Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge

[BMC John Phillips III]

Not too long ago, a message came out recommending all DHS personnel register in the Presidential Physical Fitness Challenge and if you have been to the Chiefs Academy, you are familiar with it.

My unit enrolled in it soon after I reported. You can enroll once and join several groups. Ex, I am enrolled in my unit's group as well as the United States Coast Guard group under DHS. I only have to log the activity once and it shows in both groups.

The purpose of this post is to share the link with anyone not aware of it and to possibly create a "CG Chiefs" group. I know there was a fitness thread created, but it's kind of all over the place and this way you can track your own progress and compare it with others of your age group and activity levels.

https://www.presidentschallenge.org/index.aspx

[BMC John Phillips III]

Here is a list of the activities you can choose from. When you register you can select your favorites and that gives you a shorter list for when you are logging your activity. It's very painless, the hardest part is signing up.

Aerobics Archery
Badminton Baseball
Basketball Baton Twirling
Bicycling Billiards
Bowling Boxing/Kickboxing
Calisthenics Canoeing
Cardio Machines Cardio Tennis
Cheerleading Children's Games
Circuit Training Cricket
Croquet Cross Country Skiing
Curling Dancing
Darts Diving
Downhill Skiing Fencing
Field Hockey Fishing
Foot Bag Football
Frisbee Gardening
Golf Gymnastics
Handball Hang Gliding
Hiking/Backpacking Hockey
Home Repair Horseback Riding
Horseshoe Pitching Household Tasks
Hunting Inline Skating
Jai Alai Juggling
Kayaking Lacrosse
Lawn Bowling Lawn Mowing/Gardening
Lifting/Hauling Marching
Martial Arts Motor Cross
Mountain Biking Mountain Climbing
Orienteering Paddleball
Pedometer Pilates
Polo Racquetball
Rock Climbing Roller Skating
Rope Jumping Rowing
Rowing Machine Rugby
Running Sailing
Scuba Diving Shuffleboard
Skateboarding Skating
Ski Jumping Skimobiling
Sky Diving Sledding
Snorkeling Snow Shoveling
Snowboarding Snowmobiling
Snowshoeing Soccer
Softball Squash
Stationary Bike Stretching
Surfing Swimming
Table Tennis Tai Chi
Tennis Track & Field
Trampoline Trap & Skeet
Unicycling Volleyball
Walking Wallyball
Water Aerobics Water Jogging
Water Polo Water Skiing
Weight Training Whitewater Rafting
Wrestling Yoga

[PACS Steve Carleton]

JP3,

I was sent the stats for the healthier feds challenge and the CG kicked the bejesus out of our partner agencies.

Send me the group ID and code number and I'll add it to my profile. We can belong to multiple groups and thepoints will count toward all of the groups.

As the HPC for the LANT/D5 Staff I created a seperate group for people to join along with the big CG group. I was able to track everyone's progress and send out motivational reminders.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Group ID #:57632
Group Name: CGChiefs.com

Anyone looking to sign up, pm me and I will send you details on joining and adding yourself to the group.

[MSTC Richard Greidanus]

I know everyone that has recently attended the CPO Academy already has a sign in. That is how the Academy tracks the fitness part of the course.

[ETC Brian Strattard]

Sign me up for baton twirling!!! Seriously...they have everything under the sun but no Paintball!!! :mad: I waste a lot of calories storming a hostile bunker...tripping, falling, jumping back up and making a mad dash forward, realizing there is a lot of paint heading my way, zigging and zagging leaping over the bunker and ending up in a commando roll (really tripping and falling again)...ending up behind cover where I have to be a yoga master to keep shooting from...fun times...

Strat sends...

[BMC John Phillips III]

Or you could do some "orienteering" I had to look that one up. I guess it's like geocaching. You won't catch me logging "household tasks."

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Here are the stats for the DHS Challenge:

From: Timbal, Stephen
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: 2007 HealthierFeds Physical Activity Challenge Agency Stats

All,

Below are the latest stats:

USCG 2182 participants 31,108,731 points

CBP 1357 12,272,649

TSA 1307 10,285,238

FEMA 346 1,814,008

CIS 268 1,487,482

ICE 223 1,319,130

HQ 137 1,387,541

USSS 77 614,498

FLETC 71 443,727

OIG 66 390,166

TOTAL 6034

[BMC John Phillips III]

Great information Steve!

can you post the Group ID here, I remember that United States Coast Guard was the Group name. This way anyone that joins new can be in both groups.

