I never make new year resolutions because they are never kept. The cold turkey method of changing a behavior generally doesn't work, so why bother? I'm not talking about smoking, I'm referring to any unhealthy behavior - fast food, junk food, caffeine, reality TV shows, alcohol, whatever is fun and therefore bad for you. Baby steps, that is the sure fire way to feel good about yourself, and have something to talk about.
I came up with the bright idea yesterday to try, try again to kick the love for fast food but in an attainable way. For the month of January I'm going to *try* to skip french fries and soda. This is perhaps possible because there are substitutes for both items that are generally available. If I can get through the month of January on the wagon then I'll have a building block for something more substantial.
Yesterday there was a plan to go to the new gym by my work and at the last second it was skipped. Pulled out of the exit at the last second when we saw only one car in the gym lot. So there was brunch, motorcycle ride to the bank, bar food (no fries*), drinks, hot tub, then drive home. On Monday the party is over and it's back to the grind, but January is a clam month so it's more like grind lite.
Do people make new years resolutions any more? Did you?
Showing posts with label gym. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gym. Show all posts
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Engineer a new year
I'm starting the year out with a brunch at the Engineers Club in Baltimore. A private club that I get invited to from time to time by my friend and cousin Jason and his wife. I have said for a long time that country club memberships, or in this case a city club membership is worth every dollar spent. I'm not a fan of kids generally, but when kids and restaurants are combined everyone looses. The beauty of country clubs (from my limited experience) is the absence of noisy ill-behaved kids. No disruptions in the bar area because it's before 8pm, or any other "family friendly" policy designed to net the most dollars overall. So, this morning I'm going to be at the peaceful place known as the Engineers Club, ahhh.
But it doesn't end there! My wife is a fitness instructor and has a meeting scheduled for her main club today. So, I was told this morning, "pack a workout bag". Really, I'm going to be in a gym on January 1st with all the others that fell off the wagon. Guess so. The bag is packed and the iPod charged, I'm ready to get this over with. I just hope she coworkers don't give her flack for bringing me around. Personally I think it's Bad Idea Jeans.
This evening is scheduled at a wine bar somewhere near Towson followed by a hot tub. Wine bars generally aren't my thing because I like beer and liquor when the beer runs out. Hopefully there will be a limited beer selection available, else I will venture into the Riesling offerings trying to find a ten dollar bottle like they have at the store. Come to think of it a wine bar is like a country club because it's expensive and free of kids. Cheers.
But it doesn't end there! My wife is a fitness instructor and has a meeting scheduled for her main club today. So, I was told this morning, "pack a workout bag". Really, I'm going to be in a gym on January 1st with all the others that fell off the wagon. Guess so. The bag is packed and the iPod charged, I'm ready to get this over with. I just hope she coworkers don't give her flack for bringing me around. Personally I think it's Bad Idea Jeans.
This evening is scheduled at a wine bar somewhere near Towson followed by a hot tub. Wine bars generally aren't my thing because I like beer and liquor when the beer runs out. Hopefully there will be a limited beer selection available, else I will venture into the Riesling offerings trying to find a ten dollar bottle like they have at the store. Come to think of it a wine bar is like a country club because it's expensive and free of kids. Cheers.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Warranty and Progress
Follow up for the CO2 alarm wake-up call blog, The Silent Killer.
I got a bunch of Home Depot and Lowes gift cards from my credit card company with their reward program nonsense. I purchased a new CO2 detector to replace the non-working one at the house. I noticed on the packaging that it features a five year warranty! Yup, I'm cashing in on that warranty tonight.
Here's how it goes. Buy the same model CO2 detector, put the old one that is not functioning in the packaging with your receipt and return it to the store as not working - because it doesn't work. This isn't a scam and isn't unethical because the date stamp on the broken detector is 2006, and that is four years. To avoid the PIA that would be an actual return to the manufacturer I elected to do it the big box way. Nice and easy, and it helps to use a razor blade to open the blister pack packaging rather than the Christmas day rip and tear method. Just a suggestion.
Progress on multiple fronts?
On May 9th I posted a blog titled Progress on multiple fronts which contains the quote, "So, yesterday I did a max chest press lift of 250# which is good for a thirty-something guy who is weighing in under 200#. I think I'm a few months from 275#, but I'll let you know when I hit that goal."
It's been a few months and here is what I have to report:
Yesterday I did a max chest press lift of 250# which is good for a thirty-something guy who is still weighing in under 200#. I think it will be at least a few months before I can hit a max lift of 275#. The reason for net zero gain is because I fell off the gym wagon as we all do, or at least I do easily and about a month ago I dragged myself off the couch to get back into it. Yup, I'm still trying to loose the same 15 pounds, but again, aren't we all?
To me it was a pretty big day hitting the 250 number, but what I didn't realize until I sat down to write this was that it wasn't my goal, it was my baseline. Oh well, we're not grading on a curve so there is no reason to make it an easy goal.
King of Kong
I watched a fairly good documentary several months ago called the King of Kong about a Donkey Kong video game competition. I loved this game back in 1981 when Nintendo released it in arcade cabinet version. Being that it is a fairly difficult game I never got what you would call good, or even above average. Recently I've been spending some time at Crab Towne USA whenever I get the urge to play some old school video games in their original format. Crab Towne (yes, it has an E) still has a good inventory of classic games like Tetris, Pac Man, Mario Brothers, Twilight Zone (pinball), Galaga, Dig Dug, Ms Pac Man, Baby Pac Man, Spy Hunter, and several other less popular titles.
