Imaginary word. Real weight loss.
A friend of mine posts his workouts on Facebook through a service called Fitocracy. Fitocracy gamifies the whole exercise process. I can get achievements, keep track of personal records, and level up. Pretty cool! I’m actually motivated by such silly things. I’ve already logged over 2 miles on the treadmill since yesterday, and am starting … Read more
Since Budgets Are Sexy is running a PF Blogger Showdown later today, and since I mention Deflabbify over there, I suppose I should post what I’ve done here over the past three months, no? 😉 Anyway, this blog is a bit on again, off again — much like my weight, I suppose — but the … Read more
One of the guys that works in the same building I do at work bugs me every chance he gets about whether I’m going to the YMCA to exercise or not. This is a very good thing. I’ve asked him to keep needling me. He’s a little older than I am, and he’s trying to … Read more
I just about scared the collar off of one of my dogs when I yelled "YEEEAAAHHHHH!" at the top of my lungs, though. Five hundred fifty-five points on beginner level. The advanced level is still eating me for lunch. I cracked 300 points once and most of my other tries were in the low 200s … Read more
I’d fallen off the wagon a bit with my hundred pushups workout so I dropped back to Week 3 tonight. (We were without air conditioning for a week, and doing much of anything physical was a chore.) At the suggestion of Fit36 I tried tightening up the rest periods between the levels, and ended up … Read more
This weekend I participated in our Lions Club’s highway cleanup. We have a stretch of road about a mile long that we walk over every couple of months and clean of any trash we find. It’s great to provide some community service. It’s also good exercise. Bending over, going up and down inclines in the … Read more