If you are already registered all you need to do is select the "your groups" tab when you are logged in, then add a group with the group name and id listed above in this thread.

If you haven't registered, be sure to register as an individual, then you can add you group as mentioned above. Again, if you need any assistance, just email or pm me.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

I have joined the group and thrown my 39,000 points into the mix -- I'm looking for a challenger here, any takers?

[BMC John Phillips III]

To people that are not already registered and wish to join, feel free to contact me via email or pm. I also ask that you use your real name, first initial or full name then last. That way we know whose who.

thanks, John

7 Chiefs signed up so far!

Oh and Steve, you know I have you beat ;)

[ETC John D Zidek]

They dont have any of my events.

Napping, The one footed hop after stepping on a toy, actually a 2 part event. Part two is the toy toss for distance.

And my favorite event, the tough guy competition between Dad and the 14 year old. So far I am still winning that one but he is lifting weights now and it may only be a few more years before he gets the better of me. He might get stronger, but I play dirty <Evil Grin>

"Z"

[BMC John Phillips III]

They dont have any of my events.

Napping

"Z"

And I thought you signed off as Z because your last name starts with it, I didn't realize you were just dozing off....zzzzzzzzzz

[ETC John D Zidek]

LMAO you are the first one to figure that out.

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Or you could do some "orienteering" I had to look that one up. I guess it's like geocaching. You won't catch me logging "household tasks."


Oh no. Orienteering is not geocaching. There is a resemblence, but they are not the same. Geocaching is usually done with a GPS receiver (GPSr) and orienteering is only done with a map and compass. I do both and love each. I usually try to do my geocaching without the GPSr to make it more challenging. In orienteering you are looking for O-flags that are international orange and white. In geocaching you are looking for hidden tupperware. Sometimes you are right on top of the container and still don't see it. Some O-flags I can spot from 100 yds away.

my .02

[BMC John Phillips III]

Master Chief,

thanks for correcting me on that. I admit, I didn't read deeply into the orienteering but it sounded similar to me. The only geocaching I have done so far was on the water and it was over fishing holes not tupperware ;)

I guess that would be called "hydrocaching" or in my case, "hardly-catching!"

[ETC John D Zidek]

I went to the clinic today to turn in my paperwork for my physical. The HS2 asked me how often I exercise. My response was does chasing the kids and dog count? Under amount of exercise he typed "No Planned exercise"
I said that is the perfect description for me. He looked at me kind of funny.
I said its perfect because if I am exercising it's not planned...it's an accident!

"Z"

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

I just reached 20,000 points, how do I get my award? Do I have to pay for it? I could not find any info on the site to answer my question.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Ray, yes, if you are not doing it as any part of a sponsored group, you buy your own awards. My EPO ordered everything when he earned his Bronze Award, the T-shirt is pretty nice and everything else that came with it was cool too. I don't remember it being very expensive. I'm kinda cheap though so I am holding out for the Gold before I buy anything. I figure why have 3 different award T-shirts?

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

Ray, yes, if you are not doing it as any part of a sponsored group, you buy your own awards. My EPO ordered everything when he earned his Bronze Award, the T-shirt is pretty nice and everything else that came with it was cool too. I don't remember it being very expensive. I'm kinda cheap though so I am holding out for the Gold before I buy anything. I figure why have 3 different award T-shirts?

Okay, my next question is why should I have to buy my own awards? Where's the incentive if I have to pay for my own medal?

[PACS Steve Carleton]

The awards are not that expensive -- I think $15.00 for the pin, certificate, medal and shirt.

Even if you don't want to buy the award, the lifetime of physical fitness should be your only reward.

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

The awards are not that expensive -- I think $15.00 for the pin, certificate, medal and shirt.

Even if you don't want to buy the award, the lifetime of physical fitness should be your only reward.

I agree on the second point, however, I have never heard of an awardee having to pay for something he or she was awarded.

I logged everything I did that was on the list, including gardening, carpentry (home repairs) (talk about hard work, I put in 11 hours on Saturday and was just exhausted when I was done, but the deck looks good!) and bowling just to see what would happen when I reached the 20,000 point mark. I didn't cheat, just did what I could do within the rules.

