Summer is moving a little too quickly for me. The realization hit when we were packing up at the end of all too short camping trip recently. I was thinking about how precious the summer months are and how soon fall arrives when you're so sure you'll have time to do all the great stuff you planned while the weather kept you confined indoors and summer was so far away. Man, I'm such a sap-- and really into run-on sentences.

The thing is that there is no time like right now to get up, get out, and go do the things I want and/or need to do. Just freakin' do it. Turn off whatever soul-robbing contraption that has my buttocks mated with my chair and... -click-

And... I'm... Back!

That was awesome! Completely furious workout at the gym this morning. I did a number of different weight routines that reminded me of muscles that hadn't been out to play for a while. I followed that with a run/walk/climb session at the high school stadium. I only ran the circuit three times but hey, I was feeling it. If I were a masochist I'd have been in a steaming lather by the time it was over. I'm not but I was- er... not a masochist but was still in a lather, I mean. Ew, that's starting to sound a little weird. Geez, I'm constantly putting my foot in my mouth. No, not literally. Focus, Steve!

Why the frenetic burst of activity this morning? It seems I have a lot more weight to lose. Thank you scale! Wait, I mean thank you Poppycock! No, that's not quite right either. What I really mean to say is, "Thanks to you, Steve."

"Salty carbs don't bloat people; people consuming mass quantities of salty carbs bloat people."

So this morning I was all about sweating out the Sodium and working off the carbs- and it felt really good. Thank you scale. Thank you indeed.

The thing is, salty-carb-induced-bloat and the waning summer aren't the only reasons for the change-up in activity this morning. It seems like I've hit some sort of wall in my weight loss efforts. So I'm taking some advice from a reliable source in regard to my weight lifting efforts and switching things up a little. More on that later.

7/9/08

Looking back at the titles I come up with for my posts makes me realize that I probably shouldn't just write any little old thing that pops into my skull. Perhaps a little forethought before the clickety-clack of the keys, yes?

Nah, that would be completely out of character for me; I paint myself more the seat-of-the-pants-hair-on-fire massive action kind of guy. And if you believe that, I've got some Idaho ocean-front property for sale.

I'm really a planner and plotter kind of guy, someone who tries to imagine every possible contingency for a set of actions, formulates a plan based on scrupulous research, and plods forward on to my objective. That's how I've gone after most of my goals, including my focus here.

Decide, research, do, adjust, do some more- that's how I like to go about getting things done. It's what's worked.

Moving on...

OK, so I'm in research mode right now, looking around at what others are doing for exercise and diet. There i. s really some awesome stuff out there. Rather than tattle like a ninny, I'll just point you to a couple of blogs belonging to some people that are doing things I find interesting- things I'm thinking about adding to my own regimen.

Dutsji is into body combat. How cool is that? I've been looking at some videos and I have to say, it looks like a lot of fun; like a frickin' ass-kickin' party. I am so there.

WorkoutIQ is another one. I'm shopping for kettlebells almost daily.

There are so many people out there doing so many interesting and fantastic things. I want to try them all. In the meanwhile, I'm on-plan and on-target.