Corporate Hippy

My pal has been visited in his dreams by an entity or two lately …

I had a weird dream last night, or maybe this morning. Nothing like the circus freak’s black jesus, but it was slightly unsettling all the same. I really don’t remember much, but I remember 2 things – I ran into Ted, a mountain biker friend who I don’t see much of (drama) and I didn’t recognize him until he said “hey Marty!” .. Then I looked at him and was like “woah, Ted! How ya doin kid?” ..

And then I thought I woke up, and when I looked in the mirror, my dreads had come out. No, I wasn’t bald, but I wasn’t knotty anymore either. They’d loosened to the point of complete un-knotting. I was very upset. I think I remember immediately grabbing the comb and trying to dread my head back myself in a panic.

I’m not sure why the Ted part stood out to me, and why it seems to keep popping into my head today. I wonder if he’s OK? Maybe I should send him a note.

The knotty dream is interesting because lately I’ve been very frustrated with my locks. They’ve been dry and unmanageable. I’ve been feeling very “messy” looking and have thought a few times about chopping them off. (I haven’t, because I promised myself I’d not do anything drastic for at least a year.) But now I think they’ve become a part of me. I got some new products from knotty boy which have been pretty helpful in taming my mane. I just wish they didn’t look so scraggly all the time. I want them to be smooth and luscious like so many fella’s I’ve seen. *sigh*

So, good luck to the Circus Freak who’s taking the advice of his fantastic entities and fasting for 10 days. I’m not ready to listen that closely to my dreams just yet. But then again, I’ve not been visited by the same spirit 5 times either. Heh. That’d certainly make me think twice …

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On the right side of the page, underneath the Calendar, you might notice a list titled “Weight Loss Journal”.

I wanted to journal my latest weight loss initiative, but I didn’t want to bore my blog with it all, so I’ve created separate pages.

So, iffin you’re interested, that is where you’ll find my obsessive thoughts on trying to loose weight ..

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I started mountain biking in the summer of 2003. I was severely out of shape and very much over weight. After the season ended, we started training indoors, and comitted time and money to florine who successfully helped dirt and I loose a significant amount of excess blubber on her weight watcher’s program.

When biking season 2004 picked up, and our exercise/food schedule changed, it became nearly impossible for us to keep up with the ww plan as we’d done all winter.

Here I am, close to 2 years after I first stepped on that ww scale, and I’m almost back where I started from.

Grrr.

Alas, I cannot live like I did when I was following florine’s plan. I was not happy and all I ever thought about was food. Ok, so maybe I COULD live like that if I wanted to, but really, I don’t want to.

This time, I want to do it myself. I know what I need to do. I just need to do it.

I’m not going to bore the average blog wanderer with my weight loss updates, but if anyone should care to follow the path, you can check me out here.

Yes .. the thing I said I wouldn’t do — tracking the food intake — is starting today. My thought is this: I’m not going to go nuts with the writing down of nutritional content in everything I eat. I’m not going to completely skimp myself into a 1800 calorie per day plan. I will (and do) have a daily goal, and I will keep myself in somewhat of check by tracking it and posting it live on the internet. I promise to keep myself honest and track all the food I eat. I will, however, concede that from time to time I will go over my daily goal. This is a situation I’m willing to accept. I would like to keep myself reasonably close to my daily goal without obsessing to the point of exhaustion.

I will do whatever it takes to keep me from bonking while riding my bike. I will not skimp on that.

I will, on occasion, order pizza with pepperoni for dinner.

I will allow myself to eat Taco Bell and Wendys, but will limit myself to what I would get there if I were following the dreaded ww plan.

I will try to walk (at least around the block) with my dog(s) after I eat dinner every night – even if its after 10pm, it only takes a few minutes to walk around the block.

I will spin on my bike at least 2 nights per week, hike a trail at least 1 night per week and get to the ski hill and learn to snowboard.

So, check the link if you’re interested in seeing how I’m doing with this plan of mine .. otherwise, look for a healthier me on the bike in a few months

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