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That was actually IronGlider's Signiture where it said he/she was down 47lbs, sorry to add to the confusion. I tried growing tomatoes last year, but they didn't produce well. My neighbor is a retired professor of agriculture, dumb of me not to consult him last year. Live and learn.

What are you planning to grow in your garden this year!? I set up a bunch of elevated garden boxes and installed the sprinklers/fence to keep my dog and all the neighborhood rabbits out last year. Looking forward to this year crops for sure. Down 47lbs in just a couple of months, AWE SOME

Probably better if I don't translate that Hope you're feeling better. Are following a diet? You should be seeing progress rather quickly if you go to failure each training session.

Week two was solid, my tail is most certainly wagging.

Sunday March 9th (day 15) - Monday March 10 (day 16) Yoga and Handstands: Handstands/yoga on Sunday morning for 30min. and I took my dog out for a bike ride for another 30min. 2/2 Weights: Moved leg day to Monday because of soccer coaching/running from Wednesday - Saturday. Far more balanced this way, more time to recover. Monday Leg workout. New Squat personal best. Been a long time since I broke this one! Feeling good. Front squat was smooth today as well. Did more weight on Calve extensions then ever before as well. Hard work pays off. Since my leg strength base is better then it ever was I guess I'll start trying to improve my jumping ability. Put in some plyometrics next week with dead lifts. Cardio: Sunday soccer for 2hours, ran alot and wasn't too tired on Monday for some reason... I think it's my diet (getting rid of all dairy products is the only thing I've changed in the past 2 weeks). I've also been eating sauerkraut every morning, not doing anything else differently. Losing a bit of weight but my strength, speed, and agility are all going up so I can't complain. 2/2 Sugar: Only a bit of fruit on Sunday for sugar, probably my best day so far. All Paleo these two days. Lots of energy. 2/2 House Work/Organizing: Still haven't gotten around to installing any of the computers. I did work on some more on the floorboards, should only have a few hours of work left on the room. Only have to work part time the rest of the week One of the many benefits of being paid by the hour. I'll have the before/after pictures on the rooms ready by Sunday! 2/2

Tuesday March 4th (Day 10) - Saturday March 8th (Day 14) This month has just flown by for me. Been so busy I've had nearly no time to update this, probably a good thing since I spend more time being productive. Yoga and Handstands: Tuesday I did some Yoga headstands for the first time, very fun and it relaxed my upper back throughout the rest of the week. Wednesday I did body-flow in the morning. Friday I did Yoga, mostly hamstring and shoulder exercises. Flexibility is really helping with my sprinting speed and of course focusing at work has been much smoother on the days I partake in yoga class (especially if I do the relaxation/meditation stage). 5/5 Weights: Wednesday Leg weights, new dead lift personal best Friday I did the routine recommended by Nerd Fitness Guru = Pistols x10 each leg/jumping lunges x20 /weighted squats x20/ Pullups x10 / Dips x 15 / Chin ups x10 / front plank x 120sec. + side plank 60sec. each side (3 sets). Did good, but couldn't get all 10 chin ups on the last set, only to 5. Took a little break and finished. Saturday I did Shoulder/Traps workout, new dumbbell shoulder shrug personal best. I should do more handstand pushups to improve my shoulder press. Cardio: Tuesday Dog Run up the nearby mountain. Thursday I took my dog on a short biking trip in the morning. Thursday I began coaching soccer for high school again, played for about 45min. Friday I mostly trained, but I did get 30min. of cardio in at the end of practice. Saturday I played and did sprints with the boys as part of their conditioning. Nice to be back coaching again. 4/5 because I'm seeing great strength gains minus the skipped workout. Sugar: Awesome here... except for on Saturday where I had a hurricane (mixed drink), think it had a lot of sugar in it. 5/5 House Work and organizing: Well, this has less work then I anticipated. Did all of the work on the weekend. I'm nearly done with the computer room and bedroom, so I'm ahead of schedule. I thought it would take more time to install the floorboards in my bedroom, but I was mistaken. Still need to assemble the fitness machine and optimize/install OS's on three machines. I just don't want to be near a computer after being in front of one all day you know what I mean? Most of furniture is organized and ready to go in as soon as I install the remaining floorboards and molding. I need to paint some parts of the room as well. 5/5 Slow start, great finish to the week. Hopefully once I get my desktop up and running I'll interact more around the forums.

Nice work on your bathroom, love the color. Stop! Hammer Time.

