A New Challenge
I find myself in unusual territory. During my regular working hours I wear the uniform known as "BDUs". Battle Dress Utility, a.k.a. "woodland camouflage". I love this uniform. It does not need to be pressed or adorned with ribbons or devices of any kind. It is baggy and comfortable, with no shortage of pockets. Last Friday I had an ocassion to wear one of my more dressy uniforms. I was aghast to discover it barely fit. It was tight in all the wrong places and was horribly uncomfortable. The worst part was that I remember being annoyed a few years ago when I jumped up to that size. I was unhappy that I had expanded, but I accepted that its part of the middle-aging process to spread out some, and I just grew accustomed to it. Well, I am NOT going to just grow accustomed to another larger size. Enough is enough.
I think that poker is partly to blame - or at least my utter fascination with it. My role in the Navy is relatively sedentary, and I spend most of my day at a computer. Then I go home and spend quite a lot of time at my home computer working on my site, or ITH or betting on sports or playing poker. (Poker was like a gateway drug for all of those other activities. 
) My pre-poker hobbies involved more activity. Now I sit for many hours a day. I need more activity. I also need to consume at a level commensurate with my activities.
I left work early on Friday and went to a sporting goods store where I purchased a home gym. Since Squee left for boot camp we have re-organized the homestead. Squee's old room is now the guest room. The old guest room is now totally Mrs. Bull's Doghouse. I have my computer up there (and getting a second) and now my gym is up there, too. Sitting there to remind me that I need to work out before I log on. That's the plan anyways.
I also plan to use this blog to help me stay honest. I am not planning to turn this into a fitness blog, but I am going to use the "last month's results" section to instead track some of the key parameters in my training regimen. You will see those stats going up soon.
I weighed in on Sunday at 226. The goal is 200 by Thanksgiving. Wish me luck!