Archive for November, 2007

Succeed or Fail Update 2

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the Hungry Dork Lord
at November 26, 2007 in Business, Fitness and Th!nk. 1 Comment

Last week was a complete failure.  I was unable to take care of anything on my goal list.

Recap:
17 pull up max: 16, FAILED
12 total miles running: 0, FAILED
300 balance ball sit ups w/ an 8 lbs medicine ball: 30, FAILED
find out real estate license costs and/or class schedule: FAILED
more progress with update on dealership: FAILED
finish prepping Th!nk shirt pictures for website: 1/4 pictures, FAILED

Though, the main failure was not planning appropriately.  I should of thought ahead and figured that it was Thanksgiving week and friends were visiting so I wouldn’t have had much time to take care of my goals list.  However, I should have been able to do at least a couple of things on my list.  I should have been able to make a bloody phone call.  In any case, last week was a complete failure. Though, Law bailed me out of prepping the Th!nk shirt pictures for the website by sending me the updated files from the Th!nk website.  It’s still a failure I just don’t have to make up for it.  It was a very fun week and well worth the failure.

No need to worry about it anymore.  It’s a new week and time for some new goals.

This week:
17 pull up max
6 total miles running
300 balance ball sit ups w/ an 8 lbs medicine ball
find out real estate license costs and/or class schedule
more progress with update on dealership
apply for jobs
Deadline: 11:59pm on December 1, 2007

Just in case anyone is wondering why my running goal has dropped below my initial goal of 9: My new goal for the Live Fit and Prosperous segment is to gain weight.  I’ll write about it later but I feel running more than 2 or 3 times a week would deter me from gaining weight.  I’ll decide later how often I will run but for right now I feel two 3 mile runs is enough until I figure out what a good balance is.  Everything else is pretty much last weeks goals because, heck, it still needs to be accomplished.  I can’t disregard goals just because I failed to accomplish them the first time.  I should punish myself if I don’t complete my goals this time.  I’m going to have to think about that though.

Live Fit and Prosperous Update 8

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the Hungry Dork Lord
at November 25, 2007 in Fitness. 0 Comments

So here’s the final update to the progress John and I made when I started the Live Fit and Prosperous segment on July 22nd.

The comparison pictures (07 Jul 22 vs 07 Nov 22):


John has obviously made a great improvement to his physical appearance and not so obviously in his physical health. However, I can vouch for his increased physical health as I experienced it first hand on the basketball court and against him on the pull up bar. He also lost a dozen lbs of fat and is evident by the electronic scale that lays on my bathroom floor. As far as the goal to gain the highly coveted 6-pack abs… just barely misses it. The last 2 ab muscles are starting to form but they are not there yet. Thus, there is still no one in our little 6-pack abs circle who can claim the glory of a free steak dinner.

As for me… did I get skinnier?!?! W.. T.. F.. MAN! Well I guess it makes sense since I started running more and focused more on cardio and core workouts in order to challenge John just slightly in achieving a 6-pack. Of course I’m a complete failure as I don’t even come close. However, if you look really really closely, my mid-section is better than it was in July. At the very least, I feel healthier thanks to all the running I’ve been doing. I still want to do more running but that will depend on what I want to achieve.

Now that this horrendous 6-pack experience is over we can set new goals. Though we did not accomplish the goal of getting 6-pack abs, I believe we are both more physically fit and physically healthier than when we set our goals. Isn’t that the whole point of trying to live fit?

Succeed or Fail Update 1

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the Hungry Dork Lord
at November 19, 2007 in Business, Checking In, Fitness and Th!nk. 0 Comments

On the 4th of November I drew the line on myself with some goals that needed to be accomplished by the end of the week (10th of Nov.) in order to keep me from this downward spiral of a futile bum life that I am starting to find more and more difficult to escape from. Here’s the recap:

15 pull ups max: SUCCESS!
9 miles in 3 runs: SUCCESS!
300 balance ball sit ups: ALMOST SUCCESS!
completed contractors license paperwork: FAILED!!!
significant progress in dealership: SUCCESS!

4 out of 5. Not too bad. The almost success means I completed the 300 sit ups on Saturday night just after midnight because I got distracted by my computer. It happens, but I want to complete my goals before a deadline so I’ll start being explicit with that. I failed at completing the contractors license paperwork because while trying to fill it out I realized there was no way I could do this and that I should focus on trying to get my real estate license. However, since I failed to even make a phone call to get started on obtaining a real estate license I failed at that task entirely. As for the dealership, I realize it is a bit difficult to say how much progress is significant progress but I did as much as I could do. This is new and I don’t know exactly how to go about getting a dealership started so it requires a lot of phone calls and logistics to attend to.