In the future I will no longer log the home repairs, bowling and gardening stuff, just the actual exercises.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Ray, if I were you, I would bring this up to your command. Get everyone at the unit onboard with the program (two groups - your work and DHS USCG) then when members earn the Gold Award - have the unit pay for the awards. Otherwise as PACS said, just by yourself one. I realize what you are saying about having to pay for it yourself. But who else would you have pay for it?

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Part of the problem is that here are typically no funds available to purchase things for Health Promotion, unlike a morale committee.

When the Healthier Feds Challenge kicked off, I contacted the Regional Health Manager to see what kinds of awards they would offer or forms of reimbursement, they said no money available, maybe your unit will kick in.

As one of the HPCs for the dual command we proposed purchasing (with no budget, and no guidelines on establishing monies for this type of thing) the awards for all of those who achieved them during the challenge period, the command didn't like the idea because we would only be showing off all of those people who are already fit and making the people who do not exercise regularly feel bad.

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

the command didn't like the idea because we would only be showing off all of those people who are already fit and making the people who do not exercise regularly feel bad.

Well boo effin hoo.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

My thoughts exactly -- My response was, if they want the award, they have to work for it

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

The Challenge is a joke, how can

Billiards
Darts
Fishing

be even remotely considered to be exercise.

Fishing? How hard is it to sit in a boat, on a dock or on shore and wait for a fish to take your bait. The hardest part is lugging the equipment back and forth to the fishing site. Plus most of the time fishing involes drinking adult beverages or soda.

I never, ever worked up sweat playing 8 ball.

Yeah, I guess those little pointy thingies that are thrown at a board can cause one to work up a sweat.

[FSC Jeff Stumpf]

Sorry Ray I have to disagree with the fishing part. Up here in Alaska I catch so many salmon in an hour that both arms are sore and can hardly hold my fishing pole up but I understand with all of you guy not up here in the greatest state in America. Fishing probably shouldn't be considered physical fitness.:D

Jeff

[BMC John Phillips III]

the command didn't like the idea because we would only be showing off all of those people who are already fit and making the people who do not exercise regularly feel bad.

Wow, talk about touchy feely political correctness run a muck?

What's next, let's not kick someone out on the fat boy program cause it might hurt their feelings?

Ray, fishing is hard hard work :D I know from experience. The point system is pretty fair in regards to the effort to point value for each sport or activity they have listed. You have to keep in mind the idea behind the program, to keep people active. I guess if you want to call it a joke you can, but it's a personal tool to use to keep with a program. If you signed up for it with the intent of receiving an award other than better health and well-being and being more physically active, then you signed up for the wrong reasons brother.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

The point system is pretty fair in regards to the effort to point value for each sport or activity they have listed. You have to keep in mind the idea behind the program, to keep people active.

There are three levels to the program, each has a different point level to obtain the awards, but is basically equal. Due to my physical activity level, I chose the third option (Advanced Performance Presidential Champions Program - Performance Option) that doesn't cap my daily points at 850 -- if you look at some of my points in there I have 1200 points for a single activity. I am running the Marine Corps Marathon in October and can't wait to see what the points will be for that.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Also, I double checked the price of the awards:
Bronze Champion Set (medallion, certificate, ribbon, pin) -- $8.00
Silver Champion Set (medallion, certificate, ribbon, pin) -- $8.50
Gold Champion Set (medallion, certificate, ribbon, pin) -- $9.00

T-Shirts are $8.50

[BMC John Phillips III]

anyone else that wants in just private message or email me for details.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Don't know who everyone is, but here are the current activity points leaders.

Richard Greidanus 11716
scarleton 11480
CoastieChief 7355
jeharold 7196
John Phillips III 6754
JGreiner 3619
RORNELAS 3089
scottp29 1002
dmnoel 784
Dad00 584
jjweav 536

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

I am coastiechief.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Just ran a half marathon today with a new personal record 1:46:58

[CWO Jay Greiner (BMC)]

Steve,
Congrats on your new personal time!
That is awesome!!

