I weighed myself this morning and I was a half pound down. Not anymore after tonight’s meal. I have not kept the entire South Beach diet the last month or so due to cancer and vacation. I keep hoping that chemotherapy will take off the rest of the weight. I may have a few South [...]
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This has been quite the day. I backed out of the garage at 4:20 this morning heading to MD Anderson in Houston. That is about a 270 mile drive. 10% the way there, or 27 miles, I was at 75 and Mockingbird. Go figure. Ennis was just past the quarter mark on my trip. My [...]
The beachhead is secure. Like really secure. Like the posts should be coming from the front lines, not the beachhead. I guess it gives me the excuse to type the word, ‘beachhead.’ I am still maintaining my weight loss of 28-29 pounds. I have not lost anything more for quite a while. I have enjoyed [...]
The beachhead is secured. The diet is going well. I have, at one point, lost 30 pounds. I have no idea where I am at right now. Do you really think I brought the scale with me on vacation? Lemme see….this week I have had fried shrimp, fried fish, french fries, rolls, baked potato, pasta, [...]
We are storming he beach, literally! We arrived tonight, after an eleven hour drive, at our vacation destination: South Padre Island, Texas. This is out third time down here as a family, and we do like it. The condo is great and the weather has been fairly cooperative the times we have been here. One [...]
I took that meaning literally today.
I voted this morning on my way in to work. I will at MD Anderson on Monday, November 3rd, and am not sure if I will home on election day. So, I voted today. I have voted early. Should I vote on Tuesday the 4th to vote often? I’ll have [...]
THE SOUTH BEACH UPDATE HAS BEEN PRE-EMPTED FOR THIS IMPORTANT NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT!
There will be no South Beach update this week due to an unforeseen hospital stay. Please come back next Sunday for the next scheduled update. Thank You.
Home at last….home at last….thank God Almighty I am home at last. (with apologies to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Today my ‘day’ surgery ended and I am home. That was a helluva ‘day’. I have been home for some five hours or so. In that time the Cowboys managed to find a way to [...]
***RED ALERT***RED ALERT***RED ALERT***RED ALERT***
Intelligence reports show enemy activity within our camp. We have been compromised and betrayed. They have infiltrated us,’mass’ing inside us. The only way to rid our troops of the enemy, is to actually attack ourselves. Treason is only punishable by death. After a surgical strike, we may have to resort to [...]
Today I finally remembered to go out an get the new Start Trek Keepsake ornament. why? Because nothing says Merry Christmas like Klingons and phaser fire. It is the USS Reliant from “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” Only the best Star Trek movie ever! That is the good news. I got my new [...]