2 weekends left and One hiking trip left!

Of course that has nothing to do with my weight. Which lately has been a struggle. Man day last Saturday put a halt to the weight loss. I believe I drank a half case of Dew that day not to mention burgers, wings, and onion rings at hooters. Then of course we had to cap off the day with 2 extra large pizza's, chips, and more Dew.

Well I'm supposed to hit 170 by the end of the month putting me just 5 lbs from my goal weight. I've been as high as 175.8 and as low as 170.6. Today I clocked in at 173.2 but I don't see that going down with the weekend I am looking at. First it's a trip to Grandma's house. I challenge anyone to spend the afternoon at my grandma's house and not eat half their weight in junk food. It doesn't end there though! Then I get to go to a BBQ with the other side of my family. I'm sure everything there will be deep fried or breaded or both. At least it will be fun.

So chances are I won't be hitting my weight this month. Still keeps me ahead of Doug so I won't get upset of a one month slip. Now to locate Bryce and find out how these rules work....I mean do I have to hit 169 next month or if I end the month at 175 do I just need to make it to 174 next month. Luckily he's been talking like he won't hit his weight this month either.

Anyways back to the original subject of the post. After Susan got off work Sunday and I had taken a small nap after man day. We drove out to the Mima Acres nature trail. It's really not much to look at this time of year. In fact I had a hard time finding anything to take pictures of. And, then there was that pesky owl that we never found but he was making a crap load of noise. Oh and it's on the border of the gun club so it wasn't exactly peaceful either. I plan on making a trip back this summer because I hear the wild flowers are a sight to see.

Link to the full album: http://picasaweb.google.com/JamesBentow/2008_04_13

Some of my favorite pictures:

From the observation tower



Just a tree on the edge of the fields



The only thing I could find that I considered beautiful out there

1 Hike down 2 to go.

So I'm running out of time to get my hikes in. Sunday was a miserable rainy Washington day but I had to get a hike in. You can see all my pictures here: http://picasaweb.google.com/JamesBentow/2008_04_06



Here's a few of my favorites.

Not sure why I like that last one.

Hopefully I'll get another trip in this weekend but it's going to be hard with the weekend party coming up.

~Tow

March down

Managed to sneek out of the month of March at 171. I had to really cut back the last few days of the month but it worked out. Of course this will make April all that much more difficult but we'll see where I end up.

Susan has yet to go back on her diet so the house is full of sugar and we rarely eat a health dinner. Last night was reheated hot dogs and hamburgers left over from sunday's BBQ. At least she took the pies and brownies to her parents house so I'm not tempted anymore.

I did not get any hiking trips done this month. Combination of a very busy schedule and crappy spring weather made it rather difficult. The one hike I did take I forgot my camera so that didn't do me much good.

On a positive note though; I have managed to get a great deal of yard work done. The back wilderness part of my half acre is turning into less of a fire hazard every week. I joined the Arbor day foundation also so I should be getting some "free" trees in the next few weeks. The yard is beautifull right now. Little to no moss, cut to the exact height I like and a deep green color. Even reseeded the holes that my lovely mole pushed up this winter. And, they are all sprouting now so perhaps a few more weeks and you won't even be able to tell anything happened. It's also been very fun to see what kind of plats are coming up in the flower beds. I don't know the names of any of them even though Susan tells me all the time. They look cool though. All the flowering cherry trees have nice pink flowers on them right now and the rhodies are getting close to blooming. No idea what color they will be yet.

So I have to get down to 170 by the end of April. I have actually been below 170 a few times but I just can't seem to hold onto it for more then a day....hell probably a couple hours.
I need to get 3 hiking trips done in 4 weeks...nothing like waiting till the last minute.
And, I need to blog next month.

Sounds easy, right?
~Tow