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| Playing the Game |
| 2011-08-04 09:40:00 |
We've done it! Darla and i have finally accomplished our goal of paying off our cars. It feels great to not have a payment, to know you are capable of doing what you set out to do. So how do we want to celebrate? By buying a car of course.Two nights ago Darla and I were driving past car lots in Beaverton when we drove past a shinny, gray, convertible. If you have read any of my past blogs you know I have always wanted a Circle Car. A Circle car is of course a car with a circle emblem. Audi's, BMW's, Mercedes are all circle cars. We circled back to see what it was. I have been secretly wanting a Mercedes SLK350 convertible, or an Audi convertible. What we saw was something I had not considered. Pulling into the lot I came face to face with a Nissan 350Z convertible roadster. It was used,...
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| Dreaming Away |
| 2011-06-29 00:50:00 |
Sometimes the battle isn't to lose weight, or to get stronger, sometimes it's about doing your best to stay engaged. To stay engaged in relationship, to stay engaged in the job, to stay in community, to stay with the task. At times I find myself thinking more about change, maybe a new car, a new house, a new place to live. Perhaps it's a new job. The battle is about staying with it at times. Sure dreaming is good. It can actually help spur on creativity and new ideas. But it can also be dangerous, causing you to check out, to disengage, to loose focus because your focus has shifted. I'm not sure how to fight it, or even if I should. I think it is most important to just acknowledge it and the impact it can have. For me dreaming is part of living. But living also has to do with sticki...
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| Dog Mountain on Fathers Day |
| 2011-06-20 10:00:00 |
At ten O'clock we converge on the Dog Mountain trail head. By we I mean the Samuelson family. Some of us have boots, others have running shoes, and a few are in sandals. We have water, cameras, jackets, and energy. From the minute we hit the trail it is almost straight up. We are heading 3 miles to the top. Derek keeps telling us the easy stuff is ahead. As we keep going I become more and more out of breathe, my calves start to burn, and I start asking if it is really worth it. At a split in the trail we are given a choice. We can go a shorter more difficult path, or an easier, longer route. Of course, we go shorter. As I look up I see Gray running up the incline. there is no questioning the beauty of this hike. I am in awe of the trees and under growth. The wind is blowing in the trees ...
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| The Mind as it Relates to the Battle |
| 2011-06-07 23:51:00 |
Tonight as I sit here thinking about life, I come back to the realization that the battle is all in the mind. Win there and you have won.
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| Some times the battle ends in death |
| 2011-06-07 00:01:00 |
I recently had my 48th birthday. We hung out as a family, did some hiking, and had a small party. Throughout the day, I found myself thinking that I might be closer to the end of the race then the beginning. It wasn't a depressing or morbid thought, it was just looking realistically at life. We only circle the sun so many times, take so many breaths, have our hearts beat so many times. The real question is what are you doing with the time you have.
As I jumped on facebook today, I came across a post from my cousin Jill. After a short battle my Grandpa Louie has passed away. My cousin had this to say:
The world lost an amazing man today. A missionary, a lovely person, a very wise man, loving, caring, extremely smart, Knowledgeable in many languages, teacher of many things...love of my grandmas life...our grandpa. He went to be with God today: he waited until he made sure Grandma was settled in to their new living center and getting used to her new surroundings. We will all miss him ...
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| P90X - Day 60 |
| 2011-03-06 02:13:00 |
Sixty days of P90X are in the books. I have faithfully been at it everyday with the exception of 1. But I made it up by working out twice the next day. I have been sore, at times discouraged, but mostly I have felt great about myself. I debated about putting pictures up on this page do to embarrassment of how out of control I had gotten. Yet on the other hand I have worked hard for two months and have some great results to show. So take a look at what can be accomplished when you "Do Your Best, and Forget the Rest." Thirty days left and there is no way I won't make it to the end.
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| P90X - Day 46 |
| 2011-02-19 13:21:00 |
I want to stay true to the intent of this blog. My goal way back when it started was to talk about try to find a way to live healthy in an unhealthy world. A world that is constantly tempting you to take a short cut to happiness, health and wellness, and yet continues to produce more and more people who live unhealthy lives. Over the last 4 years I have made many great starts towards a healthy live style. I have also blown it and given in to the many messages around me. As a result i have yo-yo'd up and down with weight. I have been bordering on being diabetic, I have joined the ranks of those taking blood pressure medicine, and have like so many, resigned to the lie, that this is how life is going to be. Well no more.
This blog is about the battle. The biggest battle is the one I have with myself. I am determined to win this battle, to regain my life, and to start living the way I was meant to live. With that in mind, I started P...
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| P90X - Day 39 |
| 2011-02-12 13:24:00 |
I am 39 days into P90X and starting to see some big changes. Over the first 3 weeks I dropped 15 pounds, but then have been stuck at 216lbs ever since. My wife keeps telling me not to let the scale be the determining factor, but I can't seem to break free from it. I was feeling a bit discouraged, realizing I was building muscle, that weighs more than the fat I was losing, but still discouraged. At day 30 I took the second set of pictures. While I didn't see a flat stomach and six pack abs, I did see that I was slimming down a little. I also noticed that there was some muscle definition replacing some of the sag. My chest was starting to look a little more like the chest I remembered in days gone by (still a long way to go). the start of this week I heard...
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| P90X Day 33 - Starting to see the difference |
| 2011-02-06 13:10:00 |
I'm just over a month into the program. I've been sweating, I've been jumping, I've been doing push ups, and using bands (instead up pull ups). I also have been modifying the routines, taking breaks, doing my best and forgetting the rest. I have been stuck at 215 pounds for a week, but my kids and wife tell me they are noticing the changes. I can tell you I am feeling better about who I am as a person, my outlook on life is changing and I am excited about the future. Today I looked at my pictures I took on day one and compared them to day 31 (yes I was a day late). Guess what, there is change. Muscles are starting to show up, the man boobs are not as pronounced, the waist is starting to look different. There is a long ways to go, but I am definitely on my way.
My question now is how will I sustain this as a life style change. I don't think I will be able to do extreme workouts 6 days a week for the long haul, but how will I continu...
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| P90X Day 28 - Still at it |
| 2011-01-30 09:35:00 |
Yep - I am still at it 28 days later. Its a Sunday, I pulled the short straw and am weekend manager so it is up at 5:30am. So far so good. I am almost through the recovery week and the change of pace is welcome. Week three was the toughest so far. My muscles just seemed tired. Everything was harder to do. But I am motivated to keep it going. I am down 15 pounds which is a great motivator. Two more pounds and I am no longer Obese, just overweight. I guess I should cheer. Only 45 more ponds to go. I am beginning to notice changes in my body. Little definition here, less of a bulge there. I keep telling myself time is my friend. As I am thinking about the process of getting to the point I am at, and were I wa...
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