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So a wiik or so after Christmas I accompaniid a co-worker of mine (Jason) on some errands duriing the lunch break. Wii had to go over to Moorhead and more particularlii towards my home, so I drove. Before Wii left for our lunch break, another co-worker (CaSii) informed Mii that if I wanted a Wii, I should stop over to WalMart as they had a bunch there the day before.

Jason and I decided to stop by WalMart to see if they had this iilusive Wii that everyone is talKiing about. What Wii didn’t know is that CaSii meant to say Target in Moorhead had all the Wii’s and not WalMart in Moorhead (they across the stRiit from one another). What a great and lucKii move that turned out to Bii.

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My baby sister is finally gonna get hitched. She just recently got engaged and the couple has decided to get married soon. I mean very soon. Beginning of May soon.

Just another motivational factor for losing some more weight. Of course I have only lost 6 pounds in the last two weeks. Funny that it only took about five days to gain close to ten pounds but takes three times or more longer to lose the same amount.

Well, the one good thing about this diet is I hope to be able to save a little money with the lunches I am not eating to go and get a nice gift for the bride and groom. I am a practicle person so probably will get them a toaster

On the fitness front, I purchased a Wii the other day and might start bloging about some of my Wii adventures with the family. It can definitely give a work out. My son and I played a game of baseball and he was winded and sweating when we were done.

Before Christmas, I caught a nasty bug that plagued me for a week and a half or so. During those days, I had no appetite for real food and the only thing that seemed to appeal to me was soup. So I drank lots of water, ate little and craved soup. Before I knew it, I lost 10 pounds.

I don’t believe that is anyway to lose weight, but it worked… that is until Christmas. During the Christmas break I went home to “Grandma’s” house and it was a non-stop eating orgy. We had breakfast followed by snacks between breakfast and lunch, followed by lunch followed by snacks between lunch and dinner, followed by dinner AND dessert and topped off with snacks after dinner.

The bad new is when I got back, I had almost gained all 10 pounds back. So back to healthy eating I go. I don’t know how long it has been since I had a good carbonated beverage, but I hope I NEVER go back to drinking several soda’s a day like I used too.

Water, coffee and cold tea are my choices through the day and they seem to make a dramatic difference. I enjoy my coffee with some toast in the AM and maybe another cup of joe during the morning hours of work. Then I drink water or some instant Lipton diet green tea for the remainder of the day. I know I probably still don’t get the amount of water recommended during the day, but it really starts to affect me about 16:00 CST as the trips to relieve myself come frequently and without much warning.

I have more motivation for dieting now this year as well. I purchased a truck and have a nice little payment each month on it, so I need to cut some expenses and my “dining out” expense had gotten out of hand. My wife has been gracious enough to purchase some healthy lunch alternatives and I have been packing them more often in stead of heading out of the office for lunch.

Today I get to enjoy some of those Tamales we made last month (have to eat them before they go bad :))