I was the fifth person to find this cache and the first American to.
FATF!! (Fist Ami to Find) I decided to search for this cache today during my daily lunch time Geocaching adventure. I left my workplace it the Miesau Army Depot in my Dodge Nitro Decepticon Transformer Geocachingmobile and after in about 10 – 15 minutes I was at the parking spot. I remembered this location since I have already found the cache at the wasserturm.
I entered the coordinates in my Garmin Colorado 400t and headed out to the cache. As I neared the cache location I found it a bit of a challenge to find the actual cache. My had a good signal on my GPS but was still unable to find it. I decided to use my cacher instincts and forget about the GPS. In less then five more minutes I finally found the cache. It is about 20 meters off the listed coordinates. I found it at N 49.28.348 E 7.23.095. I quickly signed the logbook and replaced the cache right where, and exactly how, I found it.
I dropped in one of my WORLD FAMOUS Germany Bert Wooden Nickel Travel Bugs.
After finding the cache I visited with the horses that were enjoying their lunch in the nearby pasture. They would not come hear due to the electric fence around the pasture.
My personal trackables and a coupla of other trackables visited the cache.
Thanks for creating this cache and showing me a spot in Germany that I never would have visited. Good luck to the next seekers and please remember … no geocache find is worth losing your life or getting seriouly injured. SAFETY FIRST!!!
FATF!! (First Ami to Find!) I decided to search for this cache today during my daily lunch time geocaching adventure since it is the closest traditional cache to my workplace in at the Miesau Army Depot that I have not found.
I took off from work in my Dodge Nitro Decepticon Transformer Geocachingmobile and soon was at a good parking spot to start my search.
In no time at all I was at the cache location and within a few minutes it was in my hand. I quickly signed the logbook and replaced the cache exactly where and how I found it.
On the way back to my cachemobile I stopped by a giant forest ant hill that I spotted on my way to the cache. It is amazing how these litte insects can create such a big mound. All the ants were busy at work.
I dropped in one of my WORLD FAMOUS Germany Bert Wooden Nickel Travel Bugs.
My personal trackables and some other trackables visited the cache.
Thanks for creating this cache and showing me this spot in Germany that I never would have seen. Good luck to the next seekers and please remember … no geocaching find is worth losing your life or getting seriously injured.
It is not very often that you get to see a TRUE hero. People think movie stars, pro athletes, and singers are heros but they they are just entertainers. None of them would have the bravery or guts to do what even the lowest Soldier does.
SFC Leroy Petry on the other hand is a REAL hero! He risked his own life serving the people of the USA and Afghanistan but also to protect his fellow Soldiers.
I like to check out the polls on Realclearpolitics.com on a regular basis and am a bit surprised at how well our President is doing in the polls. With the media blasting him all the time it seems most Americans still feel, that among those in the running, he is the best person for the job.
After reading up a bit more on juice diets I am starting to realize that I don’t have to do an extreme one. My weight is not so high that I need to go on a week or longer fast like the guys in Fat, Sick , and Nearly Dead. Those to guy were very overweight and out of shape. Also I just had a complete exam and my stats are pretty good. Cholesterol and tryglycerides are a bit high but me change in eating habits should fix that.
I am gonna do some more research and find out what it the best way for me. I am still cutting way down on my meat intake and mainly trying to eat only fruits and vegatables. I will weigh myself tonight and see if there is any change since my first weighing.
If anyone has any advise please feel free to share!
“In case you didn’t know, the Mad Max series is due for a fourth installment. Tentatively due to hit theaters sometime in 2012, Mad Max: Fury Road is set to star Tom Hardy, Teresa Palmer and Charlize Theron… but, of course, the real stars we’re most interested in will be the cars, which are currently being designed.” – Autoblog.com
I dragged the old electronic scale out of it hiding spot last night only to find that not only is the battery dead….IT IS MISSING!
So, since I had to drive up to the Ramstein PX to get some ice for the BBQ we are having today I figured I would grab a battery also.
I got home and popped the battery in the scale (after finally figuring out which side needed to go up) and stepped on.
Now I thought I was nearing 200 pounds and was shocked to see 205!!! Now I know I need to really start working on getting myself back into shape. I think my first goal should be to lose 20 pounds. Once I am down to 185 I will see how I feel and re-evaluate my goal.
It will take some time but I want and need to do it!
Ok..well last night the wife and printed out the recipe for the original Mean Green Juice recipe that was featured on Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. I found the recipe HERE. The recipe is:
6 Kale Leaves
1 Cucumber
4 Celery Stalks
2 Green Apples
1/2 Lemon
1 piece of ginger
The Vogelweh commissary did not have and Kale so we substituted another type of cabbage. I can’t remember the exact name of it right now.
Bert at 200 Lbs.
