A CHALLENGING WEEKEND:
Well, i survived the weekend, but barely. Hopefully I'll be able to fix the damage I've done by Thursday's weigh-in! This past weekend we attended a Rehearsal Dinner and a Wedding Reception for the newly married couple...Kyle and Amy Curtis. They make a great couple and I know they have the love and support of their families and friends! It was a terrific time. Anyways, I think i had a little too much off the "NO" side of the menu. I confess, I had a total of four beers over the weekend, but they were lite beers! That should count for something...I hope! I also had a little too much on my dinner plate at the wedding, having a couple of beers does that to me. This morning I was up bright and early and did my workout with the Sarge, back on track.
The Sarge introduced a new variation to my push ups this morning. Remember I'm now doing my push ups on a "Bosu ball", I now have my feet balanced on a bosu ball as well. It was a little more challenging for me but I was still able to get it done. It's all about winning the little challenges, even if you don't succeed at first.
Speaking of Bosu balls, the Sarge had to correct my spelling last week. I said Buso instead of Bosu...well whoop-tee-do! You say bosu, i say buso, you say TO-mato I say to-Mato, you say Po-tato and I say po-TAto...you know what I'm say'in.
A couple of reminders, the Sarge and I are on Municipal Matters this Wednesday night on COGECO. Also, keep in mind the 100 km challenge next year...we're hoping for a good turn out and it should be a lot of fun. I promise, nobody will be left behind! I told the Sarge that I really want to make this a challenge, if you have ever watched the "Eco Challenge" on TV then you'll know what I mean. I don't want to take nights off and do this in increments, let's do this right and get it done. But, we will go as slow as our slowest member ( probably me)...it's about challenging ourselves but also sharing in the challenge with other folks, teamwork.
Last week "Producer Mark" from COGECO was in filming one of my workout days. For some reason the gym was rather shy of it's usual members in the "Breakfast Club"...WIMPS! I can only imagine how it's going to look, sometimes the camera felt like it was right in my face. Geez with all the camera's recently I'm starting to feel like Brad Pitt...okay I'm a little shorter, a little fatter, a little older. Alright, I'm sure John Candy felt this way too!
Did you know that a cubic mile of ordinary fog (as opposed to extraordinary fog?!) contains less then a gallon of water? Now you know.
Big Dave signing off!
Monday, September 28, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
I CAN SEE THE LIGHT!:
Today is Thursday...I had a hard time sleeping last night thinking about the 50 mark, did I break it or not? The 50 pound mark is the second biggest milestone in my Challenge. So i got on the scale and I had dropped another 5.5 pounds! This now brings the total to 53.5 pounds in three months. Needless to say I did a little happy dance...i probably have to replace a few floor tiles but it was worth it! Only 46.5 pounds left to go, I'm astounded.
On the weekend Rosie and I helped out with the Bodilogix booth for Ladies Night at Canadian Tire. A lady that I have known for years and her adult daughter were walking by the booth and of course I had to harass them, but in a very supportive fashion of course. They both looked at each other and they couldn't figure out who I was! Then they saw Rosie and put everything together, now that was funny! It was a good feeling having confirmation of how much I've changed.
Yesterday i had to go to Toronto to get my uniform altered because of my weight loss. The tailor (Joe) couldn't believe the difference. He said I was at the max for being able to do an alteration, the next time it will have to be a whole new uniform. Again a good feeling. I have to relay a story to you about this uniform that I got altered, it is actually a "Dress Uniform" very spiffy. About three years ago the Chief and I attended a funeral in Ottawa for another police officer. Of course we had to wear our "Dress Uniforms". Anyways we get out of the car beside the Church and we were getting our jackets on which also come with a waist belt that fits on the outside of the jacket. That day I almost became Chief...as i was getting my belt done up, which took all the strength I had, I could feel the enormous tension and strain on the belt to keep my luggage intact. We were just about to walk across the street, I'm turning blue because I can't breath, and my belt buckle sprung like a ballistic missile through the air almost striking the Chief! If that thing had hit him in the forehead he would have been a goner!! Fortunately it missed him but it took us almost 15 minutes to find it! Needless to say I didn't try to put the belt back on...that was a decision that probably saved a few life's that day!
