A long-awaited update

Posted December 1st, 2008 by Jeff J. Snider

Wow, it’s been too long.  I guess I went the entire month of November without an update, and for that I apologize.  Here’s what’s been going on:

–Injury Update: I finally went to the doctor about a week into November, and he prescribed Prednisone (a steroid) to calm the inflammation. It helped some, but it also caused me to gain about five pounds in the five days I was on it. So I am probably about 85% pain free, but it’s still a challenge.

–Thanksgiving: In addition to the injury, of course there was Thanksgiving. We had great food, but I think I was relatively good at keeping control of my portions. I didn’t deny myself anything, but I limited the volume, and I was satisfied with my effort.

–Exercise: Due to a combination of the injury and my laziness, I have only used the thousands of dollars worth of exercise equipment once in the past six weeks. The good news is, that one time was tonight, and I am not feeling any pain from the injury (yet). I am ready to get (back?) into a regular exercise routine.

–Overall: Considering the injury, the weight-gain-causing medicine, and the fattest holiday of the year, I think it’s an accomplishment that I weigh less than I did at my last weigh-in. It’s only a couple pounds (in almost two months), but I guess it’s still progress. I will do an official weigh-in post tomorrow morning when I have weighed myself, but I think I am in the high 340s. I weight 340 when I got home from my mission almost 11 years ago, and I have only dipped below that once (I got to about 338 sometime in mid-2004). So 335-ish will be a big number for me, and I plan to be there before the end of the month.

Oh yeah, and remember that challenge I issued to gas prices a couple months ago? Yeah, well, in that time, I have lost a couple pounds, while gas has lost about 180 pennies. The race to 240? I got my butt handed to me on that. But I made the challenge, and I am now changing it:

Let’s see who can get to 240 and keep it off for a year, Mr. Gas Prices! Bring it on!

4 Comments | Post a Comment