Holy sheep dip...it's still here!

Well...what can I say...as a blogger I am a failure. Like many other things in my life I get all pumped for something, do it for a couple days and then it all falls off the rails. It has happened about 20 times with weight loss plans, side projects, and a real potpourri of other things.

I can say there are two things in my life that I have been able to keep constant are husband and father...I guess those are pretty lofty achievements on their own.

As a father, I can't believe the little 8lb15.5oz bear cub I held in my palm on March 20, 2009 is about to be 2!! Pardon my french...but SHIIIIIT! Where has the time gone? Now she is a hurricane, rolling from room to room leaving couch cushions and princess phones in her path. She is developing a voice and opinion of her own...really wish NO DADDY wasn't such a big part of her vocabulary, although it sounds cute sometimes (mostly the times when it isn't followed by double palms to the face). All of that aside she is such a precious joy to have as a daughter. I can't get over how smart she is, and often forget she is only 2 and have to remind myself of this when frustration looms. We, (Vanessa and I), are truly blessed to have such a happy, smart, little monkey on our hands.

Believe it or not adapting to being a partner in a relationship has been a harder adjustment for me than being a dad. After 11 years as a "Professional Bachelor" the adjustment to sharing life with someone has been a slow transition...mostly because I am stubborn and always right! All kidding aside, I am very lucky to have a wife who helps me grow into the partner I need to be.

Back to my comment about 20 failed attempts to lose weight I am embarking on my final attempt. I have listed too many reasons above to not embrace a wholesale lifestyle change and get myself in shape. I have been thinking the last couple of days about a list of short term goals and one long term goal. I will make those goals public here soon in the coming days and plan to utilize this blog to update my progress and still wax poetic about life as a dad. I follow a blogger by the name of Drew Magary, who recently lost a shit-ton of weight through a "humiliation diet" you can read about it here http://deadspin.com/#!5545674/the-public-humiliation-diet-a-how+to

I plan to loosely model my current expedition on this...loosely because I don't want to pay no royalties...

Stay tuned my friends...there will be days when I need my followers

"Snoop" Dougie Thompson