Yesterday, I said I was excited about the opportunity to get ahead on a few things. I suppose I have done just that. The only thing left to do for the time being is to get my oil changed (might do that in the morning) and the gas tank filled up.
The good news is that I'll still have money left over, a good feeling to have. Things seem to be going right so far in 2013.
There's been a slight change in technological terms at the living quarters. I recently went to my ISP's new pricing. Granted, I have to use their modem from here on out, but there's no rental fee anymore. An added bonus is that it's a DOCSIS 3, which should improve performance.
The utilities are taken care of, and I managed to stock up on a few more food items (low carb of course). Speaking of food, I've somewhat changed my strategy a bit. I'll eat the veggies that are low carb as part of the last meal of the day. That way, I don't have to worry about refrigeration as soon as I get to work.
Thank goodness for canned meat is all I have to say.
Speaking of healthy living, I got a bit of extra exercise today as I moved some carts out of the parking lot towards the end of my shift. I still took to the dumb bell and off the wall pushups when I arrived home. Next Wednesday, I'll add two repetitions to what I'm already doing.
According to my calculations, by keeping up with the pattern for increasing reps, I'll be doing 50 of them with the dumb bell by March.
Once I hit 100 reps with the dumb bell, I plan on increasing the weight to 20 lbs. At the higher weight, I'll start with 15 reps and work my way up to 50 using the same pattern described in previous posts. The fun part will be when I increase the weight to 30 lbs.
At the highest weight I'd be willing to work with, the starting point would be five reps. Working my way up to 25 would be what I refer to as quite a challenge. If I can meet it, then another crucial step would be taken.
It would involve using all three weights in a sort of pyramid fashion. I would start with 10 lbs at 100 reps, go to 20 lbs at 50 reps, then to 30 at 25, back to 20 at 50, and finish off with 10 at 100.
I'm guessing that won't happen until at least the end of this year. More likely, 2014 would be the target time period. Either way, I'm working my way towards improving myself on the physical level.
However, I also recognize that physical appearances never tell the entire story.
Tanya Slade wrote an article for my website about an individual named David Elmore Smith. With help, he lost an extraordinary amount of weight. The problem was that he put it back on due to internal issues as well as external issues. Thankfully, he's trying to get back to the good point in which he was at.
In addition to taking care of himself physically, he's also sought psychiatric help as well. Those interested in following this individual might want to check out his YouTube Channel.
I'm getting to know myself better during the whole process. One of the things I'm going to reveal at the moment is a very important key to understanding who I am as an individual.
I may take my time when it comes to many things in life. When I'm fed up enough with a particular situation, I'll do everything in my power to change it. That's why I was able to find my current living quarters on the first try.
I was tired of living in a dump.
There will be more revelations as time goes on, especially regarding a couple of mini vacations that I'll be taking (one in February, and one in March). I'll have something very important that I want to discuss when I arrive at my first one.
In the meantime, the dishwasher is in drying mode, so I better go turn the water off (it connects to a faucet). After that, I'll definitely need to go to bed. Have an awesome day, everyone. :)