Last night after my on par performance at the gym I went directly to Crab Towne to see how much entertainment $2 in quarters could get me. Last night I finished the "elevators" level on Donkey Kong. Big deal to me since I like the arcade video games, less impressive to most grown ups. I would like to get a arcade game at the new house when things settle down, we'll see.
I got a bunch of Home Depot and Lowes gift cards from my credit card company with their reward program nonsense. I purchased a new CO2 detector to replace the non-working one at the house. I noticed on the packaging that it features a five year warranty! Yup, I'm cashing in on that warranty tonight.
Here's how it goes. Buy the same model CO2 detector, put the old one that is not functioning in the packaging with your receipt and return it to the store as not working - because it doesn't work. This isn't a scam and isn't unethical because the date stamp on the broken detector is 2006, and that is four years. To avoid the PIA that would be an actual return to the manufacturer I elected to do it the big box way. Nice and easy, and it helps to use a razor blade to open the blister pack packaging rather than the Christmas day rip and tear method. Just a suggestion.
Progress on multiple fronts?
On May 9th I posted a blog titled Progress on multiple fronts which contains the quote, "So, yesterday I did a max chest press lift of 250# which is good for a thirty-something guy who is weighing in under 200#. I think I'm a few months from 275#, but I'll let you know when I hit that goal."
It's been a few months and here is what I have to report:
Yesterday I did a max chest press lift of 250# which is good for a thirty-something guy who is still weighing in under 200#. I think it will be at least a few months before I can hit a max lift of 275#. The reason for net zero gain is because I fell off the gym wagon as we all do, or at least I do easily and about a month ago I dragged myself off the couch to get back into it. Yup, I'm still trying to loose the same 15 pounds, but again, aren't we all?
To me it was a pretty big day hitting the 250 number, but what I didn't realize until I sat down to write this was that it wasn't my goal, it was my baseline. Oh well, we're not grading on a curve so there is no reason to make it an easy goal.
King of Kong
I watched a fairly good documentary several months ago called the King of Kong about a Donkey Kong video game competition. I loved this game back in 1981 when Nintendo released it in arcade cabinet version. Being that it is a fairly difficult game I never got what you would call good, or even above average. Recently I've been spending some time at Crab Towne USA whenever I get the urge to play some old school video games in their original format. Crab Towne (yes, it has an E) still has a good inventory of classic games like Tetris, Pac Man, Mario Brothers, Twilight Zone (pinball), Galaga, Dig Dug, Ms Pac Man, Baby Pac Man, Spy Hunter, and several other less popular titles.
Last night after my on par performance at the gym I went directly to Crab Towne to see how much entertainment $2 in quarters could get me. Last night I finished the "elevators" level on Donkey Kong. Big deal to me since I like the arcade video games, less impressive to most grown ups. I would like to get a arcade game at the new house when things settle down, we'll see.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
digital memories
As I try to recall when things happened at the company that are important to me I always have to refer back to the company website. When did we buy the forklift?
I did not design the site, nor do I know code too well, but I do updates and photo uploading and the such. I've very happy to have a company website to update because I've yet been able to keep up a steady blog entry, and Facebook certainly isn't suitable. Today (August) I made the bold entry to note that we've been replacing 19-pin connectors on most of the multi cable. It's a very dull announcement that really doesn't even belong in this blog, but it has been an expensive event that in two years from now I'll have to refer back to the site to remember that it wasn't last week when I spent all that money on the maintenance.
I've had trouble keeping up with blog entries because I (perhaps) made the mistake of making this sort of a company blog, and less of my personal blog. I guess I could start a new blog without the company tilt, problem is the company and work is such a big part of my life. I don't know.
My digital memory for today notes that I reached 13,000 miles on the BMW R1200GS this evening while driving to the gym. Speaking of the gym I took a long break this Summer and now have made another attempt to get back into the swing of things and have started going again. Making a note that I started going to the gym again would get repetitive if it was noted on a time line so I'm not going to make something about nothing just yet. Last night the wife and I went out for some beers after the gym (net gain). Tonight there were no beers or junk food after the gym visit, so that's good.
I did not design the site, nor do I know code too well, but I do updates and photo uploading and the such. I've very happy to have a company website to update because I've yet been able to keep up a steady blog entry, and Facebook certainly isn't suitable. Today (August) I made the bold entry to note that we've been replacing 19-pin connectors on most of the multi cable. It's a very dull announcement that really doesn't even belong in this blog, but it has been an expensive event that in two years from now I'll have to refer back to the site to remember that it wasn't last week when I spent all that money on the maintenance.
I've had trouble keeping up with blog entries because I (perhaps) made the mistake of making this sort of a company blog, and less of my personal blog. I guess I could start a new blog without the company tilt, problem is the company and work is such a big part of my life. I don't know.
My digital memory for today notes that I reached 13,000 miles on the BMW R1200GS this evening while driving to the gym. Speaking of the gym I took a long break this Summer and now have made another attempt to get back into the swing of things and have started going again. Making a note that I started going to the gym again would get repetitive if it was noted on a time line so I'm not going to make something about nothing just yet. Last night the wife and I went out for some beers after the gym (net gain). Tonight there were no beers or junk food after the gym visit, so that's good.
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