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Congratulations on the 10 years, Mike!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I just used my running shoes, but we had a choice.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
When Marilyn drove me to the train station this morning, her car thermometer was reading 13 degrees below Fahrenheit. That seems a little fake, but it?s cold this morning.
I am all bundled up: jeans, sweater, my Shearling coat, hat and running gloves. Hiking boots this week also. Really the coldest part is waiting for my bus when I get off the train. It?s free and a taxi is $10, so I try and take it.
The indoor triathlon was pretty fun on Sunday, I swam 400 meters in my allotted 10 minutes, rode 8.7 miles in the allotted 30 minutes, and ran 1.72 miles in 20 minutes. Next time I will shoot to do a bit better, particularly in the cycle - I felt like I had more in the tank.
Running outside is not going to happen until the weather improves.
QOTD: Bermuda; beach, fishing, temperate weather and good food, etc.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: stuffed shells
Dinner: TBD
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
One third of the way through winter, not too shabby!
I managed to give myself a black eye on Saturday. I was using the Ski ERG machine. That is basically a rower turned on its side. You stand on the platform and pull handles which are attached to cables and the flywheel from a rower. The flywheel provides resistance on the way down and retracts the cables on the way up. It simulates cross country skiing. Anyways, I let go of the handles and they snapped back up and caught me right in the eye socket. No serious injury but I immediately had a good sized egg on it.
Now the swelling has gone down, but it's starting to turn colors. Today it definitely looks worse than it did yesterday.
We also have very cold weather here in Chicago for a few days. I will go out to the gym this morning, but that is about it. Tomorrow is looking like it could be the coldest day of the year, and then it starts warming up. Next week, I am in Orlando for work, which will be a welcome break. I am off of work, but do have one conference call in the afternoon.
QOTDP: Yes definitely.
Breakfast: corned beef hash
Lunch: Chili
Dinner: Chicken
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
We had Buona Beef cater our lunch yesterday: Italian Beef sandwiches and ravioli (not as good as yours). Made the meeting worthwhile!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
Last night I was thinking about when we go on vacation again and I realized that we have only been back for 2 1/2 weeks. Ugh. For the record, it's 6 more weeks.
What a difference between weather in the 30's versus the teens or low 20's. It was so much easier to get out the door and swim this morning. This mini thaw is only for a few more days.
This should be a good weekend. We have an inter-gym competition Saturday to get people excited for the CrossFit Open. Sunday I am doing an indoor mini triathlon, it's just a 10 minute swim, 10 minutes to get dressed, 30 minute stationary bicycle and 20 minutes run on a treadmill. It's been a minute since I've used a treadmill, though.
Other than that it's mostly going to be NFL playoffs and the College Football Championship on Monday night.
QOTD: We will go to Studio Movie Grill about once a year. Occasionally, I will buy videos at Target and watch them on the DVD. But mostly HBO. That's where I watched Hot Tub Time Machine 2, and Piranha 3DD.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Steak and Hash Browns
Dinner: Maybe leftover lamb
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
lol!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
We are having a three day thaw before the real cold weather begins next week. I'm going to enjoy it while I can. We have MLK off, so a three day weekend is coming up.
We have moved our Happy Hour meetup from Microsoft Teams onto Google Meet. So far it's working well, you don't need a leader, so the call can go forward regardless of who attends. But it has a hard cut-off at one hour. Which is probably a good thing.
We have been storing our extra beverages in our unattached garage, with no problems so far. But I grabbed a Bai for the train this morning, and when I opened the bottle, it was frozen solid. Since it's non-carbonated the bottle didn't split or anything, but I have to wait for it to warm up.
QOTD: I've been kind of freaked out ever since I read that housecats were genetically the same as predatory cats, just smaller. Trish says the aggressive tendencies have been bred out of them, but I think they would eat us if they woke up one day and were back to full size.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: Catered
Dinner: lamb
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
We use SAP for accounting, but Salesforce for relationship management.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Home from swimming on this cold January morning. I brought a protein bar for after swimming and actually decided that I needed to bring it inside the gym while I was swimming because I was afraid that it would freeze and hurt my teeth.
I don't know if anybody saw this, but we had a coyote wander into a supermarket in Chicago. I guess he walked into an Aldi store and hid out in the cheese section. If I reached over to pick up a triple Creme Brie and saw a full grown coyote starting up at me, I would have a heart attack. Chrissy told me that it's because this time of year is mating season for coyotes and they get strange behavior. She has to be very alert when she is walking Rudy.
I told my sister that she needs to be careful while she is walking her dog, but she was pretty confident that his large size would deter predators. I don't know, that dog is pretty soft. I don't think that floating around the pool on an inflatable donut really prepares him to battle feral animals.
