One thing about learning something new is you learn something new every time you do it. That may sound stupid, and it kinda is, but it's kinda true. And starting from square one is frustrating, but exciting at the same time. Today I learned a lot during a pretty strong flood tide. I was able to walk on the ground were there was no water one minute, and then 10 minutes later my boots were covered. It happens pretty quickly, and it's cool.
It would be neat to do a time lapse from a drone to see the flat fill in. The water makes it's way from the main rivers and creeks and then follows deeper channels which open onto the flat. Below is a short video just when there was enough water to bring the life with it.
I spent about four hours there, 2 on the incoming, 2 on the outgoing. I saw lots of life, mullet and shrimp, but didn't see much for fiddler crabs even when the water was down. Sandy and hard packed bottoms aren't their homes of choice I guess. I did see some wakes, and some good ones, but only one tailing fish that was a distance away. If these were reds they were cruising and not rooting and tailing.
The incoming was cool to watch as whatever was swimming in front of me came right with the first waves of water. It was almost like I could picture a starting gate back in the main river and then someone said, "Go", and they then race to the back. During high slack it was quiet, and then on the drop I could see the activity start to move out with the water. I made a ton of casts but never to any one fish. I might have had one take as there was swirl on a retrieve that got caught up on the thicker part of the base of the grass. I have a plan for tomorrow. Generally the same place but I'm gonna hit it from a different angle.
And it's September 1st. Time for a new life plan. I gotta change my evil ways. My diets horrible. My physical condition ain't the best. It's time to get healthy before things go sideways. The other day while we were at Sam's Club I thought to stop and check my blood pressure and weight.
My vitals were fine and then came the instructions to place your feet on the bar. Now a few weeks back while at Mt. Sinai I had to stand on the scale there and it came back at 210 pounds, and that's what I'm going with. At Sam's it came in at 215. But I had my phone, keys, and one of
those heavy The Average Angler hats still on. Does it make a difference, well yes it does. According to the AHA, or American Heart Association, a BMI, or Body Mass Index > 30 puts you in the Obese class. If you're below the line then you're just Overweight. I'll take that as a starting point.
They say my goal weight should be 179 pounds, let's just call that 180. That's 30 pounds from where I am now. My best weight was 185 sometime in 2013 following my bariatric surgery. I had a procedure called a sleeve gastrectomy. So in the history of weight loss people used to just diet and exercise. Then the shake thing came. Than the Atkins and fad diets. Then surgeries. Now it's all about the GLP-1s.
Before my surgery in February 2013 I was tipping the scales at just under 270. That put my BMI just under 40. I took a selfie down on the beach just to have as a point of reference. It's funny because when I found that photo before I even looked at myself I was checking out the groins on Roosevelt and Whitehall in the background.
In the end I shed all that weight. My lowest was 185 pounds, which, to me, was a tad light. I like being under 200 pounds, like 195 is great. 34 waist pants and a large shirt fit right and I feel young and nimble. These days I almost fall over trying to get my toes pointed down into my shorts.
While the gym will come soon enough we're walking each day and today I will start making better food choices. This is the week to fish with the moon and the tides so I'll get my ass on some machine net week. In October we have three weddings so I'm sure my waist line is going to take a hit. Like all of the stuff we had to go though before our move, which took us nearly 60 years to accumulate, this temple of a body took the same amount of time to develop. Hopefully by the time the last bin has been gone through I'm down somewhere around 190, or at least 200. The chart above says I can hit 179 by December 20, 2026 which is 3 months and 19 days. Time to get busy.