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The Dreaded "D" Word

Lately my wife and I have started the dreaded "D" word......diet. We're in day 11 of the South Beach Diet, which is the closest I've ever come to endorsing/supporting something that originated in South Florida.

The first 14 days we are to eliminate "carbs" from our meals, which means we're eating a lot of cheese, nuts, and small squirrels. Okay, not squirrels, but other meat (fish, beef, chicken,etc).

At first I thought, how bad can 2 weeks be? Well, at day 2, I was wishing for the freedom to eat whatever I wanted. That being said, by now, we're moving along pretty well. We're both enjoying more flavors of food that we might not have otherwise (i even tried a few bites of the dreaded "b" word.....broccoli).

We both lost some weight, Kristy at 8 pounds, me at 6, and I no longer need duct-tape to keep my belt closed. However, the side effects have presented themselves at night....food dreams. Last week I dreamed I was eating pizza (and it was good), and this week, I dreamed I went to Subway and had a big sub and cookies (good as well, though I felt "dream guilt" over not sticking to my eating restrictions).

The good news is that on Monday, we can start introducing more food into our meals, as the restrictions become more relaxed.....so hello Subway (or not).

Speaking of Subway, we joked recently that Taco Bell or McDonalds should hire the Jared guy as their rep, and see if he puts that weight back on. I think that weight thing only works in reverse, you don't want to hear Jared say "I gained 40 pounds eating at Taco Bell every lunch", followed by him holding up a pair of pants he used to fit in.

I've referenced this enough times...here's the actual

Da Drive Home

Well, I'm glad to say I was pretty much precipitation free on the way home.

Thanks to Mike & Mike, Colin Cowherd, Rush, Sean Hannity (and his daughter), Jim Rome and others for accompanying me on my trip home.

Wait, (you're saying)...what are those political talking heads doing in your list of radio programs. Good question....thanks to my cheap walmart cd player breaking after 4 (count it) 4 songs, I was stuck with some non-traditional listening hours.

Miles: 606
Drink: Mountain Dew & Gatorade (Orange!)
Food: Chicken McNuggets (sweet-n-sour sauce!!), Corn chips, pretzels,

CDs: Steller Kart (had to hear what they sound like, got to 2 songs), Tim Hughes (some red album...got to song 3).

Cringe/Wince factor: Pittsburgh sports talk radio. The dude just didn't get it. He's advocating more hockey and soccer. Granted when you live in a city with the Pirates, it's somewhat understandable, but football is always #1, baseball & basketball, Nascar, easy round out the top 4 in relevant topics.

Number of times I called Kristy: 7
Number of times she actually answered: 2

# of Cops seen: 10-12
# of tickets: zero

Mental calculations of how many miles left until I got home: too many times to count

Meetings Update

Well, it's been a day and a half of meetings, eatings, meetings, and more eatings.

I enjoy pretty much everything about this conference....in moderation.

Thanks to Mr. Mountain Dew, I can keep awake/focused in meetings, except when I can't due to getting "squirmy" due to a full bladder.

Tonight we went to P.F. Chang's, a family style situation. Chinese food is great, except with groups this size, it takes FOREVER to get your food, have people eat, and then move on.

I was ready to move on, and go play poker with the guys. We played two games, and I won both, though as the later we go, it becomes a test of who wants to keep playing the longest. In the last game, chips were about even, so we had a one hand takes all....and I won.

Poker's a lot of fun, I wish I'd play it more at home.

Brett Farve retired today (4th of March....his jersey number (4)). That will be a big "loss" for football fans.

We're to get snow tomorrow in Cincy, and in Indiana, so traveling could be interesting.

Live From Cincy

Wow! I just spent 8 hours driving to Cincy. Since I was driving alone, I spent a mixture of listening absentmindedly to NASCAR, Cavaliers basketball, Pirates baseball, Flyers hockey, wacky FM songs (one from the Lion King that goes Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, that particular one I tended to sing rather manically, as I was feeling the effect of only sleeping 4.5 hours the night before.

Miles: 509
Gas Stops: 2
Bottles of Mountain Dew: 1.5
Food Consumed:
Italian Sandwich/wrap
Corn Chips
Orange gatorade
brownies (2)

Weather was great, I only fought sleep during the afternoon hours (when it was the most sunny).

More updates to follow.