Been a busy weekend.
Thursday i was too tired to go out of town.
Left first thing Friday morning.
Houston was fun- got my teeth checked out and they’re not as bad as my ex tried to have me believe.
Lifted some weights- did some bench pullups, bench press, and close grip bench press.
Left to come home in the afternoon on Saturday- long drive took longer with traffic.
Planning to do something some time on sunday.
porkchoppa –
mrs. buddha and i sign the papers this week, so i’ll have the weight room set up almost immediately after we move in next weekend. next time you’re in town, c’mon over and we’ll powerclean until we puke on water dragon, then we’ll powerclean some more.
rtb- Sounds fun!!! I’m definitely down for that! 
EDIT: I’m not sure when I’ll be down there next. My baby brother’s birthday is on Friday but I’m kinda tired of driving for 4 or 5 hours on end. Possibly the weekend after if I’m not doing something else.
Last night I finished filling up the iPod: 6405 songs, at least until I start buyin more on iTunes. Up till now, my primary goal has been loading the cds i already have, restoring any damaged tracks, replacing lost/stolen cds, and getting a few things I’ve wanted a long time. I’ve got 6 or 7 gigs to play with still and if i need to make room i’ve got a lot of stuff i can kinda take or leave. There are still a few things I may need to download, a few damaged tracks I may need to replace, and always new music I want to try out- but I’m pretty good for now.
See the iPod’s been a major goal for me because music’s important to me. I have a lot of memories attached to my music so compiling my collection has been a way to kinda walk through a lot of memories in my life and get myself back to normal. i’d say it’s been very theraputic. I’ve also had this feeling that once I got the thing loaded something would come along to make me happier than I’ve been in a long time. I’ve achieved a substantial level of happiness & peace via the process of healing & loading the iPod, realizing what’s important in my life, and at least a lil bit in part due to the Zoloft.
I will share that last night, just as I finished my final revision of my playlist for the night; I got an email from this girl in Arlington I’ve been trying to meet for a minute. She gave me her phone number. Not going to assume it’s destiny but it’s sure as heck something I’ve wanted for a bit. 
I’m sad to say I was up pretty late finishing that little project last night and didn’t go jogging like I wanted to. Didn’t get to bed on time either and I had a cheat meal for dinner after eating pretty well recently.
This morning I did some pushups (15) and some ab-wheel (10) after my shower. I think I’ve lost a goodly bit of strength, so I’m going to have to be more consistant. Last week was a pretty good start, but I could’ve used more jogging. I gotta stop driving all over Texas every other weekend (11 or 12 hours total this weekend). LOL
hope the above doesn’t count as whining. 
boxing gym workout
10 min of jump rope
10 min of shadow - first 8 min w/handweights
4 rounds of heavybags
3 rounds of double end peanut bag
afterwards i talked to that girl on the phone.
didn’t go the way i wanted to- yahoo crashed last night so i couldn’t get her number until an hour after I said i was gonna call so i got off on a real bad start.
planning on boxing and jogging tonite, let’s see how it goes down.
3 rounds of jump rope
3 rounds of shadow (first 2 w/weights)
6 rounds heavybag
ab work- 20 med ball situps, 20 med ball self tosses, 20 leg lifts
I think I’m only going to be able to jog on my off days from the gym.
Trying to do both on the same night is just proving a bit overwhelming.
Boxing schedule will be something like Mon, Tues, Thur, Sat with jogging on the off days and some weights if I have any extra energy.
diet’s okay- pretty low calorie if not the highest quality food.
Ran a few miles last night, took about 30 minutes.
Did a bunch of cheating pushups this morning.
broke down and ate dinner last night. wasn’t proud of what i ate and tried to make up for it on the run but the jalepenos were burning my stomach to the point that finishing the run became a major struggle.
