Welcome to Daddyland

Hello. Welcome to my new blog. I have tried to blog many times and most of the time it ends up unsuccessful. Most of the time I find myself a few weeks into it and then I ask myself the inevitable question, “Who cares?”. To be honest I don’t expect this to be much different, except I have a little more free time now so I hope to write about some things that are on my mind as well as document memories I want to save.

I recently got a new DSLR camera and I think this will be my new hobby. I also have two kids at home, I love to cook, and I have a beautiful pregnant wife - so I plan to photograph these things, hopefully on a consistent basis, and hopefully with improving artfulness and photo quality. I figured a blog might be a good place to share those memories and photos.

So that is what this blog is. Also, it’s a food blog. I love to cook, I love to eat. I hate to diet and I hate to exercise - but it has become a part of my life that I sometimes question could be borderline unhealthy. I am obsessed with diet and exercise (whether or not it works is still up for debate) and I recently found this program (MacJournal) that I am uploading to my blog with. So, I’m keeping track of all my food and exercise, and I might just decide to make it public. That’s what the first few posts on this blog are, and I may make another blog just dedicated to that, or I may post them here, so far I’m undecided.

So I will leave you with a final thought that also will be a recurring theme here. I think I’m getting older and maturing. I realized this one day when we pulled up next to a van that was nice and new clean. Normally when I pull up next to a Mercedes or a Cadillac I say, “Wow, I love that car!” but on this particular day I actually found myself saying, “Wow, that’s such a nice van!” What followed was a lot of introspection that is still continuing to this day.

I had a similar moment the other day. My new hobby has becoming gardening & maintaing our lawn. I suppose this is part of home ownership, but I am taking my lawn a little seriously. I bought a lawn mower and some garden tools and I really look forward to making our front and back yards beautiful. I want curb appeal. I want clean lines and healthy grass. I want beautiful flowerbeds and rich soil. As I was laying in bed the other night trying to fall asleep, I was thinking about what I might do with the lawn tomorrow. And future projects I want to do. And this is when it hit me...I’m getting older.

TJ's Low Fat String Cheese

Cals                 60
Cals from fat        30
Total fat                2.5g
Sat fat                1.5g
Cholest                15mg
Sodium                180mg
Total carb                1g
Fiber                0g
Sugar                0g
Protein                6g

corozonas bar                                                190 cals


gym - intervals @ 4.0/6.2 90sec/90sec
33:10
23:12
136 avg
172 peak
843 cals

almond milk protein shake                        220 cals
twigs n flakes cereal x2, almond milk        500 cals

bowling                                                        -150 cals

string cheese                                                60 cals
trail mix                                                        210 cals
turkey sandwich, tomato pesto                        400 cals
2 pcs hershey dark choc squares                80 cals
small apple                                                60 cals
irish car bombs x2                                        600 cals
corned beef, potatoes, bread                        1000 cals

= 2327 cals

Go Raw Trek Mix

Cals                 210
Fat Cals                120
Total Fat                14g
Sat Fat                2g
Polyunsat                8g
Monounsat        6g
Cholest                0g
Sodium                10g
Total Carb        16g
Fiber                3g
Sugar                7g
Protein                7g

Fat Free Fage Greek Yogurt

Calories                90

Fat                         0g
Cholesterol         0g
Sodium                65g
Total Carb        7g
Fiber                0g
Sugar                7g
Protein                15g

Corozonas Bars

Cals: 190
Cals from Fat: 50

Total fat: 6g
Sat. Fat: 0.5g
Polyunsat Fat 1.5g
Monounsat Fat 3g
Cholest.        0mg
Sodium        105mg
Total Carb        27g
Dietary Fiber        5g
Soluble Fiber        3g
Insol Fiber        2g
Sugars        13g
Protein        6g

corozonas bar        190 cals
soy milk                120 cals

*LEAH*
1hr 6min!
46:06
135 avg
159 peak
1652 cals!

orange juice, 6oz                200 cals
almond milk protein shake        220 cals
non-fat greek yogurt                        90cals
trail mix                                        210 cals
crackers, hummus, orange juice                400 cals
pork chops, mac n cheese (small serving), 1/2 baked potato, extra broc                900 cals

food - 2330
exercise - -1652
total:                678 cals