This year sees a more solid plan for health and fitness for me. Previous fitness attempts were nebulous: Work out and aim for food that’s better-than-usual, and go for it. Today I’m reading labels, eating more often during the day (but smaller meals, of course), as well as exercising.

Most of this new direction in fitness and health came about when I found Scooby’s channel on YouTube. There’s a ton of useful information there, and the fact that he’s about 15 years older than I am yet has a physique that just blows me away was enough for me to really pay attention. He knows what he’s talking about, and it works.

If you’re looking to diet and lose weight then I highly recommend his YT channel. He doesn’t sell a single thing. Scooby has a web site – Scooby’s Workshop – with a load of useful information and, again, as with his Youtube channel he doesn’t sell a thing on his website.

This guy has been very helpful as I’ve moved toward losing weight and building muscle for 2009. My diet is much better and I’m eating tasty food in spite of that fact.

As always, the changes that you make will have to become a permanent change to your life style if you want to keep the weight off, so what it boils down to is: Are you unhappy enough to actually change, or are you comfortable enough with your weight that you won’t? You may complain about your weight, but will you actually change your life to change your weight? Those are questions that only you can answer.

Last night’s dream was pretty darn interesting. I can’t remember the last time that a “nightmare” had made me feel scared. Not even the ultra-realistic dream of having my covers pulled off made me feel afraid.

I’m not complaining though. Last night’s dream was pretty damn good. Read the rest of this entry »