more promises made and broken

Ok so i am not going to make any promises to blog more...I am just going to try. I am still working on this whole follow through thing plus I was working out at the gym at night leaving little time to eat and blog. Life as been a bit crazy but good.
I am now on the second book of "A Song of Fire and Ice", "A Clash of Kings", It is fantastic book. I am not a huge fan of fantasy, I am of sci-fi but not fantasy. I know, many say what is the difference? There is a difference trust me. But I do really like these books they are a lot of fun really, the characters are interesting and well drawn, the story lines are great. He is also not afraid to kill off characters that you like and the allow characters you hate to live, also to bring you around to characters you didn't like at first.

I have discovered twitter I like it...I don't love it...like Facebook, Myspace, and blogger I don't always have the attention span to really get excited about it but I like it.

In serious news...Todd and my friend was diagnosed with melanoma (stage 4 it would seem)..I have not really been able to process the fact that someone I know has stage 4 melanoma. I have been putting off having the doctor take off a few moles. One of which is on my face, the one on my chin to be precise, I have an attachment to it. But I am worried this would be friend number two with moles levels comparable to mine, Erin and now Terry. Erin pointed out that my doctor has not had me looked at by a dermatologist, I believe that I will bring that up to him.

Promises Made and Broken

I know I made promises to keep up with my Blog and quickly broke them but really it is Western Michigan in the winter...I cannot be blamed.... Well I am still running without any real weight loss. I am an emotional eater and I have been stuffing my face with food on an almost constant basis...I HATE WINTER! It is however, thank you global warming I will not complain, 80 degrees out in March in Michigan...it is like the twilight zone. It actually makes me a little bit uncomfortable, in that vague well this is just not right sort of way. It is not like I want it to be dull brown and gray out but really 80 in March it is still winter.
I also blame Erin Davison and her Husband Peter for hooking me (and I mean it like a crack dealer gets people hooked) on the book "The Game of Thrones", part of "A Song of Fire and Ice" series.
I am, of course, blaming others because I am never to blame for this sort of thing, nope.
anyway, I am off to bed on this balmy 70 degree winters night...
I run this week
Monday - 6miles (a pick up from today long run which was instead a short run I missed last week, confused? me too)
Tuesday - Strength and cross training
Wednesday -  4 miles
Thursday - Rest
Friday - 4 miles and Strength training
Saturday - Cross training
Sunday - 7 miles

Oops Skipped a Week

Well I skipped a week of pictures, crap so this is week four...I have started cross-training and weight training. I believe that this will help my running and maybe this will help with running a marathon. I also have found out that I am a huge wimp and that as someone who has never really weight trained I am like a 90 pound weakling only 120 pounds heaver. Here is my schedule for the coming week...

Monday - 3 Mile Run

Tuesday - Stretch and Strength training

Wednesday - Rest (going out with Molly)

Thursday - Cross Training

Friday - 2 Mile Run and Strength training

Saturday - Cross Training

Sunday - 3 Mile Run

And Finally My Pictures 

I still weigh 209lbs

Running Week Number 2

So I forgot to post my week number two photos. I think what I am going to do it compare back to my week on pictures. This week my weight was 211 (down 2lbs)...here are the pictures

Week 1

Week 2

This weeks running schedule...

Monday - Run/walk 30min (2r/1w)

Tuesday - Run/walk 30min (2r/1w)

Wednesday - Off

Thursday - Run/Walk 30min (1r/1w)

Friday - Cross Train

Saturday - Run/Walk 3miles (2r/1w)

Sunday - Cross Train or walk 

Some Pictures I Have Taken

Now January Made Me Do It

In an effort to keep myself to my running a training plan I am going to keep track of my weight and take weekly pictures of my process....sorry everyone...hairy chest alert....so i am 213lbs exactly this morning...goal is to lose 21lbs in 6 months so my goal weight is 192lbs...here i go...

My running schedule for the week which includes getting up at 530am is as follows:

Monday - Run 1min / Walk 1min x 15

Tuesday - Walk 30min

Wednesday - Run 1min / walk 1 min x15

Thursday - Rest

Friday - Walk 30min

Saturday - Run 1min / walk 1min x15

Sunday - Run 2min/ walk x10

Fun fun fun...here we go again

Iowa made me do it...

Obviously I have not blogged in a while...I am not sure why. I haven't had much to say and I have been busy. My last blog post was a sort of lame perfunctory list of my favorite romantic movies. I will re-list without pictures top ten favorite romantic movies again in no particular order as they depend on my mood....
1. Romeo and Juliet - the Zeffirelli version if only for the music.
2. Love Actually - Laura Linney, Colin Firth...need I say more
3. Harold and Maude - Love isn't about perfection it about being yourself with all your imperfections.
4. Moulin Rouge - beautiful...and Come What May.
5. Four Weddings and a Funeral - I know I HATE ANDIE MACDOWELL (YOU CAN'T ACT!) but I love Hugh Grant and everyone else in the cast...and reciting W. H. Auden's Funeral Blues (the first movie I sobbed at)
6. The Princess Bride - Inconceivable - True Love - Perfect Kisses - As you wish...
7. A Single Man - Colin Firth again
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Kate Winslet was robbed of an Academy Award...We all want to erase parts of our lives but to what end.
9. Edward Scissorhands - Johnny Depp at his finest...
10. Say Anything... - In Your Eyes...

Now that I am done with that little exercise...I am coming up with my New Year's resolution. First I must discuss my resolutions for last year. They were to run more, which I did for about half the year. I did run the Fifth Third Riverbank Run 25k which was awesome and fun. Then the last half of the year I have struggled to get back out there partly because of the new job and trying to figure out when I can run. Resolution number 1...Run again...in the morning. My other resolution was to read some books 12 to be exact. That did not happen...I blame Pride and Prejudice...it was so long and arduous, it hurt my brain.
so my list and what I finished crossed out...So I will carry over the 10 I didn't finish...yay I will add more...
1. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet - David Mitchell
2. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3. Oryx and Crake - Margaret Atwood
4. Underworld - Don Delillo
5. Nueromancer - William Gibson
6. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 
7. The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton 
8. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
9. Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
10. Atonement - Ian McEwan
11. The Folding Star - Alan Hollinghurst
12. Titus Groan - Mervyn Peake13. The Cider House Rules - John Irving