Jay

[MCPO Francis Jennings]

Well done, Steve. I've got the Grand Rapids 25K and Bayshore Marathon coming up in a few months. Of course my top end speed is a bit slower than yours! :cool: :cool: I sure miss that year-round running season down there....

Frank

[PACS Steve Carleton]

MC & Jay,

Thanks -- My wife ran her first half martahon on Saturday, who decided in November that she was going to run this event -- She did an awesome job.

For the remainder of the year, my events are:

Rock & Roll Half in Va. Beach -- Sept.
Fleet Week Half at NAVSTA Norfolk -- Oct.
Marine Corps Marathon -- Oct.
The Victory Junction Gang Half -- Dec.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Group ID #:57632
Group Name: CGChiefs.com


I am currently at the D7 Aton Conference but here is the group # and ID for those just reading the thread and wanting to join.

[MKC Frank Johnston]

John

I just signed up to the cgchiefs.com group today. I am fjohns67.

[BMC John Phillips III]

I will update the points sometime this week, so make sure your entries are all up to date.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Ok here's the update starting from the date of the last update.

Richard Greidanus 21629 05-11-2007
scarleton 21466 04-27-2007
RORNELAS 19543 05-15-2007
rccamara 16165 05-14-2007
JGreiner 15816 05-11-2007
fjohns67 15242 05-13-2007
jeharold 14366 04-18-2007
John Phillips III 12907 05-17-2007
CoastieChief 11968 05-16-2007
keithdccs 7497 05-16-2007
jjweav 3698 04-23-2007
Malvesti, Terrill 2074 04-12-2007
dmnoel 1864 04-24-2007
scottp29 1002 04-03-2007
Dad00 584 03-22-2007

Glad to see more people signing up than I thought.

[ETCM Joseph Harold]

Yeah, but I got bored with recording my points. I got my pretty piece of participant paper. I guess I have to buy my own bronze medal.

As long as I keep coming in under my MAW/BF I will be good to go.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

I have been very bad about logging activities -- I run about 25-35 miles each week and between my training, log, my food log and the Pres. Fitness Challenge, I lost track of which ones I was imnputting numbers to.

[BMCS Eric Guerette]

I haven't logged anyhting in almost a year. I can't remember my user name. Does anyone remember the format the the Academy wanted us to use for the user name?
I started to ride my bike again and want to log everything. 60 miles this week and working my way up to over 100 per week by the end of June.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Eric, if you are interested, just sign up using a new sign-on, go to the first few pages of this thread for the group info. I recommend using your real name or something that we can recognize you by.

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

John, is there a way to change the user name? I tried looking for it on the site but couldn't find any way to do it.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Ray, I don't think there is a way to change your name without creating a new account. I wouldn't worry about it too much though. You are CoastieChief right?

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

Yep, I was just hoping to change it to something more identifiable.

[OSC Jeremy Weaver]

Just updated. I didn't realize, but you can only log 2 weeks back, so I lost a couple of weeks.

[BMCS Eric Guerette]

I finally got logged in. I wish I could go back more than two weeks. I just have to keep up on it now. To bad you can't log everything on this site. I know I need to start keeping track of my food intake. It seems like the more active I get the more garbage I eat. Can someone send me the other CG group ID and name please?
Thank you,
Eric

[BMC Robert Ornelas]

Where is everyone at on this? Just passed the bronze award last week.

Cheers

Rob

[BMCS Eric Guerette]

I did a compare with others and it looks like I'm the only one participating lately. I think it goes by program and I may be the only one in the program I'm in. Who is the ADMIN for the CGChiefs? I would like to see how the group is doing. I also added a few other CG groups to compare to and either everyone stopped working out or stopped logging in.
I'm looking at the weather now and trying to decide if I'll ride to work again today. I wish we would start getting some good summer weather up here. It's no fun to ride a bike for an hour in 55*f and 20kts of wind.

[BMC Gene Daigle]

Going through CPOA I came in second with over 34,000 points. I missed being #1 by less than 200 points. Damn mountain biking. I was playing racquetball and working out 3-4 hours each day. That was July '05. I started the unit profile CG STA Fort Lauderdale back in Aug '06 and since then I just went over to be able to receive the gold medal. That did not include my CPOA points. I started from scratch. Look to place myself on these other list. Very nice site, and a good way for members to see how they are doing.

