Guess what? It’s my one year weight loss anniversary eve. Tomorrow marks the day that I kicked off my effort to lose 23 pounds by the end of 2007.
That goal was accomplished back in June 2007 if I am not mistaken. Since then I have been “hovering” and working on losing a few more pounds with a new target weight of 155 pounds by the end of this year.
Given where I am now (163.6 lbs), I don’t think I will hit that goal. That doesn’t mean that I am not going to try, it just means that I am not going to do anything stupid to hit that goal. I’m in this for the long haul.
Last week, I mentioned vacation. We went up to Tamarack Idaho and stayed at a friend’s cabin a few hundred yards from Cascade lake. Here’s a picture of the boys trying to break the ice on the partially frozen lake and the dog patiently waiting for someone to toss the stick for her.
Boys and the dog at Cascade Lake, Donnelly Idaho 2007
Yours truly acted as supervisor to activities near the mostly frozen lake. If the boys had their way, they would have walked out to the edge were the ice met the water. There was no way I was letting them go more than a few feet from the shoreline. And if I have to explain why, then you are not a parent.
In case you are wondering, I have been knocking out a few sessions on the ergometer. Here’s what I did for 10km of rowing last night at the YMCA in Boise:
42:01.0, 2:06.0 / 500 meters, 22 strokes per minute.
8:32.0 23 2:08.0 2000m
8:23.9 22 2:05.9 4000m
8:32.2 22 2:08.0 6000m
8:24.2 22 2:06.0 8000m
8:08.8 22 2:02.2 10000m
