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It's a new week.

Went to the gym this morning. My goal is to hit the gym everyday this week and see if I can loose a couple of lbs. With that in mind.

Current weight: 227.0 lbs

I worked out for about 45 minutes.

Friday Morning hike with Laurie

After getting the kids off to school, Laurie and I thought we would go on a little morning hike together. (She had already run 5 miles earlier in the morning). The skies were clear and it was a nice crisp fall morning.

It's a steep climb and it didn't take long for her legs to tire out (remember she had already run 5 miles. I on the other hand had fresh legs). After about 15 or 20 minutes she could tell I wanted go a little faster and said I could meet her at the top. So with a great burst of energy I took off, quickly moving around one switchback. As I neared the next switchback I was getting winded, looked back to see if I could see Laurie.... she was about 100 feet behind me. She is awesome! I humbly waited and we finished out the hike together. We made the hike in about 35 minutes. Not bad.

This was Laurie's first trip up to the "Y" and I think she enjoyed it.

'Y' Hike again

After dropping Emily off at the school this morning at 5am I went to give the 'Y' hike a second try. This time I was feeling much better. I made to to the bottom of the 'Y' in 28 minutes. On the way back down I say Scott and Cory and 5 other people, it was still dark when I got back to the jeep. Felt much better this morning.

Y Not

First blog in a while... here is a recap of the weekend. I blew chunks during the BYU game and missed the second half. But BYU won 14 to 13 beating #3 Oklahoma so all is well. I slept most of the day Sunday (thanks Laurie for letting me sleep and taking the kids to church) then Laurie made an Awesome Pulled pork sandwiches for dinner. I was feeling good enough to have a couple.

We spent most of the day Monday working on Lilly's poster for school. I printed pictures while Laurie arranged the pictures on the poster. (it turned out great). I also was able to go through a good portion of the pictures on our computer and found a few that I thought had been lost when the hard drive went bad earlier this spring.

I got up with Emily at 4:30 this morning to take her for the road test portion of Drivers Ed. I had a couple of hours to kill so thought I would hike to the Y on the mountain. I haven't been good about working out this summer and am feeling out of shape and heave (230 or so). After looking at the pictures over the week end I realize that I really need to loose some lbs and get in shape. Well the hike to the Y could have gone better. I made it about 1/2 way and needed a bathroom badly. I guess I'm still recovering from the sickness, which is my excuse anyway.

Well I headed back down and made my way to the nearest restroom with TP, which happened to be home. After taking care of my business, I made some lunches, got the boys ready for work/school and headed off to work.

I'm going to have to give this hike to the 'Y' another chance. Emily is going to drive again early tomorrow morning; we will see how I do.

I've wanted to add pix to the blog so here is my first try.

Fun Friday

Morning worked out
Elliptical:
Time: 30 minutes.
Distance: 3.4 miles
Calories: 375

Today’s pre-workout weight: 227 pounds. Post-workout weight: 226.4 pounds.

-Round Two

After getting the kids off to school I went back over to Golds with Laurie.

Elliptical:
Time: 30 minutes.
Distance: 3.20 miles
Calories: 370

Today’s pre-workout weight: 227 pounds. Post-workout weight: 226 pounds.

Get'n the day started

Morning worked out
Elliptical:
Time: 45 minutes.
Distance: 3.04 miles
Calories: 344

Today’s pre-workout weight: 228.2 pounds. Post-workout weight: 227.2 pounds.