iJason

Google Rocks!

iJason — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:43:26 +0000

See this is why Google is THE best search engine and company! Ok, so maybe it’s not the reason but it’s still pretty cool when they do stuff like this. If you don’t use Google as your search engine, then you are just missing out and you suck.

Google’s first playable doodle to celebrate PAC-MAN’s 30th Birthday!

Who can you trust?

iJason — Fri, 21 May 2010 01:25:55 +0000

I went to Subway for lunch today and as I was pulling in, I noticed a couple with a baby talking to this guy (we’ll call him, douche bag) in the parking lot. I initially thought they knew each other and were just leaving after having lunch together. But then, based on the body language of douche bag, it looked like he was asking for something……..money “for food”. I went inside and proceeded to watch from the window as I waited to give my order. The husband (the good samaritan) must have told douche bag that if he wanted money for food, he would have to wait a minute while he helped his wife put the baby in the car and that he would then take douche bag inside, let him order and then pay for his sub. Well when they got inside, the douche bag ordered his tuna sub, the good samaritan gave him the money and then headed back to his wife and baby at the car. Well as soon as he left, douche bag cancelled the lady making the sub, put the money in his wallet and made a beeline for the other door! I wanted to stop the guy but having my own family now and also not being in the best part of Orlando, I decided not to. The good samaritan couple hadn’t left yet, so I walked over to their car to let them know what had just happened. Fortunately he only gave the douche bag $5. I can understand why he wanted to help him because douche bag looked like an everyday guy. He had on clean khakis with a polo tucked in and probably gave him a good story of needing money to pay for his lunch.

Even though it was only $5, it still made me mad to see someone being taken advantage of like that. Especially a couple with a new baby. I can’t watch the local news as much any more because society just keeps getting worse and worse every day. It makes me nervous to know that I am raising a child in this type of environment. Fortunately with me and my wife’s backgrounds, I do feel comfortable knowing that we will raise our son to be as safe and as cautious as we possibly can.

Be careful out there and watch out for those bag’o’douches!

Operation MO Weeks 3-10: Excuses! Excuses!

iJason — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:25:58 +0000

Here we are, Week 10, and as you can see many weeks have passed since my last weight loss blog and what a roller coaster it has been. In weeks 3 and 4, I have no excuse other than I was being lazy and couldn’t get my butt out of bed to workout before going to work because of the time change. In weeks 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 I had been a bit of a slacker with holidays and birthdays but was also busy taking care of myself, my wife and son while we were all sick from a continuous circle of daycare funk (that kid is going to have perfect attendance from kindergarten on, haha). The good news is though, I hit the pavement for the first time in weeks this week. It’s amazing how much better one feels, mentally and physically, after exercising. Hopefully we can all stay healthy and on track.

We are fans of the NBC show, The Biggest Loser, and I recently picked up their newest book (see below) about getting a good jump start. I’ve always thought it would be awesome to go on that show for the education, the challenge and the benefit of losing the weight. I’m however, not big enough, which is a good thing. So maybe one day we will win the lottery and can just pay Jillian to come train us. lol

So, enough with the slacking and excuses, time to finally get back into it and achieve the goal I originally set back in Week 1!

Operation MO Week 2: New Attack Plan?

iJason — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:06:35 +0000

A little late on this one…….

You don’t have to eat right and/or exercise to lose weight. Oh no, there is something so much easier and quicker than those methods……the stomach flu!! This fun little virus sneaked up on me on Saturday morning right around the time I was almost done recovering from my cold. What a very bad day Saturday was! Chills, aches, sleepiness and then my favorite of them all, porcelain praying. The good news though….I lost 4lbs! The total is now up to 5.8lbs. I am hoping to start back on my Nike+ training this weekend. The new time change this past weekend is going to make starting the before-work workout routine over again lots of fun. Too much Gatorade this week instead of water and not eating enough calories earlier in the week may lead to a low loss next week but we’ll see.

Motivational Quote of the Week: Good habits result from resisting temptation.

Operation MO Week 1: Road Block

iJason — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:59:53 +0000

I know what you’re thinking, “Road Blocks in week 1!? Really!?”. It’s only a minor one that hasn’t slowed down my attitude nor made me lose my motivation. As always, I got off to a strong start with eating right and exercising. In the past, I have always taken the first week off from exercising due the fact that I am drastically reducing my calorie intake and my system is a little shocked. I have learned that any time I work out in that first week, my body gets run down too much and I usually get sick. Well being stubborn as well as excited to try out my new Nike+ gear, I exercised….. and I got sick. Fortunately, it’s just a basic cold thanks to my checkup at the Minute Clinic (which I highly recommend if you just have a cold and can’t get into your doctor. They are a lot faster and cheaper than Urgent Care. And no, if there are two people ahead of you, your wait isn’t two minutes. )

Anyways (should’ve got some ADD meds while I was there), back to OMO Wk1. I ended up only working out for a couple of days before I got sick but I did eat healthy throughout the week minus date night dinner on Friday with the Mrs and a birthday luncheon for a good friend on Saturday. Both times, I didn’t eat healthy but I also didn’t go overboard and kept to portion control. So at my second weigh-in, I had a loss of 1.8lbs. Not great, but it’s a loss and 1.8 lbs closer to not being in that damn MO category! Due to the cold, I’m not expecting much out of Week 2 but I am still motivated, still on the path to a healthy lifestyle and looking forward to getting back to exercising in Week 3!

Motivational Quote of the Week: It’s not how many times you get knocked down…..it’s how many times you get back up!

Operation MO

iJason — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:10:05 +0000

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.

So here we go………

Facebook Plugin Test

iJason — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:11:48 +0000

I’m updating my site to finally make it current with posts, widgets, and plugins. So it’s not a useless post, I give you a little video.

I have days like this, especially when dealing with annoying secretaries.

Random Cell Phone Shots 1: Interesting….

iJason — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:27:57 +0000

I have finally been able to download the images from my cell phone. I will try to post one once a week with their story.

So my wife and I were in a local grocery a while back and came across this interesting item.

We’re having a BOY!!

iJason — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:47:58 +0000

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.

Let’s Go Mets!

iJason — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:20:17 +0000

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