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Sunday, March 20, 2005
The Marines Have Landed! (So have the Krispy Kremes)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ve been a Marine since the age of 17 (ya know, “Once a Marine .. Always A Marine”) For years I have been a member of the Marine Corps League, which is a veterans group of former, retired and active duty Marines. Our main purpose is to support the Marine Corps, aid Marines in distress, do community service such as the “Toys 4 Tots” program and assist families of active duty Marines who are away at war or on foreign duty.
I hold the post of Georgia State Commandant of this fine group. This past week I was co-host for our annual MCL, SE Divisional Conference, along with my best friend and Marine, Big Al Meade, We had 415 of my Marine brothers and sisters here from seven southern states
We all stayed at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Hotel at Powers Ferry. This hotel could not have been more gracious to us. Hotel managers, Dee and Zeke and the entire hotel staff took great care of us. However, all thoughts of diets and life style changes went right out the window.
The hospitality suite was under a full frontal attack as Marines, their wives and girlfriends (Not all at the same time) came and went. We had sandwiches from Honey Baked Ham Co., trays of food donated from Kroger Stores and soft drinks donated from Coca Cola. Our open bar was the envy of all. Our good friends at Krispy Kreme even sent us 35 dozen boxes of donuts. From Wednesday till Sunday morning, the days were filled with business meetings but at night, Marines being Marines, shared war stories, swapped tall tales and partied hardy, long into the night.
Now that a new week has rolled around, it’s back to the routine of watching what I eat. I didn’t do a very good job last week at all…
We have 3 more weeks left in this program. Everyone has been doing very well, especially Joye. We’ve all learned a lot. However, in this span, I hope to finally drop this last 10 pounds and achieve my goal of 200 lbs. With nothing planned such as birthdays, dinners, uprisings, revolutions or the like, maybe I can get there.
Till next time
Semper Fi
Christian
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A breakthrough
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Well, it appears I have finally broken through the floor of my plateau. At one point this week, I broke into the 207 range. That shows me hope that I am not destined to be forever at 208! Now, I did jump back around from day to day, but it is not as high as it used to be.
This week I made it to two Body Pump classes at the gym and I started running around my neighborhood. I remember when I used to try to run in my neighborhood I could not make it up the hill at the end of my street without stopping and walking a part of the way. Now, I blast past that imaginary wall that used to exist. My stamina has increased and I can already tell that my fat mass is slowly being replaced by muscle mass. Even if that means I am not losing weight at the same rate I was, I know that the pounds will be easier to keep off with less fat & more muscle in my body.
This weekend I have all of my in-laws coming to town. Luckily, I like my in-laws (plus they read this blog regularly) so I will be able to spend a lot of time with them and they can help me stick to the script!
P.S. Easter time is here & jelly beans are the devil! Little hard sugar coated balls of jelly Satan. I can’t eat just a couple of them!! Help me if someone brings me a Cadbury cream filled chocolate Easter egg!
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