We pull out our Kitchen Aid mixer and the accessory kit that I bought her for X-mas or her birthday a few years back. We had never had a chance to use the juicer attachement so it took us a while to figure out how it all went together.
We chopped up all our ingredients and shoved them in the mixer. Since this was our first time it took us a while to figure out the right amount of stuff to put in at one time.
It took us about 15 minutes to juice all the vegetables and fruit and I think after we get used to making it the time it takes will decrease.
So…..now it was done.
I should have taken a photo of the concoction but I forgot. Next time I won’t forget!
I pour a tall glass for the wife and another for me.
The first sip was scary. It actually tasted pretty good! It had a kinda tart and spicy taste. We had not strained the pulp out so it was also pretty thick. After a few minutes of drinking it I actually felt a bit lightheaded and nauseous. I think the nauseous feeling is only because I am not used to the taste yet and the cabbage was not the right kind.
I have a few more recipes and will look for more to find out which ones are the best for us.
We are starting slowly and have not really read much into the whole program yet. One of the difficult parts will be giving up coffee. I drink a lot of it and according to the plan we are not supposed to drink any at all.
Have you ever seen an obese old person? I mean like 65 or above? Me neither.
Last night the wife and I watched the documentary Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. The documentary was a real eye opener and made us both realize that we need to change our eating and exercising lifestyle. Neither of us are extreme overweight but we do have more weight then we need to have. If you are overweight “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” is a MUST SEE.
Yesterday I turned 47. I am 5’8″ (170 CM) and right at or a bit above 200 lbs right now which is considered obese. Almost 15 years ago I retired from the Army and was hovering around 180 lbs. So it appears I am gaining about 1.15 lbs a year. If I keep this up I’ll be close to, or over, 250 lbs by the time I am sixty-five. I will be morbidly obese. I am not unhappy about my body (I have a bit of a gut) but know that getting my BMI back down where it needs to be will make me healthier and happier. I also smoke a bit less than a pack of cigarettes a day which I know is not good and I plan to stop this also.
One of the main reasons I want to start eating correctly is that over the last 10 years quite a few men where I work have died. I WANT TO LIVE!! All these men were in their mid 50s, smoked, and had a very unhealth diet. During our lunch breaks they (and I) would be eating a lot of fatty sausages, or schintzels, french fries, etcetera. One of them just fell over dead in his office. I was in the room watching him die as the medics electrically defibulated him EIGHT times. They were able to bring him back to life, and keep him alive, but he never regained consiousness. Five days later wife had to make the decision to pull the plug. I don’t want my wife or anyone in my family to have to do that. Especially if it is preventable.
There is also a man at my work right now that is basically killing himself. He smokes like a chimmney. I don’t know how many cigarettes he is smoking a day but I never see him without one in his hand. He eats enourmous amounts of junk food and has already had heart surgery due to clogged arteries. He has a constant smokers hacking. You can actually see his body changing. He is getting huge and his face is completely red due to high blood pressure. He is fat, sick, and nearly dead. I truely beleive that he will not make it to the end of 2011. It is sad to watch but the saddest thing is that all his problems are probably self inflicted and if he would just change his lifestyle he could regain his health. He has a beautiful wife and great kids? Doesn’t he want to be there for them?
I saw my ex-brother-in-law Gary at my son’s wedding in March of 2011. I did not recognize him. He must have been over 400 lbs. He was in his early 50′s. We sahres some small talk and it was good to see him again. But I could see he was not in good health. I went to my daughter’s wedding in June 2010. Gary was not there. He died during kidney stone surgery a few months before. He left a wife and two college aged sons. He always had a problem with kidney stones but would he had lived through the surgery if he was not morbidly obese? I don’t know but I believe so.
I see the early signs in myself also. I cough a lot because of smoking. I have a hard time bending over to put on my socks or tie my shoes because my muscles ache. I get winded quickly when climbing stairs or a steep hill.
I want to live a long healthy life and I know that it is MY EATING AND SMOKING HABITS AND CHOICES that can make a difference. I am gonna be a grandfather in November or December and I want to live to watch my grandchild grow. I want my older years to be healthy years and I think that with a proper eating and exercising lifestyle that I can do it.
The crazyiest thing about losing weight and getting healthy is that it is not complicated. You don’t need pills, a stomache band, or expensive fad diets. You just need to eat rigth and get your fat ass off the couch and out of the house. You don’t need to join an expensive gym since walking or riding a bike is FREE!!!
I have decided to change my lifestyle and I plan to write about my progess. I believe writing about it will help me stay focused. Also I have a lot of friends that are in the same situation and I hope that they too will do something to change. I want them to be around for a long time!! Otherwise I am gonna be very lonely when I am 85 years old!
I dragged the old electronic scale out of it hiding spot last night only to find that not only is the battery dead….IT IS MISSING!
