Weight loss week 2

Erin signed me up for a Lazy Man's iron man in July. I have to run 26.2 miles, bike 112 miles, and swim 2.4 miles. I did the same thing last year, and despite worrying about the swimming, it was actually the easiest part last year.

Weight: 240 - Down one pound from last week.

Sunday - I put Jaden in the bike trailer and pulled him for 4 miles. That was a lot harder than just getting myself over the distance. Plus the heat, I felt sick for the next hour afterwards.
Saturday - I ended up going in to work today to get caught up on things and didn't exercise.
Friday - I stayed home and spent most of the day working on the computer. I didn't exercise.
Thursday - I was able to get up early today and run/walk for 2 miles before work. My legs are a little tired, but I felt really good.
Wednesday - First day of the Lazy Man. I meant to get up and run in the morning, but I was up too late last night. I walked 1 mile at lunch.
Tuesday - I got up early and rode the exercise bike for 15 minutes, not much but something. I walked 1 mile in about 20 minutes at lunch time.
Monday - I left for work at 7:30 AM and didn't get home until 11 PM. I did not get to exercise.

Palin resigns early

Sarah Palin has resigned, I don't understand the reason, but this is definitely putting her in my do not vote for President pile. At the very least I want a President that will finish out the office that they were elected for, when the Presidential election will not happen in the middle of that term.

The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building

The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability (Sustainable Design) has been released to help builders learn how to make buildings greener.

I find it ironic though that this 416 page tome is not offered in an electronic format. They'll tell us how to make our buildings green, but they aren't offering a way to help us cut down on the paper, and all of the water and energy that goes into producing a physical book.

Stop providing public smog

I think all of the major cities should switch their trains and buses to Fuel Cell vehicles. Fuel cells already work and are viable in larger vehicles (although not cheap). However, one of the biggest issues with large cities is air quality. The government should not be another contributor.

No public transportation should be emitting these pollutants. This comes with the benefit that since major cities will be using hydrogen on a larger scale, there will have to be refueling stations in the cities. The refueling stations will provide a place for consumer purchased fuel cell vehicles to fill up.

I also think the new vehicles should not be fuel cell only. We know that hybrids reduce the amount of fuel that is used, that should not change with fuel cells. The hydrogen may be cleaner and not produce pollutants, but it will still need to be filled up. Using hybrid technology that is already being used should be able to be used in conjunction with the fuel cells to make the vehicles travel farther on the same amount of hydrogen. This will also help to alleviate the amount of hydrogen that needs to be produced to fuel the public transportation system.

Once the large cities have it working, the medium sized cities could then also get on board.

C'mon government. You want to say you are building an energy driven economy and fighting global warming at the same time. Stop taking useless 3 or 5 mpg increases over 10 years, and jump into removing all gasoline use from public transportation. Get the buses, public, then school switched over. Then mandate Tractor Trailers switch and get the biggest fuel hogs immediately off of gasoline. The smaller vehicles will continue to get more efficient, or will make the jump to fuel cells. Make that happen!

Summer weight loss

I've let myself get fat. Too fat. I've moved up a pants size and if it weren't for expandable waist pants, I would be up two sizes.

I plan on posting a once a week update on where I'm at and what I did in the previous week to exercise.

Today: 241 pounds.
Previous week.
Sunday: 3 mile bike ride. 1.5 mile run.
Saturday: Some pushups.
Friday: Walked to the library and back about 1.75 miles
Thursday: Funeral in the morning. Run at night about 1.5 miles.
Wednesday: Visitation - standing around for 5 hours, no exercise.
Tuesday: On vacation at waterpark. Walked some.
Monday: On vacation at waterpark. Walked some.

My goal is for next week's exercise to look a lot more consistent.