Nice Hike with new Friend in Oakland Hills trails

I just spent almost 2 hours doing a nice hike with a new friend I met on Craigslist. Finally a successful Craigslist meetup for exercise. She was really nice and Thank You if you are reading this. We hiked up a lot of hilly areas and rocky ground. We did just enough today and I wasn't too worn out, my breathing was a little hard maybe due to the elevation and all and we kept up a good pace too. Well I had fun and hope to go again with her next week. It's nice to meet some new people, and I think Craigslist is great for that. I don't go to bars anymore so it's nice to meet people through an online ad. The weather was mild, a little cool on the trails and sunny on the open parts. We went near Joaquin Miller area I think. Atleast she new where we were going, I almost thought we were lost, but no we found our way back. COOL! Much better than walking by the ocean, I love the ocean, but walking in the woods is just cool!

Can't wait to see what I will do next. Just get out there people and exercise any damn way you can!SEE YA!

I walked 6 miles today!!!

I biked 6 miles today and i am tired but it felt good and i now have a goal of walking a half marathon! So I am going to work up to that amount of walking starting today. We'll see how long it takes to work up to that. I have 2 blisters one on each foot. On my right foot pad below my big toe was a like 1-1/2 inch blister filled full of water. I had to pop it and put some anti-bacterial ointment on it. I'm gonna buy some acrylic running socks today from my favorite store REI and also start putting ant chafing stick on my feet before i walk to prevent blisters. I'm excited if I do this daily maybe I really will lose some weight!!! : )

I WALKED 5 MILES TODAY!!!

I walked 5 miles today in San Leandro Marina and i really was not that sore after!!!

I want to attempt to work up to walking a half marathon which would be 13.1 miles.

I will keep you posted on my progress.. OK!!!

I NEED TO EXERCISE

I NEED TO EXERCISE

Exercise on my mind
Today’s topic
Running through my cluttered mind
The truth is
My body would rather unwind
Ask yourself
Are you really fine?

Used to living life for fun
We pleasure ourselves at any cost
Life’s a big pink donut box
Oh! I think I’ll have another one!

Even when a heart attack is on the Horizon
Not to worry, the doctor can brew me
Another chemical, magical concoction

What’s the use to stop the abuse?
A day in this life here on earth
No need for self-control or conscience
To me that’s just an inconvenient noose

This world has got answers for all my daily ills
It sees no need for a God
Now you’re working two jobs
Just to pay you’re rising medical bills

Is this really the way we ought to live?
Isn’t there a dusty book on your shelf?
Telling you the where, when’s and how’s to live?

Or are we just too lazy
To exercise our beliefs
Just like our bodies
Our spiritual lives lay dormant
In our homes in heaps

I know I gotta do what I gotta do
Finding the time
Another day passes, another month
Again I blew it
Not even trying

What is up with me?
Why does it gotta be
So complicated
For me to be dedicated
To the simple task
Of exercising this body of mine
This is frustrating!

This old body of mine
Needs some good old educating

P.E. for the M.E.
To lose some of this excess weight
No more holes left on this 5 Foot long belt
I simply can’t wait!

What is wrong with us people?
We just keep eating
Not moving much
We don’t burn any calories
With our Bachelor’s Degree thinking!

Brothers and Sisters dying at the age of 30!
Hearts failing them
From one more super size meal they eat
This stuff is killing them!

The hardest part
For me was just to start
Exercising in a program

Making myself do it
Like the Little Engine that could
I think I can, I think I can
I felt a whole lot different
Worth all the pain & sweat that comes with it

I no longer see myself as invincible
This body of mine
I’ve read about
It’s supposed to be a temple
In a delicate balance, I have learned
Easily brought down and humbled
By being flat out irresponsible

I’m learning daily in this life
Natural and Spiritual
Self-Discipline is a very important principle
The good habits in life
They have to be daily exercised
Don’t come free, I’ve come to realize




Whatever you need to do
Buy a new outfit
Get up earlier everyday
Loose some sleep
You had been getting

All of this is worth the sacrificing
For the new you
To see it
You got to open up your eyes

So if you have yet to begin
Roll up those sleeves of yours right now
Write a new page in this book of your life
In the end
You win!

Don’t listen to your lazy body’s lies
I’m telling you now

I’m now convinced of the fact
For me at least
I need to exercise!


By: Joel D. Harris
On December 14, 2004.

