Ok – so Sydney’s friend Ava asked if we could adopt her pet guinea pig.  Her mother is allergic, and her father already has enough animals.  So we took it.  We fed it what we thought was the appropriate amount.  It got fat.  VERY fat.

Like, PREGNANT fat.

Had two babies last night.  Fantastic.  Just what I wanted.  A whole PILE of guinea pigs.

Bill has done it again.  Finalist for the MTV video awards.  Third video listed.  He is funny.  Fuh.  Knee.

Porter Valley started a contest about 8 weeks ago called “The Spring Shape Up” – so I entered. Plan is to pick a target number of day to work out (I picked 3, but actually go in 6 times a week minimum) and a goal – either to lose weight or bodyfat %. I am of the opinion that everyone would be trying to lose bodyfat, buty whatever. I picked bodyfat, and measured at 19% for starters. Not bad considering I was 33.5% about 2 years ago.

My own goal was to lose 2% over that 8 weeks. 2% doesn’t sound like much, but it is when you are my age, and already working out pretty hard. So I ramped it up. More cardio, more intense, full body weightlifting.

Results: 2.5% bodyfat lost (down to 16.5%), 3 pounds GAINED on the scale from 215 to 218. What this means is that I lost about 8.5 pounds of fat, and gained 3 pounds of muscle. Not too bad. Next stop is 13% – where most people agree you can really start to see your abs. David and Josh are on track for the same.