New year reset, other quick thoughts

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Sorry for the silence of the past week, just not into writing from home, which is where I've been tha last week or so. Resetting training and eating habits as of today. Had a good Christmas, week off with the kids and feel mostly energized. Sad and optimistic for my football teams.

Training

Relaxed on the training the last week, no push ups or sit ups at all, skipped 2 days of running. Plus really let my eating habits go downhill over the holidays. But got a good reminder on Saturday, when I was letting all of the above let me down. A year ago I was still well above 200 pounds, so gaining a couple of pounds over the holidays, while skipping some workout, may not make me feel good, is no reason to just throw all that I've accomplished out the window.

So today I resumed the early morning workouts, resetting my sit ups and push ups phone apps to week 1, Day 1.  The idea is to get back into the habits, but not by jumping right back into the tough workouts, recognize that the last thing I need is to hurt myself by trying too hard. And tomorrow it's back to the early morning runs.

One thing I also need is to resume some mid day workouts, walks or something. And, if the snow and ice make the runs too hard, get myself to the Y to use the treadmill, even if I don't do the complete workout. That's my plan, plus resetting the LoseIt app so I can resume tracking my meals, really start to get myself into shape.

Football

First I watched Tebow try to win the game himself, and win some fans, but also learn some valuable lessons. And the Broncos still managed to lose, cementing that 2nd pick in the draft, which they can use to get that top Defensive player they so desperately need. I don't think the Broncos are that far off, add some top defensive talent, change up the offensive game plan to reflect what they have, and they could be right back in the thick of things next year.

Then I watched the worst team in the NFL in 2009 play a road game in one of the toughest venues in the NFL, with the knowledge that a win meant a playoff game. Doing so with a receiving corps that some BCS teams would sneer at talent wise. So they lost, and failed to make the playoffs. But they were that close, playing with some serious smoke & mirrors at a few positions. Give that team some defensive depth & talent, especially at linebacker, and an NFL caliber receiving corps and I think there are few limits to what they could do.

Family

I'll do a full holiday report tomorrow, so I'll just say for now: lots of new pictures on Picasa, an excellent vacation, and feeling very recharged emotionally.