waste not, want not...

after the bar exam was over (you know, the bar exam that i freakin' passed?!), carson and i joined a gym. this is all part of our larger plan to make sure we live until the singularity occurs, which will save us from peak oil.*

in the ensuing months, we've been damn good about using the gym. and in the past few weeks i've reached a point where i can really see how my body is changing. first of all, i'm smaller, which tends to happen when you eat better foods and exercise regularly. but second of all, i can see muscles! i knew they were there, but now i'm starting to see them. it's kind of awesome! it makes me want to challenge strangers to arm wrestling contests!

and all that stuff about how regular exercise generally improves your quality of life is completely true. law school was not exactly the most active phase in my life. i think the calorie burning activities in which i most regularly engaged were carrying around tons of casebooks in my backpack and staving off anxiety attacks. not exactly what a doctor would recommend for cardiovascular health. but these days i feel better and i look better and carson says i snore a lot less. and once you get used to eating good foods, you start to like it. and you become aware of just how unhealthy most easily accessible foods are. we're basically a nation full of fat-asses because bad food is cheap and people keep buying and eating it. i'm trying to maintain a practice of eating the calories and types of foods that my body actually needs -- the right balance of fat and protein and carbohydrates. i get kinda grossed out now when i think of all the stuff people eat on a regular basis that is really and truly terrible and excessive. no wonder folks have cancer and heart disease and type 2 diabetes! we're putting terrible things into our bodies every day!

anyway, i'm rather proud of these choices i'm making and i plan to continue making them, since they seem to be good and all. i've got goals, too, like how sandy and i are gonna run the great race next year! and how i'm going to be able to do 20 real push ups soon (you know, NOT the girl kind where you put your knees down)!

whatever works, right? it's just nice to know that this is actually working. it makes it easier to keep it up.




*yes, of course i'm kidding. i'm not THAT freaking crazy!