Weight loss

A little wine, a little pizza?

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I saw Brigida Aversa at the grocery store yesterday while Charlotte and I were picking up some last-minute things.She gave me the best hug I’ve had in a very long time….it was really nice. I’ve been missing a lot…so many things…unrealized until you get a hug at the independent. How I’ve wasted my time… Charlotte […]

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My Loved Ones…

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Rhiannon, Charlotte, and I spent Christmas at Syds. It was nice, we opened gifts together, Syd made us dinner…the first time any of my children has made me a meal. I watched 2 football games, Love Actually, and Hard Love. Tonight…maybe Serendipity…maybe LA Story… maybe something else that makes me think of good times and […]

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Merry Christmas.

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I have been rebuilding the man blog, uploading the old posts, 1 or 2 a day.It’s January of 2014, and all talk about dieting and eating eggrolls, so much fun. ….Ev is alive…. In January of 2014, I can remember what we were doing, the conversations we had. Oddly, it’s like I didn’t have a […]

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The Band is Back Together!

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Big day, huge, but not as huge as last night’s breaking news, that and the weather a little later.I have successfully organized a bedroom for Charlotte upstairs, less a mattress that amazon dropped the ball on.I managed to get my other weight machine, great for pulling exercises, upstairs…a little later than I wanted, so I […]

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In our Obscurity…

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What did I get up to today, let’s see.The washer…I fixed that yesterday…or did I? No, leaked. Tore it apart and fixed it again…leaked. Third time was a charm, the washer is good to go…and holy smokes I own a lot of towels. Geezus, the towels never end around here. Last load of that is […]

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Know Your Audience!

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I don’t want to make this man blog about Mel, I want to talk about trying to get healthy, my life, my kids, the good…the bad…and the ugly… Well, shit, Mel’s brother Deonn contacted me today to call me a bitch and inform me that I was a loser…and I accepted it. I told him […]

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The Man Blog Survivor Series

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Ok…where were we…. December 17, 2025. This is the first 17/12 I’ve been able to feel for many years. What have I learned? I appreciate a made bed. I want touch…the way Ev would touch, a push while sitting on the sofa, a hand on me while I drove, to be pulled hard for hugs […]

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Day Where were we? It’s been awhile…Day 4.20

What….I just this second realized it’s almost been a month since I posted on the man blog… A month of chips…beer…and turkey. Lot’s of turkey. I survived Thanksgiving, I hit the scale a day or 2 after, leftovers and all I was only at 235 pounds… This morning. 233.2, not so bad. Where have I […]

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Day 3.26 Meat….

The Wednesday night poker extravaganza included Scotch, Beer, Florida Track Suits, and egg rolls. Delicious Golden Palace Egg Rolls. I had a few…how many is unknown, I’m willing to say 7…maybe more… I found myself home around three, I pleasant bike ride, in bed by 3:30 and up to enjoy my day before 6:30 am…. […]

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Day 3.24 As Dan Auns Once Said…

The silver mother of a mud pout showed me 232 pounds this morning…I have no one to blame but myself…apple pie and jelly beans. Tonight is poker and there will be Golden Palace Egg Rolls. It won’t be pretty. They will be there and I plan on eating them…I’ll likely stare down at 235 pounds […]

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