I finally get to live in a house that’s close enough to work for me to ride my bike and what happens?  Attack of the Goatheads.  For those not familiar, goatheads are these stupid little thorns that seemingly have no purpose but to puncture tires.

Halfway through my bike ride (on my brand new bike mind you), I look down at my front tire and realize that either I have a flat or I’m just a lot heavier than I think I am.  Sure enough, goatheads in my front tire.  So now I have to drive to work instead, which means I have to take time out of my day to exercise, which means less time to do whatever it is that I do when I’m not working.

Yiddish Word of the Moment:

Mashugana
Definition:  Crazy.  Typically used to discribe someone rather than something.
Example:  Oy, did you see that mashugana lady pushing her cat in a stroller?

Daily Obsessive Google Rank Check:
Pool Cues: #1 (Take that McDermott!)
Pool Cue: #1

Isn’t it just a bit insulting that Wii Fit uses a giant pig to track how much time you’ve spent exercising.  Yeah, I know its supposed to be a “piggy bank”, but pig and exercise just don’t seem to go together in a positive way (and I’m all about the positive as you know).

Anyway, I hit 20 hours on the Wii Fit this morning, so as a reward, my piggy bank turned from Bronze (which you get at 10 hours) to Silver.  Apparently when I hit 40 hours it will go gold.  As to whether or not its working, who knows.  After 20 hours over 40 days I’m down about 15 pounds (still have a good 15-20 more to lose though).  The strength training and the yoga are actually pretty decent, but the arobics stuff seems to be increasingly lame.  Despite the fact that I have absolutely no rhythm at all, I’ve been able to earn the “calorie torcher” status for advanced step.  Unfortunately, advanced step doesn’t seem to be much more than walking, since the fit board doesn’t represent much of an actual step.

As for the weight loss, I’m thinking a large part of that can be attributed to the insane diet I’ve been on for the past month.  Man do I miss carbs and candy.

Yiddish Word of the Moment:

Schmuck
Definition:  A dork, a loser, a tool, a spazz (you get the idea)
Example:  Did you see that chubby schmuck get all excited when his Wii Pig turned from bronze to silver?  Yeesh!

Daily Obsessive Google Rank Check:
Pool Cues: #1
Pool Cue: #2

Well, I’ve gotta say I love the Wii Fit.  I never thought I’d be sore from it, but damn if it doesn’t provide a very decent workout.  I still can’t do some of the one-legged balance poses in yoga, but I am beginning to understand why yoga freaks are so into yoga.  Five days in, I’ve dropped 6.5 lbs, although I know a big part of that is due to the suck-ass diet I’m on along with an hour a day on the Wii Fit.

In other news, we’ve got the National Championship today.  My bowl record against the spread is up to 21-10, which is better than I’ve ever picked.  For tonight, I’m going with Chokelahoma +5.  I’m probably gonna lose this one, but I just can’t stand the Gators so I’m going with the Big 12.