It's amazing what you see at Bodilogix these days...Dave the Dragon Slayer is now the Birdman of Bodilogix. The Sarge's husband, Dave, had to catch a bird that was in the gym, very entertaining indeed. I have to give the guy credit though, he caught it with a plastic bag which he turned into a net and placed it on the end of a pole. After about 30 minutes he was able to catch the little guy without any harm to it and was able to set it free. It was like watching an episode of "Wild Kingdom", of course they caught Lions and Rhinos but why bust Dave's bubble.
Did you know that the average elephant produces (nice word for it) 50lbs of dung (nice word for it) a day! In the words of a famous super hero..."holy bat shit, Batman!" "To the scoopmobile Robin!"
Anyways I got to go...Big Dave signing off!
Today is Thursday...I had a hard time sleeping last night thinking about the 50 mark, did I break it or not? The 50 pound mark is the second biggest milestone in my Challenge. So i got on the scale and I had dropped another 5.5 pounds! This now brings the total to 53.5 pounds in three months. Needless to say I did a little happy dance...i probably have to replace a few floor tiles but it was worth it! Only 46.5 pounds left to go, I'm astounded.
On the weekend Rosie and I helped out with the Bodilogix booth for Ladies Night at Canadian Tire. A lady that I have known for years and her adult daughter were walking by the booth and of course I had to harass them, but in a very supportive fashion of course. They both looked at each other and they couldn't figure out who I was! Then they saw Rosie and put everything together, now that was funny! It was a good feeling having confirmation of how much I've changed.
Yesterday i had to go to Toronto to get my uniform altered because of my weight loss. The tailor (Joe) couldn't believe the difference. He said I was at the max for being able to do an alteration, the next time it will have to be a whole new uniform. Again a good feeling. I have to relay a story to you about this uniform that I got altered, it is actually a "Dress Uniform" very spiffy. About three years ago the Chief and I attended a funeral in Ottawa for another police officer. Of course we had to wear our "Dress Uniforms". Anyways we get out of the car beside the Church and we were getting our jackets on which also come with a waist belt that fits on the outside of the jacket. That day I almost became Chief...as i was getting my belt done up, which took all the strength I had, I could feel the enormous tension and strain on the belt to keep my luggage intact. We were just about to walk across the street, I'm turning blue because I can't breath, and my belt buckle sprung like a ballistic missile through the air almost striking the Chief! If that thing had hit him in the forehead he would have been a goner!! Fortunately it missed him but it took us almost 15 minutes to find it! Needless to say I didn't try to put the belt back on...that was a decision that probably saved a few life's that day!
It's amazing what you see at Bodilogix these days...Dave the Dragon Slayer is now the Birdman of Bodilogix. The Sarge's husband, Dave, had to catch a bird that was in the gym, very entertaining indeed. I have to give the guy credit though, he caught it with a plastic bag which he turned into a net and placed it on the end of a pole. After about 30 minutes he was able to catch the little guy without any harm to it and was able to set it free. It was like watching an episode of "Wild Kingdom", of course they caught Lions and Rhinos but why bust Dave's bubble.
Did you know that the average elephant produces (nice word for it) 50lbs of dung (nice word for it) a day! In the words of a famous super hero..."holy bat shit, Batman!" "To the scoopmobile Robin!"
Anyways I got to go...Big Dave signing off!
Monday, September 21, 2009
LONG LIVE THE...BUTT:
Another Monday is here and we "inch" closer to Thursday....did you get it??!! As I sit here "pounding" away at my computer (har, har, har) I have to reflect on what has happened over the last three months. It's been quiet the journey with it's ups and downs, highs and lows, peaks and valleys you might say (okay...I'm just going for the word count on this one). The Sarge and I started off on doing just a simple walk then doing some basic moves in Butterball Park and then we moved indoors to the gym. The Sarge has taken me a long way from where I started...it is really amazing me to think about it! I've been introduced to new exercises and to old ones. Some of the old ones I have learned I was doing them wrong in the first place so i wasn't getting the full benefit of them. I highly recommend, that everyone no matter there fitness level invest in a personal trainer...believe me it will pay off dividends. It doesn't mean that you have to have one every day but even to check in with one once in awhile to make sure you're on the right track. You take your car to a mechanic so why not your body?!
