The devil is in the details.....

I took a longer walk today than usual. I used Google maps and routed out a nice six mile walk for myself today. It took me to Pt. Fermin, the cliff side park here in San Pedro. I charged up my MP3 player and headed out the door. I like to listen to music cuase it takes my mind off of the monotony of placing one foot in front of the other and helps me to keep a quick place. I followed my planned route and walked to the top of a big hill. My pace slowed going up the hill, my heart beat quickened. My leg muscled burned with everystep near the top. Once I reached the top , I was hit by a refreshing ocean breeze. An overwhelming sense of accomplishment washed over me. I pulled my head out of my headphones and enjoyed the details of the moment. My heart still racing, the breeze across my face. The feel of fresh air filling my lungs, and the great view my eyes were taking in of the Los Angeles harbor. Moment like that make the long walks very enjoyable.

why wait?

The holidays are here. And for most people this can be a disastrous time for their diets. As far back as I can remember the holiday treats usually translated into a few extra pounds. This year I resolved to stay clear of the Holiday treats which is hard becuase I love Egg Nog. But I am aware that with the new year I will be making the resolution to keep up the weight loss program. So why start in the negative? Why try climbing a mountain by digging a hole first that makes no sense. So I am steering clear of the goodies. I mean we can still enjoy the holidays, just be aware that you will regret any extra wieght that you will gain come the new year. So always keep the goal in mind, to get healthy. So I say start that New Years Resolution now!!! Go run, pick up wieghts, do yoga , do whate ever you were planning on starting with the New Year. Get a head start !!!Hit the ground running.....Feel free to leave me some advice on getting through the holidays.

Im back...

I have been really busy this last month. So I have not had time to update the blog. But I will say that I was really happy with my Halloween pictures, it is the first time I noticed how sizeably smaller I am. I was happy to see my pics as opposed to dreading them. Well I will get back on the blog ASAP. You can subscribe to them ,that way you dont have to check here to see if I have written anything.

set high goals...

Ha ha ha one of my buddies who read this blog suggested that we all plan on taking a hiking trip next year. I like the idea becuase my goal is not only to lose wieght but to be in good enough shape to handle a hike in the mountains. Last night when I was discussing the trip with another one of my friends, he suggested we try to do Mt. Whitney, thats only the highest point in the continental US. I guess its worth a try why not aim high. This got me imagining how hard the hike will be, and what it will be like to finish it. I have done this hike once before. It would be nice to revisit the spot. I guess what Im trying to say is that its important to set goals that inspire us. I know one buddy who needed to drop fifty pounds in order to go sky diving. He used that as his motivation to get moving. Whatever it takes I hope that we can all find something that inspires us. P.S. bethany my email address is pdmsnvrdies@gmail. I would like to get to know who you are.

the nice thing about waking up and going......

So these last few weeks I have woken up and gone for a jog in the morning. I should say that I don't do this everyday but the days I do it are great. Its nice to get that exercise session out of the way first thing. It is something I have found very helpful on those days where I am feeling extra lazy. There have been those days when I feel a great disdain for my exercise routine, and I spend the whole day dreading it. Today would have been one of those days, but I woke up crawled out of bed , strapped on my shoes and my mp3 player and took a run.
I enjoy running to a spot that has a pay off. I have several routes I take that all end with a nice view. This morning I ran to a spot and watched the sunrise. I walked home but is was a good way to wake up.

Sometimes weekends are bad

I love to play video games. In order to keep the games from taking over my life I have yet to buy the XBOX 360. So on weekends I go to my buddies house and play some online Halo 3. Nothing like online gaming to burn develop a thirst. The gamers drink of choice is Mountain Dew, loaded with sugar and caffiene, and of course you need Nacho Cheese Doritos to wash it down. Well its hard to avoid these things when Im hungry and there is nothing else around. So yeah sometimes I give into temptation and eat some of the worst possible stuff around. In the past I these are the points where I would just give up. Mostly I would feel a sense of guilt and helplessnes like I could never change. Or I would feel like I just ruined a weeks worth of working out with one night of indescretion.
Now when I have these slip ups I just get back at it the next day. I keep going and moving forward. Its all I can do until , I eventually have the will power to completely avoid sugar ridden drinks and calorie packed nacho cheesiness. Will that day ever come I dont know. It seems like I develped a taste for junk food, its hard to let it go. But I have also developed a taste for feeling better, and being able to excercise and not feel like dying. So I have to opposing desires. I think I have heard somewhere that if you feed one you starve the other. Well I think If the majority of the time I am making the right choices eventually that side of me will win .

Sweat is my new best friend...

A few years back there was this commercial for Tabasco sauce, it showed a fat sweaty guy eating pizza on his porch. The commercial was not very appetizing. There is nothing appealing about a fat sweaty guy. I know cuase I use to be that guy, the guy that was sweating while doing nothing at all. I hated my seemingly uncontrollable sweating. Sometimes I would get nervous around certain females, forget about it, the buckets would come down. One of my favorite movies is a movie called Angus about a fat teenager. In the movie he is always sweating, he ask why am I always sweating, some one yelled cause your fat ! I think fat people sweat more cause the extra pounds keep their bodies warmer. On the bright side after shedding some pounds these episodes of Katrina like moisture happen less. I believe the reason is simple, since I have less fat on me, my body is cooler. I have always hated sweat, its caused me a lots of embarrassment.
Today while doing my workout I challenged myself to make the workout a little more intense , you know by adding a little more weight doing the reps a little more quickly. I was soon covered in sweat, sweet beautiful I burned a whole lot of calories sweat. There seems to be a difference with this sweat, it feels good. I feel better, i feel healthy. I think sweat is a good indicator that I am working out at the appropriate intensity. I feel like a guy who just accomlished something when I am covered in this type of sweat. I don't feel like that fat sweaty guy.. I love this type of sweat and I do it on every time I can.
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