Franks World

Pretty excited for the Scott Kelby Worldwide PhotoWalk, close to 8,000 people from around the globe will be participating and I am one of them :)  There are a few groups (limited to 50 people each) organized in NYC, mine starts in Chinatown.    I will post some of my photos on Sunday.

Here is Scott’s last post before the walk at his site: http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1838

Well its been about 6 month since my surgery and the weekly photos and updates are a little unrealistic to keep up with at this time.  So for those who are interested I will on the 1st of each month post my status and photos.  This way I still can share my weight-loss experience and keep my realistic expectations for the blog.  Thanks to every who has posted comments and visits regularly.   I plan on getting back to my normal topics I usually post about and concentrate on photography. 

Oh and currently I am 247 lbs.

Went to a great concert last night.  First time I have had front row center seats.  Simply amazing being that close and seeing the details of the event unfold (example: Maroon 5’s drummer shreds so hard he busted 6 sets of sticks in the first song).  The PNC Bank Arts Center is a great venue and it was great weather. Sara Bareilles opened the show and my only complaint was they didn’t give her enough time.  Really talented and even better live.  Maroon 5 has a solid base of hits but see them live they really are more rock than pop as people think.  Last the Counting Crows, a great performance with lots of surprises in the set of songs (I actually got the set list at the end of the show, picture in the stream above).

Well, Scott Kelby has done it again.  He and his group at NAPP and Kelby Training know how to produce excellent books, training events, online resources, etc…   Now add “Free Worldwide Photo Walk” to the list of credentials.  I am sure this is going to be a killer event, it is to celebrate his new Lightroom 2.0 book (available for preorder from Amazon.com, or direct from KelbyTraining.com.).  I am registered for the NYC event.  Check it out here : http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1735 .

2 lbs this week.  Still going strong.  If this heat keeps up I may loose 4 lbs this week alone

252.0 lbs - 33.2 BMI (check yours here)

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2 lbs this week.  First Happy Birthday to my Brother and nephew who celebrated their birthday’s this weekend. Congrats to my cousin and her family on the Baptism of their twin daughters.  I have been slacking on some of the updates because work has been busy and there is never enough time The “diced chicken and a mixture of spices and fresh vegetables” recipes are still coming and will be posted soon.  Not a ton of exercise this week but still the few days were better than none.  I really cant believe I am close to being under 250 lbs, just something that I didn’t think would be happening in my lifetime.

254.0 lbs - 33.5 BMI (check yours here)

2.2 lbs this week.  Things are going well.  It was nice to have the 3 day weekend with the holiday.  Did some house work (always good for the fat burning) and some good exercise time.  This week I went outside of my normal meals and made some “dishes” for myself.  They were good enough that I am going to share the recipes this week in a post.  Both used diced chicken and a mixture of spices and fresh vegetables. 

256.0 lbs - 33.8 BMI (check yours here)

>  I saw Wanted over the weekend not too bad, some great action scenes.  Sometimes you forget why everyone goes goofy over Angelina Jolie but when you see a close up of her on a theater screen, it reminds you of how beautiful she is.  Good Summer action movie, check it out if action is what you seek.

>  I also saw Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic  yes I roll with the Hindi films.  My wife (who is Indian) opened the door to them.  They are subtitled so it’s easy to follow and though I cant speak Hindi at all (except for some greetings), I understand a lot of phases without reading.  Good movie but not the best.  Story of a man who has it all and then gets in a careless car accident and kills a mother and father who leave 4 children behind.  The court orders this man to take the children under his care.   Once they are under one roof it starts the main Act of the movie, which I wont tell you about.  Interesting note, Disney was a distributor/partner of the film.

>  I received a N2 di-GPS for my birthday.  It is a GPS unit for my Nikon D200.  This thing is awesome.  I originally learned about it from the Photo Master Sensa  Scott Kelby’s Blog and read up on it more at this post on Terry White’s Blog.  I wish I had this on my last two trips to India.  This thing is sweet!

>  Added ShareThis to the site.  It allows for emailing of entries, posting to a boat load of sharing sites (like StumbleUpon, Digg, etc) or post to your profile or blog service (facebook, wordpress, etc)   Hope it is useful.

Almost 2 lbs this week. Exercise is going well.  Saturday I had a nice work out painting one of the rooms in the house and that was after the normal walk in the park (right around 2 miles).  Tread mill is serving me well, very convenient to hop on in the morning and/or evening.  Had two “band attacks” this week that caught me by surprise, 1 - after picking at a couple small pieces of watermelon, I guess I didn’t chew it up enough and 2. - some chicken salad that was chopped up but had some nuts and a few raisins in it and I definitely didn’t chew it up enough.  They both passed in about 15 minutes so not too bad.  No pictures this week.

258.2 lbs - 34.1 BMI (check yours here)

A couple weeks ago we went to Longwood Gardens as it is a wonderful place for photographers.  I was HOT this day but was a great time.  Here is a gallery of photos taken.