Primarily I was out of town on vacation, and writing a blog did cross my mind, but we also had a malfunctioning internet connection at the rental house. It's also difficult to think about writing a blog when you can walk 50 feet and sit on a beautiful beach. O:)
I never blogged about Christmas, either. What a slacker! I'm sure my Hawaii photos are more alluring anyways, so stay tuned.
While down in Maui, a sickness hopped from one of us to another and I was down with it for a week or so upon returning home. It was bad enough to lead to pnuemonia for my friend Leslie, but I somehow dodged that bullet. My wife got it next, and is just recovering. We haven't had much ambition to sort through lots of photos and write blogs, etc -- but we will! :)
In the meantime, here is an ultra compressed summary, from my diet standpoint, and in general:
I ate what I felt like. Including the Loco Moco (last day!)
I walked, but not a great deal. Mostly around the beaches, and aquarium.
I swam and snorkeled. Fighting the waves was awesome.
I drank. Mostly longboard and pipeline porter. A bit of whiskey. OK, maybe more than a bit.
Speaking of drinking... at one point, Jason pan fried a Twinkie™.
We had an incredible time and, all told, despite it all - I only gained 5 pounds, and most of that is just water weight. Already back down to 253 and now that I am recovering from collective sickness, it's time to see about fighting the second half of my weight battle, the tougher half as I push down first towards 221 and my 100 pounds lost marker, but then hopefully more towards 200.
I have already lost 70+ pounds. I can sure as hell do this. :)
But seriously.
Pan fried twinkie.
It was
DELICIOUS.
