General Updates, Revolutionary Ideology, Expensive Therapy, and the Joy of Fruit
Posted on 2/08/2010 07:59:00 AM, under capitalism, fruit, weight loss
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So, item #1 - business. I'm working on my business website right now and getting everything moving towards (hopeful) profitability. I'm actually quite proud of the design. Thank you Jon for convincing me that I needed to expand my color pallet. It's at http://www.TenkenMarketing.com. I wrapped up the writing of the ebook that I'll be using for promotional purposes. I'm also working on lead generation for other sites through Facebook pages, which is fun.
Item #2 - weight. At long last, I have broken down under the 200 pound mark. My official Sunday weigh-in puts me at 197.5. I'll go with the phrase "Yippee!" for my response, here. I haven't been this weight in about four years. What I'm really looking forward to, though, is when I get down to under 185. Then I get to say "I haven't been this light since I was a sophomore." Then the next line I have is once I'm under 160, and then I get to say "I haven't been this light since I was 13 years old - and I was under five feet then." My goal for next week is 196, even. The weekly goal is going to be 1.5 pounds per week until I hit goal (153). That puts me at 30 weeks out, or seven and a half months.
Item #3 - revolutionary ideology. So, this one's fun. As many of my friends and family know, I've been considering various alternative (non-capitalist) political ideologies, with some degree of seriousness for about the last six months, now. After much contemplation and research, I've decided to go official, here. As of watching Food Inc, and having a rather volatile anti-Capitalist reaction, thinking how shit like that just wouldn't happen in a different kind of society - shouldn't happen in any kind of society - and various other similar things, I figured it was time. So I did some final clearing up and discussion (thanks, Greg, for the assistance there), and my official title is: Socialized Syndicalist. Or, if we want to go for the long version, that's market socialism with a syndicalism model rather than a classic one. I'm sure I'll blog about the details later.
My feelings on this were conveniently cemented when I got the chance to argue with Jon about it (and inheritance) for about two hours the other day. Very nice, eh?
Item #4 - my weekend in Wendover. I spend Saturday in Wendover losing $400, and I have to say, it's some of the most expensive and best therapy that I've ever had. Not because it was relaxing, no no no. Far from that, actually. Rather, it was revealing. The brief story is this. I placed 15 in a tourney of 45 (got no money out of it), and then played ring games. I'm more a tourney player and didn't adjust my tactics very well, so I did poorly. Then I went on tilt in frustration.
I know, terrible, right? But then I examined myself. Why was I going on tilt? And I figured out that the reason was because I start viewing myself as a person who is "not likable" if I'm losing at something, or making any mistakes. At basically anything.
I think I can't be liked if I make mistakes? I think that I'm not a person who deserves to be liked if I'm losing at something? Including a game with as much luck involved as poker? Really? Are you kidding?
So, I've decided . . . it's time to let myself be human. This is going to be a shocking bit of difficult, but I'm really happy about this revelation. The therapy that led to it was expensive, but incredibly valuable.
And finally, item #5 - the joy of fruit. I did a "10 day cleanse," and am technically still at the very tail end of that. It's a very simple cleanse, meant to adjust your appetite to lighter foods, aid digestion, and help get rid of toxins in your body. You don't worry about calories or content beyond the rules of the cleanse.
Day 1 and 2: No meat, alcohol, or sweets (chocolates or whatnot).
Day 3 and 4: No meat, alcohol, or sweets. Only fruits, veggies, and liquids (soups are fine).
Day 5 and 6: Liquid only (soups are fine). No alcohol, meat, or sweets still.
Day 7 and 8:
No meat, alcohol, or sweets. Only fruit, veggies, and liquids (soups are fine).
Day 9 and 10:
No meat, alcohol, or sweets (chocolates or whatnot).
Doing this really did help, and among other things, it made me fall in love with fruit again! I hadn't stocked up in a while. For the cleanse, I got grapes, nectarines, mangos, grapefruit, and oranges - not to mention a few Bolthouse Vanilla Chai. It was absolutely awesome.
The only problem with this cleanse is that now I'm only in the mood for fruits and salads. How inconvenient, eh?
Anyway, that's the life of Rob as I'm willing to tell it, so far for the month of February. Good talkin' to ya. ^_^