[BMC Gene Daigle]

Currently have 164,713 points and counting. Anyone? Anyone?? It's go time.

[BMCS Eric Guerette]

I'm at 67,602, 13,863 in the last month.
I started at the CPO Academy Jan 06 and then stopped logging anything in for about a year. I was having some knee trouble and my activity level was way down. Now that I can ride my bike again I'm trying to keep better track of my PT.

[BMC John Phillips III]

Here is the latest total for everyone, sorry it's been a while, I have been slacking (on leave etc).

GENE DAIGLE 182217 7/8/2007
Guerette, Eric 81029 7/9/2007
John Phillips III 77688 7/8/2007
scarleton 58849 4/27/2007
CoastieChief 43358 7/9/2007
JGreiner 40313 5/11/2007
RORNELAS 39763 7/7/2007
rccamara 34173 5/14/2007
jeharold 33049 4/18/2007
mvittone 28459 5/30/2007
fjohns67 23773 5/13/2007
Richard Greidanus 22064 5/11/2007
Malvesti, Terrill 21038 6/12/2007
keithdccs 14802 7/8/2007
jjweav 12308 5/24/2007
dmnoel 1995 7/8/2007
scottp29 1801 4/3/2007
Dad00 584 3/22/2007

[BMC Gene Daigle]

Add another 3000 points over the past two days to my total for playing racquetball yesterday and basketball today. Two straight hours of 5 on 5, three games, in South Florida, I should have just done a marathon. Would have been easier :D

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

Here is the latest total for everyone, sorry it's been a while, I have been slacking (on leave etc).

CoastieChief 43358 7/9/2007


John, I just checked my figures, I am showing 35,383 points. Could it be a typo?

[BMC John Phillips III]

Ray, your points towards the award top out at about 700 per day I think. So the overage would be the total of days you went over your daily allowance towards the award. Your overall total should be accurate as of the date of the post.

[PACS Steve Carleton]

Ray/JP3,

It also depends on what program you are registered for. Some of the programs have a cap of 700 per day. The one I am entering does not, however, it takes longer for me to obtain the awards.

For example, I can get 1300 points for running a marathon (not sure if this exact) but for me to achieve the award, I have to rack up more points. If I change the program, it recalculates the points with the cap and still takes just as long to achieve the award.

[BMC John Phillips III]

It's been a while since I've done an update, glad to see many chiefs still active.

Gene - way to go!

GENE DAIGLE 218761 11-08-2007
Guerette, Eric 117269 10-17-2007
John Phillips III 104589 12-06-2007
RORNELAS 72031 11-21-2007
CoastieChief 63911 12-11-2007
scarleton 58849 04-27-2007
JGreiner 43386 12-15-2007
keithdccs 35678 11-21-2007
rccamara 34173 05-14-2007
jeharold 33049 04-18-2007
mvittone 28459 05-30-2007
fjohns67 27972 12-10-2007
Richard Greidanus 22064 05-11-2007
Malvesti, Terrill 21969 07-18-2007
FFJennings 15005 12-12-2007
Fly, Chris 14179 10-11-2007
jjweav 12308 05-24-2007
dmnoel 1995 07-08-2007
scottp29 1801 04-03-2007
Dad00 584 03-22-2007
MKCNoel

Anyone wishing to sign up for the New Year let me know. It's a great way to keep track of your fitness and stay on track with any resolutions you may have!

[BMCS Eric Guerette]

JP3,
I wish you had done this about 2 months ago. It has been so cold and wet around here that I havn't ridden my bike at all. After my last ride in I couldn't feel my toes for a few hours. Of course I could log all of the snow shoveling I have been doing, that will add up quick!
Eric

[DCCS Keith Wilbee]

Thanks from me too JP3, motivated me again to get off my rump!

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

Since I am within 20% of reaching my goal for a Gold award, I sent an e-mail to the challenge to ask them why I have to pay for my awards. The person that e-mailed me said it was because they are a non-profit organization and as such require the purchase of awards. That makes sense and I can live with that.

She also said that I will be eligible for a Platinum award in the form of a free t-shirt once I reach 500,000 points. Wow! 500,000 points, since it has taken me a year to reach 80,000 points it will take me over five more years to reach 500,000. Now I have another goal to shoot for, a free t-shirt. So it all makes sense now, life long fitness.