During the weekend I went for another hike in the Northumberland Forest...this time Rosie came with me. I checked out the "Red Trail" and it was actually very good, not as much poison ivy and it was only 2.5 km in length. The trail had some nice hills and views and i would recommend that one if anyone was thinking of going out there. Amazingly I didn't get lost...of course Andrea and Dave weren't there; coincidence...I think not! Rosie did very well considering some of her limitations and wants to do that again.
I told the Sarge this morning about the hike. She asked why I didn't tell her, she would have gone. Do I really have to answer that one....really? Alright, I didn't have enough time to get supplies for a week and get pack mules...okay.
This morning the Sarge introduced me to a new exercise...yuck! I had to lay on the floor with one foot on a step, then I had to raise my butt off the floor while my other leg was suspended in mid air. Not only is that a painful visual but it was a painful exercise! My hamstrings were killing me...I'm going to have leg cramps for the next four hours! The first time I winced in pain the Sarge asked me..."you know what that means?" I said yes, I'm done. She said nope, that means your hamstrings need work so that means more reps! I should have learned this by now...hide the pain...she just likes that way too much!
We also did the step ups today but my right leg was giving me a bit of a problem. So the Sarge wanted to play a game. Every time I stepped up i had to come up with a different name for the butt! She said I was using my knee instead of my butt and that's why it was hurting. So off we go rhyming them off...butt, ass, backside, junk in the trunk and so on. Unfortunately young Kate was only one machine away and had to listen to this scientific experimentation on verbalizing, thus focusing, on a specific part of the anatomy...that being the booty. Young Kate didn't stay too long after that...I wonder why?
Did you know that the clinical term for hairy buttocks is "daysypgal"? So, If someone comes up to you and says they just been to the doc for a bad case of daysypgal now you know. You could be a good friend and offer them razor or some Neat...that's just being friendly that's all.
Last Saturday morning during my workout, the Sarge had asked a photographer (Angie) to come in and take some shots. I was told that Angie was going to take some shots of the gym and would get a few shots of me for the Challenge. Again I was lied to! Angie followed me around the whole time...she was a paparazzi!! She was taking shots from so many different angles that now I'm worried! I'm sure they'll sell well on the Internet. I told Angie that I better have final approval, she assured me I would...while laughing. Some how I think not...that was more of an evil laugh. I know this is going to turn into another embarrassing moment for Big Dave!
Big Dave...out!
Another Monday is here and we "inch" closer to Thursday....did you get it??!! As I sit here "pounding" away at my computer (har, har, har) I have to reflect on what has happened over the last three months. It's been quiet the journey with it's ups and downs, highs and lows, peaks and valleys you might say (okay...I'm just going for the word count on this one). The Sarge and I started off on doing just a simple walk then doing some basic moves in Butterball Park and then we moved indoors to the gym. The Sarge has taken me a long way from where I started...it is really amazing me to think about it! I've been introduced to new exercises and to old ones. Some of the old ones I have learned I was doing them wrong in the first place so i wasn't getting the full benefit of them. I highly recommend, that everyone no matter there fitness level invest in a personal trainer...believe me it will pay off dividends. It doesn't mean that you have to have one every day but even to check in with one once in awhile to make sure you're on the right track. You take your car to a mechanic so why not your body?!
During the weekend I went for another hike in the Northumberland Forest...this time Rosie came with me. I checked out the "Red Trail" and it was actually very good, not as much poison ivy and it was only 2.5 km in length. The trail had some nice hills and views and i would recommend that one if anyone was thinking of going out there. Amazingly I didn't get lost...of course Andrea and Dave weren't there; coincidence...I think not! Rosie did very well considering some of her limitations and wants to do that again.
I told the Sarge this morning about the hike. She asked why I didn't tell her, she would have gone. Do I really have to answer that one....really? Alright, I didn't have enough time to get supplies for a week and get pack mules...okay.
This morning the Sarge introduced me to a new exercise...yuck! I had to lay on the floor with one foot on a step, then I had to raise my butt off the floor while my other leg was suspended in mid air. Not only is that a painful visual but it was a painful exercise! My hamstrings were killing me...I'm going to have leg cramps for the next four hours! The first time I winced in pain the Sarge asked me..."you know what that means?" I said yes, I'm done. She said nope, that means your hamstrings need work so that means more reps! I should have learned this by now...hide the pain...she just likes that way too much!
