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Insomnia only comes rarely to me these days. But when it does come, it brings power, at least for a night or two. I finally caught some fleeting sleep at a little past 6 am this morning, waking up at 8. Everything seems slightly blurred and surrealistic. The hard edges of reality have smoothed, but lack the certain flow of dreams.
I've been losing weight, ever so slowly. Perhaps ten to fifteen lbs in the last month and a half after at least six months of static weight before that. This has somewhat stalled lately, and I'm investigating what I can do to restart it. It doesn't help that my current place of employment gives massive portions in food. For instance, I was at 190.5 before going to work. I ate at work what's considered a "junior" portion. After work, the scale tipped in at 194. Impressive, given a single meal and no snacking. This morning, back down to 191.5. But such variance is fairly normal for me. I have gained as much as 8 lbs in a single day. Most of it will disappear, but it's still crazy random. I'm still doing much better than I once was, down from my lifetime high of 220, almost a year ago. I'm not sure what to set as a goal-I suspect somewhere in the 170s would be ideal for my current amount of muscle. Of course, some guys my size and bone structure manage to get to 220 with all of it muscle.
I'd love some sort of good dojo with intense sessions to work out at. I know this would restart my weight loss I was in the best shape of my life thanks to a good Tae Kwon Do dojo back in highschool. But finding a good Tae Kwon Do is a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Finding a good dojo in general is like trying to find a piece of grass in a haystack. I've been trying to do pushups, situps, pullups, squats and burpees if I get a little bit of time and am thinking about it. Speaking of which, there was a tree just on the other side of the apartment building that had a branch the perfect height for pullups. Sadly, the branch got trimmed. But while doing this myself is better than nothing, it's not quite the same as going in and getting an hour or two of intense conditioning, and having someone push you.
I've been watching the early cartoon shows this morning. I finally found one that comes close to beating my criteria for a good cartoon action show. A) It does not involve cards. B) The characters do not shift forms to fight. C) The characters are capable of fighting for themselves. D) Humans can actually fight humans. E) The characters don't use summonables.(Failed this one.) Called Huntik: Secrets and Seekers. Not bad.
Insomnia only comes rarely to me these days. But when it does come, it brings power, at least for a night or two. I finally caught some fleeting sleep at a little past 6 am this morning, waking up at 8. Everything seems slightly blurred and surrealistic. The hard edges of reality have smoothed, but lack the certain flow of dreams.
I've been losing weight, ever so slowly. Perhaps ten to fifteen lbs in the last month and a half after at least six months of static weight before that. This has somewhat stalled lately, and I'm investigating what I can do to restart it. It doesn't help that my current place of employment gives massive portions in food. For instance, I was at 190.5 before going to work. I ate at work what's considered a "junior" portion. After work, the scale tipped in at 194. Impressive, given a single meal and no snacking. This morning, back down to 191.5. But such variance is fairly normal for me. I have gained as much as 8 lbs in a single day. Most of it will disappear, but it's still crazy random. I'm still doing much better than I once was, down from my lifetime high of 220, almost a year ago. I'm not sure what to set as a goal-I suspect somewhere in the 170s would be ideal for my current amount of muscle. Of course, some guys my size and bone structure manage to get to 220 with all of it muscle.
I'd love some sort of good dojo with intense sessions to work out at. I know this would restart my weight loss I was in the best shape of my life thanks to a good Tae Kwon Do dojo back in highschool. But finding a good Tae Kwon Do is a bit like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Finding a good dojo in general is like trying to find a piece of grass in a haystack. I've been trying to do pushups, situps, pullups, squats and burpees if I get a little bit of time and am thinking about it. Speaking of which, there was a tree just on the other side of the apartment building that had a branch the perfect height for pullups. Sadly, the branch got trimmed. But while doing this myself is better than nothing, it's not quite the same as going in and getting an hour or two of intense conditioning, and having someone push you.
I've been watching the early cartoon shows this morning. I finally found one that comes close to beating my criteria for a good cartoon action show. A) It does not involve cards. B) The characters do not shift forms to fight. C) The characters are capable of fighting for themselves. D) Humans can actually fight humans. E) The characters don't use summonables.(Failed this one.) Called Huntik: Secrets and Seekers. Not bad.