Today was a typical Thursday. Went in early to work. Skipped lunch and we had our first flag football game. The kids did a great job listening to the play calling. We had a couple of hiccups with ball handling and decision making. We had the other team on the ropes and they scored a 2 point conversion to end the game in a tie.

Workout:

Coached flag football

Diet:

Breakfast – bagel with cream cheese, yogurt, orange juice

Lunch: – protein shake, trail mix

Dinner: – Venison ring bologna, tomatoes, noodles

Snack: – Red Bull

9-12-18: It is proving to be quite a challenge making time to work out. With all of the activities after work, spending time with the kids and still getting done what needs to around the house makes for long days.

This morning waking up was not a beast. Clock was showing 4:50 and was feeling awake and ready to go. Made some coffee and set the timer so when I am done downstairs I can rest with a cup of joe. Let the dog out and gave him a treat. After a short bathroom break I found myself in the work out room turning on ESPN to see if the Brew Crew beat the Cubs, they did not. Today is back, shoulders and biceps day. Started with lat pulldowns, moved on to lateral raises and finished with EZ curls. Time was getting tight and had to cut the treadmill time short.

At lunch I went over to the local driving range to hit a bucket of balls as some of the guys from work are golfing tonight. It probably sounds like I am a big golfer if you have been reading the blog. I am a learner. It is my third year and while I have gotten my swing to be ok the score has not been showing it. My goal is to become a bogey golfer and be able to make a couple of good shots and hold my own when on the coarse. Anyways, golf tonight will most likely involve a couple of tasty drinks. With skipping lunch lately I think it would be better if I have a little base before tonight. Take out is ordered from the bar after hitting the balls at the driving range. Hot roast beef with cheddar cheese on a hoagie bun and a side of pub fries. Usually this is a really good sandwich but it sat in the styrofoam container on my way back to the office and the condensation from the heat made the bun soggy. I ate half the meal and called it done.

Eight of us were golfing tonight. All of the PM’s, purchasing agent, and document control guy. It was a good time. My foursome was pretty even and we joked with each other. The four behind us thought they were pretty slick driving balls on our heels while we are taking our 2nd shots. After the round we ended up in the club house. The had corn hole set up inside and a few played. I sucked down one last beer and headed home.

Diet:

• Breakfast – bagel w/ cream cheese, yogurt, orange juice
• Lunch – Beef and cheddar, fries, G2 Gatorade
• Dinner – nothing
• Snack – Bud lights

Workout:

• Lat pulldowns – 3 sets 10x100lbs
• Lat raises – 3 sets 12x20lbs
• Ez Curls – 3 sets 10x80lbs
• Treadmill – 5 min walk, 5 min run, 6 min walk

Today was a sleep in day and off to work early. So that means another morning of not working out.

Worked all day and had flag football practice. The weather was beautiful and enjoyable besides the mosquitos.

After dinner went into the garage and installed the baffles and new mower blades. Reinstalled the mower deck to the rider. My youngest helped out at the end. It was hot in the garage and worked up a nice lather completing the mower project. Celebrated with 1 bud light. Helped the youngest with a bath. No work out this evening either. Ended the night watching the Brewer / cubs, they lost tonight.

Diet:

• Breakfast – bagel w/ cream cheese, yogurt, orange juice
• Lunch – Protein shake, trial mix
• Dinner- Costco mac and cheese, mixed veggies, milk
• Snack- 1 bud light

Workout:

• Flag football practice
• Installed mower blades

This morning woke up in Green Bay after sleeping so so. Ended up hitting the McDonalds Drive thru as the hotel was pretty much out of food when we came down to check out. Drove back home.

Got home and weighed myself. I am down 3 lbs and 1/2 % for BMI. Awesome start in my book. Afterwards I jumped in the truck and headed to work for the afternoon. Skipped lunch and drank a gatorade and water today to rehydrate from yesterday. After work stopped at the driving range and hit a bucket of balls.

Tonight it was dinner, read with the kids and started watching the Jets / Lions game but turned out to be a blow out. Switched it over to the Brewer / Cubs game which they Crew pulled one out. No work out today. Was feeling it from yesterday.

