Long Overdue Update
Tons of photos! Lots has happened in the past couple years. Left Florida and moved north to New Jersey. I recently spent some time fixing a bunch of issues with this blog and figured I would post some photos.
Reached some goals…
I‘ve been trying to lose some weight since I moved to Florida in April and I finally hit my first goal. I started at a whopping 277 and set a target on 230, which I reached today! 47 pounds shed!
The trick for me was to exercise regularly. I began tracking activity with Runkeeper, first walking and then running/walking intervals. I ran my first 5K on June 14, and have done 2 more since.
In addition to losing the weight, I also ran a personal best pace time yesterday!
I’ve now established a second weight loss goal of getting down to 199 lbs. If I’m dedicated it should happen between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
I feel good!
I’m also tracking calories using the iPhone and web app LoseIt. I tried myfitnesspal which is now owned by Under Armour, but found it more cumbersome and slow to enter nutrition information
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Even though the graphic above shows my progress using myfitnesspal, I don’t ever actually log in or use it to track anything. It receives automatic weight updates from my Fitbit Aria scale which tracks my weight daily, and automatically generates the cool progress graphics.
Another great benefit of all this activity is that my Withings Blood Pressure monitor has confirmed that my BP has been dropping steadily.
The Great American Bacon Race!
Fun event, but a little bit pricey. I guess they need to cover the cost of giving away bacon at two water/bacon stations during the run, and at the bacon party afterwards. Oh, and also pay for the big honkin’ heavy bacon finisher medallions.
The Orlando Eye
The Wheel at Icon Park opened
on May 4, 2015 and I finally went to check it out!
My flight time was scheduled for 4:45 (tickets online in advance), but I received an email about an hour ahead saying it was ‘not in operation’ and that I could make use of my ticket anytime in the next 30 days. A quick call to them didn’t get me any more details or an estimate time of repair, but they did give me a direct number to call to check on status. So, I went for drinks at Bahama Breeze!
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fter several calls they finally said it was ready to fly again, and rescheduled me for 8:15.
It really is a neat ride.
Epcot
Took a trip to Disney Epcot, haven’t been there in 20 ![[click for full size image]](https://islingpoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-07-25_untitled_069.jpg)
years or so. Had a great day just walking all around Bay Lake visiting all the countries.
Lunch at Tutto Italia Ristorante in Italy and dinner at the Yachtsman Steakhouse in the Yacht Club Resort. Beautiful water ponds in China and the Victoria Gardens in Canada.
Closed the evening with fireworks at the Disney Hollywood Studios.
The Frozen Fireworks! ↓