HNT: Mirrored

I’m officially on vacation, and while some people use this as a time of ease, if not downright bacchanalian hedonism, I’ve actually kicked my exercise levels up a notch. This is because the scale keeps pointing to lower, and more encouraging numbers. Besides, I’m going to a family wedding, and I need to drop a couple of more pounds because I know I’m going to eat not-on-the-diet things for several days straight.

Anyway, if you can stand yet another shot of me with an exercise theme, this is me after pumping iron for 45 minutes, and then taking a 10 mile bike ride. I’ve literally just walked in the door, which is why I appear to be glistening; that’s not oil, it’s the sweat dripping off of me in the 90º weather.

Yeah, just for the hell of it, I biked shirtless to get some sun. I hope none of the neighborhood women minded.

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HNT: Muffin Top

So, after a month of HNTs of pictures of me biking, I thought I might toss out a pic of where it’s gotten me. I’m actually down about 7 or 8 pounds, which is really just the stuff that I gained over the winter anyway. My problem is that I get down to around 185, and then I stall.

Here you can see my manly muffin top. I’ve got another 10, maybe 15 pounds to go before this won’t look quite so muffinesque. The reason that you can see the waistband of my boxers is because my shorts are literally falling off of me. I guess that’s a sign of some progress, although the next size down is still a bit snug.

The next month is going to be the hardest because I’ll be visiting the in-laws for a week on vacation, and they don’t have the same mindset toward healthy eating. I’ll be surrounded by ice cream, potato chips, and batter-fried donuts. And that’s just for breakfast.

ETA: Wow, seeing this up on the monitor makes me look heftier than the little picture on my phone. I think I might have to print this and post it on my refrigerator to give me a little motivation to keep at it. Who knows, maybe by next year I’ll be looking like this guy.

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HNT: Expendable

I always worry whenever I put on a red shirt.

When I’m wearing a red shirt, I have a constant fear that some alien force will vaporize me, or that a transporter malfunction will scramble my organs.  I mean, we all know what happens to the red shirt guys, right?

Anyway, I think all this biking lately is helping. I’m down 5 pounds in the last month.

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How much power is in those things?

Sometimes I read a sex-related article and I have simply no idea what to say. This is one of those times.

Nanny, 30, died from sexual arousal while watching pornography

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:36 PM on 8th July 2010

A 30-year-old woman’s death as she used a sex toy while watching pornography was probably due to her state of sexual excitement, an inquest heard today.

Children’s nanny Nichola Paginton was found dead in bed naked from the waist down last October with pornographic material running on her laptop. A sex toy was discovered next to her.

A Home Office pathologist told the inquest in Gloucester that Miss Paginton died from a sudden heart arrhythmia, probably brought on by her state of arousal.

Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore agreed it was likely that ‘her activity before death’ contributed to the fatal arrhythmia.

The inquest heard that Miss Paginton, of Cirencester, was found dead in October last year.

Detective Sergeant Gavin Webb said police had been called by her employer Sarah Griffiths who had visited Miss Paginton’s home when she failed to turn up for work.

When there was no reply at the door she enlisted the help of neighbour Michelle Grant and they saw Miss Paginton through the curtains, lying on her bed with her cat lying on her chest.

‘After they broke in they realised Miss Paginton was dead,’ said Sgt Webb. ‘She had a computer on her lap and when they moved it and lifted the duvet, they found she was naked from the waist down and there was a vibrator in the bed.

‘The laptop was still displaying pornographic material.’

Home office pathologist Dr Richard Jones from the University of Cardiff said: ‘There is nothing to explain why she died in this way but I suspect sudden cardiac death.’

Returning a verdict of death from natural causes, Mr Crickmore said: ‘I am satisfied Nichola Paginton died of a natural disease process – sudden cardiac arryhthmia.

‘It is not always possible to determine an exact cause of death but it is likely that her activity before death contributed towards it.’

I’m imagining that the marketing department at the company making this particular vibrator is going to have a field day.

HNT: Heat Wave

We’re having a heat wave in Southern New England, and New Haven County has been feeling a lot like places more tropical.

But none of that is going to harsh my buzz today.

I got on the scale this morning, and I’m down almost two whole pounds from last week’s HNT, so I’m feeling encouraged that all this diet and exercise is starting to pay off.

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HNT: Orange

Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Apple.
Apple who?

Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Apple.
Apple who?

Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Apple.
Apple who?

Knock knock.
Who’s there?
Orange.
Orange who?
Orange you glad I didn’t say “apple” again?

For some reason my nieces never got tired of that game. Hopefully, you’re not tired of my total lack of content.

For the last few weeks, I’ve stepped up my exercising. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, I’ve been getting up at the crack of dawn (no, seriously) to pump iron. And on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings I’ve been biking five to ten miles for some cardio exercise. This has cut into my blogging time. Unfortunately, it hasn’t cut into my weight as much as I’d hoped, but it is coming down a little bit. I’m also going to change up the Protein/Fats/Carbs mix to see if that helps.

Anyway, I hope you’re also not tired of me posting pictures of me on my Thursday morning rides.

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