I'm feeling very sober this Saturday evening.
Normally I'd be posting a drinking thread or a trippy music thread. But I'm on a diet and an easy way to cut about 1800 calories a week is to abstain from that twelve pack I drink every weekend. That's a half a pound a week just by itself!
So to recap for those who haven't been following my journey into a more healthy and less pleasurable existence, I've quit smoking, quit drinking, stopped eating out except for special occasions, quit drinking Diet Coke unless I'm eating out, and have cut about half the calories I used consume every day. Quitting the cigs and the Diet Coke and the eating out was about money initially, but I also feel a hell of better now that I don't do that stuff. But I really need to lose a lot of weight now so out with the beer and in with the Vitamin Water; out with the pizza and in with the oatmeal.
Today was a special day, though, so Jen and I went out to eat. I still did pretty good for a fancy meal: grilled shrimp and steamed crab legs with a salad. On Monday we will have been married a year and we decided to celebrate today while we had time. And all of that stuff I've been doing getting healthy and all? It's because of Jen. She makes me want to be a better person. Without her I'd drink myself into oblivion every chance I got and be smoking two packs a day while surviving on Big Macs. I'd probably be dead before I hit 60 going that route.
Happy Anniversary, Jen. 
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And congrats on the lifestyle changes. You'll thank yourself. I didn't get really serious about any of that until I was in my 40's or so. Good job!
You know, drinking just plain old water is highly, highly under rated. 
I'm closing in on 27 years married (29 yrs together)
I am so very happy for you...
I wish you many long happy years!
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Good for you!!! Grilled shrimp and crab legs -- I gotta get out for summa THAT!!!i
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I wouldn't go completely dry on the beer. I'd do the same thing as with the food --
let loose for a "special" occasion every once in a great while.
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It's actually good for the spirit -- and you want don't want to neglect THAT by
focusing TOO much on the corporeal side of life.
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Happy Anniversay to you and Jen!!!
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A YEAR already? Wow. Does Jen know the traditional one-year anniversary gift
is chili dogs & beer?
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Tell her I said so. SHOW her this if she has any doubts!!!
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Hi, Jen. 
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You are an inspiration. 
You are a case in point. 
the working theory is that women have a positive influence on mens' eating habits, going to the doctor on time, etc. 
