VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCED THROUGH THEIR HEADS...

Another Thursday has arrived, which means another weigh-in. I really wasn't looking forward to today as i had cheated by weighing myself on Monday and I had gained a pound!! I was so disappointed and I couldn't figure out how that happened. I spoke to the Sarge about it and she said that I was probably retaining water...then we booked a pedicure (not). The Sarge said that humidity can cause people to retain more water then normal, so i went with that. This morning i again ventured onto that dastardly machine looking for those red digital numbers to be engraved into my soul...I lost 2 pounds! Considering what happened on Monday, I'm very happy. The grand total now is 32 pounds.

Hopefully you remember in my last blog I talked about being introduced to the "lazy boy", which I still call the rack. Neglected to comment about what else happened while on the rack. First of all my knees were a little sore while pushing up on the weights, so the Sarge said to keep my knees together as tight as possible. I said okay, she put on more weights, I then continued on. While I was doing this particular exercise I suddenly thought of Christmas! You might ask yourself why?! It has nothing to do with Christmas trees, religious aspects, toys, turkey, nope...what really impacted on me were Nutcrackers!!! Oh my God...the pain... was ...excruciating! The Sarge wasn't aware of this dilemma so she kept on telling me to lift and keep the knees tight but she should have been telling me to lift and separate! Being the trooper that i am i continued on with this damn thing, in severe pain, looking for the moment to make some equipment adjustment. That precious moment never arrived, the Sarge stood over me like a vulture that hasn't feed in two weeks. When I was told to stop I was so happy, almost giddy really. I was walking a little differently but I just blamed it on my shoes (new shoes). The next time I do this exercise I'm going to do it "frog style"...get your minds out of the gutter people, it's all legitimate.

I noticed that Big Bob ( Robert Biron, CEO of NHH) put a comment on my blog. That was really (random thought: a typical bed houses over 6 billion dust mites...sleep well) special. I never thought that CEO's could be funny...nothings changed my mind so far. Just kidding big Bob!

This morning I was on the treadmill, just doing my normal thing, minding my own business, I'm very respectful of the people around me, only giving words of encouragement, that's just they way I am. Anyways Dave Hughes (elder statesman) saunters over and makes a comment about my lack of speed (harassment). I advised him that I was "warming down". Oh the Sarge almost split a gut! She said that should be "cooling down" and then went on to say..."so do you also cool up?" She was laughing and Methuselah (Hughes) was beside himself. Of course I know why brittle bones was laughing so hard, he was brown nosing! You know, some people just don't have any self-respect. I would never belittle myself to that extent just to please somebody. Oh, by the way Sarge...do want a baked potato with that steak?

Remember..."be careful of reading health books - you may die of a misprint" Mark Twain

See ya!
Big Dave