What a Difference Two Weeks Makes

Here's a picture of me at about 230 lbs.  I took it last night just after I got off the treadmill and posed.  I'm such a poser.  I'm finding that good running shoes are worth their weight in nylon.  My feet feel great. 

I did it.  I jogged/ran a mile in 8 minutes and 50 seconds.  That's 50 seconds faster than I did it two weeks ago.  I want to run the mile and a half in 11 minutes and 30 seconds because that's the qualifying time for Navy recruits.  I want to know that a 49-year-old dude could qualify.  I heard a report that 75% of young people do not qualify for the military now because 1) they have criminal record, or 2) they did not graduate from high school, or 3) they can not pass the physcial, or 4) they simply cannot not qualify on the exercise/run tests.

I took some measurments and found that my neck has gone from 19 inches to 17 inches and my waist has gone from 40+ to 37 inches.  Also, as of this morning I'm officially in the 220s.  I weighed 229 lbs, and I haven't seen the 220s in about 4 years.  So I'm happy now.

Verse of the Day:  Prov 29:18
18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (KJV)