Wow-13

Why do I even bother with this??
So, as usual, the week started with a bang and ended with a whimper. Not even a whimper really, just a wimp. I just read Laura's post regarding a friend with throat cancer who is going through chemo therapy. She quotes him as saying, "My spirits are good and I will continue to fight." Why am I not fighting for myself??

I can't have Dr Pepper anymore. 

Boo hoo. 

He is going through chemo therapy, fighting for his life. I can't even muster the energy to go for a long walk. I bet he would give lots to trade "problems." Last week my brother in law asked me to design a background for his new marathon blog. Yes, the very same brother in law who recently had open heart surgery. He wants to run a marathon, but his blog sits empty because of new problems he is having. I bet he would give lots to trade "problems."

Max can't just walk outside and grab himself a new heart. Mike can't run to the kitchen and swap-out his throat. They have no control over their problems. 

I do.

And I will take control. 

I WILL. 

For Mike. . . maybe even for Max (a wee little bit for Max).

Stats:

Regina: 0

Paula: out of town

Renee: -2, good job!

Amy: +0.3

Jessica: 0

Erica: +2

Laura: 0

Michelle: -1

Angela: 0

Christine: 0

Juli: +1

Mimi:

Lena:

Sarah: 0

You've been spotted

received via email

For Daddy

I hope you can hear this. Tug and {j} usually say prayers before going to bed, but Tug is out of town tonight. In the beginning he says, "Goodnight Daddy. I miss you."

 
Yeah, I am relatively certain he says "blessed our thumbs."

Judo chop!

{l} had her first judo tournament today. She won her first match against another white belt (in the video {l} is in the white belt.) She won the second match, also against another white belt. There were no points in the first 3 minutes so it went to overtime. The video shows {l} throwing her opponent in overtime ({l} is in the blue belt). Tug was really proud of that throw. She lost her 3rd match to a girl who is a yellow belt (2 higher than white) who also happens to be in her dojo ({l} is the blue belt in that match too).

The video is the 3 matches combined, with the last 2 shortened.

Getting her silver medal.

With her friend who won gold in a lower weight class (they are the same age though).

fyi, there are no chops in judo

Revert the funding stream

I saw this on Heather's blog. Hopefully more people will realize stem cells aren't the cure all they thought they were (Lord knows they will never consider them babies). . . I wonder if Oprah will send this bit of information on to her BodyOdor buddy! 

When kids play with the camera

{r}'s artistic vision . . . guess she never found that "good" thing to record, but I think {s} is dancing.

Out of my comfort zone

Almost makes me squirm just to ask, does anyone know a good recipe for tofu chili?

WoW-12

Do any of you watch the Biggest Loser? I do, though we tend to fast forward the whole show and just watch the weigh-ins. Honestly, that show does not inspire me at all. I mean how inspirational is it to watch a bunch of people lose tons of weight because they have personal trainers that make them work out for 8 hours a day? How inspirational is it to see them losing all this weight while they are locked up, living far away from all temptations? Not very.

However, last night they let the person who had lost the most weight at home come back into the game. The winner was a gal who has spent pretty much zero time at the ranch so all her weight loss was done on her own, back in the real world. AND, after 12 weeks (hello, we are on WoW week 12) she had lost eighty something pounds. 

80 + pounds.

12 weeks.

holy crap. 

Now that is inspirational. Crazy, but inspirational. Well she inspired me so much that I woke up this morning. That's it, I woke up. . . baby steps. ;)

Stats:

Regina: has not lost 80 pounds.

Paula: -1

Renee:

Amy: -3.1

Jessica: -.5

Erica: -2.2

Laura: -1

Michelle:

Angela:

Christine:

Juli: -1

Mimi:

Lena:+.6

Sarah: 0