Working out is hard work.

Today, I upped repetitions and weights at the gym. I was doing 8 sets, basically to exhaustion. We do weights *before* cardio and 9 and 10 really hurt. Holly wasn't feeling well today, but she hung tough and we did do cardio on bikes. Not much time today, since we're on our usual late schedule in the AM.

I managed to get some music on my phone and use the bluetooth headsets the past couple of days... It almost makes the workout tolerable. I'll need to make a playlist of the hardest hitting songs I can think of, hoping that will at least drive me work harder.

I haven't really been keeping track of weights or time. I'd like to get a mobile program, but I'm finding that if I can remember the weights that I use on most machines, and I just do cardio until I run out of time before I have to head to work. If anyone has a suggestion for workout tracking, weight-loss, or food intake programs for Windows Moble. (or any other platform, I'm open to switching, or using multiple devices) hit me up.

Kiss... Daddy... Cheese

A quick one before I start work, since the training class I was supposed to go to got cancelled (and I bothered to check my messages before I headed over... good thing.)

Anyway, my son bit his tongue yesterday, eating shredded cheese. He asked me to kiss it to make it better. Nasty... He was eating shredded cheese, because he chewed up and spat out the cubed chese he had eaten earlier, but also refused earlier... Julie is a good eater, she ate them all up.

The gym sucked today... I could hardly lift the weights, I just wasn't focused... I was a bit short on time, trying to make sure I got out of there in time to get to this training session at work... only to find out it got cancelled. :( I did speed up the tredmill today though, it was fast enough that it actually recommended that I not use the hand grips to measure heartrate... Yikes, I might be running sooner than I thought.

I weighed myself today, and I actually gained 3 pounds... must be all that muscle I'm putting on... or the two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches I shared with the kids on Tuesday, LOL.

I think I'm going to like the Shadow well enough... XT9 predictive text messaging is okay, for not having a full QWERTY layout. The phone doesn't make me look like a nerd, and I think I'll go ahead and get those bluetooth headphones for me and holly to work out with. That might push me over the edge to stick with Vista Media Center on this computer too.

Oh, speaking of which, I found colorcase.com through copious, extended google searching... They have an eBay store that has the Ahanix cases (302, 303, and D4). Then there's the Moneual Store, which basically has the Ahanix MCD303 with a stamp and iMon for $300... uh, no thanks. The colorcase eBay store might work out though. I'd love to get a D4 and a couple of 30x cases... but that really brings me back to the front-end/backend scenario with MythTV. I might just have to do MythTV, and have some sort of music synchronization scheme worked out with the phone, or get back on the freedom pony and get a Cowon iAudio 7 and go with .ogg files... I dunno at this point...

Going to the gym... getting smaller.

Holly and I made an arrangement with the Monday to Wednesday babysitter to come in at 5:30 AM, so that we could hit the gym *before* the work day. Today was the first day of that. I made it to work, after a harrowing reminder of high-school post-gym-class-showers past and forgetting a belt and a hair brush.

I think that will work out. I weighed myself on the way out... and I'm an astonished at my 285-pound outcome. Geez, if I start working out more, I could probably lose more weight... and then get my fuel efficiency up in my car! And be healthy! And... yeah yeah yeah...

At the store, before work, I picked up a brush, some Crystal Light powder, and a couple of belts... just a bit smaller than the huge belts that needed extra holes because I've gotten smaller. A couple more inches, and it'll be new pants time. Yay!