Ok, so I've been on weight watchers for a week now. I had been getting out a getting some exercise trying to get my body ready for some training. Since today is Monday, I decided to see how I was doing and took a fitness test. Pushups, situps, and then a two mile run. The standard Army test. Here is how I did:
Pushups: 22
Situps: 38
Two Mile Run: 20.06
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Day 5: Natalie's discovery
While doing yard work, Natalie discovered raspberry bushes growing in our yard. At least we think they are raspberries. We still need to find out.
Day 4: Working late
Had a serious hardware failure at work so I had to go back in and ended up working the whole night. The whole night means I left for home at 6am.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Day 2: Weight Watchers Weigh In
My kids and I have become really huge fans of Ninja Warrior (Sasuke) on G4. For me, I guess it's like how most normal people like football or baseball. For the men, it has a lot to do with upper body strength and grip. There is a lot of rope climbing, and hanging from things. I don't ever plan on trying out for it, but the show has motivated me to get and start doing something. The less I weigh, the easier it will be for me to climb things like rope, rocks, go bouldering, or whatever.
That and I'm also a big Unbeatable Banzuke fan. I'd like to try to walk on my hands like they do on the obstacle course.
That and I'm also a big Unbeatable Banzuke fan. I'd like to try to walk on my hands like they do on the obstacle course.
Day 1: Om Nom
Day 1 of Project 365. I tried 365 Days, but I kind of fizzled out near the holidays. I miss doing it though, and I am ready to give this another go.
So in my 365 Days, I had quit smoking. Once I completed that I gained some weight so tomorrow I diet. That means today is my mini Mardi Gras. I'm a complete chocolate fiend so I'm diving into a dark chocolate bar with raspberry filling. In my other hand is a brownie that my daughter just made.
Some goals for 365 are get to the lower end of my BMI, walk on my hands, do 100 pushups, and pass the Army physical fitness test. (I'm not in the Army, I just want to get off my butt)
So in my 365 Days, I had quit smoking. Once I completed that I gained some weight so tomorrow I diet. That means today is my mini Mardi Gras. I'm a complete chocolate fiend so I'm diving into a dark chocolate bar with raspberry filling. In my other hand is a brownie that my daughter just made.
Some goals for 365 are get to the lower end of my BMI, walk on my hands, do 100 pushups, and pass the Army physical fitness test. (I'm not in the Army, I just want to get off my butt)
Monday, June 16, 2008
Father's Day
I haven't really gotten personal on this thing, but to me this is pretty significant.
When I was young, I was really into the military. If a movie had war in it, I watched it. I had a BB gun and pretended that was my M-16. I made models of fighter jets, played with the little green army men, and played "army" like other kids would play tag or baseball. For some reason, we have a few Jane's books so my brother and I memorized all sorts of facts about anti-aircraft guns, tanks, jets, and so on. We had a Tandy 1000, and a simulator (wire frame) with missions into Libya, and we were damn good at performing the Split-S, Immelman, and other maneuvers. I ended up joining the Army National Guard, and then later transferring over to the Navy doing four years in both. I had to do basic training over again because of the transfer and had fun both times (I have to say the Army training was more fun though).
At the time, it was still during the cold war. No one ever really got sent off to war. The worst was some stories about stuff that happens on the DMZ in Korea. I didn't go to Desert Storm because of a unit transfer for college. I transferred from a construction unit to an artillery unit, so the unit I left was getting called up for clean up efforts and the unit I went to was coming back. I got out of the Navy before 2000 and got used to life as a civilian.
It didn't take too long with the current conflict in Iraq for me to understand the real cost of war. I went from a time when the soldier was glorified and because there was no conflict or war there was no actual misuse of the military on a grand scale at least. Sure there was some drug operations, or peace keeping missions, but nothing on the scale we see today. The military was pretty out of the news. Now that there is a large scale conflict going on, I sent a lot of time on "Why are we in Iraq?". I dug for information and what I ended up with is simply a fight for resources (oil). Protecting the American oil dollar. I was all for a just cause, but was unable to find one. I find out that we are just using our military so that corporations can profit. But instead of the corporations hiring their own military, we are using soldiers that think they are defending freedom to do it.
Now I was in a position that my own father was in during Vietnam. We both see the unjust war that is happening. And we both hate the idea that our sons might end up going to fight and die for corporate interest. What's a father to think or do when he's told this war may go on for 100 years? At least enlistment is still voluntary at the moment, but what if my son gets enamored with the military like I was?
My son isn't the most popular kid in his school, and he likes doing his own thing with the friends he does have. He was talking to me one day, about some other kids he doesn't hang out with, but they sounded friendly. I asked, "Why is it, you don't hang out with Daniel?" and he replied "Because all Daniel talks about is war and guns." Wow, how cool is that?
So this Fathers day I received a gift from my son. A "pinch pot" that has inscriptions carved into it. On the clay pot is the peace symbol. My son has already learned what took me a lifetime to realize.
When I was young, I was really into the military. If a movie had war in it, I watched it. I had a BB gun and pretended that was my M-16. I made models of fighter jets, played with the little green army men, and played "army" like other kids would play tag or baseball. For some reason, we have a few Jane's books so my brother and I memorized all sorts of facts about anti-aircraft guns, tanks, jets, and so on. We had a Tandy 1000, and a simulator (wire frame) with missions into Libya, and we were damn good at performing the Split-S, Immelman, and other maneuvers. I ended up joining the Army National Guard, and then later transferring over to the Navy doing four years in both. I had to do basic training over again because of the transfer and had fun both times (I have to say the Army training was more fun though).
At the time, it was still during the cold war. No one ever really got sent off to war. The worst was some stories about stuff that happens on the DMZ in Korea. I didn't go to Desert Storm because of a unit transfer for college. I transferred from a construction unit to an artillery unit, so the unit I left was getting called up for clean up efforts and the unit I went to was coming back. I got out of the Navy before 2000 and got used to life as a civilian.
It didn't take too long with the current conflict in Iraq for me to understand the real cost of war. I went from a time when the soldier was glorified and because there was no conflict or war there was no actual misuse of the military on a grand scale at least. Sure there was some drug operations, or peace keeping missions, but nothing on the scale we see today. The military was pretty out of the news. Now that there is a large scale conflict going on, I sent a lot of time on "Why are we in Iraq?". I dug for information and what I ended up with is simply a fight for resources (oil). Protecting the American oil dollar. I was all for a just cause, but was unable to find one. I find out that we are just using our military so that corporations can profit. But instead of the corporations hiring their own military, we are using soldiers that think they are defending freedom to do it.
Now I was in a position that my own father was in during Vietnam. We both see the unjust war that is happening. And we both hate the idea that our sons might end up going to fight and die for corporate interest. What's a father to think or do when he's told this war may go on for 100 years? At least enlistment is still voluntary at the moment, but what if my son gets enamored with the military like I was?
My son isn't the most popular kid in his school, and he likes doing his own thing with the friends he does have. He was talking to me one day, about some other kids he doesn't hang out with, but they sounded friendly. I asked, "Why is it, you don't hang out with Daniel?" and he replied "Because all Daniel talks about is war and guns." Wow, how cool is that?
So this Fathers day I received a gift from my son. A "pinch pot" that has inscriptions carved into it. On the clay pot is the peace symbol. My son has already learned what took me a lifetime to realize.
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