So I was at work assisting someone that was denied health insurance coverage the other day. They had minor medical issues and were a little high on the BMI risk chart. When I hung up, I pulled out the underwriting guidelines to look up the BMI chart and the risk classifications. After looking up their weight on the chart, I decided to look up mine. Well the ole chart says I fall into the “Morbidly Obese” risk section. Now I’m a big guy but not in the gets-winded-just-going-to-the-fridge way. I couldn’t believe what I was reading….that I had let myself go so much to fall into this category. Fortunately I’m only a few pounds away from not being in the MO category. So being a new dad and realizing I need to get me arse out of the category, I have motivated myself to finally lose weight! I have started Weight Watchers and decided to get into running. I’ve also instructed my wife to call me MO if I start to lean away from my weight loss goals. I’m going to use my blog to note my progress and struggles over the next year.
Sorry to all my Facebook friends that have been curious as to what Operation MO was and thinking it was some big revenge scenario that I was planning.
My wife and I went for a second ultrasound yesterday and we’re having a boy!!! At first the little one wasn’t moving around much but after the tech poked around taking additional shots of the rest of him, he finally let us know he was a boy. We got to see him suck on his thumb and also open his mouth. There was also a point in the beginning, he had has arms up and his legs crossed at the ankles like he was lying out on a lounge chair. It was just an overall amazing experience. Below is one of the ultrasound shots of his profile. You can also see the tips of his fingers and thumb just above his chest.
Ok, so the Mets haven’t started the season off very well but they were the only team for a while to hand the Marlins their one loss during their 11-1 stretch….and I was there to witness it! Unfortunately Wright had a slow offensive night but had a great defensive snag and tag in the beginning of the game. Reyes had a great night with a two run homer that helped contribute to the 8-4 win. Overall it was a great game to catch but it may be my last because I think the in-laws and wife (Marlins Fans) have banned me from any future games. In the past five and a half years, the Mets are 4-1 against the Marlins when I was at the game. I guess I should have focused more on going to the last few games of the season against them for the last two years. haha
My wife and I went to an Orlando Magic game this past Friday night and there were a few sports celebrities in the crowd like Santonio Holmes, Warrick Dunn, and Tiger Woods. Well as we were leaving the arena, this guy passed us who looked very familiar. After he got about 30 feet away I realized it was Mr Washington Redskin Super Bowl XXII MVP, Doug Williams! (I’m a big Redskins fan as you can see.) Since he was already a head of me and I didn’t want to flag him down for a picture, I broke out the ole cell phone and snapped a shot.
My wife and I are expecting our first child! She is 16 weeks and due in September. We should be finding out the gender towards the end of this month. Below is the first sonogram from 7 weeks.
