Worn out

Well, today I spent the day working in my parents yard with my Dad. We finished up the wall that divided their garden from the yard. What was expected to be a half day project turned into a full day project. The sun was hot, and bright, and sure made us tired! But the wall looks good! And why am I blogging about this at 1:44 am? Good question. I should be sleeping. Tchau!

The bike

So here it is. My new Specialized CrossTrail Sport. It's snazzy! In the last two days, i've put about 42 miles on this bike already. I am sore and tired. Makes me wonder why the heck I am going to the gym tonight. HA! I'll tell you what though. Bikers shorts help out so much. I got some nice ones with gel in the butt. I didn't think it would make a difference, but it sure does.

Save money...Lose weight....Get Fit!

So, I made a new purchase. I just bought a Specialized Crosstrail Sport bicycle. It's pretty rad. Why you ask? Well, it's because 1) I'm fat, and could use the excercize, 2) Gas is to freakin' expensive, and it will save me money, and 3) Because I hope to get fit.

Today was the first day that I rode to work. My butt hurts so bad! I take the Jordan River Parkway all the way to work, it's a nice ride! I was telling people at work that the ride is about 7-8 miles. Well I was mistaken. According to www.mapmyride.com my ride to work is 10.89 miles! That makes my commute about 21 miles a day! Thats over 100 miles a week! It made me happy that I was able to bike that far, that's for sure. I hope I can keep it up. I'm burning about 2000 calories a day from the rides. That adds up over time. Here's a piture of my route:

I hope to keep blogging about my progress. A friend a work has a brother doing the same thing, and has lost 50lbs. That's some motivation for me. Now, I just hope my butt gets used to the ride. LOL!!!

Here we go again

Well it's been a while since I tried to lose some weight. I wasn't very successful. I lost about 10-20lbs and quit. Dang soda. Grrrrr. Oh wait, I was lazy too. A few of us are doing another weight loss contest at work again. I am hoping that maybe I can find some sort of motivation that will really help me continue to lose weight. I really miss being skinny. I stepped on the scale in my office today to find that I weight about 322lbs. That's so horrible. To think that only 6 years ago I was barely 200lbs! So crazy. So, I'm hoping to blog more often about this weight loss stuff, maybe that will help. I guess we shall see! Wish me luck!

Facebook & Blogger??

Apparently I can have my blogger entries show up on my facebook page, so I guess this is my test!

It's been awhile...

Well, it's been awhile since my last blog, so here I am. I am not exactly sure what to blog about though. lol. Things are going well here in the house of Stu. Today is Amy and my 4th year anniversary. Time really does fly. I couldn't be happier.

Yard work is coming along. We now have new siding on our house. It looks great. Much better than the crappy wood paneling. Now I'm just waiting for them to come back and put up my gutters. We cut down all the trees, and now I have a huge pile of trees that I need to figure out what's going on. If you want to see some of the pics from our house, check them out at the link below:

House Pics

I went and saw Indiana Jones 4 on opening night. It was a fun movie. Probably not my favorite Indy, but it was still fun, and enjoyable.

Let's see, what else has been going on in the life of Stu? Ah yes, I was recently called as the 1st Councilor in the Elders Quorum in church. So far I am enjoying this calling, and enjoy the people I work with.

Well that's about it, so I think I'll end this blog here for the day...or night. Whatever....lol.