Saturday, August 12, 2006

All Pro Dad's Day

I'm a subscriber of an e-mail newsletter called All Pro Dad (www.allprodad.com) which gives tips and pointers on how to be an... all pro dad. The "Play of the Day" is no longer than a short paragraph sometimes with a father's experience on a certain topic, or a tool in helping fathers and kids connect better. Recently I got my Play of the Day that talked about starting an All Pro Dad's Day, so I wrote them an e-mail explaining that I'm not a father yet, but I would like to be a part of a Dad's Day in San Antonio since there is no such thing of that sort here. I don't know how real this may turn out to be, but I'm excited that maybe I can start working on things that have really great causes. The Dad's Day would consist of a day set aside once a month for a group to get together and hear speakers and talk about why dads are proud of their kids. To get this going I need a committee of 4 guys to be in charge of 4 different areas: promotion, speaker coordinator, front table person to get people's contact info and names, and location/food finder.

Gonzo, the guy I used to work with on the weekends, and I worked together today. Lorenzo is off today, so Jason who normally does vob's on Saturday is my partner in crime. He's on a kick right now to join this competition to lose weight. The winning team, who loses the most fat, gains the most muscle without losing muscle, will get $50,000. Oh, and you have to beat the winning team's record from last year. He got me interested, not because I think we're going to win $50k, but because I've been looking for a reason to get myself to lose weight. The teams consist of three members, so he wants to ask Lorenzo to get in on this too. Lorenzo is always sort of a health conscious guy... he's like the rest of us, he has big goals of trying/wanting to lose weight. But in the end, when temptation settles in and a menu's in front of your face, you're going to get the tres enchilladas, rice and beans instead of the grilled chicken salad with light dressing. I do pretty well most of the time -- McDonald's has this new Asian salad that is reallllly good. The ginger dressing is 90 calories, if you use the whole packet, which I never do, and the salad is like 290 calories. I have that for lunch a lot. That dressing is spicy! Mmmm.

In a year, if I'm still at the same weight I am now, and if I'm still sulking over the fact that my gut does protrude and my pants always seem to be snug, I'm going to be sad. What's the point in making yourself miserable over something that's never gonig to change? That's why -- in a year -- I'm not going to be sulking anymore. I'll be celebrating. It's hard, it's never easy. On Thursday I went spinning at 6am and had a fantastic day to follow. The other two days of my weekday workweek, Wednesday and Friday, did not involve any exercise, I drank beer, and unfortunately had a cigarette or two with Todd, and I just felt awful. Those two days were exhausting and emotional. I really believe that Thursday was different because I started it right. I didn't go to bed late the night before. I just have a hard time doing everything that it takes to have a day like Thursday. If the slightest thing is done improperly -- not going to bed early enough, or drinking beer -- then it throws it all out of whack. It seems so involved... if I have to go to bed early, not drink beer, wake up at 6am to go to the gym, and keep doing that everyday... wow! There is a lot of room for failure. That's why it's such a hard thing to accomplish.

Like taking my lunch to work. I did that for the past two weeks. This week I forgot my lunch every day. Along with finding the center of your thoughts, your life, and yourself, balance is so important. The balance is ironically the easiest thing to throw off. If you are centered, and focused, why is the balance so hard to throw off? Maybe that means in all honesty, you really aren't that centered, or that focused. I guess really being focused would prevent an off balance.

I got the baby fever yesterday. Just driving I was thinking about friends who have babies, and I imagined what mine would look like... sound like... be like. And I got this incredible woah feeling that came over me. It was nice, exciting, scary. I do want a baby. It's only been two months since I got married, though. I don't want to be at that stage of life just yet because a baby does... as those Johnson and Johnson commercials say... change everything! I'd like to find my center first -- and at least be a little stronger emotionally so that when temptations do arise, like staying up late, I can fight it and be disciplined. Of course when a baby arrives, staying up late will be sort of routine. I'd like to practice self discipline, and accomplish some things that a baby would prevent. Maybe do a slight amount of travel, lose weight (duh), be able to practice my photography in a less hobby way and more in a professional way (see post below), finally get weekends off so I can travel (if only regionally). But what a difference two days would make for that regional travel, huh?

Work awaits. I'd better finish up a little early so I can have a little more time to just chillax at my desk a while. I do like the calm day of a weekend at work, but that still doesn't replace lazy weekends at home!

Nope, not one bit.

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