Oh how I love to fly......

So I just recently returned from a stress free week-long vacation in the Nashville, TN area where I once called home. I had a connecting flight to catch in St. Louis and my first flight was running a little late. Finally in the air I ordered some hot tea, just like I normally do when the flight attendant comes by to take everyone's drink order and throw peanuts & pretzels down our throats! I pulled my lap tray down when the tea arrived and the tray was stiff, definitely broken. I thought I had it down just as far as it was going to go! I let the tea brew and added the cream & sugar, rested my elbows on the tray to grab the cup for a sip and BAM, the tray gave out! The tray dropped a little further and the hot tea flung all over me. All over my shorts, my shirt, on my backpack a tad and it was HOT! Somehow though I wonder how the passenger next to me didn't manage to get a drop on him, as if the seats weren't on top of each other!

And the story goes on, I arrive in St. Louis minutes late and as soon as I take that right foot through those gate door's and into the terminal I hear, "Jay Steven Sinkovitz please make your way to gate E4. Your flight has boarded and we are waiting on you"! Gate E4 was at the opposite end of my terminal! I didn't run but walked like Sea-biscuit runs, galloped in some strange way! I have been at the airport and heard someone get called over the loud speaker before and every time I have thought, "Who does that, how hard is it to be on time to a flight or book another if you're not going to make it!?", but now I know. Man was it a little embarrassing even though it wasn't my fault at all!

I flew out of St. Louis and made it to Baltimore! I was bit skeptical as to whether my baggage would have arrived with me after my connected flight running late but sure enough my baggage made it alive too! All ended well and the vacation was great, couldn't ask for a better ending to an interesting day!

Spring Cleaning

It wasn't actually Spring when the cleaning began! There was still a pretty large amount of snow resting on the ground in the parking lot. But about a month or so ago I was at Chili's with my sister and noticed my left but cheek, where I keep my wallet, was definitely sore. I knew It wasn't a huge wad of cash nesting in it so I tried to think of the last time I actually cleaned the dang thing out, I couldn't remember!


Over the stack of accumulated Tattoo shop cards and through the collection of old school Id's I found Gift Cards and couldn't remember how much, if anything, was on any of them! Among them was a Chili's gift card! My helpful sister Kelly called the 1-800 number on the back of the card and sure enough it had about 7 dollars on it! It was a GREAT unexpected discount on our meal! Point being, I should definitely clear out my wallet more often!

They're baaaack!!!

The Girl Scouts are back at their posts selling those amazing cookies again! I still think the coconut one on the far left ousts the competition!! What's your favorite Girl Scout cookie!?

Faus-WHATT!!??!

2010 Fausnaught Day just past. Here I thought a Fausnaught was just any doughnut but holy crap was I mistaken! I've learned this year that a Fastnacht isn't exactly that amazing jelly-filled sugar-soaked doughnut we all love but yet a very boring and bland version of the tempting treat! Oh well!!

I'm a dic....I'm addicted......

I'm no gamer and this is no intense game but Cafe World on Facebook is friggin' addicting and I love it! If they make an iPhone app. for this game I'm in trouble! Hopefully by then they'll have some sort of CWA (Cafe World Anonymous)! If you play, search "Jay Sinkovitz", send me a friend request with a message and come be my neighbor!

Brown shirt...brown sucker....

I'll never forget the time we had together!!!!

Short trip to Tenn.

I just recently returned from a one night stay in Franklin, TN. and here's a little peak at what went down.......

"TWO DAYS, TWO MEN and a CARGO VAN"

The PURPLE Box.....

......is the BEST by far!

What's your favorite girl-scout cookie?

I WANT A DOUGHNUT!!!!!!

HAPPY FASTNACHT DAY!

I've never heard of fastnacht day until this year. It's unheard of in Florida or Tennessee but is HUGE here in Pennsylvania. Check it out here!

Not for me this year, but next year might be a different story!!

1/2 A LUNCH......

Yesterday I decided to bring a lunch to work. It was one of those Smart Ones meals that you never get full off of! I usually don't bring any lunch to work because I don't like to take lunches, to me they're sort of a tease to actually getting off work and going home.

When lunch time came I went into "the hub" and pulled out my Oriental Chicken and threw the "half a lunch" in the microwave. While waiting I realized one horrible thing, I forgot to bring utensils! I searched the rooms cabinets up and down until I found a few boxes of plastic knives. There were hundreds of these little plastic knives but zero plastic forks, spoons, or even sporks! So, after a little frustration, I settled with the little white knife.