We also did the step ups today but my right leg was giving me a bit of a problem. So the Sarge wanted to play a game. Every time I stepped up i had to come up with a different name for the butt! She said I was using my knee instead of my butt and that's why it was hurting. So off we go rhyming them off...butt, ass, backside, junk in the trunk and so on. Unfortunately young Kate was only one machine away and had to listen to this scientific experimentation on verbalizing, thus focusing, on a specific part of the anatomy...that being the booty. Young Kate didn't stay too long after that...I wonder why?
Did you know that the clinical term for hairy buttocks is "daysypgal"? So, If someone comes up to you and says they just been to the doc for a bad case of daysypgal now you know. You could be a good friend and offer them razor or some Neat...that's just being friendly that's all.
Last Saturday morning during my workout, the Sarge had asked a photographer (Angie) to come in and take some shots. I was told that Angie was going to take some shots of the gym and would get a few shots of me for the Challenge. Again I was lied to! Angie followed me around the whole time...she was a paparazzi!! She was taking shots from so many different angles that now I'm worried! I'm sure they'll sell well on the Internet. I told Angie that I better have final approval, she assured me I would...while laughing. Some how I think not...that was more of an evil laugh. I know this is going to turn into another embarrassing moment for Big Dave!
Big Dave...out!
Friday, September 18, 2009
WE ALL LIVE IN A YELLOW SUBMARINE:
Hello folks...sorry for not posting a blog yesterday (Thursday) as I was very busy. Anyways I weighed in and lost another 4 pounds! Another great week; the total is now 48 pounds! I'm almost half way to my goal...incredible! I want to stress I'm not starving myself, I'm eating 5 times a day but just eating properly and also the work outs have really jumped started the weight loss. The Sarge has me on a very balanced plan and it's working.
A couple of days ago I was back on the leg press. I was lifting the 340 pounds and feeling good. I did 25 reps and the Sarge came over and asked how I was doing. I said great and asked her to put some more weight on. She said she wanted to see my form first (LIAR). I said okay and started doing the press again. I figured she would only want to see maybe 5 or 6 examples and then we could bump up the weight...nope! I did another 25 at the full weight and then she did the strip down thing again! By the time it ended the weight felt like it was a 1,000 pounds! Heck I'm now 3" inches shorter! Considering I was already vertically challenged that's not good.
On the same day of my shrinkage I was introduced to the "buso ball"...it sounds like an order of Chinese food. Could i get an order of buso balls and fried rice please? Anyways, I'm now doing my push ups on this damn thing...interesting to say the least!
talking about interesting...I'm now doing the step ups with a 10 pound weight and doing 5 steps at a time. Pretty good for a short guy I think. When I do this manoeuvre everyone in the gym has to give me a wide berth as I have no control over my balance...it's a disaster waiting to happen. My legs and arms go everywhere just trying to keep my balance...I'm like a puppet and the puppeteer is high on cocaine!
Did you know that an average woman speaks 7,000 words per day, where as men speak just over 2000! I think we all knew that one!
Did you know that pain travels faster than 3000 feet per second...the Sarge moves quicker than that!
Cobourg hosts an annual Dragon Boat Race in support of the United Way every September. This year the Bodilogix Gym want to put in a team. I don't know how this happened but I was sent the same invite as other members! Okay...nothing good is going to happen if i get into one of those boats! If I'm in the back then we'll look like a speed boat with the front going vertical across the lake. If I'm in the front then we instantly become a submarine! So...I'll be on the shore....safe and dry!
Glad to see my cousin Nancy is getting into the comedy act with her comments on my blog the other day!
Big Dave signing off!
Hello folks...sorry for not posting a blog yesterday (Thursday) as I was very busy. Anyways I weighed in and lost another 4 pounds! Another great week; the total is now 48 pounds! I'm almost half way to my goal...incredible! I want to stress I'm not starving myself, I'm eating 5 times a day but just eating properly and also the work outs have really jumped started the weight loss. The Sarge has me on a very balanced plan and it's working.
