As a young kid growing up in Utah, I had an interesting childhood. I took up several sports, but focused on playing racquetball. I was one of the best racquetball players of my age in the nation and was briefly tied for rank 1 for boys under 18 in the country. I admit though that I wasn’t that good, and probably should have been ranked around 10 or so.
I also was obsessed with weight lifting in high school. My school had a ton of roiders, but I stayed strong while being natural.
I went to college at Stanford and now work in Silicon Valley at Plaxo.
I haven’t been very active these past 7 years of my life, but I am now determined to be in better shape now than when I was in high school. I’ve lost over 20 lbs in the past 2 years and want to help other people that are employed and don’t have that much time also cut the weight and get back in shape.
Ever since I could earn money, I’ve been buying gadgets. I am the biggest technophile you’ll meet. I’ll buy things, use them twice, and then look for the next best thing, because I can never get enough. However, I had a lot of debt building up and it was really weighing me down. I’m not talking about economic debt, I’m talking about sleep debt.
But, I’m getting ahead of myself…
The Backstory
About 6 months ago, after a very long vacation to foreign lands that fed me very well, I decided that I wasn’t happy with my belly. I wasn’t getting fat, but lets just say that my belt was becoming less and less necessary. So like all people trying to make a life style change, I set a goal. This goal was simple, get a six pack before…
If you are like me, you probably have a gym membership. Scratch that, I hope you aren’t like me, I have two gym memberships. But when you get there, it can often be hard to get motivated or actually accomplish much at all. And even if you are hitting those weights or jumping on that machine, are you actually doing the right combination of exercises to get your body fit…
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After having many discussions with friends and co-workers about working out, dieting, and plastic surgery, I have come to the conclusion that people are out of shape or over weight not necessarily because they are lazy, but simply because they don’t have the time. I admit, on this blog today, that I put on the freshman 15 (more like 20) after I started my career.
But I have done something…
