Round Meets Ground

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Monday, March 24, 2008

Self Sabotage

I was on my way to pay the membership fees for the YMCA.. I had my application in hand and money in my pocket when I left work early last Thursday to head south to the Thorton YMCA.

It was 5:00 so traffic was a madhouse and I mistakenly took the B.A. from downtown. I sat still for what seemed like 20 minutes. Frustrated, I took the next exit, deciding that 5:00 was not a good time to do this. "I'll just go tomorrow morning" I tell myself.

On the way home I stop at the comic store where I drop 40 bones, then Kym asks me to pick up dinner. So I drop another 30 on burgers from Hank's for the family and I. And that, internets, is how quickly I spent $70 of the $100 cash reserved for the gym membership. Balancing the checkbook revealed that too was not an option.

Now I must wait until payday (next Monday) before signing up. My birthday is next Wednesday and barring any more self-sabotage I should be on my way to weight-loss by the time I hit the big 3-0.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Back on Track . . .Again . . .and Again.

I know, I know, I know, Internets, it's been a long ass time since you've heard the tales of one Fubsy McChubberson and his adventures in weight-loss / training for runs (say WHAT?!), but I'm back. For good. For real.

It's almost exactly 2 weeks until I turn 30 and I would be lying if I said this was not my major motivation right now. I recently saw some pictures of myself from high school and realized I had a false self image of myself even then. I always thought I was a fat dude, but I wasn't. I wasn't a skinny little F-er by any means, but not chubby in the least.

I think my false self-imagine allowed me to become truly fat in my 20s. I think it's safe to say that I have spent my entire 20s overweight and getting worse each year. At 29.9 years of age and 350 pounds I am now morbidly obese. My 30s, I hope, will be a reversal of this.

I've begun looking at gyms and hope to join one in the next week. I am again motivated, once more feeling that this time I will be awesomely victorious. So please check back soon as I promise to post more and keep you abreast of my progress.

Who knows? Maybe if I make good time, I'll even run that run that began this whole blog.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Hit Addiction and Obscure Searches

I'm addicted to Google Analytics. I check it everyday to see how many people are reading, how people are finding me etc. I am obsessed with my visitor count. It's not the reason why I do this, but it's a great motivator. If I know people are reading consistently, then I am more willing to stick to my guns and give them a reason to return.

Google Analytics is also rad because you can see how random people find you through search engines. First off, I'm known to search for some crazy things. Granted, it's usually just to send a Ralph Tresvant picture to my friend Jared or a Richard Simmons photograph to send to my other friend Chase (The dude has an unhealthy obsession with Sweatin to the Oldies). However, I would have never guessed how some people stumbled upon my blog.

The following are actual searches that produced my blog as results and then visited by the searcher:

"Boobs on the Ground"
"Brawls with Boobs"
"picture of big fat guy with man boob sweat"

Boy, that last guy sure was specific. I bet all these boob dudes are disappointed when they find this blog . . . or maybe not. Gotta love the internet.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

The "I'm Broke" Diet

So the wife and I are trying to move the family into a new home soon and we recently budgeted ourselves in order to save money etc. So I get one hundred bucks every 2 weeks to buy what I want (i.e. burritos and cd's).

Well yesterday I bought an external hard drive to continue the never ending project of digitizing all of my music and placing in my little pocket sized friend. So now I have no money for burritos . . . or nachos . . . or burgers . . .or cheese fries. So it's been a week of eating sandwiches at work. I'm eating a lot less and saving money too. It's what the natives called "a win win situation."

Tomorrow I'll weigh and see if it's really making a difference.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Our Fat Film

Here is our entry for the 24-Hour Video Race. We have the video up on YouTube if you want to check out what people are saying or leave a comment yourself. There will be a screening of all the films at the Philbrook museum here in Tulsa next Thursday the 28th. That's when it will be judged and stuff. In the meantime, please check it out and let me know what you think.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Movie Makin' Disco Breakin'

I made a movie this weekend with my good friends Erin, Mike and Doug. We made it in a single day via a 24-Hour video race sponsored by Living Arts, Philbrook Museum, and Individial Artists of Oklahoma. Of course, it's about being fat. We are very proud of it. It was a great time. I'll post it soon for all to see.