I work out 5 times a week and with each of those workouts, I listen to B93.7.  Now, I understand that some people listen to i-pods and often folks ask me why I don’t own one.  Well, I run a 100,000 watt i-pod for a living and don’t really need one. :)  All the songs I want to listen to while I am working out are on the radio.

But, in case you own an i-pod and want to use it while working out, here’s the perfect B93.7 approved playlist for 30 minutes on the treadmill.

Kelly Clarkson-My life would suck without you

Flo Rida-In the ayer

TI/Justin-Dead and Gone

Kanye West-Heartless

Metro Station-Shake it

Lady GaGa-Just Dance

Jesse McCartney-How do you sleep

TI/Rihanna-Live your life

2 Pistols-She got it

Katy Perry-Hot N Cold

This block of music should do the trick if your looking for a balance of pop, hip hop and rock.

Went to lunch at TGI Friday’s yesterday on Woodruff.  The waiter recognized me (honestly, that never happens) and said “hey, you’re the fitness guy on the radio”.  I guess when you talk about this stuff long enough people take notice.  Great to see the message is getting out there.  It was kind of cool.  He asked me a couple of things about what to eat/what not to.  I wasn’t setting a great example, since I was eating a double cheese burger with bacon! lol  It was one of those days that my body was craving something protein filled! :)  I cant be good all the time! lol

Just thought it was cool to be noticed for being healthy.  It used to be “Chase, you now that chubby guy from B93.7….no, he’s not as big as Tom Steele”.

All of us have a favorite shirt.  Right?  One that you wear a little more often than the others.  Maybe because you look good in it?  Maybe it’s just more comfortable or reminds of someone or something…

For years, I wore my Vans shirt.  It was comfortable.  I liked it.  Had a cool hip/edge to it and went well with almost everything I owned.  Well, I had to let em go this past weekend.  Look over to the left and watch the video of my stack of clothes for the garage sale.  In that heap of clothes was my favorite shirt.  He deserved better than to be heaped into the pile with the “other” shirts.  He was a part of my life for so long and now….alas…he is gone.  Sold to somebody for $3.  Sniff…  VVVVAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!!

I put him on the other day as I was sorting my clothes.  Van fit like a tarp on me!  It was huge.  Not even like a “we’ll its a good weekend shirt” big.  Van swallowed me like the whale in Pinocchio!

Attached is a picture of Van.  If you see him around on the back of some guy who wears an XL.  Pat that man on the back…he may look at you funny, but Van will know.  Oh he will know…sniff….  (as I pour a little of my low cal beer out on the curb)

Heidi Aiken said on the news this morning that 1 in 5 pre-school kids are  considered to be obese!  WOW!  The whole story can be found on www.MSNBC.com.  How crazy is that?  As parents, I know it’s not always our fault.  We’re just trying to get our picky little eaters to eat something.  My daughter wont eat her dinner half the time, but she’ll never pass up on an order of McDonald’s french fries.  I completely understand!  yet, if we are feeding our kids so much of the bad stuff that they become obese….well, we might want to re-think some of our techniques!  I know a lot of kids will grow out of the chubby phase, so some of these surveys you see are not completly accurate, but the statistics are enough to be of some concern. 

Kids learn these eating habits from mom and dad.  If we always make those french fries an option, the kid will always want the fries.  Erin, my daughter, always wants to drink more juice than milk or eat one of her strawberry bars over some healthier alternative.  I get it.  Last thing we wanna do is fight with our kid after a long day of work.  If Jr wants to dunk his candy in ketchup-let em!  Idol is on tonight! lol  If we give healthy options to the healthy meal they dont want to eat-that would be a win-win for us right?

Just thought I’d share that with you.  It struck a cord with me this morning when Heidi spoke of it.

It’s time for the neighborhood garage sale.  My closet is about to get cleaner!  This morning, while trying to find a pair of khaki pants that would look good with my new shirt, I tried on 6 pair of pants.  I realize that there is not way, regardless of the brand, I am every going to wear a 38-32 pair of pants again.  So, come on down to Simpsonville next weekend if you’re looking for some big pants, a few XL shirts and a few 8 trax tapes!

I started this all in June of last year….what a difference less than a year makes.