week 2: okay scratch that completely!!!!

okay well as you can see from my face my initial goal of five fruits and vegetables is a complete bust!

the reason being is that I am already reaching that, so now my goal is still to meditate, play my guitar, write music and keep myself at the same weight (170) but become leaner and stronger

I can hear my fanclub asking, how veeral, tell me how?

well I will, well everyday, I will be increasing the amount that I do cardio and as far as my weight lifting, it will be more repetitions at a moderate weight level, let's face it I do not want to be He-man, but nonetheless I want to be as the British say "fit"

My goal is complicated by a couple of things:
1. After being accepted into Teach for America, I have to do my practicum now, which translates to atleast 25 hours of work a week, on top of my other job, so I will be working nearly 40 hours, taking care of my family as well as taking four classes (sounds like a jolly good time mate!)

2. I really want to go the gym before class, because after 5pm the gym is way, way too crowded, and I think I might have a fear of crowds, which makes life so much more complicated

so, yah, that's where I am at, I already know this change is not going to be easy, but hell if it were, everyone would do it right?

I was thinking about uploading a song via video of me playing, I am getting set to launch my youtube channel, let me know what yall think

alright, I will post more this week, probably mid weeeeeekkkkkkkkk

Week 1 - Best Laid Plans

well alright, let's go over what I believe to be the goals for me in the next sixteen weeks.

I want to calm down, become more centered and I believe this is doable, I just have to push myself. I plan to mediate for about 30 minutes each day using a cd recommended by a friend. Since, I teach music part time, I will actually take some time to play music for myself, just to relax instead of in any structured environment, some time to write some music also. Personal guitar playing will be about 30-45 minutes a day, just consisting of playing whatever pops in my head.

I want to change my eating habits, which I have started this week
so each day this week my diet has consisted of the following:
1 banana
2 little sunshine oranges
oatmeal
1 bag of carrots
1 glass of V8 fusion juice
1 grilled chicken breast courtesy of my George Foreman grill (yah baby!)
1 lean pocket

although some nights this past week I did go out, and partake in outside dining like sushi and some alcoholic beverages of Friday

I am also doing my best to wean myself off of coffee and diet pepsi jazz, but being an addict is easy and getting clean is hard, I will keep track of how much I depend on those this coming week and will blog about this in the following entry.

Also I like this blogging idea, it is oddly theraputic simply because, even if no one reads it, it is just nice to digitally verbalize my thoughts.