....12.5.......12.25....................12.5...............12.75
thigh -......25.......25........24.5.....25.5....................................25.5.............25
calf -........17.......17.................................................................16............16



alright, so today was a good day for me.  taking measurements and weight that change after two weeks show that i'm starting to head in the right direction.  body fat lose and muscle gain.  body composition is also changing.  now when i flex my arms i can see the shoulder muscle, tricep, bicep...its a good feeling!  now if i can just start seeing those abs...thats a ways off.

plan to try and take pictures tomorrow, but we'll see, didn't have time to do it this morning.  hoping to keep a good 4 weeks between pics so i can see the progress but also track progress in the future.

weight lifting is back on track, twice a week with some pull ups and push ups at home.  also lots of play with DD.

short update today, hopefully post pics tomorrow and maybe talk about other projects i got going on.

so i haven't given up on the blog, just been very busy!

last week wasn't a weigh-in or a measurement week, so didn't have much to update.  working out my larger muscle groups first seem to be much more efficient and i'm seeing good gains each week.  this weekend was great!  me and DD were out in the back yard and we are thinking of putting in a tire swing on the plum tree out back.  i decided i would see how strong one of the branches  were and reached up and grabbed it.  without thinking i pulled myself up to my chin and was just watching the branch, seeing it it bowed or moved much, then i was just hanging there and was like...i just did a straight arm pull up...holy crap!

i changed out the muffler on my car this weekend as well.  it was rotted out bad...here is a pic

put a thrush turbo muffler in its place, so its working and no more drone on the highway.  also no backfiring when going down hills or stopping at a stop sign.

tore up a wooden frame out back as well (used to hold the metal building) and it was rotted as well.  still took a lot of lifting and hitting with hammers...even DD helped with her little wooden tools.

considering trying to go back to working on simple fit.  still do a workout in the weight room once a week, but do some simple fit through the week with proper pullups.  this is a constantly changing journey in finding what works best for me and my want to have a six pack and ripped arms/back.

alright, will report back later