drewsilver

My epic quest is pretty simple; I want to make music for a living. Original music. I've been in a two-piece band for going on three years now. In that time we've managed to tour through the US without label support, racked up 150 shows, played to crowds large and small, and released a whole bunch of music. We're planning our moves for the next two years(I think one of them is overseas, just a question of the UK or Europe). We are lightning in a bottle; I've never had creative chemistry with somene like this. The road is hard sometimes. Being away from my wife is difficult, sleeping on couches is OK, and the food is an adventure. I'm always getting the question from people, "Oh what are you going to do after the band is over?" Like I'm going to willingly hang this up. And so...this is what I want to do. I'm still working on figuring out how, and what the parameters are for how much I need to make to have the life my wife and I want. But for me, 8 hours in the car to play a show beats 8 hours in an office any day of the week.

Thanks, and the same to you! What are your goals?

So! Finally getting back on track with fitness. I'm brand new to this site. I used to be relatively fit? And then I moved to Boston 11 years ago, hit a bunch of hurdles with depression, teaching myself to be an adult and cook right, food allergies(dammit gluten, stop being delicious) and now being on the road a lot with my band(and the crappy food challenges that comes along with that). So I'm at 216 right now, which is...not great on a dude who's only 5'7" but I guess could be worse(considering when I got married 2 years ago I was near 250). I'm trying to decide if I should set an end goal of "XXX pounds", but right now my goal is to hit 199 and be below 200 for the first time in like...13 years? And to stay in shape; dudes in my family tend to go to pot after marriage, so my goal is to do the opposite. And honestly? I want to stay on the road with music, and I know it's going to be easier to do that in better shape, without aching joints and extra baggage keeping breath from me. So yup. This is me. 33 years old and pushing to get my ass back in gear and in shape. Throwing up before pictures because I feel like that'll be motivating for me.