Gym today was fun. I'm LOVING squats! And I did a really tough 3 sets of lats! And I benched a bunch! I feel so buff compared to everyone else in my gym, it's the best.

I can't wait till my lungs heal so I can do some cardio.

Taking today off -- my back is still pretty sore from the back/ab workout I did 2 days ago, and I don't want to risk an injury.

Tomorrow is my annual medical monitoring appointment -- I'll get to find out if I still have "elevated liver enzymes."

I started a weight room notebook.

Also, I squatted my body weight (155) today. Not really all that impressive, I squat JJ all the time, but it's a cool milestone. 155 was my 4th set of squats, which was supposed to be 6 reps, but I was feeling good and pushed out 10. A little added sprint strength from Kaimana, and now I'm shooting way past what I thought was my "plateau." I love lifting.

I also got a, "Oh my gosh, you're going to lift HOW much?" when I was doing lats. It was pretty awesome. This woman was really, really impressed with my strength. And man, it's just the beginning of the season! Yay! I love my gym.

Plan 1

Okey dokey.

Expounding a bit upon last night's ramble, I'd like to clarify some stuff:

1) I'm hoping that figuring out how to go all out with the three things listed already (JJ, frisbee, work) will help me figure out how to naturally apply that sentiment toward everything else as well. This includes friendships; I've been pretty weak sauce in the past couple years about actually getting out of the house and doing stuff. As a result, I think I've missed out on some opportunities to get closer with some really cool people. I shouldn't need convincing - I want to be a Yes person, and then actually have the energy to follow through.

2) I want to spend less time on hobbies that don't make me a better person so I can focus on the hobbies that do.


So, today is Saturday. I slept away half of it, yay illness recovery. For the rest of my day, here is the plan:

now-1200 --- Wake up
1200-1300 --- Weight room (no cardio while I'm lung-sick)
1300-1430 --- So fresh and so clean clean plus post-workout food
1430-1530 --- Airport to deliver car to T&A
1530-1630 --- Much-needed trip to grocery store
1630-1730 --- Unpack from Kaimana and clean up my shit
1730-1900 --- Cook and eat food
1900-done --- night out with JJ and N&M

God, I'm so boring I live my life on military time. Awesome.

My acrylic primary colors

This blog is gonna be mostly about getting my shit together and following through on life.

I recently wrote about my desire to love life fully and thoroughly. I know that the only way I can pull this off is to break some bad habits, and the only way to break bad habits is to start with a plan.

So there are three daily facets of my life that absorb the majority of my attention:

a) JJ
b) Frisbee
c) Work

My initial goal is to find a way to be passionate and intense about the way I go about handling these three facets.

Re: JJ -- I love JJ. He's my soul mate and he gets me. I'm pretty sure I'm already approaching our relationship with passion and intensity....there's a level of security and confidence with each other that we have reached that surpasses any other relationship I have been a part of or even witnessed. I'd say that, with JJ, I'm in it to win it.

Re: Frisbee -- What I love the most about frisbee is the community surrounding it, but it's tough to get any respect when I'm not truly passionate about the sport. I absolutely love playing, but I've been a total halfass about training for the last 3 years. As a result, I come off as a lazy, crappy teammate, and that sucks. Also, I'm really, really tired of being the fat chick. It's not my style, it's not how I grew up, it makes me feel even more socially awkward than I already am, it slows me down, and it's just plain not healthy. I've got a tight body, but it's hiding under a keg. Bullshit. So, next step, weight loss and building some base endurance.

Re: Work -- There are a billion things that distract me on a daily basis, and somewhere between Walnut Creek and Chicago, I let those distractions get the best of me. I was pretty efficient with my time when I worked in California, but since I've moved, I've been really struggling to get shit done. I'm pretty sure it's starting to piss a lot of people off, and that's not helping anything. I do like my company, and I used to like my job. I'm just trying to find a way to be good at it again. I've been having a tough time finding my place in my new office; I'd really like to find a way to enjoy my day to day work again.


So, those are the facts. Here are my action items:

1) Write out a daily schedule, down to the hour, that includes time for workouts.
2) Pack my lunches so I can monitor my workday caloric intake.
3) Stop using my work computer for anything personal. I was doing this before, but then my home laptop monitor failed, so I haven't been using that machine for a while. All I need to do is find a monitor cable and I can make this happen.
4) Eliminate boring, non-interactive computer addictions. Specifically, no more online puzzles and limited time spent on Facebook. These are both serious time drains and are making me waste my life.
5) Time spent watching TV will also be ab-workout time. Easy enough.

I think these changes will give me more time to do what I say I'm going to do (specifically regarding workouts and work). They should also help my focus my attention so I'm less flaky. And hopefully they will help me drop back down to a functional weight (my goal is 140, I'm at 155 right now).


Let's see how this rolls.