Didn't watch friends much but from the description I'd say I would be most like Chandler. His occupation is I google-quote "IT procurement manager specializing in Statistical analysis and data reconfiguration." So yeah, nearly dead on. I'm a database analyst, so not exactly IT but I could probably do Chandler's job if I had to. Did some risk management a few years back, plenty of what could be considered statistical analysis. Weird faces, check. Jokes, not really but I do impersonations rather well. I do requests no matter how terrible I am at it, makes people laugh either way so it's a win. Quite comfortable laughing at myself, keeps me grounded and relaxed. Computer nerd, my life outside fitness/nature activities is computers and video games. Struggling for a healthier lifestyle, I would not say that I'm struggling so much. More like struggling to live a De-cluttered life, easier said then done however. Any tips?

Not sure if I'm the one that should be responding, but I suppose since nobody else tackled this question I may have some suggestions. Been doing a combination of yoga, weightlifting, and cardio for the past 4 years. Moved more towards yoga these past years. My suggestions would be to experiment for yourself. Learn the basic forms of kettle ball lifts well before you incorporate it fully. Do not lift heavy until you have established proper form. I find it much easier to lift in the afternoon and practice yoga in the mornings, but this is subjective. Stretch out well after your kettle ball workouts, this will reduce soreness considerably. Even better, swim after your workouts for an impact free cardio stretch. Keep your lifting sessions under 45 minutes. Eat immediately following your workout so your body doesn't produce cortisol. Good luck. 1) Watch video on the lifts you wish to do. Make sure you have a mirror and watch your form as best you can. Make sure to use light weight. This is used for injury prevention, probably the most important part of incorporating weight training is to learn proper form. 2) Start with low weight, low volume. Focus on improving your form for at least two sessions. You will get a good workout from this regardless. DO NOT lift again until all soreness is gone. This recovery time will be relative to your body. Your body will know when it is ready to lift again, listen to it. 3) Once your two technique sessions are over with you can begin to assess if you are ready to move to higher volume (repititions/sets). Go at your own pace, kettleball work takes time to learn, and the technique isn't as simple as weight lifting. 4) Increase volume, keep the same weight for another two sessions. If your joints ache, then you're lifting too heavy or most likely your technique is poor. Lower weight and work on technique. (if you were doing two sets, do three sets for example) 5) Increase weight, but keep the same volume for two sessions. (if you were doing 15 reps per exercise, keep doing 15 reps but with more weight) 6) Increase weight to your liking. You have established your base. Take a week break every 4-6 weeks. If you are just starting to weight train, you may need to take a break after the first two weeks so the soreness will go away completely. *if your muscles are very sore, do not push hard during yoga class. You will get injured, I know from experience. You are creating micro-tears in your muscle fibers when you lift weights, over-stretching an inflamed muscle (body's response to micro-tears) will lead to strains and pulled muscles.* Take it easy. Yoga is non-competitive, use it for recovery/relaxation if your muscles are sore. Hope that gave you a few ideas.

Day 8 (Sunday) and 9 (Monday) were very unproductive at anything other then work. Did some yoga Monday morning but had to work late so nothing else was done. Score = 1/2 No weights were done, no cardio on either Sunday (freezing rain outside) or Monday. I did gain some weight, hurray! Score = 0.5/2 Sunday Paleo 1/5 meals. Monday 4/5 meals. Score = 1/2 Did a ton of work on Sunday cleaning the bedroom, putting stuff into the computer room and drilling holes into the concrete for the locked in floorboards. Monday I didn't have time to do anything. Score = 2/2

Estas haciendo la barba a los chicanos. No te manches jefe. Learning another language opens your world to new perspectives, should be a fun ride. Best of luck.

Those squat workouts aren't a bad idea. I think I'll just steal that from you, it may even keep my mind occupied enough so it doesn't wonder off as I'm organizing stuff. I didn't get that picture you sent of the bathroom you finished.

I nearly fell off my bed laughing. "One baked bean" "Facon" (fake bacon)! LOL So funny, thank you. I have similar goals as yours in regards to organizing, it's something I've struggled with my whole life. I find meditation helps to keep my mind on the task at hand and my body relaxed to the point where I'm very unlikely to rationalize (make excuses) or go into daydreaming mode. I wish you all the best.

Porque cuilleres aprender espanol amigo?

Being an ectomorph isn't easy when it comes to weight gain. Have to eat so much just to maintain my weight, rather annoying. At least it forced me to learn how to cook in big batches for myself and others. Plenty of educational resources online: Google-> "hard-gainer diet" Good luck friend. Experiment and listen to your body.