I am looking forward to the month of June.
For one thing -- Summer!
I am a summer person. You can have your spring rains and cool nights. You can enjoy the dying earth during during the fall or the cold of winter. Give me sunshine and warmth!
I also have a couple of preaching events coming up in June; two kids' camps and pulpit supply at a local country church. The camps are for very young kids. One is a day camp. The other is an overnight camp, but just for one night. I really like working with the camp staff at Baptist Hill. The Director and Camp Administrator are just great people. The summer staff is usually made up of college kids that work their collective butts off to make sure that each group of kids that comes through Baptist Hill during the summer has a good, safe, learning experience and lots of fun.
I'll be making another trip to Chicago, this time for a Cubs/Cards ballgame.
Aaron and I will find a place to watch the UFC 238 fights rather than spending the money on tickets to the event. With any luck, we can watch the Blues win the Stanley Cup in a Game 6 home win after seeing the Cards beat the Cubs in a Sunday afternoon game.
About mid-month I'll complete my 59th trip around the sun.
When I turned 53, I was at my heaviest weight. I decided that I needed to lose 54 pounds in my 54th year. I actually lost 60 pounds.
In the last five years, I've managed to gain it all back, plus a couple of bonus pounds. I've been fortunate that I haven't yet suffered any major health issues due to my weight. The main thing is joint pain (knees and ankles) from being so danged heavy.
So here I go again...
Sixty pounds in my 60th year.
It's only 5 pounds per month; a little over a pound per week.
I'll be tracking progress over at Healthy Living (by an unhealthy guy).
I know! My overall track record shows more starting and stopping than continued success. But I also know that it can be done. So here's to a renewed commitment to busting the 200 pound mark by my 60th birthday and being a much healthier guy.
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https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention/lifestyle-program/
ReplyDeleteI scored a 15 on this test. So I joined a year-long YMCA program. But I've got a free Y membership because I'm old.
The program is sort of like overeaters anonymous which I tried a long time ago. They concentrate on fat intake. But from everything I've read recently, low-fat stuff has high sugar. Low sugar stuff has high fat. It's a lose lose.
What I don't like about it is the tracking of everything you eat. I need an assistant to write stuff down for me. An assistant that I would never know is there.
I've found that logging foods is a good way to be more aware of what, how much, and when I'm eating. We tend to under estimate how much we really eat.
DeleteThat will be one of the changes I'll need to make as I get back into it.
*sigh*