jeremy's blog

Well, I've finally decided that it's time for me to start blogging again...and regularly.  I have so much to talk about, so I may as well start, right?

I'll use this entry to give a brief summary of what's been going on lately.  I've been snowboarding nearly every weekend since the season started.  Unfortunately, I've sustained a few injuries, but only one was serious enough to incur a visit to my doctor (who told me, "I'm not going to tell you not to snowboard, but don't reinjure yourself").  That injury involved my tailbone being the contact point between my flying body and a very large chunk of ice.  Suffice it to say that I now get a little paranoid anytime I go near anything that looks like the remnants of a small avalanche. More...

After nearly a year of striving to meet my goals, I have admitted to utter failure. Granted, it's not as bad as I have made it sound, but from my perspective, I would probably be better off starting over.

Why do I think I've failed so miserably? Well, for starters, all the measurements I've taken over the past year are pretty much useless. The muscle measurements were all flexed and the waist measurements were all with me sucking in my gut. Yeah, I realize that it's almost second nature to do that to boost the ego and decrease the perception of not being in as good of shape as we want, but that's no excuse for me. I just read Vince DelMonte's transformation story, and I never realized how similar my experience has been (though, I can't claim a 48-pound increase in mass over six months). More...