Weekend Wrapup

Nightlife

Due to my workout plan and the need to catch up on sleep, I took it pretty easy. On Friday, I watched some of the boys play Tanks on Wii. According to Matt Smith, it is the “best game ever.” I realized that I am not good at using a Wii remote but maybe it was the remote. I could not race cows, shoot birds, and I barely played Mario Kart. I enjoyed Mario Kart; probably the most out of any version. I would probably get a Wii just for it.

On Saturday, Mike and I hung out on Wash Ave. We decided to give Sugar another try. It was a “singled out” party and was packed. You wore a green lei if you were single and a red if you were in a relationship. We left around 1:30 to try Lucas Park. It was also packed and we stayed about 30 minutes. I did break down and had 3 drinks. We concluded the night with a little Rock Band.

Workout and Diet

This was a great week of working out. My “no cardio” diet seemed to work wonders. I read in college how you didn’t need to do cardio if you had a good workout but it never worked for me in losing weight. I think it was because my diet. I lost  between 10 and 15 pounds in the past week. I  basically worked a different muscle group each day, ate a good diet, and tried new supplements.

Below is my normal day of eating.

Breakfast – Wake up to a hard boiled egg and one scoop of a protein shake.

Lunch – Either roast beef and over roasted chicken with super sharp cheese rollups or left over chicken breasts.

Preworkout – One scoop of preworkout mix.

Post-workout – One scoop of a protein shake.

Dinner – I normally mix up my dinner between 3 or 4 different meals. They were (1) 3 egg omelet with diced green, yellow, and red peppers with cheese and lean ground beef (2) baked chicken with broccoli (3) baked cod with green beans and a little red potatoes.

Snack – Either celery with peanut butter or cream cheese.

I had a goal of losing 10 pounds but my stretch goal was 15 pounds. It seems like I hit this. The workout has become a little addictive so I am improving my goals to shoot for 200 pounds with a stretch of 195. I also am trying to get a six pack. I never thought I good get a “six pack” but maybe that was due to poor eating. I am going to give it a try in trying to look good for pool season. I am been doing kneeling cable crunches which seem to work wonders.

Taxes

I did my taxes this weekend. I am a little disappointed in a couple things. (1) I am still not sure about deducting the full amount I paid for grad school on my taxes. (2) I did not qualify for Lifetime Learning credit or Hope credit. (3) I could not deduct any of my student loan interest since it said I made too much money. (4) I missed a first time home buyers credit by less than a month.

I did get more money than I was expecting though. Paying $900 in interest payments a month for my place really adds up deductions.

Various

• I cleaned my place.
• Bought an automatic fish feeder so my fish do not die on my 12 day trip to Jamaica.
• Played absolutely zero Gears of War 2
• Completed my forecasting excel sheet for my Tycoon simulation next week.
• Finally got my PC to recognize my external hard drive that I was using with my Moxi box.

Sports

I meant to do this earlier and since Dan Bockhold called me out, I need to mention the amazing MU game vs Kansas. It was one of the most exciting games I have seen. It would of been awesome to be the there. I would rank it up there with some of the KU wins and the OT game vs Iowa St that I witnessed in college. I really think MU is going to go far into the Tournament. They could get a really good seed if they beat either Oklahoma or KU (again) in the regular season. They also should do really good in the Big 12 Tournament if they get a bye. The team they play in the 2nd round will be somewhat tired since they played the day earlier which gives MU an excellent advantage because of their depth and their ability to wear down a team. The MU win against Nebraska was solid win too. Unfortunately, I will be on a flight to Jamaica during the OK game so I will not be able to watch it.

I do not believe a word A-Rod said nor do I believe his “cop out” that “I was under a lot of pressure.” For one, we all have pressure. That doesn’t mean we cheat. Secondly, that is the price you pay for an insane contract that was way too high.

The NBA All Star weekend was very entertaining. Owens had several dunks in the celebrity game and the slam dunk contest was pretty entertaining. I did not watch the entire All Star game but I did notice that Shaq can really dance. His intro in the beginning was entertaining.