Diet:

• Breakfast – Bacon egg cheese biscuit, hash browns, and coke
• Lunch – G2 Gatorade, water
• Dinner- Chicken tacos (4)

Workout:

• Driving range

9-8/9-18: Turned out to be a pretty good weekend. Had a big breakfast in the morning, headed to costco and then to the home improvement store to do some returns which was a fiasco. When returning items from the lumber yard you used to go thru the gate, get unloaded, then head into the store for a credit. Now I had to go into the store, have them look at the items being returned and either drive around and get unloaded or unload at the front door. Luckily I had only one item and was able to unload at the entrance. Still was a cluster on getting that straightened out. Had a light lunch of a slice of pizza, since the big breakfast filled me up.

No workout today, the motorcycle was calling me and we went on a sport ride for 2.5 hrs. Could feel a workout in the legs and saddle from throwing the bike from side to side on the winding roads. After getting back I hopped in the truck and headed for the driving range again. Worked on my iron game for a little while then headed to the grocery store to some provisions.

Grilled out tonight. Ribeye, shrimp, and red potatoes. Steamed some corn on-the-cob on the stove and everything was delicious. Afterwards we all settled on the couch and watched the MEG. It was entertaining but nothing compared to JAWS. Off to bed early.

Diet:

Breakfast: 2 eggs over easy, chorizo, 2 pieces of toast

Lunch: Slice of pizza

Dinner: Ribeye, shrimp, potatoes, red pepper, corn-on-the-cob (1 ear)

Snack: String cheese, 6 bud lights

Workout:

Motorcycle ride

Driving range

Sunday was an awesome day. Started off the morning with eggs, leftover steak and toast. Then it was time to get ready to head to Lambeau field for the Packer vs bears game. Kids were going to grandma’s house for the night so while the wife went to drop them off I headed to the driving range again. Afterwards I went downstairs and worked out. Did weight training and walked.

Shortly after noon we were in the car on our way. Stopped at a sub shop for lunch and ate in the car as we traveled. Listened to the Brewer game the whole way up. They were in the lead when we reached the hotel. Arrived at the hotel and the check in line was almost out the door. Great! Turns out they are training a new hire on a Packer weekend, not cool. We get checked and the room is great, just what we need, even though we will not spend any time in it.

Fire up the Uber app and request a ride and just like that we are headed to the stadium. We usually tailgate some before the games but since this being the Packers 100 year anniversary, opening game, and its against their long time rivals the Bears. We decided to hit up the bars before hand and get that experience. The bar had an a pretty good cover band and we listen and people watched for a couple hours. Afterwards we headed into the stadium and watched the game. Packers win and we head to a bar for a nite cap and a snack while we wait for traffic to die down before getting a ride back to the hotel.

Diet:

Breakfast: 2 eggs over easy, steak, and toast

Lunch: sub sandwich from Jimmy Johns, water

Dinner: foot long hotdog, cheese fries

Snack: boneless wings, fries, 12 bud lights

Workout:

Treadmill: 5 minute walk, 5 min jog, 10 min walk

The weekend is here and now comes the discipline to keep the wheels from coming off. Not to much is planned for the weekend. Have the Packers vs Bears game Sunday night that the wife and I will be attending. Other than that have no reason to get into to much trouble….

This morning’s workout consisted of barbell curls and that was it. Had to head out to the Chicagoland area for a job site progress review and walk thru. Job is doing well.

This afternoon I headed straight for the local golf course to meet my neighbor so we could get 9 holes in before dinner. Shot a 54 today. Not to bad for a beginner. I get in trouble when the 2nd shot is not going well.

We get done with golf and neighbors wife and 3 kids are all at my house for a play date / pizza party. We order some pizza from the local pizzeria in town and watch the brewer game for awhile. Early to bed tonight.

Diet:

• Breakfast – bagel w/ cream cheese
• Lunch – 2 Quaker granola bars, G2 gatorade
• Dinner – 3 pieces for pizza
• Snack- 6 bud lights ( golf course / home)

Workout:

• Ez curls. – 4 sets of 12x85lbs.
• Ab crunches – 3 sets of 50.

Today was an early work day. Skipped the morning workout and headed off to work. I was mostly at my desk all day, had to get 2 estimates out. Had a meal replacement shake for lunch and headed to flag football practice late afternoon.

Tonight we had spaghetti with meat sauce, summer squash and garlic bread for dinner. I had one plate and could not resist going for the second piece fo bread. Afterwards I walked on the treadmill for the beginning of the Eagle vs Falcon game for 30 minutes. Did not actually catch any of the game as they were in a rain delay. Nothing is better that Collinsworth for a 1/2 hr talking about filler topics.

