Aug 31 2008
Abi rides her 1st cow
Archive for August, 2008
Aug 27 2008
Family Life
- I accidentally infected my computer with a virus of some kind … awesome!
- Pro did the same thing within 24 hours to her laptop, unrelated to what I did … awesome!
- I think I fixed the laptop
- I have not yet fixed the desktop
- Abi rolled from her belly to her back for the first time, no video on that, yet – maybe tonight
- Abi’s is an absolutely terrible daytime sleeper
- Started winter coat shopping. I’m liking LL Bean, but not so much the Gap … so far.
- Weight Watchers is fun (shaking my head no)
- 5K training is going well. 2-1/4 miles all this week, 2-1/2 miles all next week (I think)
- Photography is on the back burner … no big deal
- Playing Online Chess with a buddy – to early to say how I’m doing – already made one mistake
Aug 25 2008
monetary loss
It’s a sad day at the Milo house. Both Jessamyn and are paying money to lose weight. The formula is so simple, burn more calories than you take in, but it seems we need help doing that. I just finished signing up for Weight Watchers for Men Online. Over the next 3 months, the goal is to go from my current 160 – down to 145. Hopefully, my 5K training is going to be a big help – but one week into my “official training” – I haven’t lost a single pound (actually gained 2 pounds). The website is giving me 28 points per day – should be pretty do-able … I’ll keep you posted.
Aug 22 2008
Running vs. Biking
I came across an interesting article which I’d thought I’d share … click here. And a brief summary of the article is contained in this quote:
Running will give you a more intense workout in less time. However, a person would need to be at a reasonable fitness level to run 4.8 miles without causing themselves distress. Whereas, it would be easier to ride 20 miles on a bicycle, at 10 mph, to burn the same amount of calories. There would also be far less stress on the body’s joints.
I’m glad I’ve finally started to follow thru with my desire to run a 5K, but I’ve always loved biking and will probably switch over once my race is finished. Obviously, if I fall in love with running between now and then, perhaps I’ll scrap the bike idea … we’ll see. We’ve already bought a trailer to pull Abi behind a bike and pro and I both have bikes, so biking could be a little more of a family event perhaps (although, pro and I are at different levels, so riding together would mean a slower pace for a longer time so pro could keep up and I’d still get the same calorie burn).
