Life almost back to normal

Oct23-107,Oct24-205,Oct25-155,Oct26-45,Oct28-235,Oct 29-416

total push ups and chins 129,622

weight 205.5 -22%bf

Work and house renovations are getting back to normal-push up numbers should start to reflect the return to normality. No stove or dishwasher while the new floors went in meant to much take out. Home cooked dinners started to mean anything you could cook in a microwave. Still don't have the new stove-so a little more time cooking frozen things in the microwave. Well balanced meals are not to far off in the future. I'm not even going to talk about the weight.

Bridging the Gap

oct20-114,oct21-205,oct22-151

total push ups and chins 128,875

weight 203.5 bf%22

We are doing our Bridging the Gap appeal for both the Ronald McDonald House in Northern and Southern Alberta. The "Gap" is the difference between the 12 dollars a night families pay for a room and the actual cost of providing the room for them. For Calgary the difference is about 180 dollars per room per night and for Edmonton it is about 110 dollars ( Calgary has a few more programs and supports for families). We are asking people and companies to help us bridge this gap. The first question people usually ask is doesn't McDonalds pay for the difference? The simple answer is "no". Both Houses have a licensing agreement with the charity arm of McDonald's- they are long term supporters of the Houses, and most houses are actually owned and operated by independent local boards and local charities. In Alberta the operators /franchisees split 50% of the money collected in the coin boxes in each McDonald's location between the two current Alberta Houses. This works out to about 100k per house per year. Pretty good money for nickels and quarters. The national chapter of the charity receives 10 cents from each Happy Meal sold in Canada. Half of this- 5 cents is divided between each of the 12 houses across Canada -this works out to another 100k per house per year. Once again not to bad for a bunch of nickels. Overall about 200k of support per year per house in Alberta. However the operating budget for Calgary is about 2.5 million per year and Edmonton is 1.5 million per year-so we rely on individuals and companies to help us make up the difference. If you'd like to help us bridge the gap-click on one of the house links to the right.Otherwise buy a Happy Meal or drop some coins in the McDonalds coin box. We could use your support.

Reno's

Oct,9-320,oct10-70,oct11-60,oct 14-411

total push ups and chins 128,405

We are doing renovations at home. Having near floors,counters and tiles put in. We opted to paint before the flooring was installed and do all the demo to get ready for the trades coming in to do the real work. It has been weeks of painting and ripping out flooring, carpet etc. The demo is pretty good exercise but after work then a few hours of renovation each night-a guy doesn't feel a lot like doing a bunch of push ups/chins. Tonight I did 411 push ups and chins in a little less than a half an hour. Kind of m way of jumping back on the wagon. The floor guys started this morning. The house is a mess, nothing but plywood under foot-but I am back on the wagon again. Here's hoping for a big number tomorrow night.

Sept 29-Oct8-1075

total push ups and chins 127,554

weight 204 bf 23%

I have been away at a conference for the better part of a week. That has affected the amount of time I had to work out and I didn't keep a daily tally of push ups ( just how many total I did in the time I was away. It was a great conference ,however a little too much eating and drinking and that is apparent on the bathroom scale. However this weekend it is back to the household renovation project-so even if I don't get a lot of workout time there will still be plenty of manual labour.

power chin ups

Sept 29-35,Sept 30-260,Oct 1-270

Total Push Ups/Chins 126,479

Out of town tonight. Chin ups are in the hotel room tonight, on power chin ups like the ones pictured below. Haven't weighed myself in a while so I don't really know where I am at in terms of weight or bodyfat.