TheBilcourt: Stuff in my life

Stuff in my life

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been busy for me with the holidays, work, and then life in general. Things for the most part are good. As most of you that read this know, I'm on a mission to drop some weight. I really want to get down to 175. I started out at 226 and currently I'm sitting at 198. It's been tough and I still fight a daily battle of making myself go to the Y and watch the calorie intake. It is kind of amazing though what can happen when you put your mind to it. You start getting addicted to wanting to workout. You get addicted to watching what you eat. Granted, we don't eat 100% healthy all the time but you get addicted to looking at what you eat and when you do eat something non-healthy, you at least look at how many calories it has. This time last year I wouldn't have even bothered thinking about ordering pizza or what I'm ordering at McDonalds. Now though, I actually now consider what I'm ordering and how it will affect my eating for the rest of the day. I know to some of you this sounds stupid and what not, but I actually want to make an attempt to be healthier this year and also be healthier than most people I know. I've been going to the Y religiously. I usually head to the Hermitage center at least 5 times a week. Most of the time I just walk and run but I've recently started using the elliptical machines which I have found are pretty effective in their own right. I've gotten pretty good with the whole treadmill thing. I've worked my way up to jogging over 3 miles. If you know me, then you know thats a big deal. I was always that kid in elementary school who walked the curves and ran the straights. I didn't care about running the mile. I usually just chatted with friends for the P.E. class. Now though, I'm proud of myself for 3 miles. As I talk to people about it, I've realized that most people can't do it. Most of the people I've talked to about it say they can't even go a mile. I don't know if I'll be able to hit a half marathon run, but I'm at least trying my best. Who knows though? 13 miles could be in the future. The day I run 13 miles though I want it to end like the beginning of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure when Pee-Wee wins the Tour De France. I want people there to shower me with praise and goodies. I think 13 miles would be the biggest accomplishment ever in my life for me personally. Who knows? It could be in the future. For right now though, I'm totally concentrating on getting down to my target weight before I do anything else.

There's other stuff going on with me but I'm not gonna go into it here. Most of it is stuff you just need to ask me about. I will say this though, emotions kill me. I wish we had a built in way of turning are feelings off and on. Life would be so much simpler. I think this change in lifestyle was spurned by emotions. Sometimes we'll do almost anything because of our emotions and feelings. I can honestly say that the loss of 28 has been because of emotions and feelings. The loss of 23 more will be because of it too.

As is most of America, I'm a tired of the writers strike. It's not that I don't like reality shows or stuff like that, I just don't like how this is affecting the current season. I'm about 90% sure that because of it we're not going to get any "fresh" episodes of our favorite shows until the fall. Thats almost 8 months! And even then, supposedly if the strike isn't resolved soon we might not even get shows in the fall. I don't think I can handle reality and reruns until then. Hopefully though some of the networks have some stockpiled series. Terminator is pretty good so far and Fox also has some new show called New Amsterdam that looks pretty good. Its about a NYC detective that happens to be an immortal. Interesting.... Also on Fox, that new lie detector show is crazy. I don't like all the commentary by the host and contestants but the questions they have to answer are crazy. I don't honestly know if I could be that upfront with people like that. Anyways, I am looking forward to the 8 new episodes of Lost, the new season of Big Brother, and the "final 12" episodes of American Idol. Well, thats enough on the TV front.

I'm finished here. If I think of anything else to blog about I'll post it.

Thanks for reading and thanks to everyone who has encouraged me over the past few months. It means the world to me.

p.s. Anyone and everyone is invited over to my place on Thursday night the 31st for the season premiere of Lost and then again on Sunday night for the Super Bowl. Nothing like watching all that stuff in HD and on the big screen! Feel free to email me for directions and info.

This is really funny....

This entry was posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 at 6:32 AM. You can skip to the end and leave a response.

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At 9:51 AM, Josh said...: man that's so awesome about the weight loss, billy. it's a tough thing to do. and regardless of your reasons to do so, it's such a positive change that it'll override any negative or frustrating thing that brought you to where you are. (and i've never been able to run distances for crap, so congrats on that, you bastard. i think it's time for some racquetball!)
At 9:56 AM, Josh said...: also, that video is hilarious. the tom cruise and liam neeson are the best.

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What's Sneaky Billy up to right now???

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