Merry Belated (be-loated?) Christmas

Merry Chistmas a few days late.  I was out of town all week.

Let's talk about picking up the pieces from our holiday nosh fest (as I eat Christmas fudge).  Hopefully Dec 29th starts a new week for you that will be more normal than last (excepting New Years day).  This is a great time to get back to work on your fitness goals.  I know it will be the day for me.  I'm going to try and keep New Years day as clean eating as possible.  Don't wait until next week--start now, your six-pack is waiting. 

On the job search front: I've got several first interviews and a few seconds and a NO from a company in Ohio.  Regardless of where I get a job, it will not be here in the Motor City.  Buh bye mo-town, I just hope it's soon!

A Key to Healthy Living....Be Appropriately Selfish?

The other day I read a post on the Burn That Fat Blog, Tom Venuto discusses Oprah's struggle with weight loss and quotes her magazine where she says she didn't put her self on her priority list.  Me...I'm pretty quick to say "no, no don't be self centered" but upon thinking about this, it rings true to a certain degree. 

So let's think this through...it's appropriate to make sure you are healthy so that you can live past your 50's and not die of heart disease or some other weight related illness.  It's not appropriate to spend 2 hours a day in the gym while your kids park it in front of the TV or your spouse freaks out with the stress of you being gone to tend to the household chores. 

To quote Dr. Suess in O the Places You'll Go"life is a great balancing act."  If you've got lots of things on your schedule, try to cut down you're exercise routine...check out this Alwyn Cosgrove post where his colleague discusses how you can get your workouts done in 15-30 minutes 3 times a week. Truly that is all you need.  Speaking of priorities, my baby needs me.  Until later!  BD

Kinda Blah Lately-Let's go!

I don't feel like much of an authority to be giving out fitness advise lately with the job lay off taking much of my time and the lack of any solid routine messing my eating up quite significantly.  The trick is to pull the success out of the termoil.  I've just gotten over a flu and so now will be getting back to the gym and working to eat clean(er). 

No short term goals right now but one long term goal and this should be your default goal is you have none:
I will work out so that when I get to 80 years old I can still be mobile, agile and strong. 

I'm sure a short term goal will pop up quickly but for now I'm sticking to the above.  
As for you: consider you health goals, if you don't have any take the one above and make it your own and work your goals back to present day in smaller chunks.

On the job seeking front for me: on-site job interview tomorrow in C-bus, OH.  Still waiting to do a few first interviews and waiting on answers from other first interviews.