Well I’m making this post a bit pre-emptively. Last September I made a decision to start getting my ass into the gym and watching what I was eating. I’ve done this in the past, as far as dieting but it never seemed to work out well for me. In life I constantly look at ways to improve myself and better me. I like to think that this has been another experiment in making myself better.

I had hit a point in my life where I weighed more than I ever have before. I stepped up on the scale and watched it count up to 245.5 and almost shat myself. Sure I wasn’t eating the healthiest but I couldn’t believe it. That was when I started cutting back. I eliminated pop, red bull, and picked up a gym membership. I still haven’t used my personal trainer sessions because I’m hitting my goals on my own thus far. As soon as I seem to hit a wall though I have 6 hour long sessions I’ll be calling on to play clean up. I’ve been trying to hit the gym 3-4 times / week although I’d like to get into a routine where I go in the mornings to work out, then on my free nights go and play basketball. I still have a bit of practice to get in to where I’m comfortable playing in the pickup games but I’ve given myself until February to do so. I’ve been running dribbling drills and a few other practice techniques to get myself ready to go. In the end, eliminating pop, going to sugar free red bull, visiting the gym, and turning down most sweets seems to be working quite well for me. It’s a life change that’s not strict enough where I feel the need to binge on food and at the same time, I keep my body moving enough to keep the metabolism chugging.

Lots of things in my life have changed since I started. I watched myself climb back into the geek persona more. Once again I wake up thinking about queries and ways to re-write classes more efficiently. For some reason, I feel the need to write about it here often as if justifying myself and my years of seclusion in my room working on code. Brandon and I have become quite the coding duo. As a side effect, I need to start posting more stuff here that’s code related. I’ve done a lot of work within the Zend Framework that I’d like to put up to help others that may be in the same situation I’m in.

Speaking of work, I’m off to San Antonio next week for work so I’ll be working long hours to prepare this week. I have 4 or 5 projects to finish up by this weekend so I’m expecting a few marathon coding sessions. While I’m out there though I’ll definitely be bringing along my camera to take plenty of pictures. I’m starting to like this travel thing more and more.