Working from home today, need to go to Crossfit and it's our first Happy Hour of the New Year. Other than that not much going on.
QOTD: Yes, I am pretty good about it.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Hamburger
Dinner: Maybe just charcuterie
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Congratulations to Irvin on the 6.2. I am trying to get from 7.0 down to below 6.5, that is why I am doing the monitor.
Another bad game last night. The Sunday night game was good, but 5 out of 6 of the first round games were bad. Hopefully next week will be a lot better for the divisional rounds. The college games have been fantastic, but there is only the National Championship, next Monday night, left.
Somebody at our gym is organizing participation in a half marathon April 5th. The problem here is the weather. Right now, it's too cold and dark to run outside (and probably will be until late February). The treadmill that we have in our gym is the no motor type- I haven't ever run on it. I am going to think about it and maybe research what a training program looks like.
QOTD: Over the course of my career, I have enjoyed it. But i am ready to retire now. My official retirement date is 9/30/26, but if I get an offer for 9/30/25, I may take it.
Breakfast: Corned beef hash
Lunch: Roast beef sandwich
Dinner: hamburger
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
His lower blood sugar may be helping with his sleep also.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
It's cold in Chicago today, but pretty snuggly on the train. It looks like it will warm up towards the end of this week and then get very cold next week. Fortunately, I have a work trip to Orlando the last week in January.
This weekend was pretty quiet, mostly football watching (mostly bad games) and CrossFit. My son made enchiladas last night, so I'm hoping to score some leftovers for dinner tonight.
I put my 24 hour sugar monitor on yesterday. I was getting spike alerts after each meal, so I disabled that feature. I think the stress of the alerts is something that I don't need. Over the 2 week period, I will try and figure out where I can do a little better.
QOTD:
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: catered
Dinner: enchiladas, hopefully!
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I noticed that it was a little lighter out when I got home last night, also.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I'm back home from swimming. When I went outside this morning, it was warm(ish) and snowing. What a difference 10 degrees makes - 20 degrees is miserable and I'm scraping ice off of my car at 5:40 AM. 30 degrees is fine. Usually, I work from home on Tuesday and Wednesday, but this week I had an in-office meeting on Wednesday, so I am home today. I have a couple of calls and need to go to Crossfit this afternoon.
We got so much food for my son's birthday, we will be eating Filipino leftovers all weekend, most likely. We also got this sticky rice and toasted coconut dessert called Biko, which I am loving. It has some Anise seed in it, so a bit of a licorice taste.
Football and gym time for the weekend. Maybe try and track down some of my Bai water at GFS.
QOTD: Beef is probably my favorite, but really I like all of them.
Breakfast: Corned Beef Has and English muffin
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Leftovers
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I think that I can see the weekend from here. We don't have much planned, just football, gym and food. Today is my youngest's 21st birthday. He selected Filipino food for his birthday dinner, so we will have that tonight.
I had something kind of out of the ordinary happen at lunch yesterday. Normally I say that my pouch can digest anything that my teeth can break, but yesterday we had really dry chicken kebabs and dry overcooked rice. I really struggled to eat it. Kind of felt like I was back in early days when eating 3 shrimp was an accomplishment.
We watched Hot Tub Time Machine 2 last weekend. It was really bad. I thought that Piranha 3DD (sequel to Piranha 3D) was the worst sequel I had seen, but this gives it a run for its money.
QOTD: I can't think of anything. I told you guys that I passed on the Weasel Coffee in Vietnam and I don't regret that.
Breakfast: Pizza
Lunch: catered
Dinner: meat plate and noodles
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Boy, everyone is back to work today. The traffic was bad and for the first time since pre-COVID, I almost had to leave my car keys with the lot attendant and double parked. I almost always WFH on Wednesday, but we have a meeting today.
I drove in because I had swimming this morning. First day back after two weeks off for the holidays. I definitely felt a little rusty and my stroke wasn't as good.
Marilyn took a quick trip to Alabama to check on my youngest's apartment and car. She will be home at dinner time. I have CrossFit this evening and we will watch the Chicago shows.
QOTD: Not that often. I would like to learn to tie flies.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: Catered
Dinner: meatballs and spaghetti
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Happy birthday, Jennifer - you are a such youngster!
Julia, did you watch the FCS Championship last night? I wasn't planning on it, but what a great game. North Dakota State has won 10 Championships since 2011, that is a run up there with the Yankees, Celtics , Canadians or any recent dynasty in any sport.
