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The Wide World of Wahl
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| | Subject: | Moving... | | Time: | 06:53 am |
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| I don't really like the LiveJournal format so I'm going to move my blog over to http://jawahl.blogspot.com . It's much easier to put pictures up there as well.
I don't really post much, but I'll move over my beefcake challenge and then use my web cam to take a picture of my flabby torso each week to see if I'm making any progress. Once I get a digital camera, I'll take pictures of the tasty food that I eat and put up the recipes. | comments: Leave a comment   |
| | Subject: | Beefcake Challenge: End of Week 18 | | Time: | 06:52 am |
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| Day 124:
Weight = 203.8 lbs, 8.8 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 31.6%, 6.6 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty
I'm sure the weight loss over the past week is just water loss from my illness. Between being sick and being busy at work, I didn't do much of anything. Heh. I'm pretty much failing my beefcake challenge. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| It's getting hot out so I shaved my head. I also figured out how to get my web cam to take better pictures. It turns out that the exposure was on auto so not enough light was getting to the detector. The picture turned out stupid enough to be my default icon on here.
I took a shower after shaving, but I don't know that I got all the hair off since I can feel it on my back. I'll probably have to shower again tonight to get more of it off.
Some people look alright with their heads shaved and I happen to be one of them. | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Beefcake Challenge: End of Week 17 | | Time: | 06:46 am |
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| Day 117:
Weight = 206.6 lbs, 11.6 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 31.2%, 6.2 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty
No, the above is not a typo. I have the same composition this week as I did last week. I think playing frisbee helped me from getting fatter, but doing nothing else didn't help me lose any fat. I'm not interested in a zero-sum game since I think that I'm carrying too much flab. Work was pretty hectic last week though, but that isn't really a good excuse. | | comments: 5 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Holy moly. It is a really nice day out. Unfortunately, nice days are accompanied by pollen which sets my allergies off. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Beefcake Challenge: End of Week 16 | | Time: | 08:16 am |
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| Day 110:
Weight = 206.6 lbs, 11.6 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 31.3%, 6.3 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty
Damn. Not only am I not making any progress, but I seem to be getting worse as the challenge progresses. My big problem is I've been eating a bit too much lately and not getting exercise. I guess that's the generic reason for why anyone is out of shape. I played ultimate last Tuesday, but that was about it because I tweaked my ankle on the lumpy and crooked field.
I only have about ten weeks to go and it would be great to get down to 200 lbs and below 30% body fat-wise. I'm going to have to buckle down. That means no more sugar or crap (once I finish the tasty banana bread I made last night) and it means more exercise. I'm thinking of taking some krav maga lessons (do a Google search on it to learn more). I'll be a lean, mean fighting machine after a couple of months of that. I'll also know how to kick someone's ass and that's never a bad thing. There is a training center not too far from where I live (by CA standards): http://www.academyselfdefense.com. I'm too lazy to embed the link.
At least it's sunny out now. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Beefcake Challenge: End of Week 15 | | Time: | 07:18 am |
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| Day 103:
Weight = 205.6 lbs, 10.6 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 31.0%, 6.0 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty
Little to no change from last week, which isn't that surprising since I didn't do jack squat when it comes to working out. My cousin was in town so I met up with him and work has gotten busy. Both of those conspired to throw off my exercise schedule. This week will be different though.
It was wicked hot last night and still feels pretty warm now so I had time sleeping in all that stuffiness. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I can definitely tell that I'm not taking my allergy medicine (I ran out) since I'm starting to get irritable and grouchy for no reason. Of course, it's pretty damn cold out and that's not cool for early April around here.
I don't really have anything to say so I'm not sure why I'm posting. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Well, Memphis could've won it in regulation, but missed free throws down the stretch. Chumps. The game wasn't all that well played, but it was close. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Lazy Sunday... | | Time: | 03:46 pm |
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| I'm not sure why I think I can just rest my eyes on my couch. It hasn't worked the other twenty times I've tried so why would today be an different?
My bread is almost done and smells pretty darn good. Go go Breadman.
Today has been a lot less productive than yesterday, but that's ok. I'm going to have to work hard this week. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Beefcake Challenge: End of Week 14 | | Time: | 07:14 am |
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| Day 96:
Weight = 205.6 lbs, 10.6 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 31.3%, 6.3 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty
Gah. I guess I shouldn't expect any progress when I haven't worked out in nearly two weeks due to work and going out for dinner. That's going to change this week for sure. I can't slack off since I'm about half way through the challenge and not too far from where I started. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| I scoffed when a coworker said that food prices have gone up quite a bit, but I'm singing a different tune after going grocery shopping. I'd say that prices are about 10% higher across the board with some things much more expensive. Fortunately I don't eat all that much crap so I can save money there.