A couple of days ago I was back on the leg press. I was lifting the 340 pounds and feeling good. I did 25 reps and the Sarge came over and asked how I was doing. I said great and asked her to put some more weight on. She said she wanted to see my form first (LIAR). I said okay and started doing the press again. I figured she would only want to see maybe 5 or 6 examples and then we could bump up the weight...nope! I did another 25 at the full weight and then she did the strip down thing again! By the time it ended the weight felt like it was a 1,000 pounds! Heck I'm now 3" inches shorter! Considering I was already vertically challenged that's not good.
On the same day of my shrinkage I was introduced to the "buso ball"...it sounds like an order of Chinese food. Could i get an order of buso balls and fried rice please? Anyways, I'm now doing my push ups on this damn thing...interesting to say the least!
talking about interesting...I'm now doing the step ups with a 10 pound weight and doing 5 steps at a time. Pretty good for a short guy I think. When I do this manoeuvre everyone in the gym has to give me a wide berth as I have no control over my balance...it's a disaster waiting to happen. My legs and arms go everywhere just trying to keep my balance...I'm like a puppet and the puppeteer is high on cocaine!
Did you know that an average woman speaks 7,000 words per day, where as men speak just over 2000! I think we all knew that one!
Did you know that pain travels faster than 3000 feet per second...the Sarge moves quicker than that!
Cobourg hosts an annual Dragon Boat Race in support of the United Way every September. This year the Bodilogix Gym want to put in a team. I don't know how this happened but I was sent the same invite as other members! Okay...nothing good is going to happen if i get into one of those boats! If I'm in the back then we'll look like a speed boat with the front going vertical across the lake. If I'm in the front then we instantly become a submarine! So...I'll be on the shore....safe and dry!
Glad to see my cousin Nancy is getting into the comedy act with her comments on my blog the other day!
Big Dave signing off!
Monday, September 14, 2009
A FROLIC IN THE WOODS!
Yesterday the Sarge,her family and i went on a 2 km hike through the Ganaraska Forest in a warm up for the big 100 km trek next year. I like to start off by saying that both the Sarge and her husband Dave had convinced me that they knew the trails before leaving the safety of the parking lot...yeah right. So, off we go, all in great spirits ready for this little hike in the woods and the weather couldn't have been nicer. So the leader of this band of adventurer's was little Henry, 4 years old and full of energy. It was his job to keep on looking for the "orange" arrows as that was the trail we were going on...remember the 2 km one. Henry was doing a terrific job and we didn't get lost once. The further we went along the Orange trail the more narrower the path and the more plentiful the Poison Ivy! Heck these weren't normal Poison Ivy, these were PI on steroids! The damn things were more like trees then plants and they were everywhere! Hubby Dave, being the wise one, wanted to turn back, but the Sarge wanted to push on as she thought the path was clearing up ahead. I myself was still in my happy space just following along. We kept following the Orange Trail and the damn thing never widened...smooth move Sarge! So, now we have to back track through all the PI again (I'm starting to itch just thinking about it). Of course all of us were in shorts except for the Sarge...I wonder if she planned it this way? Anyways, we finally make it make back to the main trail and continue with out journey now on the Blue Trail. It definitely was much wider and more hiking friendly. I don't know how this happened, but somewhere along the way we went on the Green Trail...meaning my experienced guides had know idea where we were. So now we are into km number 3 in our 2 km walk. I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortable about this...the group is starting to lose it's team spirit, but we press on. As we approach the 4th km of our 2 km hike I see vultures flying overhead. We start looking for little puddles of water to quench our thirst. The Sarge says she can make tea out of cedar bark...yeah right, i thought she could lead us on a 2 km walk as well! I started to think that this was turning into a bad movie...it's never the perfect family that gets killed in the movies, it's the short fat guy that is always expendable! Hubby Dave has now asked me to take up the back position...that's where they always get killed! I was waiting for a 200 pound wild turkey to attack me...I forgot, Dave Hughes wasn't with us. I digress, as we continued on our journey I started to realize how the Israelites must have felt being led by Moses and traversing for forty years through the wilderness to find the Promised Land...our Promised Land was the parking lot.
