I hope everyone in the FAT coalition had a wonderful holiday this year. We had a great Christmas in the Ripx household. My wife got me some very health specific gifts to get me back on track. I got a set of the Nautilus SelectTech 552 dumbbells with stand. Pretty much adjustable dumbbells from 5 - 52.5 lbs each. She also got me the "Psyho-cybernetics" book that was recommended to me by Billy early this month. I am looking forward to working on both my muscles and my mind/self image. I received some xmas cash from a couple relatives that I am going to invest into a few other fitness related items too. I feel like I am really ready to put my nose back to the grindstone. I have been pretty sloppy the last month and I know it. Today I am looking forward to tomorrow and what I can accomplish in the next month, 6 months, or a year. Time to throw some more coal on the embers. I am going to be 215 by the end of January. Don't wait until Jan 1, start today!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Happy Holidays FAT
I hope everyone in the FAT coalition had a wonderful holiday this year. We had a great Christmas in the Ripx household. My wife got me some very health specific gifts to get me back on track. I got a set of the Nautilus SelectTech 552 dumbbells with stand. Pretty much adjustable dumbbells from 5 - 52.5 lbs each. She also got me the "Psyho-cybernetics" book that was recommended to me by Billy early this month. I am looking forward to working on both my muscles and my mind/self image. I received some xmas cash from a couple relatives that I am going to invest into a few other fitness related items too. I feel like I am really ready to put my nose back to the grindstone. I have been pretty sloppy the last month and I know it. Today I am looking forward to tomorrow and what I can accomplish in the next month, 6 months, or a year. Time to throw some more coal on the embers. I am going to be 215 by the end of January. Don't wait until Jan 1, start today!
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Update
Hey FAT. Just thought I would write a quick post to let you know how things are going in Ripx world (thanks for prodding me Melissa). I have been doing ok, still not exercising as much as I should nor eating as clean as I should be. Not that its been all bad but I'm definitely not earning it. I guess I have been doing enough to maintain as I really haven't gained any weight either. Still sitting at 222 as of this morning. I haven't given up at all and I know I still have a long way to go in the weight loss arena. I am getting back to cleaner days and exercise as I have no other choice in my eyes.
The holidays have been really good this year. It's amazing how much joy a child can bring you around the holidays. My son has been allot of fun to watch this year. You can almost see the Christmas magic in him. We took him up to Mt Hood last weekend for a night and went sledding. He had a really good time and I got a bunch of exercise pulling him up the hill over and over.
Two weeks ago I went to the Tool concert here in Portland with a friend/ex-coworker that I hadn't seen in some time. It was really cool to see him and have a night out with the guys. Tool was awesome live, they sounded just like they do on their albums. The picture on the right is from my phone so its not the greatest but they sure had a sweet laser light show.
I cant believe that Christmas is less than a week away. Its amazing how fast it sneaks up on you as you get older. Thanks for all the supportive comments and for helping me keep health at the forefront of my mind.
The holidays have been really good this year. It's amazing how much joy a child can bring you around the holidays. My son has been allot of fun to watch this year. You can almost see the Christmas magic in him. We took him up to Mt Hood last weekend for a night and went sledding. He had a really good time and I got a bunch of exercise pulling him up the hill over and over.
Two weeks ago I went to the Tool concert here in Portland with a friend/ex-coworker that I hadn't seen in some time. It was really cool to see him and have a night out with the guys. Tool was awesome live, they sounded just like they do on their albums. The picture on the right is from my phone so its not the greatest but they sure had a sweet laser light show.
I cant believe that Christmas is less than a week away. Its amazing how fast it sneaks up on you as you get older. Thanks for all the supportive comments and for helping me keep health at the forefront of my mind.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Still Kicking
Just wanted to drop a quick line to say I am alive and kicking. I am still kind of having a hard time getting in the right state of mind diet and exercise wise. As I was laying on the couch today finishing watching the Seahawks whomp on Arizona my wife looked over at me and said "why don't you go do some HIIT or get on that treadmill". Kind of a slap in the face but also kind of what I think I needed. So I did 30 mins of jogging on the treadmill. It felt good and I am glad she said something. We got our xmas tree and put up lights this weekend on the outside of the house. My son is at the perfect age this year and is so excited about the Christmas season and the lights on "his" house. I do love this time of year. Hope you are all doing well.
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