Blog Layout Update

I've decided to change up a few things on the old blog today, make it more... me. If it doesn't work out, I'll do something else, but for now this is how it will be.

The diet goes on, and with it I am hungry. It doesn't help being so busy at work that I don't have time for lunch, or that I usually never eat breakfast. I'll work on making time for eating - I hear it's important.  Post injury I think I'm ready to start trying to workout again, of course now I'm aware I should ease into it instead of being really aggressive. Pictures of progress (if any) will be shared.

Diet, Injuries - The Usual

Well, I did start the DietBet (Profile Here). I've been doing well, with only one minor setup so far. If you follow me on Facebook, then you obviously read my complaints about being too out of shape to work out. Facebook was invented for people to complain, right? I pulled two sets of muscles in my right rib cage causing me to wake up at 5 AM screaming because someone stabbed me in my side and I couldn't breathe without feeling the knife that was obviously still lodged between my ribs. It sounds like an over exaggeration, but that is a fairly accurate description of the pain and general feeling. What did I learn from this? Don't go into inverted push ups on your first semi serious session returning to working out. I will say, I did pretty good at the time though.

Lyndsay is trying to make me eat healthier, and I'm trying, but food is like a drug that you have to be weened off of, one steak at a time. Honestly I know I need to eat better, and for short times I will, but I need to learn that to live healthier and longer I got to watch what fuel I put into my engine. Also what I eat.

I still never heard any input about doing a video journal, so let me know your thoughts!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Another year has came and went and I'm a year older.

This past year has had a lot of ups, and even more downs. Fortunately, the ups were enough to make this year worth all the downs. There are personal things that I am not ready to discuss publicly yet, but let's say I'm lucky to be alive and leave it at that.

As I was swimming at my Mom & Dad's house yesterday at my party, I was once again struck with the fact that I had indeed gained too much weight. So with that in mind and the image of Hugh Jackman's body from The Wolverine, I'm upping my game. I have entered into a DietBet and will blow it out of the water. To win the bet, I must lose just under 9 pounds in 30 days. My personal goal (long term) is about 50 pounds gone, unless I gave muscle weight, then I am perfectly fine with the trade. First step is weight loss though. I'll be updating my blog and all my fitness apps regularly, and I have even thought more heavily about doing the video blog to track my feeling and progress during the journey.

What do you think?

Keep on Truckin

Almost a week after my big decision to jump into this, I haven't gotten very far. I am down a few pounds, but not enough to consider my plan "working." I would like to jump head first into all the exercise, food and drink changes, but small steps are needed for me. I fear change, and this - as silly as it sounds - is a big life change. It's not just a change until I reach my ideal weight, it's a change for health as well.

With all of the projected changes, I think it's caused a serious panic reaction, so I may be taking it easier than I had hoped, but any progress is progress.

On to the next challenge.

Redemption

So, I've not been exactly regular here. I'll try to fix that. I also have spoke many times about losing weight and being serious about it. Well, now I am, but I'm not going to say how serious I am. It was spurred by  someone saying I looked like a person in a TV show. I was unfamiliar with the show so I looked that person up. He was fat. That was an eye opener. First I wanted to get mad, but then I realized, I am overweight. So, I'm getting to it. I'm cutting calories, and I'm slowly going to get back into biking and weight training. I will be posting updates.

As before I will be taking pictures, but will refrain from posting them until I myself see positive results. I have considered starting a dietbet.com thing like my friend Marcia did, but I'm in this for me, and winning money would be nice, but boosting my energy and self confidence is a better reward. I will share this with you:http://www.myfitnesspal.com/merlinglx - my MyFitnessPal profile page. I did start at 230 and have slowly gotten down to 220, but I need to be more aggressive. I actually wouldn't mind being 220 with a smaller waist and larger chest. Just a thought.

What a Weekend

First off, I want to apologize for any spelling and grammar mistakes in this post. I feel terrible and I am only sitting up long enough to type this, then I'm lying down for about 2 years, give or take a month.

The good news is that I'm now published! My short story, Michael's Education is on Amazon for 1.99 - Click Here. It's not very long, I had to keep this one under 5000 words, so please forgive me. There is another book coming out that picks up where this one left off in a few months (not constrained to 5000 words). Please spend a few bucks and check it out, it would make me happy. I also have made good progress on my novel and will release an update on it soon, still raising money for publishing (since I want it in hard copy form and listed nationally).

Well, sorry to cut this short, but I think I'm dying, so until next time.

So far, so meatless

Small Update here on the diet.

It is working well, I do seem to have more energy, but that could be a placebo. I'm losing inches (dropped one pant size so far) and I'm building a lot more upper body strength. Instead of being Batman, I might have to be Bane (Due to upper body size, not because I'm now evil).

See. Told you it was short.