2010... so far so good

Hey,

So it's been a while, but for the most part things are picking up. Been active at least 6x/week during 2010, and have to say I'm impressed. Sleeping has changed.. I now sleep maximum 7 hours/night, and take a power nap in the afternoon.. under instruction from my trainer, not some 'Mens Health' crap. Nutrition wise, things have undertaken a major overhaul... and I'm optimistic I will get used to my new diet.. For the things that have been removed, we say hello to my 2 good friends "Refined Sugar" and "White Flour". Yep, they're gone, but I did screw up and bought a couple bottles of pop after Thursday's martial arts classes... and I consume them very very fast.. from now on I will travel with a couple bottles of water to quench the thirst. Speaking of martial arts, things are going good in class, and my 6x/week workout schedule out of class is a very nice change from previous years of my life. I bought a workout machine that constitutes as a full gym, and that combined with snowshoeing, martial arts, and walking everywhere has put me in a good mood 95% of the time. Also, I don't feel like a 500lb bastard wasting away the days anymore. For example.. today I needed soy milk, so I walked 20 minutes to the store, got some, walked back. (just over 2km one-way roughly). Every thursday I walk to martial arts class and back, and if need-be, I'll walk to my trainers place.. 5k one-way. Ya, so I'm drinking Chocolate Soy Milk now, eating a lot of raw almonds and dried raisins, whole wheat pasta, Havarti cheese (expensive as hell but very good), whole wheat kaisers, oats, salad, seeds (sunflower, flax, pumpkin, etc) and eating more yogurt. Breakfast sandwiches, Sidekicks, Hot Chocolate, Burgers, Pizza have all been removed from the diet.. which to those of you that don't know me... is comparable to removing ones' testicle with a rusty spoon... those aforementioned items were the cornerstone of my life... With combined workouts on the machine, and off, + martial arts and other stuff, I'll be 100% stronger in 6 months, so I'm looking very forward to that. While I have some spare time not working out or journaling about working out and eating, I'm catching up on some movies as I am not employed currently. Recently for my viewing pleasure I watched Halloween II, Pride & Glory, Quantum of Solace, Law Abiding Citizen, Defiance, Teminator Salvation, Universal Soldier : Regeneration, End of Days & Public Enemies. The detiorating mess that were my snowshoe trails have left me with a bit of a sour taste in my mouth, but on a good note, if temperatures increase a few more degrees and we get the rest of the sidewalks melted, JOGGING SEASON! WOOT! I plan to break my ~10k route, which I haven't done in a couple summers, so it will take a bit to get back into it. I'll be going snowshoeing on Wednesday out of town which will be fun, I really enjoy that recreational activity.. it's kind of calming almost... most of the time I don't listen to music, and I just think about stuff. One thing that I'm glad to report is the progress I've made in some areas already working out, most noteably my pushups on the 6x6. My goal over the next few months is to get my abs back, not that I need to be able to withstand great force in the midsection from martial arts or anything (although it does help), it's more that I know that it's a LOT of work to get them, and it will be a nice milestone to start this year off. Also, no steroids, no protein shakes full of steroids, for all the mma junkies.. I do things properly. It is almost 2am, and I haven't stayed up this late in a while so I should probably head to bed. Tomorrow is martial arts + non-machine workout, so I need to be in tip-top shape. Cya later,

Chris