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It's been a couple of stressful weeks. My 5 year old baby girl spent her first week in kindergarten and my wife got a new job here in Rio Rancho. I thought I'd be all teary-eyed but she was a big girl so I didn't, well I did a little but...gosh they grow up so fast. Man, I can remember a couple of events when I was a beginner-tso at Toadlena Boarding School. My masani was a dorm aid at the school and she took care of my brother and me while my mom finished up at UNM. I remember getting the most outstanding student award at the end of the year.

My workouts have been drawn out and haven't been regular over these last two weeks but I have made the effort to keep it going. We're just trying to feel out the new morning routine and hopefully soon I will get back into the thick of things. I really want to keep it going especially with football season starting in a couple of weeks. Chips & salsa, chicken wings, and beer on a fall Sunday must be burned effectively and efficiently. I am in charge of this machine.

I went running a couple of days last week but I was experiencing some pain in my knees and shins. In highschool I played football as a runningback and baseball as a catcher and I took alot of hits to my legs and squatted for pitches but never experienced any injuries from these sports. I did one time sprained my knee falling down the steps of a lecture hall...that really didn't hurt until I put it up when I got back to my room. The crap of it all with that episode in my life was a Navajo girl just laughed at me and stepped over me while I layed there in pain. Well, that is another story...geez, I've never been so angered at such a display of disrespect from another Navajo.

Well, anyway, my knees feel ok since I haven't run. I really want to run. The fact is I'm still to heavy and I'm sure the impact on my knees are far more than what my knees can handle. I do have an elipse machine and I think I'll use that. I will need to chunk down before I really get out there and jog out a couple of miles. Right now I'm down -12 lbs and have added an inch to my biceps. I know that's why I haven't lost any significant weight because I've been adding some more muscle mass because of my heavy lifting. That doesn't discourage me though because my belt loops are really the guage to my loss in inches around my girth. I'm way psyched to start seeing significant results as my body consumes itself of its stored jiggly mush. I hope sooner than later because that Speedo won't wear itself...:)