Well, I did it. I registered for a real, full, 26.2 mile-long marathon. The Publix Atlanta Marathon to be exact. March 1, 2020. 25 weeks from now. Or rather, 25 weeks from last Tuesday. Which may mean it's 24 weeks now. I don't know. It's 6 months away, or as Siri...
Podcasts
We Did a Podcast on Meditation
Y'all probably know by now that I am a huge fan of meditation. I probably don't practice as much as I should (narrator: he doesn't), but I still get a few minutes of focus and breathing in every day at some point. Last week on the Geek to Geek Podcast (my main show),...
How to Be Healthy During a Gaming Binge Like the Battle for Azeroth Launch (S1E3)
It’s cool to play games for hours on end. But a lot of the time, we feel bad because we don’t move or because we eat garbage. It doesn’t have to be that way
S1E1 – How Harry Potter Helped Me Lose 150 Pounds
This is the obligatory “get to know you” episode of the new Geek Fitness Podcast. I talk about how I lost 150 pounds because of Harry Potter
I Kind of Made An Oopsie
Earlier this year (or maybe it was late last year — I don’t remember), I decided to transition away from the Geek Fitness brand into a new one: RunningShoes.tv. I think that was an oopsie, so I’m back and gonna be better than ever.
From Fat to Fit – Chapter 1 – Morbid Obesity? Nahhhh…
Chapter 1, in which a urologist calls me morbidly obese, and I just can’t handle the truth. #tomcruise
From Fat to Fit – Prologue- Harry Potter and the 150lb Weight Loss
When I couldn’t fit on a roller coaster because I weight 310 pounds, something had to go. And that something was 150 pounds and a whole lot of emotional baggage.
geektogeekcast – Our Favorite Documentaries and Non-Fiction – “I never had a book that changed my life before”
Beej watches a lot of documentaries and has lots of recommendations. Lots and lots. From tech to food to fitness to memoir and personal stories.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is so good it made me fat
Breath of the Wild is so good I couldn’t stop playing it. Between work & Zelda, my time was taken completely up. I didn’t exercise as much as I should have
Weight Loss, Podcasts, and Persona 4 Golden
I made a lot of progress on a lot of fronts, from gaming to fitness to finishing out some freelance contracts. Forward momentum feels good, you know?