It is a gorgeous day out, but I still need to keep cleaning my apartment. I've got the living room in better shape and you can almost sit at my dining room table. Not quite, but almost. | | comments: 7 comments or Leave a comment |
| Gah. Today is one of those days where I wish I never got out of bed in the morning. I'm exhausted and I don't even know why.
I definitely feel like applying some beatdowns.
Hopefully I can sneak out early today so that I can take a nap when I get home. | | comments: 4 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Gah. I should know better. I had both ice cream and onions last night, though not at the same time, and both are messing with my allergies. I knew they would, but I had a green onion to kill and there was ice cream to eat during the movie I was watching. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| More random things about me:
1. I have a lot of hair on my right tricep, but nearly none on my left tricep.
2. My hair used to be so blond it was white when I was younger.
3. I stopped growing up when I was in middle school (I'm 5'11"), but filled out my sophomore year in college (put on thirty pounds of mostly muscle).
4. I used to be scared to go down into our basement when I was younger.
5. I'm left-handed, but throw right-handed.
6. I don't like Monty Python.
7. I wish I had played football in high school instead of soccer. Who knows? Maybe I would've been pretty good.
8. I want to learn a martial art so that I can do something if someone tries to mug me.
9. I really want to own my own place since I don't like pissing money away in rent.
10. I sometimes worry that people don't really like me, but they just tolerate me. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Baaaaa | | Time: | 06:55 am |
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| Ten Random Things about Me:
1. I'm scared of death/dying/getting old.
2. I'm left-handed, but not artistic.
3. I have a fair number of keloid scars on my body from a hiking accident in Alaska when I was 19.
4. Sometimes I wish I had joined the FBI or CIA.
5. I want to learn how to shoot a gun, but I'm afraid I'll use it to gun down random people.
6. I'm impatient.
7. I want to travel more: Hong Kong, Switzerland, Norway, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, etc.
8. I may act aloof, but I want to people to like and/or approve of me.
9. I believe that America has lost its way and it may not come back.
10. I wish I had a superpower, but I'm not sure if I would be a superhero or supervillain. Probably a little of both depending on my mood. | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Beefcake challenge: End of Week 12 | | Time: | 06:22 am |
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| Day 82:
Weight = 206.0 lbs, 11.0 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 30.3%, 5.3 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty
Waist = 38 in, 4 in too wide
Hmm...I wasn't able to exercise much last week due to work, but I did play ultimate on Tuesday. That might account for the weight loss. The slight increase in body fat percentage is probably due to all of the crap that I ate this weekend.
I'll play ultimate again on Tuesday and then try to play basketball on Thursday. I would've played last week, but I had a blood blister on my right big toe. Also, playing ultimate on Tuesday wiped me because I hadn't done much cardio this winter. Pretty sad really. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Apparently there was some sort of LJ boycott yesterday. For what? I read somewhere about ads or something like that. I use FireFox and don't see any difference. | | comments: 1 comment or Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Beefcake challenge: End of week 11 | | Time: | 09:18 am |
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| Day 75:
Weight = 208.0 lbs, 13.0 lbs too heavy
Body fat = 30.0%, 5.0 percentage points too fatty
Visceral fat = 11, 3 points too fatty
Waist = 38 in, 4 in too wide
Well, well, well. My resistance band training is working because my fat percentage is going down, but my weight is actually increasing a bit. That means I need to throw in more cardio. Fortunately, the weather has turned so I can start playing frisbee and hoopin' it up during the week. When I did that last summer, I lost quite a bit of weight and got beefcake right quick. I'm almost halfway through this challenge and I'm nowhere near where I'd like to be. | | comments: Leave a comment |
| | Subject: | Blargh | | Time: | 07:42 pm |
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| | Today sucked serious ass for reasons I won't dwell on. I can see now though why a lot of people don't like me. When my allergies are bugging me (which is 95% of the time), I get irritable and snap at people. The little stuff gets blown out of proportion and I'm angry all the time. Not much fun. Also I have this problem where something makes sense in my head, but when I say it, it comes out all wrong and usually just ends up pissing people off. | | comments: 6 comments or Leave a comment |
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