And there I sat eating my oriental dynasty hoping only to not cut myself on the way in!

Weight-loss Weekly!

I had an okay week but Valentine's day was definitely one of the largest temptation days of my lifetime. It wasn't easy by any means but I pulled through. There still is allot of chocolate around the house, some basic candy bars or some sort of high calorie treat, and some are the better well portioned 100 calorie packs. The only thing about the 100 calorie packs and 60 calories snacks is that it can be SO flippin' difficult to limit yourself to just one pack at a time. Especially when it comes to the Mister Salty chocolate covered pretzel packs!!

Today is Monday which means "weight-loss weekly"! I weighed in today at 248lbs resulting in a loss of 5lbs for the week beating my weekly goal of 3lbs! My total loss to the date is 24lbs and counting. It seems like things just get better and better as I proceed in breaking through walls! Next weeks goal is 245lbs.

Remember: Mister Salty is only your friend when he is alone. But when he is joined by ALL of his buddy's or all of his clones it will get bad! ONE PACK AT A TIME!!

Happy Lucky V* Day or should I say Unlucky......

You probably don't remember but last year when living in Tennessee I received a box from the good ol' USPS with all my favorite little things in it. It was from my mom of 21 year's and counting! And although most every year on Valentines Day she gives me, my brother, and my sisters some sort of gift, I must have forgotten because it was completely unexpected last year.

So this year I decided to get some of her favorite things and thank god it was her and no one else cause I know most everything she likes. Mi madre isn't one of those people that if you spent the whole day trying to make a list of things they like the only thing you accomplish is a head ache, those people are annoying!

As hard as it usually is, I found a dang funny card for her too! At around 2:00am I walked into the card isle. There was this lady there pacing, she obviously wanted the "perfect" card for whomever it was she felt the need to buy a card for and based from the look on her face she wasn't finding anything but yawns and corny jokes in that isle. I walk in and pick up the first interesting card I see, read it, and knew with no hesitation it was the card to get. I wasn't even in the isle for a full minute! I didn't get to see how the lady reacted to the quickness but I'm sure she thought, "oh men, they just don't care about what the card really says I guess", but truthfully, I just got lucky because the card is great!

I also got a gift from the madre this year and she was actually lookin' out for me! Dieters get candy on Valentines Day too!

Delish! Happy Valentines Day!

Will Busta Rhymes bust a rhyme?...3D on NBC!

The BIG GAME is here again! It really doesn't seem like a year has gone by since I posted about last Super Bowl. No big parties this year but that doesn't mean no good food and conversation which pretty much defines a party, so I guess we are having a party!

Steelers vs Cardinals, that's crazy. I'm hoping it's a good game and this time around I cross my fingers in hopes that Arizona will CRUSH Pittsburgh. Since I live in Pennsylvania and the Eagles didn't make it to the Bowl, at work, play, the grocery store, everywhere I go I have to see people sporting Steelers gear. Either way I hope it really is a good game.

You know how when your playing a game with someone that might not know how to play, or the kids really young so you don't want to crush them. You let them win right, or should I reverse that, they let me win! It's the right thing to do. SO, if the Steelers happen to win tonight, I'm sure it's because Arizona just wanted to do the right thing, huh? haha!

Tampa, FL., 30 minutes from my home town of Bradenton, FL., is this years hosting spot. It would have been pretty crazy to just be down there during this event. I'm sure it's getting wild and crazy! My brother works at the Hyatt on the water in Sarasota, most beautiful beaches ever, and Busta Rhymes and his entourage is staying there so I told my brother to make Busta Rhymes bust a rhyme and if he doesn't then throw him out of the hotel, haha! It only seems fair!

I was mad happy to hear that NBC is hosting the game this year because I don't know about you but I agree with Conan O'Brien and cannot stand Cletis, that little anamatronic robot guy that jumps on the the screen and starts doing warm ups and dancing and all that stupid stuff, so annoying! Because FOX isn't hosting we won't have to deal with Cletis and we even get a few new perks. I hope you grabbed your 3D glasses at your local grocery store so you can watch the commercials and half time experience in 3 glorious dimensions, haha! Seems pretty stinking cool, I hope it is! If your just passing by this blog and not sure when the Super Bowl even is, this is for you! Game is today, Sunday, February 1st, at 6:00pm eastern on NBC. Don't forget to grab your glasses! Hope everyone has a fun and safe time!

