Well my awesomeness has been proven time and time again.  I would quote several quite possibly reliable resources with questionable validity that would state truthfully with much doubt about my awesomeness.  We have all witnessed it and you have been captivated by it for almost a year now.  It is ok, I am just a regular man.  I put my pants on one leg at a time, unless they are shorts and I save time by doing both legs…. much more efficient.

This week has been excellent.  While work has pounded my head into the ground with broken policies and such, my family and I have done well with eating clean and cooking together.  I am really digging this salad thing.  I love just putting a LOT of stuff in my salad!  For example, last night my salad consisted of:

Spinach, Romaine Lettuce, Tomatoes, Carrots, Cucumbers, Apples, Almonds, Craisins, a few croutons, and 2 tsp of Kraft Sun-Dried Tomato Vinaigrette. It was awesome.  I never put any cheese in my salads because it doesn’t make it any better and because I usually get my protein from the other things I am eating.  I am not boasting about my salad skills, but just the fact they are FREAKING awesome to eat.  I still have to thank Lisa, because she was the one who started the process going and now I am excited when I get home to make salad and have everyone at the table cutting veggies.

This week was also much better on the workout front.  I am still a member of the YWCA here in Winston and it is quite nice.  I am mostly getting back into cardio with off days for lifting.  I feel like I am getting back into it.  Now I just need someone there to push me, kick me, yell at me, or just stare at me until I feel weird enough to do something.  So…. if you are in the Winston Salem, NC area and want to boss around someone, hit me up at 5:45AM at the YWCA and yell at me a bit (or a lot).

And despite feeling like I wanted to go crazy from time to time this week, I would count it as a week that I accomplished quite a bit…. including bringing my mom’s computer from the electronic graveyard, countless errands that needed to be done, oh, and small things like paving the way for students to access their educational opportunities (and that is a fancy way of saying I signed a few forms for students to take class).  I am just THAT awesome.  The self-assigned badge you see above is my own acclamation of the greatness of me.

And then there is the No More Bacon BL Challenge.  I think it is going to be a tough competition and I am excited about it.  I lost 10.8 lbs last week and was still 4th in a group of 13, so I know I must push harder.  I knew I wouldn’t be able to maintain 11 pounds a week, but I knew that I can clean up my eating and push my workouts.  Last week I was 349.8. So, without further adieu, I present my Week 2 Loss… (drum roll please….) (seriously, where the hell is that snare?)

YES YES YES that is right…. you have seen my greatness in a numerical vision.  Ok, so I am so full of myself right now…. WAY TOO FULL OF MYSELF.  I am down 8 pounds this week.  This is a drop from 11, but it is AWESOME.  I am now back down a total of 78 pounds from the beginning and I truly feel compelled to push harder next week.  While this prolly won’t win my any awards with the challenge, just the push I am getting is worth the process.  I truly thank Ryan for giving us this opportunity.

So yes, it is Friday and my brain is scrambled and I admit that this post is crazy, but I am excited about this week and I am going to push push push.  I am glad to have you with me.  Have a wonderful weekend and I will see you soon!