I think I'm alone now...

There doesn't seem to be anyone else around here at work. Today obviously is a Holiday, but I needed to come in to work and finish up a navigational menu- but don't feel bad for me, I love coming up to work when no one is around. You can turn on some tunes, read blogs, make phone calls, balance your checkbook, make a to-do list- and there are no annoying co-workers around to distract you, no Television or XBOX calling out your name, no DVD's asking to be watched, nope- just you and your computer and your neat desk and time.

I got here around 8 AM. I stopped by Whataburger first to get some taquitos and a large iced tea. I like to hydrate early in the mornings, especially since today I am going to go to the gym to do some cardio.

Speaking of Cardio...

Someone actually noticed that I have been "Buffing Up". That is what someone said to me at work, "Hey, have you been buffing up?" and I was like, "As a matter of fact I have" and I stood up straighter and stuck out my chest.

There is nothing worse than working out extremely hard only to have no results. AND... I noticed that no one really wants to hear about your workouts, especially if they don't workout themselves. If they workout, then maybe they want to hear about your workouts... maybe. So I keep it to myself, I don't go around telling people, "Yeah, I bench pressed x amount of weight today and that is 10 pounds more than I could do a week ago!" No one cares. But what people do care about is results, the finished product. Everyone likes to see the final results of an Extreme Makeover, but we are only moderatly interested in the in-between.

I have been working out with weights about 5 times a week with Maksim- the Russian. We have done very little cardio and very little dieting. I personally have pretty much cut out Dr. Pepper in my life- one of my biggest addictions. I can't remember the last time I had one, it's probably only been a couple of weeks, but I have probably had 2 or 3 in the last couple of months where I used to have 2 or 3 EVERY DAY!! Now- 2 or 3 a day just seems ridiculous and stupid.

Next year, which is only 7 days away, I plan to start the South Beach Diet. I don't really like Atkins, and I need some carbs if I am going to continue to workout with lots of weights. I also plan to increase cardio to an hour, 3 times a week, right now I am doing about an hour of cardio once a week when I have time. I never really wanted to be one of those super huge muscle guys, and I still don't want to be, but I would like to be one of those guys that you look at and say, "Yeah, he works out." I'd like to turn a few heads in my direction- I am going to be 30 next year for crying out loud- and it's time to start taking care of me so when I am 50 I won't look like I am 70.

Updates!

I updated the site today as well. I added a blogs page that will have my favorite blogs on it soon. I updated Forget Me Not for Jes, and all the other pages have updates as well.

I'm off to the Gym- Merry Christmas! I will see you when I get back from Skiing, hopefully I will have some good pictures for you!