Tonite I’m torn between going to a sushi joint to meet up with some Japanese folks or hitting the gym. I have some time to make up for work because of my doctor’s appointment yesterday so I can’t do both, probably end up being late for sushi regardless. Also, if I don’t hit the gym the best I can do this week is 3 times- friday they close so early i have a real hard time making it.
rethinking my paradigm on the femaliens. I’d just like to make some new friends and expand my network. if chemistry happens then it happens, I’m not looking to be chasing after anyone.
[QUOTE=Pork Chop;709491]rethinking my paradigm on the femaliens. I’d just like to make some new friends and expand my network. if chemistry happens then it happens, I’m not looking to be chasing after anyone.[/QUOTE]
Definitely a good attitude to keep; the last thing ya need is to get all worked up and lose focus, only to find out it you’ve been chasing your tail in a circle. It can drive ya to pull your hair out!
Glad to hear you’re back on track with the routine, keep up the good work!
many thanx man
i’m really tempted to go on my oatmeal diet just to get under 200 pounds.
i have nothing else going on in my life and I’d say the weight’s preventing me from everything i want to achieve.
the more i think about it the better it sounds; gonna sit on it for a few days and see if i can get the motivation up to go bawlz out.
I don’t know what this “oatmeal diet” is. However if you told me I had to go on a diet where the majority of my food was oatmeal I would kill myself now and get it over with.
[QUOTE=BoulderDawg;709558]I don’t know what this “oatmeal diet” is. However if you told me I had to go on a diet where the majority of my food was oatmeal I would kill myself now and get it over with.:D[/QUOTE]
hehe i could basically say the same thing.
unfortunately it’s about the only thing that works for me.
i’ve tried doing the salad thing, the 6 small meals of boiled chicken, tuna, & fresh veggies, and even a mayo clinic version of the adkins diet but none of 'em work for me and each is just as hard to do.
yesterday i was feeling drained after work and went home instead of to the gym.
i cut my hand open on the bags on mon & tues so I didn’t see myself doing much bagwork. For my floorwork I was being a punk and didn’t want to do it without my iPod. When i went home to get it, I got more and more tired; so I took a nap. I was only out for an hour or so and then I was wide awake. Didn’t get back to bed until way later. I need to be getting to sleep much earlier.
I did manage to go jogging last night though for about 30 min.
did cheater pushups in the morning for 50 reps.
i’m doing the cheater pushups because they hit my chest better than full pushups, which tend to just hit my arms and shoulders. Also the ability to do a lot more reps helps me to feel a better overall level of muscle exhaustion - doing more work.
woke up late this morning… i mean real late…
had a headache too… like a super migraine.
Maybe take a few days off to re-charge. Shoot some hoops or go for a hike or something. Get some rest.
just found out that i’m gonna be stuck in a meeting late this afternoon so no ducking out to hit the boxing gym anyway.
my buddy needed to get out of the office at lunch so we hit up a mexican joint. gonna have to pb&j it saturday to make up for it. at least it was cheap- like 8 bux for over a day’s worth of food.
if I jog tonite and box saturday morning that’s 3 boxing workouts, 3 jogging workouts for the week- nothing to sneer at and definitely something to build upon.
my exhaustion’s completely due to not going to bed on time.
next week i have 2 priorities - the oatmeal thing and sleeping on time.
If i take care of those 2 things the rest will fall in place.
btw- the oatmeal thing is partly due to money. i’m taking a serious stab at cutting my expenses. even including a bad day at best buy and a lil too much iTunes love; my expenses have really been nothing compared to the money I was throwing away before.
got distracted last night with phone calls and music stuff until real late- tried to go straight to bed at 1, which was way too late.
woke up this morning and had a killer boxing workout
3 rounds of jump rope
3 rounds of shadow
6 rounds of heavybag
1 round of bob & weave rope (last 30 seconds duckwalk)
1 round of slip bag
2 sets of 15 sledgehammer swings (1 set each side)
20 incline pushups
10 medicine ball walkover pushups
50 crunches
50 bicycles
at the end of that i was pooped.