I realize this update is a week late. After completing my goals I fell into a bit of a rut and was unable to focus on anything. And without any goals to strive for last week, I didn’t get much of anything done. Consistency will come with time I hope.

This week:
17 pull up max
12 total miles running
300 balance ball sit ups with an 8 lb medicine ball
find out real estates license costs and/or class schedule
more progress with update on dealership
finish prepping Th!nk shirt pictures for website
Deadline: 11:59pm on November 24, 2007

I refuse to stop Th!nk-ing!

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the Hungry Dork Lord
at November 16, 2007 in Th!nk. 0 Comments

th!nk logo2007 has been a really tough year for me personally. All that was good in the beginning of 2007 started in 2006. One of the sadder moments was when John and I decided to dedicate our time to our other goals and put Th!nk.iNK on the dusty bookshelf of our lives. It was tough to close the book on a subject in our lives that we invested a lot of time into and brought us so many great stories and memories. Th!nk.iNK opened new ideas and avenues of growth in our lives and it was definitely sad to have to move on from that. Yet, despite the sights we set for Th!nk.iNK we had to move forward with our lives. John’s on his last year of pharmacy school doing his rotations and I’m out in Las Vegas trying to keep the vultures at bay. Just recently the last remnants of Th!nk.iNK faded away as our website went down. There just wasn’t much of a point to keep it up since it sat there stagnant, as was the company as a whole.

However… I assure you… that will not mean that Th!nk.iNK has shut it’s doors. I’ve just finished the initial tweaks to the Th!nk store layout and it is back up on think.thoughtsforbarter.com! Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that anyone will be working on Th!nk or that we will have any new designs coming out but I did want something up to allow those who are still interested in our designs to buy the shirts that we still have available. There are still some adjustments to the Th!nk page that need to be done and in time I hope to continue working on it. Please don’t expect too much from me though. I have enough on my to-do list to keep me preoccupied as it is. I will try to at least get the actual photos, colors, and sizes of all the shirts up.

You can find more about Th!nk at our myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/41383487 (yes, I know we should pick a myspace name url ;p)

Also, thanks to everyone who supported our efforts with Th!nk.iNK! It’s been good times.

Live Fit and Prosperous Update 7

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the Hungry Dork Lord
at November 12, 2007 in Fitness. 0 Comments

Yes yes… I know.  It’s been nearly a month since I updated and it’s sad to say but there hasn’t been much to update on with respects to myself.  John has been continuing his work outs I assume but keeping it on the hush hush until he visits for Thanksgiving.  As for myself?  Well, I had 1 good week then stopped for 2 weeks and then another good week.

me:
07 Oct 15: pull ups, balance ball sit ups, decline, bench, ab crunch, squats, leg raises, lat pull down
07 Oct 16: 2 miles running, P90X stretch
07 Oct 17: 40 pull ups, 45 balance ball sit ups
07 Oct 18: 1 mile running dribble, 20 free throws, 10 lay ups left, 10 lay ups right, 2 fast break lay ups, 1 mi dribbling & ball handling
07 Oct 26: 40 balance ball sit ups, 2 min with a Dyna flex, 1 min with a Dyna flex on fingers
07 Oct 27: 60 balance ball sit ups, 16 pull ups
07 Oct 30: 65 balance ball sit ups, 16 pull ups, 3 min with a Dyna flex, 3.5 mi running
07 Oct 31: 75 balance ball sit ups, 30 pull ups, 3 min with a Dyna flex
07 Nov 01: 55 balance ball sit ups, 24 pull ups
07 Nov 04: 90 balance ball sit ups, 38 pull ups
07 Nov 05: basketball jump shot & curling drills
07 Nov 06: 30 min run for 3+ mi
07 Nov 08: 32 balance ball sit ups, 15 pull ups, 30 min run for 3+ mi, 3 min on Dyna flex
07 Nov 09: 67 balance ball sit ups, 30 pull ups, 30 min run for 3+ mi
07 Nov 10: 130 balance ball sit ups, 30 pull ups
John:
secret training.

I’m making improvements with handling my time. It’s still all a bit impromptu but at least I have a better hold on everything. Just gotta try to be more consistent. Holiday season approaches and soon we’ll see the results of John’s labor. I’m not too concerned with my progress however I am focusing on my midsection and my running for now.  I’ll figure a better plan for myself after Thanksgiving.  For now, it’s just pull ups, sit ups, and running.  20 pull ups before 2008?  It just might happen.