Heavy Weight

I watched a show the other day about mattresses. It turns out that they typically weigh 20 MORE pounds when they are thrown out then when they are new. Dead skin and other more unthinkables are probably to blame, not to mention years of buried flatus's. Does that mean your mattress qualifies as a WMD? Depends on how often you eat spicy food I guess.

We actually need a new mattress. It's getting pretty old at this point, and once I got married my plan to move to the other side once my side was flat went out the window.

The Difference?

Another odd thought just struck me. How much different is rv insurance from home insurance? I would think that the same sorts of things would apply. I know that owning a camper or rv can count as a second home for tax purposes so I wonder if the insurance is similar?

Of course you won't ever get into trouble if you forget to change the oil in your house (but you might get cold depending on your heating system) whereas with an rv that could cause problems.

I also doubt that the resale value of rv's is like that of a house, so hopefully you never get "tired" of it.

Metabolism

I definitely believe that the best way to lose weight is to exercise in a way that increases your metabolism while at the same time switching to eat mostly healthy foods. The best appetite suppressant is a goal. Not too many people get fat eating broccoli and working out. The idea is that you need a sustainable lifestyle. If you try to hit it with a quick fix (diet pills, fad diets), the stats show that you will probably go back to your old ways once you lose the weight, and therefore it will all come back. Without that foundational paradigm shift, it just isn't going to be permanent, and isn't that the point?

Phat!

So at this point, most of us know that there are numerous ways to work out. Heavy weights are best for hypertrophy and HIIT is the best fat burner, but that still doesn't make it easy to design a workout.

I find myself floundering sometimes, unsure of what to do next. I'm not trying to get better at one specific sport or lose weight so I'm not sure what to do. Really I just want to be in the best shape I can be for health reasons and so that no matter what comes up, I will be ready to play. Be it pick up basketball, soccer, or whatever.

So whats the best way to go about it?

Twitter

I really like to try out all the new fads on the internet. Typically I will sign up for something as soon as I hear about it, and then ignore it until it becomes popular and then begin messing with it again. Not always but that is how I generally try to do it.

Recently I started messing with Twitter more. I signed up a year or two ago and thought that it was relatively uninteresting. Later I discovered that it was fun to follow certain celebs and see what they had to say. I thought I might need some Symantec support to help decode all the vernacular but I eventually got the hang of it.

It has it's uses.

Hits

I used to be really obsessed with how many people were reading my blogs. I used to really get excited when I ran across what would now be called a free seo service.

In the end I gave up on being too interested in it. I would love to have a blog that lots of people read everyday, but the truth of the matter is that I'm not famous enough, and I don't have enough time to spend writing really interesting posts to draw people in.

I'm ok with that at this point. Maybe some day when I have more free time I will care more again but for now, it's just not on my radar.

The Ramsey Way

God has really blessed our finances. We have been trying hard for the last few years to dig out from the debt we had accumulated through various bad decisions over the years. We were able to pay off our credit card a few months ago. I don't remember for sure what the high water mark was but I think it was close to 10k that we owed on it at one point.

Now we are building up an emergency fund so that we don't have to worry about falling back on credit cards anymore. Next up are our car loans. Based on the snowball method, we should be able to pay them both off in a year or so.

After that we have plans to save some money to finish our basement as well as saving for new cars so that we do Naot need loans again (or at least smaller loans that we can pay off quickly) for our next two cars.

On one hand, I want it to happen tomorrow, but when I step back and see how far we've come and realize where we could be 2 years from now if we are diligent, I am encouraged. God has really blessed us in this.