Sunday, January 25, 2009
Six Years
Today marks the six-year mark since I began this little web endeavor. Six damn years. And just twelve comments in that time. No, no, I kid, I kid.
As I've said in recent weeks/months, it's getting (obviously) harder and harder to be a reliable poster here. So it has definitely been on my mind how to end this whole thing. Do I do some kind of big thank-you, send-off post? No, that would seem a little self-serving, as though anyone would care if this site shuffled off.
Do I do a "best of" to wrap things up and go out with a bang?
Or do I just stop posting and not tell you anything.... like most sites peter out.... and how this one probably should.
Six years is a long time to do anything. And it's a long time to be confined to one medium.
So while I haven't figured it out yet, I have to say that the end is near for NTR as you've come to know it. Shed not a tear, though, as I'll always find ways to entertain you.
As I've said in recent weeks/months, it's getting (obviously) harder and harder to be a reliable poster here. So it has definitely been on my mind how to end this whole thing. Do I do some kind of big thank-you, send-off post? No, that would seem a little self-serving, as though anyone would care if this site shuffled off.
Do I do a "best of" to wrap things up and go out with a bang?
Or do I just stop posting and not tell you anything.... like most sites peter out.... and how this one probably should.
Six years is a long time to do anything. And it's a long time to be confined to one medium.
So while I haven't figured it out yet, I have to say that the end is near for NTR as you've come to know it. Shed not a tear, though, as I'll always find ways to entertain you.
Labels: anniversary, ending the site, NotTheRock, six years
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Over Two Weeks In
We're over two weeks into our 90-day challenge and as of yesterday, I was down to 210.2 lbs from a starting weight of 219.8. So 9.6 lbs in just over two weeks. Not bad, though I do expect that kind of weight loss in these early stages. I'm feeding my body just enough calories to have what it needs and I'm severely limiting carbs and going much higher on protein. This was actually the only weight-loss method that ever worked for me (back when I lost 46 lbs in 2003), but now I've got a wife making sure I actually eat fruits and veggies, too. Oh, and I'm also working out six days a week so that can't hurt, either.
One of my buddies is convinced I won't lose a lot of weight but rather will "move the weight around," meaning I'll bulk up and tone muscle. While I agree with this to a certain extent, I still do have weight to lose -- so I think there will wind up being some medium ground where I would lose more weight with diet and cardio work alone, but since I'm also building muscle it will be somewhere in the middle.
God, this is exciting, isn't it?
One of my buddies is convinced I won't lose a lot of weight but rather will "move the weight around," meaning I'll bulk up and tone muscle. While I agree with this to a certain extent, I still do have weight to lose -- so I think there will wind up being some medium ground where I would lose more weight with diet and cardio work alone, but since I'm also building muscle it will be somewhere in the middle.
God, this is exciting, isn't it?
Labels: fatness, gym, P90X, working out
Sunday, January 04, 2009
You Know I Don't Like Resolutions
Welcome to 2009. If you know me at all, you know I think resolutions are stupid. Yet I seem to have some semblance of them every year. The truth is, though, I just know my fitness and motivation and general patience all are tested in the last couple months of the year and so it's time to start fresh.
This year, the same issues abound. I'm fat, and it's time to do something about it. I joined a gym when we moved down here but once my wife and I started commuting together, I had a convenient excuse not to go in early to the gym. Plus I like food.
So when a couple of our friends here saw tremendous success in getting into the best conditions of their lives via a workout regimin called P90X, a larger group of us decided to do the same. So we all begin the 90-day lifestyle change on Monday, January 5, and it will continue for 90 days. Unless some of us bail out. You work out six days a week in varying workouts, and follow a typically strict but reasonable diet. At the end of the 90 days, for those who stick to it, you'll no doubt look and feel amazing. I'm a believer, having seen what it did for our friends. The question will be sticking to it. But the thing is, none of us are getting any younger and if we think it's hard now, it's nothing compared to how it will be in a few more years.
And so off we go. I'm beginning at 219.8 lbs, so we'll see where we wind up. Updates to come.
This year, the same issues abound. I'm fat, and it's time to do something about it. I joined a gym when we moved down here but once my wife and I started commuting together, I had a convenient excuse not to go in early to the gym. Plus I like food.
So when a couple of our friends here saw tremendous success in getting into the best conditions of their lives via a workout regimin called P90X, a larger group of us decided to do the same. So we all begin the 90-day lifestyle change on Monday, January 5, and it will continue for 90 days. Unless some of us bail out. You work out six days a week in varying workouts, and follow a typically strict but reasonable diet. At the end of the 90 days, for those who stick to it, you'll no doubt look and feel amazing. I'm a believer, having seen what it did for our friends. The question will be sticking to it. But the thing is, none of us are getting any younger and if we think it's hard now, it's nothing compared to how it will be in a few more years.
And so off we go. I'm beginning at 219.8 lbs, so we'll see where we wind up. Updates to come.
Labels: fatness, gym, P90X, working out
