A Few Pounds Lighter
Sorry Pro’s been away so long. Between the suddenly long hours on the job and working out, I’ve not posted for a couple weeks.
I misspoke when I said I weighed 235 pounds a couple weeks back. I was on one of those analog scales. I was really still hovering around 240. As of this morning, I was at 234.6, give or take a couple of tenths of a pound.
I’m feeling a whole lot better than I have been in a lot of years. My mindset has improved, although I found myself yesterday wanting to take a baseball bat to the printer at work that has broken down four times in the last two weeks. It’s a good thing we don’t have a major proposal production effort going now, or we’d be SOL.
I’m doing 10 minutes of cardio on an elliptical trainer, then some light weight training. I say light because the machine in the building fitness center offers only six exercises. The five I do are the leg extension, lying leg curls, wide-grip lat pulldown, machine bench press and machine chest fly.
I’ll make the investment in a health club in due time, but for now, the work fitness center is free. Can’t beat that with a baseball bat.
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And on another topic, I am surmising that the idea of winning kazoos doesn’t excite many of you. In an earlier post I asked which 1970s funk group recorded a song that featured the prominent use of kazoos. The one who guessed correctly would have gotten a pair of kazoos. But no one hazarded a guess.
Here’s your answer:
The group is Mandrill, they of “Fencewalk” fame, and the cut is Peck Ya Neck, from a 1975 LP titled Solid. If you haven’t heard Solid, check it out. It’s Pro’s favorite Mandrill album, including the title cut and Wind on Horseback.
LOL - why you say ain’t nobody guessed the answer to your contest? That’s cuz you old, Pro. *chuckle* I tease my hubby about that all the time. And what is a Kazoo? (I’d ask my old azz hubby but he not here yet *chuckle*)
Glad to here you’re working out and getting fit for summer. I know how it is trying to squeeze in time for yourself. I’ve started working out as well, but to FitTV on cable (so it’s sorta free). But since we moved (still in St. Louis *chuckle*) I haven’t been exercising. Have you changed your diet as well?
Yeah, Aly, my azz is old. I’m gonna start telling folk I’m 65 so they’ll say “Wow, you look good!” (You know I’m really 49.)
And yeah, I changed the diet. Fruits, vegs, and some chicken. (I’ve been jonesing for some fish.) And I drink nothing but water. It’s been working for me.
Comment by aly — February 10, 2009 @ 9:49 pm
Mandril - thats right u as old as me lol
Mandrill was da bomb! We old dudes know what’s good. LOL!
Comment by rawdawg — February 11, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
I didn’t know what a Kazoo was…kinda like braces, huh. LOL. Also, I hadn’t the faintest idea what you were talking about.
AWESOME JOB ON THE POUNDAGE!!!! You go Boy!
I thought all kids played the kazoo at one time or another… oh, well. And thanks for the encouragement. I hope that soon I’ll be resembling a statue! You know, chiseled. LOL!!!
Comment by TravelDiva — February 12, 2009 @ 1:00 am
PRO…hahahahahahaha
Mandrill is the truth!!! But I’m afraid that only you, me and maybe one other person is old-head
enough to know that song/album. I saw Mandrill twice last year. Once here in the DMV at the
Birchmere. OFF-THE-HOOK! and in the summer in Philly at the West Oak Lane jazz fest.
Three days of free entertainment. War was there, Whispers too. This years line up is posted at
http://www.westoaklanefestival.com/. Try to put it on your list of things to do!
SOLID and Just Outside of Town…my favorite Mandrill albums!!
Thanks much, Philly! West Oak Lane is near my wife’s old stomping grounds (Mt. Airy). And Mandrill? Yeah, we’re seriously old head, but that’s why I was offering kazoos. ‘Cause you deserve something if you can name that old cut!!!
Comment by onefromphilly — February 13, 2009 @ 9:40 am
I have never heard of Mandrill, but congratulations on the weight loss!!! Yippppeeeeeee!!!!!! Keep it up!!
They must not have been on Motown because I grew up in a Motown home and know all of those artists like family. Sorry.
No hay necesidad de pedir disculpas, a mi joven amiga.
I understand you were born a few years after me and might not know Mandrill. They were on the Polydor and United Artists labels.
And thanks for the encouragement on the weight loss. I can see the beginnings of a vertical line on my abdomen. Six pack, anyone? LOL!
Comment by A — February 13, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
I’m from Mt Airy too. Went to Girl’s High.
Really? My wife went to Franklin Learning Center. Her younger sister went to Girls High. Microscopic world we live in, huh?
Comment by onefromphilly — February 17, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
I challenge you, or me, rather. The next seven days I will work out each day.
There you go! Let me know how it goes!
Comment by A — February 18, 2009 @ 12:33 pm
i’m assuming my having been born in the 80s pretty much explains why i have no clue what a Mandrill is. ummm…. “Peck Ya Neck”? really? BUT at least i do know what kazoos are
congrats again on your getting ripped and healthier. that’s way past groovy homie. i’m proud of ya!!
Thanks, Dfly. And by the way you’re now stretching out the “Soul” part of your name, it seems you at least are aware of the show “Soul Train,” which dates back to the 1970s. You know, where host Don Cornelius would end each show wishing viewers “Peace, Love and Soooooooul!”
Comment by DragonflySoooooooooooul — February 19, 2009 @ 2:56 pm