I DID IT!!!!!

WOO HOO! Today what my 12 week weigh in. I have been dieting for 3 months now and I have accomplished my first goal. I wanted to lose 50 pounds the first 3 months and I have lost a total off 52!The BMI told me that I have lost 60 pounds of fat and gained 10 pounds of muscle!

I am so pumped. I have put on shirts that I couldn’t wear that were in back of the closet, I have taken skinny pants down and have put fat pants up. I do still have a ways to go, but it is going great so far.

I am not expecting to lose another 50 in the next 3 months, realistically, I know it will not quite be that easy. I am just going to focus on getting better at my exercising and working out and eating. I figure if I keep that up, everything else will fall into place

Anyway, that is what is going on in the life of Blam and his diet. Thanks for reading.

Posted by blam Posted in: weightloss 1 Comment » July 2008

Metal Gear Solid 4 and the PS3

Well, I have been fighting getting a PS3 for awhile now. The great thing about consoles like the PS3, XBOX 360 & wii is that the games are created for the system. So you dont have to worry about your graphics card or lack of RAM like you do with a PC. The developers know the limitations for a console, so most games work flawlessly on them.

The downside… Some games are made EXCLUSIVE for certain systems. You can only play Mass Effect and Halo on the 360 and Lair and MGS4 on PS3. Cool huh?

I have a 360 and didn’t want to invest in another $500 dollar console system, but a friend of ours wanted to trade me his for something I already had, so I got to have my cake AND eat it too.

Anyway, I did it all for Metal Gear Solid 4. I have never played any of the previous Metal Gear games, but after reading a few reviews and then trying it out on the PS3 at work, I was on a mission

So I do the trade and go out and by the game before I even had the console hooked up.

The game is amazing. I know you have heard me say this before, but this game is. The cut scenes between missions are like movies. Over half the game is cut scenes! And some can last 30 minutes if not more! It is like an interactive movie.

The game play is awesome. I love how you can sneak around assassin style sneaking around with a blade or sniping from a window or just start doing it Rambo style with an M60 and a grenade launcher.

The graphics are amazing. My mom was watching me play it one night and she thought I was watching a movie. It is very smooth and sometimes you have trouble telling the game from the cut scene.

Some of the controls take a bit of getting used to, but you can work around it.

Anyway, I never thought I would get a console based solely for one game, but I am glad I did. Then you add the Blu-ray player on top of that, you really cant beat the PS3. I watched a few blu-rays and it is hard to go back to DVDs. The picture is much more crisp and the sound it 10 times better.

Posted by blam Posted in: Gaming No Comments » July 2008

It was a long week…

Sorry I haven’t posted lately.

As some of you may know. Last Tuesday Cora’s Nan passed away. She had gotten to where she couldn’t swallow so she wasn’t getting the nutrients she needed. What made it so hard was that she had been in this state for 4 or 5 days. So all you can do is watch and wait.

It has been a few days now since the funeral and I think things are getting to normal. I felt so bad for my wife and I tried to stay strong for her. This sort of situation is not really something you can plan for, you know?

Luckily, my wife is one of the strongest people I know. I think she is taking it better than I am. Nan and I were very close, so I could only imagine how much more it hurt my wife to go through this.

So anyway, I thought I would mention this in case someone actually reads this. I do not want to drag this post on, but I want to say that Nan was a special woman that was always there for Cora. She touched many peoples lives, she took me in as a grandson and treated me alot better than most blood relatives, and she will be greatly missed.

I would like to thank Cora’s parents, her other grandparents, my mom, cousin Brian and the Vetters for being here for us as much as they were. It is great to know we have people like you all in our lives. I would also like to thank our friends who called, sent flowers and came by to see us.

Thank you all.

Posted by blam Posted in: chillin No Comments » July 2008

The new edition to the fam…

Here are pics of the lil bastage we rescued from a bush in the cul-de-sac. (Yeah, a bush) We named him Oliver and he is the newest edition to our madhouse.

Posted by blam Posted in: chillin 2 Comments » July 2008

Battlefield: Bad Company

No review or descriptions… If you have a console that will play this thing… BUY IT!!!!

Thats all

Posted by blam Posted in: Gaming No Comments » June 2008

Week 8 - 37.5 lbs.!!!

Woo hoo! So I am on week 8 of the big D, went to my weigh in and BMI updates and BLAM! 37.5 lbs! And the cool thing is most of it is actual fat! Sometimes you can lose water and/or muscle, but most of mine was actual fat. So that is going pretty good.

