Its been awhile...the shame!

Well, as you are all sure to have noticed, it has been a bit since I have posted. Lets start by saying it was the shame of it all that kept me from posting. I weighed myself, as usual, on Wednesday morning, and I was convinced more than ever that the scale is either broken or severely cursed. I weighed in at a whopping 255. Now, I know that muscle weighs more than fat, but honestly, I haven't been weight training lately. It has been strickly running and I am sweating like crazy. I think there is something wrong with my body. Clearly, it couldn't be my eating habits, which are slowly changing, but probably not quickly enough. I wonder if some rubber tubing and a household vaccuum cleaner could act like a professional liposuction machine...

This week was a little rough for me on the workout front. I was pretty tired, so I didn't go nearly as many times as I needed to. I am sure the gym was pretty lonely without me. But I guess I will be back this week. On top of the lack of motivation, it was also my birthday (yes, I am getting older, something that I am refusing to really accept). So this weekend was frought with massive amounts of food and an inordinate amount of sleep. I blame Chad, mostly, for the food issue. I woke up Saturday to a nice homemade breakfast - 4 waffles, about a pound of bacon, a half a bag of tater tots (hashbrowns) and like three eggs with cheese. The pathetic looks of "I slaved in the kitchen for you" manipulated me into gorging on the food. Then there was the Teppanyaki table we went to for dinner. There were a lot of veggies, so I would like to think it wasn't so bad at all.

But on a much happier note! I got the most awesomest thing ever for running. Chad got me the Nike+ for my birthday. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this awesome contraption, let me attempt to explain: Its a little sensor that goes inside the sole of your Nike+ shoe and it acts like a supersonic pedometer when sync-ed with your ipod and then downloaded onto the nike website. It keeps track of times of runs, paces, distances, and you can set goals and work with a virtual trainer to show you what you need to do for something like a marathon (28 week schedule that it holds you accountable to). I have used it three times now and Lance Armstrong even told me tonight that I had just completed my longest workout to date. And, when you get tired, you can play your "power song" to push you a little farther. Its honestly the coolest thing ever. Now, my new shoes I got last week are not Nikes, so I had to buy a little adaptor to connect it to my shoelaces, but I am looking forward to that as well.

One can only hope that this little piece of genius will continue to get me to work off this fat ass of mine. But until then, my friend Dr. Nicholas, who we refer to as simply Nicholas bought me some body glide - which is basically just a bunch of lube in the form of deodorant that you rub on your cellulite to provide a non-chafing surface between the thighs. AND! even cooler, my wonderful and adoring friends bought me a bunch of iTunes gift cards so I can get a whole boatload of new music, because I was about over the emo crap I had. It was definitely not conducive to keeping a good running pace. So welcome Lady GaGa, Ke$ha and Scissor Sisters to my iPod/iPhone, please make yourself comfortable and be read for some hard workouts in the future.

Lets hope this week is significantly more motivational than last and that I can post some HUGE numbers on Wednesday, which I hope I can feel comfortable sharing with all of you!

Until then, peace!

Dr. Travis