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This is not who I am.

Zero Gravity, originally uploaded by mrjorgen.

I realize that over the past couple of years I have resigned myself to being fat. I have made jokes at my own expense and allowed my confidence in myself drop as quickly as my physical activity. I have always thought of it as an inevitability that I would be overweight for the rest of my life, whether it be due to lack of exercise, poor dietary habits, or genetics.

Tonight I came to a realization: all of that is bullshit.

Not only is it completely ludicrous that a 24-year-old would have such poor foresight and self-confidence to think that he was doomed to live a life of obesity, but it is also silly that I forget the times that I was an athlete. In fact, I have spent more time as a fit person than I have as a fat one.

I cannot (and shall not) consider myself a fat person trying to become skinny. Rather, I am beginning to adopt the attitude that I am an athlete who has let himself go and will work to return to healthier times. I must refuse to allow myself to entertain those negative thoughts and allow myself to slip into those old habits. It's time for me to readjust my focus and approach this situation from the right angle.

Thanks to everybody for their support and well-wishes.

Crazy dog

We discovered on our walk tonight that Elway is a tad skittish about manhole covers and grates in the sidewalk. It's pretty amusing. He skirts around the manholes and tries to leap over the grates. Just another crazy thing about our dog!

Chinese New Year

Our Chinese New Year parade was this morning (and yes, it rained on our parade). We worked very hard for two whole weeks on our dragon, but we sure turned heads! The whole school participates, each class doing a different "craft". Parents marched with us as we wound our way thru the school and the church and then across the street to Himmel Library. The library was great, because people came in off the street and from the park, to come in and watch our parade. And when we left, they all clapped and it was so cute, the kids were beaming. One little boy who was watching us looked kinda scared, and one of my kids told him "don't worry. It's not a real dragon, it's just a box." Priceless. The kids had a blast, but they were happy to get out from under the dragon- they were all sweating from being under that thing!

Mr. President

Mr. President, originally uploaded by caruba.

Please don't let us down, sir.

Just a bit longer...

Home Sweet Home | Hope Sweet Hope, originally uploaded by a35mmlife.

Listen to this child.

"I tried to warn you about subprime mortgages, too!"

Young@Heart

Go rent this movie. Now. As Will Leitch said, Fred Knittle (even on oxygen) "infused Coldplay’s “Fix You” with more soul than any Coldplay song has ever had, ever". Beautiful film.

The toughest Golden Girl

Introducing the Fitlog

As part of my latest attempt at getting healthier, I have developed a FitLog. I will be tracking my weight loss with Skinnyr and my bike rides with GPSed. Wish me luck!

(and, no, the dog is not going with me)

http://jeffsfitlog.blogspot.com/

Hypocrisy

It amazes and saddens me to see the length people will go to to disallow other people's rights, especially when I can't think of a single valid reason to do so. Please don't divorce... is a powerful Flickr group filled with people who don't want to see their rights (or the rights of others) taken away. Unfortunately, even the most poignant of appeals don't stand a chance against the lunacy of the religious right.