20
May

The Bowflex Plan - Day 1.5.

This is officially the first post (although, the next day — sense the .5), of a new workout. I know “Bowflex, sucker!” Honestly, it’s resistance, and it’s at home. I’m much more incline to work out when I know I have a good machine, at home, to work out on.

Last week, I was randomly browsing Craig’s List to see what’s around. I typed in “BowFlex” and came across a good deal. A BowFlex Sport for only a few hundred bucks, under half the MSRP. Well. Concidering I’ve been wanting to get one (and cancel my unused gym membership), I decided to go for it.

Yesterday was my “official” day of starting out on the BowFlex plan. And yes, I did by the book, too. I hadn’t quite read it yet, but I know enough about working out, I decided to jump into it (I DO plan to read the book, but right now, I just wanted the ramp-up workout plans). I did the first sets yesterday, determining where my strengths were. I did two sets of each exercise suggested, figuring out where my limits are. I have a good idea now.

It felt nice to get out actual weight resistance again. I forgot how rejuv the muscles feel after a good weight workout. Okay, not “good” — it’s still basics — but it was enough!

Like a traditional weight schedule, I plan to life M/W/F, following their lifting plan to a T.

Now, eating plan? hehe, well. That’s a little different. My food intake sucks, and I know it. I’ll work on that later. lol

Yesterday, my stats were:

157 lb. 18.7% bf. (which is actually down 2% from the week before. ha, already got results! lol)
I do have a photo, too. But it’s on my laptop. I’ll update later when I get it re-sized, cropped, etc.

Today, I plan to take a rest, and do some necessary shopping.

05
Feb

Should the US deny health care to the unhealthy?

Okay, granted, our health care is quite a bit different than our brothers in England, but this is definitely an interesting read. UK’s Telegraph has an article out calling for the complete denial of health care for overweight people and the elderly, if medial treatments won’t assist their condition.

I initially brought this up on a forum I religiously visit to get their opinion. Needless to say, it brought up quite an interesting discussion.

What side of the park am I on? That’s easy. Before I say anything, I will admit that I am a bit biased. I’m a 31 year old guy that is in perfect health. I do (kinda, ha) work out and keep myself in shape where possible. When I saw myself starting to gain a little flab in the past, I immediately stopped what was causing it and reverted back to my normal self. With that said, it should be obvious I’m quite for something like this.

Now, lets take the US Health care system into account. We don’t actually have free health care; however, we do have a horribly priced system. Healthy people have to pay the same price as fat people. If you work out, get injured, your costs are no more subsidized as, say, somebody obese injuring themselves for the 5th time due to their weight. To be honest, I think it’s bs.

I think we should have some kind of system in place where were you can get a substantial discount on insurance if you pass a specific physical couple times every year. It certainly would give people some motivation to work out. And then to go along the lines of this article, I think anybody that’s quite frankly overweight should be forced to pay their own medical bills. Especially if you’re dumb enough never to take your diabetes medication.

Am I sounding cruel here? Is it because I’m not in that predicament? Is it because I don’t have anybody close that is? I don’t know; I sure don’t think so. I’m not in that predicament because I intentionally keep myself out of it.

29
Jan

Hadn’t really gotten off my ass … go fig

Hey, what I can I say? I fail!

Well, I know I need to make a change. And I actually like this site. I plan on doing random updates, personal updates, just for the heck of it from now on here. I need to get back into the habit of writing, daily. In order to do that, I need to write and write and write. As they say, the best way to write is to write.

23
Aug

Writing a first sentence.

I’ve been reading Tapping Creativity, a book by Geoffery Hineman (blog), and one chapter I just finished reading was about writing a first sentence. A first sentence is, as you might think, the start of something. It, however, doesn’t always have to be for a term paper, or a story. It can be for anything; journal entries, haiku, short story, etc. But this technique isn’t meant to make you continue. It’s designed to make the reader want to read more while allowing you an out to continue if you so wish at a later time.

Then I got to thinking, this would be a great way to get some writing out. It’s small; It’s easy; I can write or think about it on the tran. Perfect! So, to start it off:

Ever since they left, my mind has been at ease.

Post yours, if you have one. Or better yet, lets see what you all can come up with from that first sentence. What questions does it bring up? Or just run with it — what story would to tack on?

22
Aug

Learning to write…

Okay, I am the first to admit I have utterly let myself down with this site. Even I am shocked at just how long it has been since I wrote anything.

One of the major hurdles I’m working on with these sites of mine is the very simple, bottom of them all, skill: writing. I, like many others I’m sure, just never get the “urge” to write. The main problem, of course, is practice. Writing isn’t something that just comes to a person naturally. Many learn to do it and gain the habit through school. Other, like myself, build a dislike towards it (others more harshly) and tries everything to get away from it.

I have been working on trying to get my writing back up to par again. The fact of the matter is, I need to write. I use to be quite creative and during a small 1 month spurt where I did write daily, I was able to feel the creative juices flowing again.
As I stated before, practice makes perfect. And what’s the best way to practice? Doing. Writing every day, even when you do not feel like writing. This has been my bigger hurdles. Not only do I not “feel” like writing, I always wait until the last minute of the day when I am too exhausted to even think. It turns into a bed vs sitting at my desk writing.

Write daily.

That is what needs to be done. Do it before the end of the day, before you have already committed yourself to closure and before you get committed to another project. The key to writing is writing. It doesn’t matter what your write, all that it matters is you are writing. Even if you have to write an entire page full of “I hate writing…I hate writing…this sucks…what do I need to say.” All that matters is you are writing. Eventually, more ideas will start surfacing. I can vouch for this from past experiences.

Write when you do not feel like it; write when you do. Write in your sleep (okay, maybe that won’t work, but eh).

Writing has been my biggest hurdle. I am writing this post to pass on my knowledge in what I’ve learned in the past weeks and to write.





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