Remembering What’s Important

This week I had a good week of running.  I ran 3 miles as it lightly snowed on Tuesday and the only issue was that it was really slippery so I was unable to do the fartlek is that I had planned, but that’s ok.








Next was a good 5 mile run on Thursday on a beautiful 42 degree day.   Finally there was a 7 mile run again on a beautiful sunny 41 degree day.  For me to get in my three runs this week is a big deal with my past knee injury.  My KT Tape seems to be helping a lot with no knee swelling or pain so far.
  
During my runs this week I talked about the US Senate Race in Massachusetts and candidate Scott Brown who I was very excited won election and the typical funny conversation as I walked with Tara again this week.  



   The last segment was the most important to me.  I was watching tv with my son when there was a joke about fathers that say "maybe later" when their kid asks them to do something with them.  MY son Sebastian laughed and said "Thats just like you".  I was devastated, he might as well as shot me in the chest.  My mind scrambled is this true am I the type of dad that blows off his kid all the time. I found that this actually may be true and I had not realized that I had become that person.



The pinnacle is that he had given me a model car for Christmas and had been asking me to build it with me ever since and I had blown him off.  Well thats stops now and I am happy to say that as of today as I type Sebastian and I build a model today together. For me this was a big slap in the face and a eye opening experience.  It’s important to not take things for granted. 



Finally This Weeks Weigh In:
239.6 (First time below 240) lost 2 lbs total lost 10.8 lbs since January 1st

This week I listened to:
The Extra Mile Podcast TEM#59
Phedippidations Fdip#223



Finally Remember
           Everything Always Looks Better After a Run



My first weigh in and I'm at a loss

Well this was week number one of the 50lbs weight loss challenge and I have good news both Tara and I lost weight. Tara lost a awesome 4lbs and I lost 2.8lbs.  This is a great start for the first week especially where I was not able to exercise a lot with my knee issues.  I did get in to see the rheumatologist and had my knee drained and cortisone injected.  This I felt was a good thing and I was very optimistic that this would solve the issue.  



That day I went out for a walk with Tara and her dog Danny.  We had a lot of fun out ton the road talking and joking all of which was recorded on my podcast FishaDad#2 "A Walk with Tara & Danny". Danny is her new rottweiler who was found on the side of the road just wandering around and very sickly.  The New England RottRescue shelter took him in and nursed him back to health in one of thier foster homes.  Tara recently adopted him.  I can tell you that he is just a big teddy bear and an incredibly sweet dog.  He would honestly scare most people by his sheer size but is more likely to lick you to death.  


Soon Cosmo will be meeting Danny and they will hopefully be friends. I continue to work with Cosmo and his training this week working on walk with a loose leash.  The technique I decided to use was to simply stop if the dog pulls.  This causes the dog to realize that in order to get where he wants to be the lease must be loose.  If it is tight we go nowhere.  


Finally I had another person come to me wanting to be part of the 50lbs weight loss challenge, Demetrice.  Look to see his success in addition to Tara and I. 


I was not able to run this week due to my knee and hope that next week I will get some miles logged on the road. 


Finally Remember
          Everything Always Looks Better After a Run









Limping into 2010

As I sit here in my chair typing this post my knee is still acting up.  Friday morning my decision to run the Freezer 5 was made for me as my knee was swollen to capacity and I was unable to put any weight on it.  This was really disapointing since I was going to run with my friend Adam from (http://runningspark.blogspot.com) and his father in law who recently returned from tour over seas.

As many of you know Adam is faster than me but he had decided to hang back so we could run together.  To top that off it was about 40 degrees out and sunny, perfect running weather. Finally I had a good chance of a PR in this race.  Oh well thats enough poor me for now.  

Something I did do is use my time wisely as I sat with my knee elevated with a ice pack on top.   I finally took the advice of several podcaster's that I respect and listen to regularly.   They are Steve Runner from Phedippidations, Gordon from Running to Disney, Megan from Run Vegan Run, and finally Kevin from The Extra Mile.  Cosmo and I started a Podcast, http://fishadad.podbean.com/ and soon to be available on the iTunes store.




This decision works hand in hand with my decision to lose 50 lbs by the end of 2010 as well as give me a chance to give back to the runcast community and let all of you get to know me through my own voice.

As I write this my current weight is 250.4 and my BMI is 34.9 which places me in the moderately overweight category.  I will track my calories using CalorieCount.com and my workouts using Dailymile.com.

My plan is to update the blog weekly on weekends but now it will include a weigh in and post my current weight. The podcast will be posted at least monthly or maybe more regularly.

Podcast listened to this week were:
- TheExtraMile TEM 57

Finally Remember
          Everything Always Looks Better After a Run

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