Long Bones

If any of you are sci-fi geeks (like me) who dug the show Firefly (like me) go on Hulu and watch the first five minutes of tonight’s Castle. Trust me.

This is the back yard at my office downtown. We finally finally finally got some snow! I woke up this morning in the winter dark but instead of black pouring in from the window, or maybe a sliver of silver moonlight, the entire sky was sulfuric orange!

Ugly I know, but a sign of one specific thing: SNOW!!!

And it’s about bloody time! We got maybe an inch today, but an inch is enough when it covers the flaws a post-fall Fairbanks. My poor little phone can’t take pictures nice enough to describe it.

One problem.

Every winter the first snow fall becomes a sort of Winter Driving 101 course, and even if you (me) happen have decent winter driving skills, there is always a good chance the people around you don’t!

I’ve never yet been in an accident but I’ve had a couple of really close calls. Once I ran out of momentum going up Ballaine hill (very steep, but very straight on the side I was going up) and ended up going into a slide. Went 180 and ended up facing straight ahead…in the wrong direction. So I went back down the hill and took the long way home.

Today was nothing so dramatic. I lost control of my car for a bit on Farmer’s loop, well, lost control is a bit strong. I was going into a slide but I didn’t change directions or fishtail or anything. Actually I’m rather proud of how I controlled losing control.

Later though there was a very near miss, could have been a multi-car pile-up. I was on the steese heading in towards town and some truck speeds ahead of me in the right lane. Not too surprised, my lane was going under the speed limit. But a few seconds later he fishtails out of control, a state truck in front of him has stopped abruptly. The car in front of me swings wide. I had to brake rapidly without sliding. Thank goodness its a busy road and was pretty clear, I was able to stop in time. But if the fast truck had hit the state truck, or the car in front of me had hit him, or heck if the guy behind me wasn’t giving me enough room……..

We get a lot of accidents.

Starting Weight: 280
Current Weight: 199.2
Total Loss: 80.8

I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it! I did it!

I cannot describe how ecstatic I am. I mean, according to pattern my weight is going to rebound a little bit and then settle down below the current low. I’m still realistic about my weight loss pattern – I’m lucky I hit bottom when I did (okay, maybe not true, I can’t guarantee I’ve hit bottom yet) because all signs point to a small increase over the next couple days and then a really gradual drop for the second half of the cycle. But none of that matters because today I am under 200 lbs.

http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-twitter-the-new-diet/

This article comees from the Frisky. I can see how tweeting every single thing you eat can add a level of accountability that a lot of people (me included) need when first making a lifestyle change. However, I do not like the concept as described “food shaming,” you should never be ashamed of what you eat. It is so hard to disassociate emotions from food but the more time passes the more I realize it is so necessary.

Verdict: Tweeting what you eat is great if you want to have real time accountability for what you eat and track your calories as such. Tweeting what you eat is horrid if you use it as a tool to feel bad about your choices as it will only lead to binging later.