We only got a dusting of snow, but it's cold here today. I took 2 weeks off from swimming, but go back tomorrow. Digging myself out of bed and out to the pool in this cold weather is going to be a challenge.
QOTD: Yesterday, I was counting the days until my next vacation and realized that I had only been back to work for 3 days, LOL. 2025 is my last full year of work. We are going to Palm Springs with Lisa and Roger during March and are going on a family cruise in June and a friends cruise in September. Hopefully, my oldest will be able to land a job during the next few months.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Roast Beef
Dinner: Hamburger
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I looked at one of those "what did they get right ?" Articles and it's about 50 percent accurate, 25 percent poetic license and 25 percent made up.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
Kelly, I hope you had a Happy Birthday and some good family time.
We had a good weekend, everyone liked the Bob Dylan movie, and Marilyn and I watched plenty of football as well.
I did my official post-holiday weigh-in and was 208.8. I was 206.2 before Thanksgiving, so up 2.6 pounds. I don't think that I will make any special plans for the 2.6, but using the continuous blood sugar monitor for the two week cycles will likely help me eat better. Between that and Spring weather, I suspect it will drop back.
QOTD: I like to get a sandwich at Jersey Mikes when I am home. I believe that they also make bowls with no bread, which some on this site eat. A lot of days at work, lunch is brought in.
Breakfast: bagel
Lunch: catered
Dinner: Sausage
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everyone!
Two day week? I?ll take it!
We are going to see the Bob Dylan movie on Sunday. We will go to Studio Movie Grill. Usually I get the coconut chicken fingers when I am there. I?m sure I will have a few fries also. I?m excited because both boys are coming with us.
Other than that, CrossFit on Saturday, I have a few things that I need to buy/sign up for online and we will take down the Christmas tree.
QOTD: I weighed shortly before Thanksgiving, and will hop on the scale Monday. Based on my doctor?s appointment, it seems like only a few pounds, but we?ll see.
picture is Marilyn with the pizza oven. We are learning how to use it but still a work in progress.
Breakfast: bagel
lunch: stuffed shells
dinner: chicken
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I think they come in packages of two and my thought was to have a fairly normal two weeks for the first cycle and see what it looks like. Then for the second try and clean things up and see how different it looks.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, Chrissy et. Al.
Back at work today. I had a nice break, but all good things come to an end. I kind of like coming in for a 2 day mini week before getting back to the grind of the 5 day week next Monday.
I think that we are about to get some real cold weather over the next couple of weeks. I have a work meeting in Orlando the last week of January, so that will be something to look forward to.
Sorry about the game yesterday, Julia.
QOTD: This is timely. My endocrinologist wants me to try a 24 hour blood sugar monitor (she actually suggested putting it on at the office, but it was New Years Eve). So I'm going to try that and see if there are things that I should be changing up. I'm happy with my weight, just would like to get my A1C a bit lower.
breakfast: bagel
lunch: sandwich
dinner: steak
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Hello everybody!
I'm off to a late start today because I had a doctor's appointment this morning. Scheduling a doctor on New Year's Eve was a little crazy, but I guess it had its good side also. I will do my official post-holiday weigh in on Monday 1/6, but the damage doesn't look to be more than a couple of pounds. I will take that.
Our plans for the next couple of days are mostly football, friends and Alaskan King Crab tonight. Aside from a trip to the gym tomorrow, I don't plan to stray very far from home.
Happy New Year and a wonderful 2025!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I'm off of wor****il Thursday. This has been a nice break. if there is going to be a day when a lot of work stuff comes up, it will be today, but so far, so good. I had to take care of one thing on Friday evening/Saturday morning, but it wasn't more than an hour and a half of work to do.
The weekend was relaxed, after the gym on Saturday, I went to the outlet mall and walked around. I only went in three stores and didn't get anything, but it was a beautiful day for a walk. I had seen this black watch tartan evening jacket that I was interested in for holiday parties, but the store only had sizes 38 and 40. Oh, well. Last evening, Marilyn and I went out to dinner at a greek place in town. Marilyn had Moussaka and I had a fish and potato dinner. I have plenty of leftovers for lunch today.
We aren't big New Year's Eve people (Is anybody?), but we will go to Costco today and get some crab to boil for our sons tomorrow night. Other than that gym and a few other errands.
QOTD: I have goals but they aren't tied to the New Year. I think that this year I am going to try the International Distance for the Chicago Triathlon (1 mile swim/25 mile bike/10K run). Last year I did the Sprint distance. Fortunately, I wont be doing it on a 25 year old Huffy that was 4 inches too small for me like last year.
Breakfast: Bagel
Lunch: Pizza
Dinner: leftover fish
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
