Posts Tagged ‘weight’

New Things

07/26/2010

There are a few new things going on for me. Life has been moving at high-speed so I’ll just list off a few cool things that have been going on.

  1. I’ve lost over 60 lbs. My weight has been a struggle ever since middle school. Earlier this year I was all the way up to 244lbs. That is just incredible. So I decided to do something about it. I went hog wild, and over the last 3 1/2 months I’ve lost just over 60 lbs. I am now about 180 and I feel really good and  healthy (not to mention DEAD SEXY). ;-)
  2. We went to Canada. We had an amazing trip up to Canada a few weeks ago to visit my side of the fam. It was great to see all of the kids playing together. Cohen and her niece Colleen were pretty much attached at the hip. So glad to see them bonding. We went to the Calgary Stampede and had a bunch of fun while we were there. I wish we lived closer.
  3. I started guitar lessons. I have been in a bit of a musical funk for the past few years. I haven’t played much and have gotten pretty rusty. I started lessons last week with a fella up in Portland who pretty much rocks the show. I learned more in 1 lesson from him that I have in the last year. Awesome! I can’t wait to see how I grow as a musician as I continue to develop that skill.
  4. My new job is in full swing. I have been at my new job for over a month now. My boss told me that they want me to go on full time at the end of my 60-day run. So we’ll be starting negotiations soon. Pray for that transition.

Life is crazy. Life is good. God is wonderful.

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My Drink Is Killing Me

10/20/2009

Iced Coffee with MilkMy drink at Starbucks for the last while has been the Grande Iced Coffee with Milk. Yummy! The only issue is that I have about 15 of these each week. At 110 calories a piece, that is about 7000 calories each month in Starbucks. Oops!

Today I changed my drink to a Grande Iced Coffee with Skim Milk and 1 Splenda. That comes in at a mere 28 Calories. That is a savings of over 5000 calories per month. That is about 1.5lbs worth of calories shaved off each month. That is 18lbs each year.

I feel better about my coffee addiction now.

What’s your drink worth?

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