Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board - View Single Post - Now that its March 1st, what New Year's Resolutions have you stuck with?

Eomer · 03-03-2005, 07:04 AM

I never make resolutions, just guidelines. My guidelines were this:

Continue heading to the gym 3-5 times a week (I had been since late November alrady). Status: not so hot, I've really dropped off since early February, fucked up my knee skiing for one, been really busy for another, and just been outright lazy some nights. Gonna try to get back on that horse, I had liked the results I had seen so far, had been doing weights about 60% of the time, riding a stat bike for 45 minutes or so the other times I was there. I didn't lose a single pound overall (maybe one or two), but the difference in my physique is pretty huge, I was surprised how quickly the results showed. I lost a fair amount of fat, and put on a decent amount of muscle. My beer belly is almost gone, and I can see the beginnings of my ab muscles!

Stop or severely curtail smoking of weed. Status: here and there. Since the new year, I've bought and smoke 3/8 of an ounce. 1/4 ounce of that was over a weekend for a ski trip (vacations don't count!), was good times. The other 1/8 was just for lazing around the place, sleep aid let's call it. I'd like to keep cutting back, and not make a habit of smoking on a regular basis. Gonna avoid buying any for the next month or two. But at the end of this month I am going out to Victoria to visit some friends, and weed is goddamn everywhere there. Thank god vacations don't count!

Cut way back on drinking alcohol. Status: doing alright. Decided to cut back on liquor just for health reasons, being a mid-20's guy naturally it seems the only thing to do on weekend is to go get liquored. This is not healthy, naturally. So I've been trying to cut back, either by not going out or just by not drinking my face off if I do. Also been trying to consume less sugary type drinks, as well as less beer. Mostly just been drinking scotch, rye, whiskey, that type of thing. Either neat or on the rocks, with lime etc. Am developing a taste just for sipping scotch. Either way, it's better than drinking 15 rye and cokes and wondering why my mouth tastes like ass the next day. So far, since the New Year I've had maybe 4 or 5 big drunks where I get shitfaced. Considering that there's been 8 or 9 weekends since then, that's not half bad compared to my previous habit of doing that at least once or twice a weekend. Now I just need friends I can have an interesting conversation with sober.

03-03-2005, 07:04 AM	#9 (permalink)
Eomer You mean I can change this? Neat! Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 9,801 +29 Internets	I never make resolutions, just guidelines. My guidelines were this: Continue heading to the gym 3-5 times a week (I had been since late November alrady). Status: not so hot, I've really dropped off since early February, fucked up my knee skiing for one, been really busy for another, and just been outright lazy some nights. Gonna try to get back on that horse, I had liked the results I had seen so far, had been doing weights about 60% of the time, riding a stat bike for 45 minutes or so the other times I was there. I didn't lose a single pound overall (maybe one or two), but the difference in my physique is pretty huge, I was surprised how quickly the results showed. I lost a fair amount of fat, and put on a decent amount of muscle. My beer belly is almost gone, and I can see the beginnings of my ab muscles! Stop or severely curtail smoking of weed. Status: here and there. Since the new year, I've bought and smoke 3/8 of an ounce. 1/4 ounce of that was over a weekend for a ski trip (vacations don't count!), was good times. The other 1/8 was just for lazing around the place, sleep aid let's call it. I'd like to keep cutting back, and not make a habit of smoking on a regular basis. Gonna avoid buying any for the next month or two. But at the end of this month I am going out to Victoria to visit some friends, and weed is goddamn everywhere there. Thank god vacations don't count! Cut way back on drinking alcohol. Status: doing alright. Decided to cut back on liquor just for health reasons, being a mid-20's guy naturally it seems the only thing to do on weekend is to go get liquored. This is not healthy, naturally. So I've been trying to cut back, either by not going out or just by not drinking my face off if I do. Also been trying to consume less sugary type drinks, as well as less beer. Mostly just been drinking scotch, rye, whiskey, that type of thing. Either neat or on the rocks, with lime etc. Am developing a taste just for sipping scotch. Either way, it's better than drinking 15 rye and cokes and wondering why my mouth tastes like ass the next day. So far, since the New Year I've had maybe 4 or 5 big drunks where I get shitfaced. Considering that there's been 8 or 9 weekends since then, that's not half bad compared to my previous habit of doing that at least once or twice a weekend. Now I just need friends I can have an interesting conversation with sober.