Diet:

• Breakfast – bagel w/ cream cheese, yogurt, 8oz orange juice

Lunch – Protein shake, Apple

Dinner- Spaghetti, squash, garlic bread, Red wine

Snack. 2 bud lights

Exercise:

• 30 mins treadmill

Woke up today just before five-o-clock in the morning. Feeling pretty good after some much needed rest I proceeded to head down to the basement for my first morning workout. Mentally this is going to be a killer one. First the tv comes on and change the channel to ESPN. Next is some stretching of the pecks and arms followed by hamstrings and quads. The plan this morning is to bench press, tricep rope pull downs, ab crunches and then onto the treadmill.

Tonight after dinner, debated walking on the treadmill again but the lawnmower needed attending first. Bought a new mulching kit for the lawnmower. So the deck needed to be removed baffles installed and new blades. We have had so much rain lately with some hot days the mosquito population is ridiculous. I had to put bug spray on in the garage because there are so many. It was bad enough having to keep the door closed with no air flow. I was drenched by the time the mower deck was off, blades removed and old compacted grass cleaned away. This activity is what took 3 beers to accomplish. Anyway, the kit I ordered only came with one blade but had two baffles. WTF…So I was unable to get it back together. Tomorrow morning I will be calling around looking for another blade in order for the mower to be reassembled. If / when it does finally dry out the hay field that is my yard can me mowed.

Workout:

Bench press 1 set 10×135 lb

2 set 10×185 lb

3 set 8×185 lb

Triceps 3 set 12x 55 lb

Ab crunches 3 set of 50

Treadmill 5 min walk

5 min run

20 min walk

Diet:

Breakfast – bagel, yogurt, 8oz orange juice

Lunch – 1 cup chicken pot pie and G2 Gatorade

Dinner- Bowl of homemade chicken fried rice with veggies

Snack 3 bud-lights

Alarm went off at 4:00 am. My intention was to get up and work out before work. Tuesday and Thursdays are my early to work days and 4:00 came quick. I slept like crap that night for some reason and could not bring myself to get up.

Today was a good diet day.

• Breakfast. – bagel w/cream cheese, yogurt, 8 oz orange juice
• Lunch. – 1 cup of leftover pot pie and a G2 Gatorade
• Dinner – Caesar salad with chicken and a slice of wheat bread with water.

This afternoon I had youth flag football practice. Ran around with the kids as I coached. It was 88 degrees out and worked up lather in the process.

No work out this evening. Was not feeling the best after dinner, completely drained. Went into bed by 7:30, fell asleep watching the Brewers vs Cubs game shortly after.

Picture is of the treat counter at work. Working on my will power not to eat any treats during the day. Today I had none.

Today the master bedroom got completed. Finished installing the vent registers and finally hung the tv on the wall. Installed a new outlet behind the tv and had to get creative with the antenna. We do not have cable and choose to stream for tv channels. I have digital antennas for the tv’s to get the local channels. These are the flat flexible ones that mount on the wall behind or above the tv. Ours was above and it was not the best thing to look at it worked. My return air duct is adjacaent to where our tv is mounted. So why not install the antenna in the air return? We have an upper and lower air return. So before replacing the register I installed the antenna and cut in a box behind the tv and stuck out the antenna wire to connect to the tv. Bam, win for Jim!

This afternoon the newly mounted tv needed some viewing time while it was raining. Nothing like catching the final holes of the golf tournament. This was to relaxing and after golf was over I got up and went into the basement for my first official workout. On my way down I pass the kids and they are right on me heels. “Dad can you turn on the wii? We want to play baseball”. I get them set up and after they argue for 5 minutes on who is batting first they are finally playing.

Now it is time for stats. First I set up my phone to take a couple of pictures for reference of my body changes over the next four months. Next is the weigh in on our WiFi scale. This takes both body weight and BMI measurements. I understand that the BMI can shift a little based on hydration but it is not going to matter in my case.

For my official workout I look at the weights, treadmill, and the spin bike. I am to tired to lift weights and do not think it would be a productive session. So it is treadmill or the spin bike. I choose the treadmill.

Work out: 5 minute warm up 3mph

5 minute jog at 5.5 mph

10 minute walk. 3mph

I took it easy first time on the treadmill in awhile. Last thing I need is to have a strain or injury right away. Overall it was good. Got a decent sweat going and drank some water afterwards.