As we approached the 4.5 km mark...did I happen to mentions this was supposed to be a 2 km hike? Anyways, like I said we are now at 4.5 km and i noticed a wolf pack in the woods...they were trying to figure out who was the most vulnerable to cut out from our herd. I figure this is wear the fat guy gets it! But the survival instinct kicked in...you know what, I think i could out run little Emmy who is all of 18 months! It was a matter of survival people! Some how I need to get her off of Hubby Dave's back. At the 5 km mark I was thinking that we actually might find Dr. Livingston! I was also wondering where all our porters were to carry our supplies?! This is no longer a hike, it's a bloody expedition! As I was starting to put a survival plan in place, all of a sudden we found the road! Safety! Mind you, we now had to follow the road back to our original starting point, that being the parking lot. So after travelling 5 km in our 2 km hike, we made it back to our vehicles. I was never so happy to see my crappy Cavalier in my life!
It was so much fun, especially playing the little games while on the trail. The one game that was very popular was telling me to look at something in the woods and then turning around and everyone was gone! They did that several times...oh the laughter. Also Hubby Dave asking me to pick up the beautiful three leaf plant (PI) along the path...he couldn't do it himself as he had Emmy on his back...oh the laughter, almost bust a gut on that one.
It was quite the adventure...and this is supposed to be a warm up for the 100 km hike! If this is an example of what I'm in store for next year, it's going to turn into a 200 km hike and that's if we make it out of the woods! Heck, will be lost so long we'll start our own civilization....the Lost Tribe of Bodilogix!
I know one thing for sure, before next years adventure I'm going to get "Mantracker" put on speed dial...not that I don't have any confidence in the Sarge...I'm also going to pack for 6 days instead of the 48 hours...not that i don't have any confidence in the Sarge...I'm going to buy a GPS...not that I don't have any confidence in the Sarge!
Remember..."God is great, beer is good and people are crazy"!!
Big Dave signing off!
Yesterday the Sarge,her family and i went on a 2 km hike through the Ganaraska Forest in a warm up for the big 100 km trek next year. I like to start off by saying that both the Sarge and her husband Dave had convinced me that they knew the trails before leaving the safety of the parking lot...yeah right. So, off we go, all in great spirits ready for this little hike in the woods and the weather couldn't have been nicer. So the leader of this band of adventurer's was little Henry, 4 years old and full of energy. It was his job to keep on looking for the "orange" arrows as that was the trail we were going on...remember the 2 km one. Henry was doing a terrific job and we didn't get lost once. The further we went along the Orange trail the more narrower the path and the more plentiful the Poison Ivy! Heck these weren't normal Poison Ivy, these were PI on steroids! The damn things were more like trees then plants and they were everywhere! Hubby Dave, being the wise one, wanted to turn back, but the Sarge wanted to push on as she thought the path was clearing up ahead. I myself was still in my happy space just following along. We kept following the Orange Trail and the damn thing never widened...smooth move Sarge! So, now we have to back track through all the PI again (I'm starting to itch just thinking about it). Of course all of us were in shorts except for the Sarge...I wonder if she planned it this way? Anyways, we finally make it make back to the main trail and continue with out journey now on the Blue Trail. It definitely was much wider and more hiking friendly. I don't know how this happened, but somewhere along the way we went on the Green Trail...meaning my experienced guides had know idea where we were. So now we are into km number 3 in our 2 km walk. I'm starting to feel a little uncomfortable about this...the group is starting to lose it's team spirit, but we press on. As we approach the 4th km of our 2 km hike I see vultures flying overhead. We start looking for little puddles of water to quench our thirst. The Sarge says she can make tea out of cedar bark...yeah right, i thought she could lead us on a 2 km walk as well! I started to think that this was turning into a bad movie...it's never the perfect family that gets killed in the movies, it's the short fat guy that is always expendable! Hubby Dave has now asked me to take up the back position...that's where they always get killed! I was waiting for a 200 pound wild turkey to attack me...I forgot, Dave Hughes wasn't with us. I digress, as we continued on our journey I started to realize how the Israelites must have felt being led by Moses and traversing for forty years through the wilderness to find the Promised Land...our Promised Land was the parking lot.
