health review (?)

January 8, 2011

Around the time I started this blog I posted about my New Years General Resolutions.  You can go back and re-read it if you so desire, but I can summarize it for you with ease- I wanted to be healthier.  I think I’ve achieved this.  Not to suggest that I’m a picture of health and [...]

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i hated p90x

April 26, 2010

Yup… hated it.
I know, I know, in the first month post I was all “Woo Hoo!  Look at me!”
Month two demonstrated how skilled I am in the art of justification, regardless of reason.
Now month three is done and I appreciate your kindness in letting me just quietly sweep it under the rug.
There was something about Tony [...]

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the workout, month two

March 29, 2010

See that tagline up top?  ”The Ambitious Procrastinator”?  Ever wondered what that’s really all about?
Here’s your answer.
Last month, I posted a day by day account of my attempts at getting in shape.  How?  Why?  Well, I kept a daily log (for the most part) that was rather lengthy- and I pared that down into a [...]

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the workout, month one

February 27, 2010

Intro.
Day 1- Ok.  I can do this.  Even though the dvd player did this funny skipping and rewinding thing and I couldn’t finish the last 10 minutes, I think I’m going to be able to do this.
Day 2- No way am I getting out of bed @ 7am for this shit, so it’s an after [...]

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the workout

February 27, 2010

One month of P90X workout videos down.  Two to go.  Before I share the daily trials, I’ll fill you in on the details.
I’m using the basement as my “workout room”.  There is a heater in the wall, indoor/ outdoor carpet on the cement floor, a tv, a dvd player, large spiders, a low ceiling and [...]

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new years general resolution

February 16, 2010

I turned 30 last year and unlike most people who lament their second 29th birthday, I didn’t have a hard time with it. I was done with the post high school find-yourself period, the college studious-but-stupid spell and the find-a-job-and-act-like-you’re-grown-up stretch.  I’d had the “lots’o’fun” that is expected of everyone in their 20’s (including that [...]

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