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For Christmas I received several books that had been on my wish list. One was The Art Of Non Conformity by Chris Guillebeau. The other is Amazing Things Will Happen by C.C. Chapman. C.C. is a friend from the early days of Podcasting (back when there were only 300 podcasts) and so I wanted to pick up his book to support him. Chris’ book is a book I stumbled across when I saw mention of his SECOND book The $100 Startup.
Both books deal with creating and living the life you want to live, outside of what others THINK you should be doing. You’d think both would sell very well this time of year, what with it being the first of the year, but I had them on my wish list for awhile and received them both at Christmas.
They are pretty perfect for this time of year though because both suggest a similar exercises for this time of year. In CC’s book it’s the 3 Words Exercise. In Chris’ book it’s doing an Annual Review. I love both ideas and so I’m going to give them a shot, albeit a week late. This year I have grown increasingly tired of how the entertainment industry works. Frustrated, both of the above books were a much needed kick in the pants to try and redefine what I’m doing, what I’m trying to accomplish and what I’d like my perfect life to be.
I promise to share both my review and goals for 2013 here with you. I won’t be sharing absolutely EVERYTHING as I believe some stuff should be personal, but I will share a lot of stuff. Stuff I hope you will be my personal cheerleaders for as I try to accomplish them. Plus, I just think you all will look amazingly attractive wearing the short skirts and holding pom poms.
Do you know the secret? – UPDATED 01/01/2013
Wow! Good for you snoop! You found my blog and as a reward, here’s the secret….
I’m trying something new with the Advent Calendar this year. If you’ve watched Day #001 for 2012, you may have noticed a single frame of video in the credits with a picture of my face and the words ‘Do you know the secret?’.
Well, the secret is that I’m not happy with where I am weight wise. I know I’m not super heavy, but I’m above my ‘goal’ weight which is about 150. I sort of ‘lost my way’ when it comes to eating right and I wanted to force myself back into the patten of doing so.
So starting today, December 1, I’m going on a strict diet, tracking my food, and ramping up the exercise. Each day of the Advent Calendar, I will take a single still frame of my face. My goal is to be down several pounds by the time the Advent Calendar is over, and then, after December 25, I can make a short video of the still frames of my face to see if there’s any visible difference in weight loss in my face.
I’m just trying to find a way to hold myself accountable for getting to where I want to be. I don’t think I’ll be back to 150 by December 25th, that’s a little drastic. But I hope to make progress.
I’d love for you to support me in my goal. You can do that by going to the Advent Calendar Facebook Page at:
http://www.facebook.com/grantsadvent
And simply post ‘I Know The Secret’ on the wall. It’ll show me you’ve found this page, and I’ll know I have your support! It’ll also encourage others to find out the secret, so don’t give it away! 🙂
Thanks, as always. Happy Holidays!
[UPDATED]
Well that was a failure. I actually wound up GAINING weight because I couldn’t help myself around all the big holiday meals.
Ugh.
I’m at the highest I’ve been since I lost 80lbs a few years ago.
Part of the problem, I believe, the whole thing being a secret! The idea was get supporters to to cheer me on as I strive for a goal. But doing the stupid ‘Do You Know The Secret?’ thing it was a secret only two folks found out about. It also built up expectations in the minds of the people who watched the Advent Calendar that there’s be some sort of BIG secret reveal at the end of this all and the ‘secret’ was just me trying to get fit.
Just a big fail on all accounts.
So…like you do at the first of the year, you refocus and that’s what I’ve done. Starting…yesterday (Dec 31) I’ve begun really focusing in on what I eat.
At my very lowest weight I was like 148/146. This was far too low. My goal, I’m stating it publicly is now 152. I have about 20 pounds to lose. I’m not putting an end date on when I’d like to achieve it but my weight loss goal is 2 lbs per week.
Another goal is to post here on this blog more frequently, so I shall keep you updated.
Here we go!
#NoLongerASecret
Another Joel Hodgson Interview
Came across another interview with Joel that has some great quotes. Joel Interview