Soon To Be Skinny Sooner

The trick wasn’t so much making it through the day. I’d already decided that I wasn’t going to make myself miserable by forgoing so many of the once-a-year treats Turkey Day offers, so I enjoyed and even indulged some. I did use some of the techniques I’ve learned on the journey, such as waiting 20 minutes before going back for seconds and taking plentiful portions of veggie and salad. Mrs. s2bs also made almost all of the dishes, and found recipes on Weight Watchers that made the sweet potato souffle, the turkey and the stuffing not overly-ridiculous, calorie-wise.

The bigger issue proved to be getting back on the road. I did take in a dinner and a next-day lunch of leftovers, which wasn’t what I was hoping to do. However, we did make one big decision that I think will pay off in the long run. We didn’t take any leftovers home. The banana pudding, pecan pie and pounds of turkey stayed with my mother-in-law, and we came back to a fridge full of the stuff we know we can eat and manage. That, I think, will help keep my day or two of decadence from becoming a surrender of some of the gains I’ve made. I’m hoping to break even at weigh-in this week, and move down the road from there.

Boomer Sooner (OU has as much right as Texas does to the trip to Kansas City) and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

The Ramp

The view from the top of the ramp. It may not be Everest, but it’s beautiful to me.

Vermont

Mr. and Mrs. s2bs Sooner on Okemo Mountain near Ludlow, VT.

…my apologies for not being as active with this blog in the last two weeks as I should have been. I’ve been scrambling from job interviews, to a small vacation, to some freelance work. I’m also doing some video work for Fan Media Network.

But, anyway, the ramp. For the last couple of years, my wife and I have taken an elevator to our seats in the upper deck of Owen Field, because of some recent back problems and surgeries she’s had (she’s much better now, and this is probably our last season of needing the elevator). Before that, climbing the ramps to our seats proved an ordeal that required 2-3 breaks en route (though, to be perfectly fair, plenty of people huff and puff up those things. those that know will back me on this). Last week against Kansas, though, she and I were getting to the stadium at different times. So, I decided to give it a shot.

Made it up without breaks, and a bare minimum of huffing. Pretty happy, if I do say so my damn self.

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

Every once in a while, I kinda toss the points out of the window, and, instead, eat like I’d think a skinny person would. That means, if I go out to a restaurant, I get a meal, and possibly a side salad. No appetizers, no dessert, because most skinny people I know don’t indulge in such things on a regular basis. I don’t pass on the hamburger, or the small steak, but I do pass on the double anything, or the Ol’ 96er…

Afterwards, I do my point calculations, and typically, I do pretty well. When I don’t, those are where I use my weekly extra points. It’s just kind of my little take on the Weight Watchers ideal .

Boomer Sooner, and Beat Texas!

-s2bs Sooner

…today, but I did want to thank everyone who checked out yesterday’s post . The blog saw some good traffic from that post.

And, I also wanted to post this…;)

Boomer Sooner, and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner

Man, what a week. It ended up with both my wife and I out of commission with some kind of allergy nonsense, after leaving a state where it’s still hitting 90 degrees, for a state where fall is in full effect and it’s getting into the 50s at night.

I’m needing to get to a meeting soon, tomorrow at latest, to see where I stand with the program. I did a really good job with the food part of the program during the week, save for one meal at Chammp’s. Props to them for posting their nutritional information, but yeesh, not a whole lot of healthy choices.

Workouts were kind of sporadic, but I managed to get something in on a few days. These places rock, BTW.

Boomer Sooner ( No. 1 with a Bradford bullet!) and Keep the Faith!

-s2bs Sooner