I have been getting up at 5 AM on weekdays and whenever I get up weekends and go walk for 45 min then also in the evening I will hit it for another 45 min. Well, This morning I went to the gym and started weights and Cardio. I am keeping it real light, but I guess it is time to start trying to tone up a bit some when some of the fluff is gone I will have some sort of definition. I am worried that using the weights will lower the numbers I am losing on the scale, so I am only doing it 3 times a week for now, and again, keeping it real light. Muscle weighs more than fat, so if you pump up too much even though I may be losing fat, the scale will not show it with the muscle I gain. So, I am trying to keep a happy medium with it all. As dumb as it sounds, I dont want to have to stand on the scale and not see the weight drop. So, we will see how it goes.

Just so happens that Mrs. Blam’s Stepbrother goes to the same gym so I he and I will be meeting up on Mon., Wed., and Fri.

I will keep you updated. Later…

Posted by blam Posted in: chillin, weightloss No Comments » June 2008

Week 7 of the big D…

Well, I only lost 3 lbs. this week, but that does make it 33 lbs. in 7 weeks!!! Pretty cool huh? Well, Saturday I made the decision on weekends to go walk when i wake up and in the evenings. I walk about 45 mins to an hour each time. whether I am at the gym or walking around the block. Anyway, getting up at 7 or 8 on Sat. and Sunday isn’t a big ordeal. So I decided to kick it up a notch. This morning I got up at 5:15 am and did my 45 min walk. So from now on, I am gonna walk twice a day. I have to say I feel awesome today after walking, they say exercising in the morning can up your fat burning and energy and i have to say, I believe it right now. I feel awesome!! I may switch it up a little later to working out with weights in the morning and walking in the evening or vice versa, but for now I dont wanna touch the weights. I just wanna LOSE LOSE LOSE

Posted by blam Posted in: chillin, weightloss No Comments » June 2008

MARVEL MOVIES MAKE ME MOIST…

Friday and my buddy Chris called me up and asked if I wanted to go see the Hulk when I got home that evening. I was a little reluctant, I heard this one was supposed to be better than the one from a few years ago… but hell, that wouldn’t take much at all. I pride myself on some of the crappy movies I watch. Blood that looks like sherman williams “Corvette Red” paint, monster you can tell have been added in with Photoshop and a little masking tape. All of that crap I watch and I couldn’t even finish the Hulk that was out a few years ago. I turned it off about halfway through. So I wasn’t looking for much going into this one. Well, I was WRONG. This Hulk movie did the comic justice. Ed Norton was awesome as Banner and the CGI was crazy. The Hulk and Abomination creatures looked amazing and the fight scenes were pretty cool to watch. It really was alot more than I expected.

So after seeing it Friday Saturday Mrs. Blam and I went to see Iron Man. Again… KICK ASS!!!! This movie was great. Say what you want about Robert Downey Jr., he is a fuggin great actor. Again the CGI on this one was also spectacular. I would have liked to seen a bit more of Iron Man, but it was very cool how they showed the progression of the suit.

And here was the kicker… BOTH MOVIES… GREAT STORIES… Oh yeah, I know you don’t believe me, you have seen Ben Affuck in Daredevil, his wife as Elektra and god forbid Thomas Jane and Dolf Lundren both as the Punisher and think “Marvel can create descent story lines in movies?”. Well, they got it right this time. maybe they can make New and improved of the 3 mentioned, Daredevil, Elektra and Punisher could all be amazing movies with the right actors and plots. The characters each have such great backgrounds… Oh well, one can only dream.

Posted by blam Posted in: Flicks No Comments » June 2008

Week 6 of the Big D…

Was Awesome! I have kicked the exercising up a notch, I am still doing good on the diet. No breakdowns or cheating And I lost 6 POUNDS!!! That puts me at 30 pounds in 6 weeks!! Pretty cool huh?

Above is a pic of me in a shirt that my mom got me for Christmas. (A Mustang shirt… My mom kicks ass, I know this) The problem was when I put it on, it fit me… tight. Well, I have been taking some of the clothes like this off the skinny shelf, along with some I outgrew and I can wear some again By the time I get to wear I need to be, I may need a new freaking wardrobe

I am not kidding myself though, I still have a long ways to go, and it will get harder before it gets better, but I am keeping up the good fight

Posted by blam Posted in: chillin, weightloss 2 Comments » June 2008

Lil bastard…

This is barro helping me work… Kinda

This was taken about a month or so ago, I found it on my phone and thought it was funny.

And yes, he is actually sleeping like that.

Posted by blam Posted in: chillin 1 Comment » June 2008

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