i dunno if it was the zoloft or the humidity but i had a hard time really exerting myself- got tired kinda quick but still managed to push through it.
lunch today’s not going to be good - lot going on today and i had a craving for arby’s.
tonite i’m supposed to go learn country western dancing from an old college friend in the area who’s supposed to be good. If i got any energy left after that i’m thinking jogging.
went dancing on saturday
didn’t get home till ultra late
had a ton of fun and broke a sweat
Sunday i woke up after noon and was completely drained.
polished off a few sodas and some cinna stix so the diet wasn’t good.
no jogging. some weird stuff happened- due in part to not takin my medicine - and didn’t get to bed til late again.
didn’t do the oatmeal thing today
not sure that i’ll go to the gym tonite; but would like to at least jog.
Don’t ask me what happened monday I’m still not sure.
Been feeling kinda weird lately, hard to explain.
Having a hard time focusing and getting things done.
Not sure if it’s a lack of motivation or a lack of patience- like I can’t get what I want so I’m just shutting down.
Eventhough I woke up late and my head’s been all over the place, I am still going to try to turn it around today.
Did the oatmeal thing for lunch- will have more if i get hungry again.
I don’t know that I’ll be able to get out of work in time to hit the boxing gym.
Gotta take my cell phone to a cingular store after work to get my phone # changed - tired of getting 4 calls a day from “unknown number”, who doesn’t believe in leaving messages and hangs up after I say “hello?”.
Anybody reading this can email me for the new number.
Now that i think about it- the regular calling has been doing a lot to undermine the work I’ve done to get back on track. I really don’t need it and until I get the thing fixed I think it’s going to be a distraction.
I’ll do what I can tonite.
Sorry if this is starting to sound ‘whiney’ it’s really not my intention.
OK my number’s changed so anybody that wants it, email me.
Got a big sense of relief once I changed it.
at this point i figure it’s like one of 4 things
the first 3 are more likely than the 5th but i thought i’d add it for completeness.
have a feeling that this will flush out the person that’s been giving me such a rough time. i don’t really want to do anything in retribution, just want the peace of mind that this is over and maybe even knowing why.
looks like my paranoia wasn’t insanity.
changed my number yesterday and log onto my computer this morning before work to find an instant message from my ex.
dunno how i feel about this.
didn’t work out last night- got out of work real late, starving. Went home and ate. Tried to go to bed as early as I could. Still managed to wake up later than I wanted to this morning.
boxing and jogging tonite should make up for it.
man i hate bein such a headcase. lol
[QUOTE=Pork Chop;710697]looks like my paranoia wasn’t insanity.
changed my number yesterday and log onto my computer this morning before work to find an instant message from my ex.
dunno how i feel about this.
didn’t work out last night- got out of work real late, starving. Went home and ate. Tried to go to bed as early as I could. Still managed to wake up later than I wanted to this morning.
boxing and jogging tonite should make up for it.
man i hate bein such a headcase. lol[/QUOTE]
well, since you proved you’re paranoia wasn’t insanity, what exactly does your ex want? Or is she tryin to turn you into a headcase?? 
I really don’t know what she wants…
i mean she knew i was going to therapy after all the stuff she pulled, that it was the therapist that told me i wasn’t going to be ready talk to her for a long time, and yet she still “prank” called me 4 times a day…
so your headcase comment’s probably not far off…
she really doesn’t make any sense to me
none of it does
funny, after all I’ve been through over the past 3 months
stuff like this makes you think about how far (or not far) you’ve come
as much as the pain’s gone I wonder how much I’ve really moved on
i kinda want to disappear for a while
training’s good for that
tomorrow’s the 1 year anniversary of the engagement.
i’ll send her a single IM to the effect of “your stuff’s still here if you want it. come by any time to get it. if not, i’ll have to do something with it over christmas holiday. just drop me an email beforehand to let me know when you come.”
and leave it at that…