Remodeling, dieting, and horseracing

Well, the past few weeks have sure been busy. We’re turning our basement into a home theater and have everything unhooked so there hasn’t been much gaming at my house. I could play in my “man cave,” but I’d feel bad for my wife since her 360 isn’t hooked up at the moment. Hopefully, the room will be close to done soon. Our furniture is in, but we’re holding off having it delivered until the carpet is installed, which should be sometime this week. Once the carpet is installed and the furniture is delivered, all that will be left to do is the audio (pre-wiring is done) and some little stuff (floor lighting, movie marquees, etc.). I haven’t decided on an audio system yet, but we’ll still be able to enjoy the room in the meantime. I’m leaning toward a Bose Lifestyle system. Soon, I’m going to post some before and after pictures of the room. 

 

Over the years as I’ve gotten older I’ve been in the not-so-unique situation of gradually putting on extra weight. Being 6’4”, I was able to put on quite a bit of weight without it being noticeable. I’m not a vain person anyway, so I wasn’t really too worried about it until I hit the 300lb mark a couple of weeks ago. I had noticed that I was starting to have a little trouble getting around and just seemed tired all the time, but seeing 300 popup on the scale really motivated me to do something about it. I enjoy life way too much to be dead before I’m 50! I’m not a fan of fad diets and just wanted something that focused on eating healthier. I found this website: www.sparkpeople.com

If you think you need to lose some weight, I highly recommend this site. It’s completely free and the meal/exercise plans are really good. In two weeks I’ve lost 16lbs and went down a jean size without starving myself.

 

I love horseracing. There are two sporting events I always watch: the NCAA tournament and the Triple Crown races. The other day I was surfing for some horseracing news and found a virtual horseracing site: www.stableking.com

It’s a free site and is pretty entertaining, especially if you’re just looking for a distraction during the day that won’t take up a lot of your time. The coolest thing is actually being able to watch the races (even though the graphics are a bit cheesy).