"Go ahead, Cornelius, you can cry."
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batskeetsZOMG Best graphics EVAR: OUTSIDE! Too bad the gameplay is so underwhelming. ;)
I had what I hope was a pretty successful meeting with a new local business owner last night. She just recently opened shop and needs some logo/branding branding work, and she's looking for a very cool style that'd be a nice departure from my generally clean-and-modern style. She can't pay up-front, so I'd just be working with her when I don't have paid work, but she's willing to trade goods, and cash further down the line.
There *is* a part of me that feels like it's dumb to be working for trade, but I think I'm willing to help out the occasional small business owner, *if* the project sounds fun, *and* I don't have anything else to work on, *AND* they're easy to get along with. She was totally easygoing, and actually described me as, "the only sane person [she's] met with so far," so I think we'll get on well. :) Also, I rarely ever buy jewelry, because even the non-glitzy stuff I'd enjoy wearing is so darned expensive, if it's of any real quality, so the trading of goods would actually be pretty cool.
Still, I'm definitely not going to kill myself over it, as I tend to with paid stuff, heh.
I also went to a free weight management group yesterday, offered by a local guy who's doing it as a public service project. It's a lot different than anything I've ever tried before, for sure.
Basically, the whole idea of it is NOT to go on some crazy-ass diet, which I already like. He's going to focus on psychological support, i.e. figuring out why you're carrying the weight in the first place. The idea is that, if your body doesn't need the weight, then it's there because it fills some other emotional or mental need. So, if you find out what that need is, you can address it in such a way that you won't "need" the weight anymore, and you won't be fighting with your subconscious in order to lose it.
And, you know, this sort of tactic makes a lot of sense. I've known what I need to do to make weight loss happen for quite some time. I know so much about diet and exercise that it borders on the ridiculous. But, even with that knowledge, something in my brain has kept me from acting on it effectively... call it a lack of willpower or whatever you like, but whatever that something is, I'll find it and stomp it out.
Yeah, I know, "but you're in great shape blah blah fishcakes!" Well, yeah. I *am* in good shape. But still, I call bullshit. I'm slowly destroying my joints, by trying to do big wushu tricks with 20 extra pounds on my back. I make it harder for myself as an athlete EVERY SINGLE DAY, because I haven't gotten rid of this excess body fat. There's no good reason for me to place this extra struggle on my own back, but I've done so for years, and it doesn't even make sense to me anymore.
So, here's the skinny, no pun intended: Me = 150 lbs by Christmas. 150 is my weight. Believe it, y'all.
And hell, I already dropped 50+ a couple years ago, so getting to my ideal should be easy, no? I don't need a crazy diet, I just need to release myself from this last little demon. When I beat that down, taking over the world should be easy. ;)
I had what I hope was a pretty successful meeting with a new local business owner last night. She just recently opened shop and needs some logo/branding branding work, and she's looking for a very cool style that'd be a nice departure from my generally clean-and-modern style. She can't pay up-front, so I'd just be working with her when I don't have paid work, but she's willing to trade goods, and cash further down the line.
There *is* a part of me that feels like it's dumb to be working for trade, but I think I'm willing to help out the occasional small business owner, *if* the project sounds fun, *and* I don't have anything else to work on, *AND* they're easy to get along with. She was totally easygoing, and actually described me as, "the only sane person [she's] met with so far," so I think we'll get on well. :) Also, I rarely ever buy jewelry, because even the non-glitzy stuff I'd enjoy wearing is so darned expensive, if it's of any real quality, so the trading of goods would actually be pretty cool.
Still, I'm definitely not going to kill myself over it, as I tend to with paid stuff, heh.
I also went to a free weight management group yesterday, offered by a local guy who's doing it as a public service project. It's a lot different than anything I've ever tried before, for sure.
Basically, the whole idea of it is NOT to go on some crazy-ass diet, which I already like. He's going to focus on psychological support, i.e. figuring out why you're carrying the weight in the first place. The idea is that, if your body doesn't need the weight, then it's there because it fills some other emotional or mental need. So, if you find out what that need is, you can address it in such a way that you won't "need" the weight anymore, and you won't be fighting with your subconscious in order to lose it.
And, you know, this sort of tactic makes a lot of sense. I've known what I need to do to make weight loss happen for quite some time. I know so much about diet and exercise that it borders on the ridiculous. But, even with that knowledge, something in my brain has kept me from acting on it effectively... call it a lack of willpower or whatever you like, but whatever that something is, I'll find it and stomp it out.
Yeah, I know, "but you're in great shape blah blah fishcakes!" Well, yeah. I *am* in good shape. But still, I call bullshit. I'm slowly destroying my joints, by trying to do big wushu tricks with 20 extra pounds on my back. I make it harder for myself as an athlete EVERY SINGLE DAY, because I haven't gotten rid of this excess body fat. There's no good reason for me to place this extra struggle on my own back, but I've done so for years, and it doesn't even make sense to me anymore.
So, here's the skinny, no pun intended: Me = 150 lbs by Christmas. 150 is my weight. Believe it, y'all.
And hell, I already dropped 50+ a couple years ago, so getting to my ideal should be easy, no? I don't need a crazy diet, I just need to release myself from this last little demon. When I beat that down, taking over the world should be easy. ;)
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Date: 2007-09-20 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-20 08:08 pm (UTC)Count me in for support on that!
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