MY LETTER TO MY BELLY

DEAREST BELLY,

Hello, I'm joel, I'm the owner of this body. I know we have never spoken but I felt today was as good a time as ever to talk to you. We've been together these 35 years of mine and we've gotten very close. Unfortunately it's been my fault that you have grown to the size that you are now. You look like you could have triplets growing in you and I'm a guy. I recently told my daughter Rachel that normally daddy's don't have boobies or tummy's that look like they are pregnant, but that her daddy does have these things and that it shouldn't be so. I told her that I'm sorry because it makes it hard for me to play with her and to fit in seats at restaurants and to just get out of bed or out of a car. My problem is I eat too much and do too little. Belly, you do me warm, or make me hot, you can be used as a tray or desk in fron t of me because you are so big. Now my belt buckle has started to dig into the bottom of my belly and make me get sores on my skid from it's rubbing. Belly I hate it that lots of my shirts barely cover you and that I have to shop at big men's stores. I hate it that I can't see my feet or anything below my belly. I hate that you're so heavy that when I bend down all the blood rushes to my head and my head hurts and I get winded. I hate for my shoe to get untied when I go out walking and I have to find something elevated to tie my shoe on. When I get out of bed you make it hard to get up just because you are so big. I hate that most jackets won't zip or button up around you. I hate that underneath you I sweat a lot and it stinks. I hate the way you look so big in the mirror I almost can't bear to see how big you have gotten. I hate that I say I'll eat better and exercise and then I don't or I eat sweets or fatty foods. I know that the only way to get you smaller is to exercise a couple times daily and to make better food choices. Don't worry belly I'm gonna do my best to get you smaller and who knows some day you can show off your 6-pack! I can dream!

Sincerely,

Joel harris 4-26-10

40 Reasons why I hate being fat!

40 REASONS WHY I HATE BEING FAT!

1. HATE THE WAY I LOOK

2. HATE THE WAY I FEEL

3. HATE THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT ME

4. HATE THAT MY CLOTHES ARE TIGHT

5. HATE THAT I’M TIRED ALL THE TIME

6. HATE THAT I EAT TOO MUCH

7. HATE THAT I EAT THE WRONG FOODS

8. HATE THAT I DON’T FEEL LIKE EXERCISING OR EATING RIGHT

9. HATE THAT IT’S HARD TO TIE MY SHOES I GET WINDED

10. HATE TO HAVE TO BEND DOWN AND PICK ANYTHING UP OFF THE GROUND

11. HATE WHEN ITS HARD TO GET MY BODY OUT OF BED GET WINDED

12. HATE THAT ITS HARD TO WIPE MY BUTT

13. HATE THAT MY HIPS AND ANKLES HURT WHEN I DO WALK

14. HATE HAVING TROUBLE SNORING OR SLEEP APNEA

15. HATE HAVING A BIG BELLY

16. HATE HAVING A DOUBLE CHIN

17. HATE THAT I FEEL UGLY

18. HATE THAT WOMEN AREN’T INTERESTED IN ME OR GOING OUT

19. HATE IT THAT I GET CHAFFING WHEN I WALK

20. HATE THAT I HAVE BEEN FAT A LOT OF MY LIFE

21. HATE BEING OVER 270 LBS

22. HATE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE BREASTS

23. HATE THAT I CAN’T TAKE A DECENT PICTURE THAT I WOULD WANT TO SHARE

24. HATE BEING CALLED FAT OR OBESE

25. HATE BEING WEIGHED AND SEEING THAT MY WEIGHT HAS GONE UP, WILL IT EVER GO DOWN!

26. HATE BEING ON PSYCHE MEDS THAT MAKE ME GAIN WEIGHT

27. HATE THAT I HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL LEVELS

28. HATE THAT IT IS HARD TO GET OUT OF THE CAR

29. HATE THAT I FIT TIGHTLY AND NOT COMFORTABLY IN MY SEAT IN AN AIRPLANE

30. HATE WEARING CLOTHES WITH MORE THAN ONE X IN THEIR SIZE INSTEAD MY CLOTHES HAVE 2 OR 3 XXX’S!

31. HATE BEING CALLED A BIG GUY OR LARGE MAN

32. HATE HANGING OUT WITH PEOPLE THAT DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS TO BE FAT AND ARE JUDGEMENTAL

33. HATE THAT I CRAVE WHATS BAD FOR ME

34. HATE THAT ME AND MY SIBLINGS HAVE ALL GAINED A LOT OF WEIGHT AS ADULTS

35. HATE THAT I ONCE RAN A MARATHON AND NOW WONDER IF I EVER COULD AGAIN

36. HATE THAT MOST OF MY HOBBIES INVOLVE SITTING DOWN AND NOT GETTING UP ENOUGH

37. HATE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE I’M A PREGNANT MAN!

38. HATE THAT PEOPLE INCLUDING FAMILY GET ON MY CASE ABOUT MY WEIGHT OR EXERCISING

39. HATE TO SWIM AND SHOW OFF MY FIGURE

40. HATE THAT I’M ONLY 35 AND I FEEL LIKE AN OLD MAN ALREADY WITH OLD MAN ILLNESSES