I totally about this blog.

Wow, it’s been a few weeks. A lot has been going on lately, so the blogging has been on the back burner.

First things first, I switched to another building for work. I now work at Apple Valley Center in Ayer, MA. It’s been 3+ weeks including the trial period, and so far it appears I made the right decision. I’ll leave it at that for now. Don’t want to jinx it.
Jaylynn and I are also actively looking for a house at the moment. We looked at three last weekend, and we’ll look at three more this weekend, including one in Clinton we have our heart set on. If we move fast, we can make that first time homebuyer’s deadline, so keep your fingers crossed for us.

In the area of health and fitness, things were banging on all cylinders until yesterday when I re-injured my herniated disc while doing chest-supported rows. Trying to keep my shoulder blades retracted, I arched my back too much and on the lift felt a sharp pain. Packed it up right there and headed home to cry. At first it felt as though it was worse than before, but as today as gone on (I took the day off to rest and ice) it feels a bit better. This does mean at least another week or two off from the gym, but I’m okay with that. Looks like my back training will be relegated to pull-ups and chin-ups at this point. Beach season is coming, gotta work on that V-shape.

Speaking of shape, I have to say I look pretty damn good right now. I had been three weeks into a self-modified version of the Built for Show Summer program, and once I recover I can then modify it again to keep the back healthy. Basically any back exercise that involves a row will be replaced by more pull-ups (I don’t think anybody has ever died from doing too many pull-ups). Biceps and forearm veins are popping, as are the lower abs and obliques. I haven’t weighed myself at all, so not sure what my scale weight is, but I’m not really too concerned. My self-discipline has been dialed in, I’m down to one (real) cheat meal per week (at this point I consider cream in my coffee or ketchup on my eggs as cheats), and we’re trying all kinds of new recipes, including stuff from Gourmet Nutrition, TNT, and the Women’s Health Perfect Body Diet book I bought for my wife (Tuesday night we had healthy shepherd’s pie, made from ground turkey, sweet potato, parsnips, and peas. It was insane. Better than actual shepherd’s pie). We’re enjoying cooking new, healthy meals, and the results have been excellent so far. Tonight I’m making spaghetti squash with a bison tomato sauce.

So that’s life the past few weeks. A few big things on the horizon.