As we approached the 4.5 km mark...did I happen to mentions this was supposed to be a 2 km hike? Anyways, like I said we are now at 4.5 km and i noticed a wolf pack in the woods...they were trying to figure out who was the most vulnerable to cut out from our herd. I figure this is wear the fat guy gets it! But the survival instinct kicked in...you know what, I think i could out run little Emmy who is all of 18 months! It was a matter of survival people! Some how I need to get her off of Hubby Dave's back. At the 5 km mark I was thinking that we actually might find Dr. Livingston! I was also wondering where all our porters were to carry our supplies?! This is no longer a hike, it's a bloody expedition! As I was starting to put a survival plan in place, all of a sudden we found the road! Safety! Mind you, we now had to follow the road back to our original starting point, that being the parking lot. So after travelling 5 km in our 2 km hike, we made it back to our vehicles. I was never so happy to see my crappy Cavalier in my life!
It was so much fun, especially playing the little games while on the trail. The one game that was very popular was telling me to look at something in the woods and then turning around and everyone was gone! They did that several times...oh the laughter. Also Hubby Dave asking me to pick up the beautiful three leaf plant (PI) along the path...he couldn't do it himself as he had Emmy on his back...oh the laughter, almost bust a gut on that one.
It was quite the adventure...and this is supposed to be a warm up for the 100 km hike! If this is an example of what I'm in store for next year, it's going to turn into a 200 km hike and that's if we make it out of the woods! Heck, will be lost so long we'll start our own civilization....the Lost Tribe of Bodilogix!
I know one thing for sure, before next years adventure I'm going to get "Mantracker" put on speed dial...not that I don't have any confidence in the Sarge...I'm also going to pack for 6 days instead of the 48 hours...not that i don't have any confidence in the Sarge...I'm going to buy a GPS...not that I don't have any confidence in the Sarge!
Remember..."God is great, beer is good and people are crazy"!!
Big Dave signing off!
Friday, September 11, 2009
I'm baaaaaccckk!
Sorry folks but it's been a very busy time and i haven't had the opportunity to put anything on my blog. As you well know yesterday I weighed in and I lost another five pounds...i couldn't believe it! For the last two weeks i was only doing one a week and them wham, a big five kicks in! I don't know how that happened because I didn't change anything, but I'm not complaining...you know what I'm say'in, say'in. So the grand total is now 44 pounds which means I'm still on target for the magical 50 by Thanksgiving. I hope to lose 52 pounds by then to give me some wiggle room on that weekend...cause I'm letting loose baby!!
For the last few days the boys have had to use the women's showers as ours are being fixed. I'm not complaining...you know what I'm say'in. I think the men have brought a new flavour into the women's change room. Heck their change room is a like a spa! So a new presence has been established in the mini-spa...it's best described as...funkified. Yup, I'll just leave it at that...self-explanatory i think. By the way, you're welcome ladies!
Did you know that Dave Hughes is so old that when he was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick! Budda bing budda boom!
I made another big transition in my life last week...I shaved off my mustache! I had this lip cover for 32 years, it feels kind of a strange but so far it's been a positive reaction. Apparently it makes me look younger...I was actually trying to lose a pound! One thing that I've noticed since loosing the stache my nostril hairs are much more prominent...I need garden shears! Before they could be lost in my mustacheo but know they are free and flowing in the wind. I've come to realize that I'm just a living version of "Mr. Potato head"! Heck these things are so big I can braid them! Oh what I do for beauty.
A thought...would a fly without wings be called a walk? Makes one wonder.
Don't forget folks that the Sarge and I will be on Municipal Matters September 30th...make sure you tune in!
Also we will be doing our first speaking engagement to the Lion's Club just after Thanksgiving...move over Al Gore!
Big Dave signing off!
Sorry folks but it's been a very busy time and i haven't had the opportunity to put anything on my blog. As you well know yesterday I weighed in and I lost another five pounds...i couldn't believe it! For the last two weeks i was only doing one a week and them wham, a big five kicks in! I don't know how that happened because I didn't change anything, but I'm not complaining...you know what I'm say'in, say'in. So the grand total is now 44 pounds which means I'm still on target for the magical 50 by Thanksgiving. I hope to lose 52 pounds by then to give me some wiggle room on that weekend...cause I'm letting loose baby!!
For the last few days the boys have had to use the women's showers as ours are being fixed. I'm not complaining...you know what I'm say'in. I think the men have brought a new flavour into the women's change room. Heck their change room is a like a spa! So a new presence has been established in the mini-spa...it's best described as...funkified. Yup, I'll just leave it at that...self-explanatory i think. By the way, you're welcome ladies!
