June 2011
95 posts
“He suddenly drew, suddenly spoke, suddenly wrote, suddenly reasoned. One night I...”
– Maybe it’s because I’m a new father, but it was with these three short sentences that he got me.
Jonathan Safran Foer, from the short story “Here we aren’t, so quickly.”
Full text here. It’s worth a read.
May 2011
55 posts
Finally.
I finally made it to the gym today, the first time in a long time. Hopefully the first of many visits too. It felt horrible to be working out after so long, but I am pretty excited to be fit again, and so I think I have the motivation to push through. I’m jealous of everyone I’m following who is in their routine and seeing benefits for their work, but I know they all started at the...
“Training is like fighting with a gorilla. You don’t stop when you’re tired, you...”
– Greg Henderson (via mr365hunts190)
Rain
Another craphouse inside day. I’m getting pretty tired of this rain business, and it’s certainly not helping me get enough workout time in. With summer around the corner, it better start warming up pretty fast. For this reason, I don’t have too much to report. I’ve been hanging out inside with the girl, trying to stop her from losing her mind while losing my own at the same...
Manlove.
Today was a horrible rainy day, and so I used it to renew my mancrush on Jonathan Safran Foer. That boy can write.
“Your train ride appeased you?” I asked. “Oh, God,” he said,...”
– Foer
The 30 Healthiest Foods →
Feeling good today.
Long walk in the sun with the little girl. It’s been such a long winter, it was so nice to be outside again.
The hard part
The more I think about losing weight, the more I realize how many bad habits I have to break. But it is worth it, and I have to keep remembering that.
First Workout
Mostly a success - the rain had a bit to say about how far we walked. Still nothing to crow about, it’s only day one of a long journey.
A mother passing by her daughter’s bedroom was...
mostdopesyndicate:
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CHILDHOOD.
YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT.
Just made butter chicken from scratch.
And it was awesome. Not the healthiest way to start a self-improvement/weight loss blog off, but a big Indian meal is certainly a delicious way to farewell my old ways and look forward to the new.
