Weigh-in.

Staying strong at 221. :|

Softball last night. We won. I played terribly. Yay! Game tonight is at Golden Eagle. I love playing out there. It takes forever to drive out there from my house though.

I have been thinking a lot about things. Getting older and more grown-up has its detractors.

First week of softball.....accomplished.

So sore. So, my Tuesday night team's game got cancelled due to a hole in the outfield. Played last night and tonight though. Won by a 12 run rule in the fifth on Wednesday, 20 run rule in the third tonight. I was 2-2 with a walk and a fielder's choice last night. 2-3 with a foul out tonight. Made some solid contacts, and I've also been hitting bloops right back up the middle. Easy singles every time.

I'm starting to learn where I can go with different pitches. Up and in I return to the pitcher, or second base. Outside I drive to center. Low, or up and across the plate I tee off.

Back to being sore....I may have bitten off a bit much with three teams on back to back to back nights. Hahaha. We shall see. Hopefully it just helps me get knocked back into shape. And it is fun to boot. My Wednesday night team is kind of bad though. I am one of the better players on it. But it's all good. It makes it fun either way.

I have not had the opportunity to do any running. I am going to try and get to that. Also, I am going to try and get on that gym membership. I want to be able to mix up my workouts a bit more.

GO TEAM VENTURE!

Softball season!

Today starts the Spring softball season. I am super excited. I am playing for three teams this season. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Tuesday and Wednesdays are a bit more of "fun" teams, and Thursdays are serious. We'll see how my swing is doing tonight. I have had some practices in the off season, so I'm not too worried. I hope that we have fun tonight.

Also, weigh-in! 221 pounds. Last week at Day Four, 217. Then Saturday and Sunday happened.... Oh well. Still gonna work hard and try my best. I am excited to lose the weight again, and even more excited to get into good shape. I just have to keep reminding myself of the reasons.

Day Four.

Day Four of my training. I've run two days so far, and will run again tonight. Letting my Lean Cuisine settle a bit first. I was somewhat proud of myself today. One of my friends from work took me out to lunch today. Jack in the Crack. I got a grilled chicken salad, and didn't eat the croutons or cheese. Light vinaigrette. Also didn't go out for breakfast, and am having a light dinner.

Yesterday was somewhat epic. Did a good run(for right now) and then did a two hour softball practice. I was pretty sore this morning. But I shook it off pretty quickly. Benefits of still being somewhat young.

I think I want to invest in a heart rate monitor/stopwatch thingamajigger. 

New car, new goals.

So, as pointed out by Art's comment in my last post.....I ended up buying the car. It is in great condition. It runs amazing. And I love it. I hope it will stay with me for a long time to come.



Also, Art is running a 5k to Giants stadium. I am too. I have never had the notion to run a marathon, 5k, or anything of the like. I have dabbled in jogging/running for fitness before. It is a form of exercise that I absolutely hate. But it also yields the best results of any cardio activity for me. It is a fight all the way. Art's invitation meant a lot to me, so I thought very hard about it. I like fighting. I like to think I am scrappy in some ways. This 5k is a fight I will not lose. And I will beat it with my best friend. I am super stoked.


In other Giants related news.....FIRST GAME ON SATURDAY! It is also the World Series Ring Presentation, and Sammy Hagar and Joe Satriani are going to play the National Anthem. I don't know how that day could be any more perfect.






I know, I am jumping around here....but back to the fitness! Official weigh-in(haven't done one of these in a while.....): 221 pounds. A full 30 pounds more than my low from the last time I actually cared enough to watch what I was eating and exercise full time. Interestingly, I am wearing the same size clothes for the most part. I am up in my XL shirts for the time being, but my pants all still fit. It is annoying to me.

I am trying to stick to my goal of 180. I am very close to joining a gym, so that I can do more extensive workouts than I can at home. Also, I feel like if I was paying for it, I would use it more.....but we all know how that goes.


Anyways, I think that is it. Peace.

Temptation.

I have a history. A history with Mustangs. A good, and bad history with Mustangs. There is one I adore for sale at a nearly stupid price. I am continually talking myself out of trying to get it.


:|

Time to save.

So I am planning two small vacations this year......within two or three weeks of each other, haha. Disneyland, and Vegas baby!

I need to be saving up now. I am trying to actually put money in my savings account.....odd concept there. Hopefully I can swing enough for both trips. They will both be totally awesome, for awesome reasons.