Jake’s Life

I’ve posted a few simple entries so far, but wanted to clarify for my readers what it is and why I’m doing it. If you’ve read my blog for a while you know my issues with fitness and motivation to get fit. I’ve never been an athletic person, besides a short stint in Tee-ball in the 2nd grade (in which I spent most of my time sitting in center field waiting for something to happen). I had a knee injury in 6th grade and skipped PE in most grades after that. I got fat (6′1” and 265 lbs. in high school) then slimmed down a bit (6′4” and 190 lbs.) in my early 20’s. Now that I am officially 14 days from my 25th birthday, I’m 6′4” and a bit over 200 lbs. (estimated…I hate scales). The only time in my life that I worked out regularly was the eight months I worked at a gym when I was 21 and 22.

I’ve known this was coming for a while. I couldn’t deny it. I think a major catalyst is that Sandro returned from Cancun this week, and while he was definitely a good five shades browner than when he left, he also told me that he is dieting to lose a bit of weight and get a really nice body. So, should I let him so that someone hotter can come around, or do it myself as well? (That was only half serious, by the way).

I think that with my readership, I can count on a few of you to help keep me on track. It’s all up to me, but I know that readers will see when I’ve skipped working out for a while. So here we are, and I’m starting a fitness schedule up again. The gym at my new apartment is huge…literally a huge room with tons of stuff in it. I’ve seen “fitness centers” in apartment homes that have a few machines, half a wall of free weights, and a cycle. This one has a wall of free weights, a wall of cardio machines (cycles, treadmills, and ellipticals), and a good five universal circuit machines. The only issue is it is only open from 9 am to 10 pm, but I think I can fit things in before work or after, in the morning. Either way, I feel pretty committed right now.