Cool.

[BMC Robert Ornelas]

JPIII

Can you update us on the log. Everyone still participating??
I finally broke the Gold about 3 weeks ago, and now 17% towards the "BLING BLING" Platinum.

Cheers

Rob

[BMC Gene Daigle]

Last I checked compared to others I may be in second now. I am 26% to platinum. Been slacking a bit and then just over a month ago hitting it as hard as I did at the CPOA.

Lost a lot of my motivation, and was not in a good place from all the BS over the past 8 months, especially having my CWO package pulled, and taken off the list. But my motivation to stay active and healthy is back and can't wait to go to my new unit in a different Sector and District.

[BMC John Phillips III]

the latest and greatest...

[HSC Chris Fly]

sorry, I haven't input any of my cycling stuff. I guess I should, as I have around 200 miles already in April.

[HSC Chris Fly]

Well, I updated all I could (last 14 days).
Chris

[MSTCS Jerald P. Motyka]

I figured with the Fit-to-Fight (PT) program at the SNCOA, I'd better get logged in as well.

600 points today... and I'm sore...

[BMC Gene Daigle]

Where is the effort on the part of the Chiefs?? And Stew is the one saying that someone who is at their MAW and BF should not recieve a 7 on marks. Since 70% of the way a person looks is based on something out of the members control, and that is GENETICS/Metabolism, and the other 30% is split in half between working out and what you eat, and looking at the EFFORT here, what should I receive on my marks since I make and enforce policy in addition to the effort above?

JPIII, you need to step it up a bit. Racquetball is what is helping my cause. I do it 2-3 hours a day 5 or more times a week in addition to what I do at the station and at home. I may not have an ideal looking body but I will kick a lot of peoples arse in racquetball, basketball, or name any type of "BALL" or PFT. Game on. :D

[BMCS Eric Guerette]

Racquetball is what is helping my cause. I do it 2-3 hours a day 5 or more times a week in addition to what I do at the station and at home. I may not have an ideal looking body but I will kick a lot of peoples arse in racquetball, basketball, or name any type of "BALL" or PFT. Game on. :D
So racquetball is how your doing it.
I'll leave my comments to myself on the any type of ball challenge.;)

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

I have no excuse not to exercise, the exercise room is less than 20' from my office door. I usually put in 200 minutes a week on aerobics and weight training and have a good time doing it.

[DCCS Keith Wilbee]

Man , 11700 points to go till Gold wow. It seems like forever. Soccer today for an hour and a half, racked up some points. Ran three miles yesterday, walked the dog another three. Six miles of activity racked some more points. been pretty active lately, have shed three lbs to boot. I have been splitting wood on the farm with an axe, but sure is physical activity. Hurking the huge myrtlewood logs into a nice stack to split is a great lower back work out as well as squats. The weather is getting nicer here and it is definitly time to be outdoors. Woo Hoo!

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

Keith, make sure that you "log" (no pun intended) the chopping and hauling wood. I figure if it helps me to break a sweat, it ought to be logged.

I have begun riding my bike at least 14 miles and using free weights for 45 minutes first thing in the morning on the weekends and using the "room" at work. It seems to be paying off, I am down to 182 from about 200 in January.

Keep up the good work.

[DCCS Keith Wilbee]

I Hit the Gold Award today yahoooo.........


JP3 how about an update?

[BMCM Deane Smith]

JP3 how about an update?

John took his ball and went home...

[SKC Raymond Kurtz]

How's everyone doing on their fitness? I passed a milestone last week when I could fit into a size 34 jeans without them being tight. A couple a months ago I also passed a Corvette while riding my bike in a cemetary :) Of course he was only doing about 10 mph. I am down to around 175 and my chloresterol is almost within the proper limits, I have some work to do but I don't have to take drugs or eat Honey Nut Cheerios.

I am having so much fun doing this stuff, last night I rode my bike around in a cemetary while it was pitch black, never even been in a cemetary at night before, very cool.

So what's going on with youse guys (and gals)?

[MSTCS Jerald P. Motyka]

Well, I'm down three percentages of Body fat, but I haven't lost a pound... dammit.

I've gone through Bronze, Silver and Gold, and am just posting points until I can be down to wearing 36" ODU's. Some day...