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Showing posts with label Monkey. Show all posts

The time has come

OK, its arrived! My birthday that is - woe is me!

At least I can play with my monkey and so can you, just touch it, go on...



Although a word of warning be careful what you wish for!

I looked at myself long and hard and realized it's ME I don't like (shock, horror)!
Not the inner me, but the outerside. So I am going to change that.
I currently weigh too much - 16 stone (102 kgs) - which means I'm clinically obese (sobs in a corner).
When I was fighting about 10 years ago my weight was 92kg (still too heavy), I was the lightest heavyweight, which meant I moved faster than they did but they hit harder, and I would have to fight some huge men (as anything over 90kg was open weight).

The best weight I have been is 13.5 stone at this I looked and felt good - although the doctors claim 11.5 stone is my optimum. I personally know that just wouldn't suit me or my body type.
I'm a endomorph - that means I will always be big - I can accept that, but the medical charts we still refer to are over 60 years old now, they need updating.

So I will start a program to get fitter and healthier and I will keep my loyal readers informed as to how it is progressing on a monthly basis. When I used to work as a personal trainer I would design a 12 weeks program, then change it to keep the body working hard and not plateauing as it gets used to the requirements of the exercises.

So my wish for this birthday is a simply one - by next year to weigh less and look and feel better than this year.

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Credit Crisis?

If you want some light-hearted relief check out - http://debtmonkey.tv

It's an internet based reality show - kinda feels like the office meets internet; I like it!
They have paid a mans debt off for a year and now own him! - he's their monkey!!

Hey, if nothing else, it's a giggle!!

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The Monkey Attack

Where do I begin? The past weekend was, well, I'm not quite sure. It started going wrong Friday evening. I stopped by the grocery store, and when I went to get back in my car, I hit my head so hard on the door frame that it left a bump. OK. I should've just gone home and got into bed and stayed there, but I didn't. Saturday I was watching the two little nieces. My brother and I decided to take them to this little zoo in a rural area close to here. And it should've been just fine. But. . . . .

The Oldest One wanted to feed some monkeys and went rushing up to the cage. One of the monkeys reached through the bars and grabbed her by the hair. I start screaming, "Oh my God." And yelling her name. My brother runs up and pries the monkey's hands from her hair, scoops her up, and brings her back to safety. (I'm obviously no good in a real moment of panic.) I start looking her over to make sure there's no real damage. She appeared to be OK—just missing a little hair. Within 10 minutes, though, she had recovered and wanted to go see the rest of the animals. I'm not sure I would be OK yet. This incident will hereafter be known as The Monkey Attack.

Once we left the zoo, we decided to go shopping. The Mall was OK, but The Little One was beginning to run a fever. So we went to get some medicine for her. I wanted to go ahead and give her a dose, so I was going to sit down in the front seat of the car with her. I had her in my arms, and I started to sit down when I slammed my head into the door frame of car again. But this time my head was knocked forward and I smashed my nose into The Little One's chin. Now she's got a boo boo on her chin, and I've got boo boos on the back and front of my head. I should've realized The Monkey Attack was an omen. We finally made it home at about 9:30 p.m. and just went to bed.

How often can you say a monkey attacked you? Not often, I don't think.

So my weekend consisted of slamming my head into car-door frames and witnessing monkey attacks. Through this, I managed to be at least somewhat careful about what I ate. And all of the walking did me good, too.

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