Weight-loss Weekly

Yesterday was weigh in day. I made it through a pretty ruff week. An unsuccessful detox drink forced 2 days of starvation upon me and a failed attempt against the temptation of a hovering craving for Olive Garden's bread sticks and alfredo dip had me frustrated at the thought that I might not even make my own 3lb goal for the week.

Luckily I did. I weighed in at 254lbs just barely meeting my exact goal for the week. My total weight lost to the date is 18lbs in 3 weeks. My goal for next weeks weigh in is 251lbs. I have about 3 more days left on my 10 day trial at LA Fitness so maybe I can reach my goal before that ends, I guess we'll see!

May I suggest.........

I know I can't eat anything but that's not going to stop me from thinking about the good stuff! I can't understand why I've never had this stuff before recently, it is amazing! I've never been a huge mustard fan growing up but Nance's Sharp & Creamy Mustard is literally God's gift to roast, chicken, steak, soft pretzels, hot dogs, you name it Nance's probably taste good on it. The first time I had it I was dipping roast into it and nearly pissed myself in excitement at how good it was, haha! It's got it's own flavor unlike anything else. I just learned that there is other flavors other than just Sharp & Creamy too! Go get some and try it out, you'll either hate it, like it, or LOVE IT!

It's a MIRACLE!

Today I start this 48hr cleansing/detox drink. I've never done a cleanse before but you can't do anything for the 2 days. You can't eat, drink caffeine, smoke cigarettes (cause I smoke so many cigarettes!). My stomachs probably going to be more pissed at me then Hollyfield was when Tyson got the munchies during the fight. I am pretty excited about it anyway, it'll be a pretty huge help to my weight-loss.

Dunkaroos

Who could forget Dunkaroos. I can't believe they were ever taken off the market. They attract more children than Michael Jackson's Never-land Ranch ever could. Where did these delicious kangaroo shaped cookies with chocolate or vanilla frosting or sometimes vanilla with sprinkles go?

I decided to look up some info on these bad boys and this is what I got.

"As the product grew in popularity, the company made some changes. In 1995, a new flavor, "Cookies 'n Cream," was introduced, which allowed the consumer to make his or her own cookie wafer sandwiches. The Shrek Edition Dunk-a-roos featuring green frosting were released soon after the movie (Shrek) itself.
The product's mascot was originally a kangaroo who wore a green hat, a green vest, a striped tie, and spoke with an Australian accent. In the fall of 1996, the company decided to change the mascot and initiated a contest known as "Dunk-a-Roos Kangaroo Kanga-Who Search," allowing children to submit drawings of possible designs. The winner, introduced in January 1997, was "Duncan the Dunking Daredevil"; in his commercials, he'd attempt a daring stunt to dunk his Dunk-a-Roos but would always fail.
Dunkaroos are hard, if not impossible, to find in the USA. They are available at many stores in Canada, and can be found online. Dunkaroos are also available in select BJ's Wholesale Club stores."

Looks like next time I have a day off my diet and have a huge sweet tooth I'm hittin' BJ's up! You should too!

Sun Drop

I don't have any clue why the heck I thought of it but I was introduced to this beverage while living in TN. I don't know if they sell it or manufacture it anywhere else but I have NEVER seen it anywhere else. (Chris)

My roommate Chris would buy like 3 or 4 12 packs of it and he'd be set for weeks. There is really NO point to this post. I can't drink Sun Drop right now but I definitely miss it and if you are ever in Tennessee or see it wherever else they sell it, pick one up!

Weight-loss Weekly

Today is weigh in day! My goal for this week was 269lbs and I am happy to say I weighed in at 262lbs this morning making a total of 10lbs lost in my re-beginning week!

There are a few different factors that I believe caused this result. First, this week I focused on my eating. I've eaten allot less and allot healthier foods which definitely had ALLOT to do with the loss, but also, the night before I weighed myself in last, I joined family in watching an Eagles game at my grandmas and drank a pretty good amount of beer which I think might be a key reason in why I weighed in at 272lbs last Sunday!

All of that aside I weighed in at 262lbs which makes my goal for next week 259lbs. I'm off to a dang good start, or should I say restart!! 

MMM mm Merry Christmas to me!

Tomorrow is the beginning of the re-birth of weight-loss weekly! I got a $25 gift card to Chili's for Christmas and I knew today was going to be the best time to use it. I got the gift card simply because I cant get enough of this one new menu item.

Honey-Chipotle Chicken Crisper's! They are amazing every single time i get them, especially washed down with an ice cold beer! If you haven't tried these you should definitely give them a try A-SAP. Merry Christmas to me and to you too, go enjoy it!!!!!!