"So get started. Right freaking now."

So where did this quote come from?  I stumbled across it from a retweet on someone I follow.  Here's the blog post.

Am I looking to change the world?  Become a superstar, inspiring millions of people?  Have some incredible blog that has tons of followers?  Not exactly.  Babysteps, young grasshoppa.

Just a little under six weeks until my wedding in Key West. It was time to get shit straight.  It actually started this morning before I found the article.  Finally got my ass out of bed after a two week hiatus and did my P90X for the day.  Even little stuff was bugging me... letting a thing of strawberries go bad because I wasn't working out and making my shakes in the morning.  Wasting a half gallon of milk for the same reason.  Being lazy and having to throw away leftovers because I decided fast food was just easier.

Something bad happens in my sleep.  I read these great articles on just about anything.  SharePoint (my work), SQL (I don't do much of it, but Brent Ozar is a cool dude), exercise (Tony Horton has a good page here and here that I started reading), etc.  I get all inspired... pumped up to fire off an hour of P90X the next morning... and then I go to sleep.  The alarm goes off and holy hell, where did all of that inspiration go?

Maybe this is all about me being a night owl.  I've never liked the mornings.  Stay up until 12 or 1 in the morning and get up around 9 has been much more my style.  Maybe I should switch up working out in the evenings.  That might be the plan for P90X round two.  Right now I'm getting solid on this morning routine, so I gotta stick with it.

I had one stumble yesterday.  I was so ridiculously sore, I could barely turn over in bed to turn off the alarm.  It just wasn't going to happen.  So I made up the workout this morning and I have Yoga on Fridays, to that'll be happening tonight.  Not sure if two workouts in one day is good, but Yoga is a lower impact so we'll see how it goes...

Where'd my motivation go?

I'm not even sure where to start on this one.  I've pretty much lost any shred of motivation for a few things, most notably working out and doing P90X.  The alarm goes off in the morning and it's snooze after snooze for a good 45 minutes.  Even getting home after work and by the time dinner is done it's 7pm or sometimes even 8.  There's always a constant battle with laundry, dishes, clutter around the house... more things I have no motivation for.  Maybe my feeling of lack of accomplishment at work is carrying over.  Who knows.

Hot damn

So P90X day two this morning... Plyometrics.  As if I wasn't sore enough from Day 1 I had to do Plyo.  I forgot how hard Plyo is... 'jump training' is pretty intense, especially right after rolling out of bed in the morning.  I ended up having to skip the last 10 minutes of it because I was smoked.  Onward to day 3 tomorrow!

P90X back in the house

So after having a crazy past couple of weeks, things have finally slowed down enough where I can get some decent sleep and get back on the P90X wagon.  Took some initial measurements so I can see where I'm at now and in 90 days see how far I have come.  I did this for a little over 30 days a while back, so I'm better prepared for what's in store.

Initial Measurements:
Weight: 221 lbs
Biceps: R - 14.5  L - 14
Chest: 44.25
Waist: 41.75
Hips: 43
Thighs: R - 22  L - 22.25
Calves: R - 15.25  L - 15

So now I'm all set to bring it every morning from now until June 13th!

What's new...

Some new things going on... been shopping for a new car for a little while now.  The Xterra is almost at 120k miles and is six years old.  We've been at a few dealerships, checking prices, incentives, trade values, etc.  So probably by the end of the week we'll figure out what we want to do.

P90X is starting back up again too.  Going to be doing some cooking tonight for the week and getting my butt to bed early so I can get going right away at 6am.  It's going to be an early day, but last time I was on P90X I just felt better all day long.  Eating better helps a lot, but I think the workout in the morning just got my blood flowing and I was just ready to rock and roll.  I'll have to get some before pictures along with measurements so I can really track my progress over the next 90 days.

For the first time in my life...

I'm really ready for Spring to get here.  There's so much to do with the house and the winter weather is really a buzz-kill for that.  It's time for some change.  I'm usually a big time winter guy, but it's different this year.

So that was a draft from the 7th that I never got around to finishing.  Still very true.  I'm ready for Spring to roll around.  And yet again, I'm posting more than a month after my last post.  Time to get back to doing this on a more regular basis.

So some changes coming up.  For starters, P90X is happening March 1st.  I was doing it and working on my 2nd month when I felt some pain in my chest and then it migrated to my back.  From what I was reading, it seemed to be some muscle or cartiledge problems.  That's all better now so I'm ready to rock and roll.  That and I need to get into shape before my wedding in Key West on June 30th.  I really don't want to have honeymoon pictures of fat me again.  So I figured if I started March 1st that would finish it up at the end of May, just in time for the big trip.
Another big change is we're giving up our rescue, LucyJo.  She's had some bad moments, especially around other dogs.  She doesn't get along with any other dogs we've introduced her to other than Cricket.  Since just about everyone we know has other dogs, we just can't see how it's going to work out in keeping her.  We're fostering her for a short time, but eventually, she's probably going to have to go back into a shelter.  As sad as that makes me, she really needs the right home for her... and I just don't think it's with us.

I think that's about all I got right now.  Might write a bit more if it strikes me.

Big weekend coming up... hopefully

Well, there's a ton of house projects that need to get done.  Where to start...

• Finish the living room floor and shoe moulding
• Renovate the bathrooms
• Hardwood in the dining room
• Remove wallpaper and paint the stairway
• Powerwash and seal/paint both decks
• Tile the kitchen
• New kitchen cabinets
• New HVACs
• Siding and paint the house
• etc, etc, etc

So this weekend I'm hoping to get the floor done in the living room and get things situated in the half bathroom so it can be worked on.  Not only that, but the Christmas decorations need to be packed up.  We'll see how it goes.  Maybe a picture or two to go with it.