So far I have a cruise in February, some great work lined up and other awesome opportunities. More on all that soon. So welcome to the first post of 2010, may it be a great year for all.

Oh and on the fitness thing, i’m still doing my thing. I will post more later.

However, July is around the corner and I have been able to maintain my schedule pretty well. I have stopped “being online” at night and properly managing my working schedule. I think going on vacation was a very good thing even if I was sick many of the days because it gave me time to step back and evaluate how much I was working. In fact I recommend everyone take some time off ( even a few hours ) and evaluate your working and casual life to see if its were you want to be. After asking a few friends to try this I was quickly surprised how many of them began making minor tweaks because sometimes it takes a 3rd party to have you step back for a moment.

Okay, so now I bet your asking yourself “How long will this last?”, and I can’t really answer that at this time, yet I am driven to make this work and have never been more motivated about non-work subjects in my life.

I got a quick shock of my “sitting” lifestyle late March when I was climbing 300 stairs at the Beacon Hill Monument in Boston with a friend. I made it to the top and back again but I could tell I was out of breath and generally not in good shape at all. Now I didn’t need this to really see I was out of shape, but now I have hardened proof.

So… what did this mean? Well once I caught my breath and continued to walk the remainder of the Freedom trail to the U.S.S. Constitution I began running my schedule through my mind and quickly adding in more workout and general fitness time. I had planned to start this last week but due to some past work ( I put off while at PhotoshopWorld ) I had to post pone the new plan to this week. So, without anymore delays I will be running (treadmill to start) and other general exercises during the week.

I now not only want to cut some of the fat and gain the muscle, I just want to stay generally healthy as I once was. Considering I am still young its not too late to get it back.

Do you have similar stories or triumphs in your life? If so, please share it with us all.

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I will be getting back into the exercise (fitness) side of things this week.

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Add that with the general workout process and I am happy overall. Once the weather gets better here in the East coast I plan to do more outdoor running as the treadmill (indoor) is not as satisfying.

In this case, I am using it to describe the fact I have been MIA from the blogging scene for almost two weeks now. Between work, work and more work I really didn’t have time to spend writing or even reading blogs. Then when I got back to the slower time in my work schedule I started to get sick, which slowed things down more.

During my non-blogging time I did find some time to workout, but not nearly as much as I originally planned to, which for being the first month of the new plan is not great progress! That being said I have never given up that easily, so today I got back into it and even threw in a rigid eating schedule to ensure the best possible results. I even found yet another iPhone application, which this time is used to track your food intake and even set limits based on weight goals.

The application, “Lose It!” is a free download from the App store, and has been developed for quick updates in mind. You can add or search for common foods which allows you to update your log more easily when you eat similar things, such as Cheerios for breakfast.

That’s about it for now, I will be sure to update more frequently as I get back into the daily schedule. I will even try to post some non-fitness topics once in a while to keep it interesting.

My (short term) goal is getting closer, the deadline is Monday, I am pretty confident I will make it. The Wii Fit tracking ability is actually pretty cool, you basically weigh in daily and it plots a fitness trend. You can also add in other activities that do not include the Wii Fit to get a better idea of how good you are doing.

Once the weather warms up I will be hitting the streets and fit in at least 3 runs a week, which is essentially phase 3 of this process. The runs will be monitored using the Nike+ system which I will have acquired by then. I will post more about that once I start using it.