Responsibility 199, what is it?

Responsibility 199 is a belief; I believe that to be healthy and to increase my longevity I need to weigh 199 pounds or less...
Responsibility 199 is a need; I need to reduce my weight, reduce my percentage of body fat, and the elevated threat of disease my present condition presents...
Responsibility 199 is a mission; I recognize that achieving 199 will be a challenge, perhaps the hardest I have ever undertaken...
Responsibility 199 is a commitment; I acknowledge that I must commit to action, commit to change, commit to myself and those I love to achieve this mission, to increase my longevity...
Responsibility 199 is ME.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Day 312 - Tempt, Taunt & Try


Shamrock shakes, oh they tempt us so.
Especially my wife, she love her a shamrock shake.
She was out of town this past weekend when I bought these.
Brought them home for the kids.
When did they start putting whip cream & cherries on them? 

Consider this your public service announcement for the day.
Car seats, yes they can taunt. Recall recently my niece spent a day with us.
Having her with us required me to put the old skills for installing a car seat to use.
Boy, designs sure have changed in a decade.
Took me a solid 5 minutes to install & 10 to uninstall the next day.
I am pretty sure strapping in astronauts is less complicated.

Traffic, definitely a source for trying my patience.
Especially in winter.
Oh this winter picture of my ride in to work this a.m., pretty huh?
Wrong, no Currier and Ives wonderland here.
Just a bunch of impatient soles adding to the commute time via their inability to be patient.

Not sure if you can see the sign in this pic, looks close...
I am game to try many things in life, variety is the spice of life & I like it spicy!
But WTH is eyebrow-threading???
I have no idea, and I don't think I want to know.
Nope, my $5 is staying in my wallet.

 Progress, not Perfection people... Make that what you try for this day!
Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Day 265 - Perfection Aint A Shake Away


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Seen any images on television, the web, anywhere of extremely beautiful, perfectly gorgeous, people? Certainly you have, I know I have.

Recently I caught a commercial for the Shake Weight. Last night I saw one for some twisting abdominal chair that easily could double as a dungeon torture device. Let me tell you, if I really thought for a minute I could Shake or Twist my way to looking as perfect as the paid models in these ads then I wouldn't be writing this now; I'd be Shake'n & Twist'n.

Sure, they are exercising. If we exercise & keep at it we are likely to look better in time. Upon making the decision to buy such a device does anyone truly believe they'll end up looking as perfect as these models? Sadly, I am guessing some do.

Millions of these devices are sold which means millions of people are using them either a little or allot. Soooo, where are all the model-perfect bodies amongst us? At Target this week I saw none. Nope, none at work yesterday nor at Dick's Sporting Goods last night. Tonight I'll be at Costco, think I'll see any there? Oh I suppose it could happen, but my hopes aren't high. Where my hopes are high is on the price of gasoline being tolerable there.

Well if these model-perfect bodies aren't in these every day places we frequent, where are they? I'm beginning to think there are oh-so-few of these bodies in proportion to the mega-millions of average to imperfect bodies amongst us. Ok, I've always thought that.

Without any researched fact to support this next thought I'll go out on a limb and say that a vast majority of these model-perfect bodies are not just the result of determined diet & exercise; but also deliberate cosmetic enhancements. Yes, I know, shocking to suggest. Or is it just a shockingly obvious thought?

Hey, they are models, or movie stars, or of some other professionals who make their bacon (and never eat it) because they have smokin hot, cut to model-perfect bodies. Ok, that's fine, their choice, hooray & good luck to them.

Back to us.... We work too. We have friends and families too. Most of us here eat healthy & exercise too. Yet we don't have model-perfect bodies. Well, maybe one or two (oh-so-few) of our fellow bloggers do or are close to such a body. But perhaps I should just speak for myself...

That's right; I am not perfect! And furthermore; I will never be model-perfect. At least that is my belief, and I am fine with that.

If perfection is defined as the images we are faced with regularly, I am Ok accepting I will never be perfect.

Are you Ok with that?

Do any of you believe you will achieve model-perfect bodies?
Or want one enough to do what the Shake Weight dude up there did to get his?
 
 
Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!