Did you know that Dave Hughes is so old that when he was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick! Budda bing budda boom!
I made another big transition in my life last week...I shaved off my mustache! I had this lip cover for 32 years, it feels kind of a strange but so far it's been a positive reaction. Apparently it makes me look younger...I was actually trying to lose a pound! One thing that I've noticed since loosing the stache my nostril hairs are much more prominent...I need garden shears! Before they could be lost in my mustacheo but know they are free and flowing in the wind. I've come to realize that I'm just a living version of "Mr. Potato head"! Heck these things are so big I can braid them! Oh what I do for beauty.
A thought...would a fly without wings be called a walk? Makes one wonder.
Don't forget folks that the Sarge and I will be on Municipal Matters September 30th...make sure you tune in!
Also we will be doing our first speaking engagement to the Lion's Club just after Thanksgiving...move over Al Gore!
Big Dave signing off!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
LIGHTS...CAMERA...ACTION!:
Hello folks...as you well know today is Thursday which means another weigh-in for Big Dave. I jumped on the scales this morning...and I jumped and I jumped until that piece of crap was ready to be recycled into a toaster! I only lost one pound...the total is now 39. Once I recovered from my little outburst I went to the gym and voiced the news to the Sarge and fellow Breakfast Club members. Of course they were all very supportive...Andre thinks I need to go to therapy. What does he know...I've always had this head twitch. Anyways, my imaginary friends think he has the problem, we took a vote.
On a more uplifting note, the young lady who said I had inspired her to go on her own adventure has lost ten pounds! That was terrific news! She was getting a little frustrated for awhile but she kept up the workouts and eating right and now it's paying off...way to go Sandra!
So far I haven't had any (967-11-11 phone Pizza Pizza) cravings that you would know of. It's been pretty (Almond Joy has nuts, Mounds don't) smooth sailing so far. Really, it doesn't even (Harvey's makes a hamburger, a beautiful thing) enter my mind.
The Sarge and I have been asked to go on the Cable show called Municipal Matters on COGECO. We'll be taping the interview on September 29th and it will be shown on the 30th. That should create more great exposure for the Challenge and Northumberland Hills Hospital. I just hope the Sarge brings her A game. Remember Sarge...when in doubt, just mumble. Maybe she can wear her super hero outfit!? Hey, I still haven't received any suggestions for the name?! You know Halloween is coming up you know.
Random thought...if a cow laughs too hard, does milk come out it's nose? Things to wonder about.
Words of Wisdom..."You know your getting fat when you can pinch an inch on your forehead". John Mendozza.
Big Dave...out!
Hello folks...as you well know today is Thursday which means another weigh-in for Big Dave. I jumped on the scales this morning...and I jumped and I jumped until that piece of crap was ready to be recycled into a toaster! I only lost one pound...the total is now 39. Once I recovered from my little outburst I went to the gym and voiced the news to the Sarge and fellow Breakfast Club members. Of course they were all very supportive...Andre thinks I need to go to therapy. What does he know...I've always had this head twitch. Anyways, my imaginary friends think he has the problem, we took a vote.
On a more uplifting note, the young lady who said I had inspired her to go on her own adventure has lost ten pounds! That was terrific news! She was getting a little frustrated for awhile but she kept up the workouts and eating right and now it's paying off...way to go Sandra!
So far I haven't had any (967-11-11 phone Pizza Pizza) cravings that you would know of. It's been pretty (Almond Joy has nuts, Mounds don't) smooth sailing so far. Really, it doesn't even (Harvey's makes a hamburger, a beautiful thing) enter my mind.
The Sarge and I have been asked to go on the Cable show called Municipal Matters on COGECO. We'll be taping the interview on September 29th and it will be shown on the 30th. That should create more great exposure for the Challenge and Northumberland Hills Hospital. I just hope the Sarge brings her A game. Remember Sarge...when in doubt, just mumble. Maybe she can wear her super hero outfit!? Hey, I still haven't received any suggestions for the name?! You know Halloween is coming up you know.
Random thought...if a cow laughs too hard, does milk come out it's nose? Things to wonder about.
Words of Wisdom..."You know your getting fat when you can pinch an inch on your forehead". John Mendozza.
Big Dave...out!
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