New Years Resolution : Lose weight and play better guitar

Posted by Chris 3 Jan, 2007

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I suppose you could call it a resolution. I have decided to get really serious about a couple of things this year.

1. Lose Weight : I know everyone seems to have this plan but I really need to. I had lost a lot of weight over the past few years (about 25kg at my fittest) but have slowly put about 15kg of that back on in the past 12 months. Long work hours and bad eating habits has been the major cause of all this. It also means my back is getting worse and worse.So this year I am making the necessary changes. Firstly, I need to eat better. That one is a no brainer. Secondly, I need to exercise more. I drop weight quickly in my first few months back at the gym, but since changing jobs the gym stopped being a quick after work thing around the corner to a drive to the other side of town thing. That membership has expired but if I try to do something each day for at least 30 minutes (walking, weights, cycling) I'll be happy.

2. Improve my guitar playing : This is the year I break my rut. at least three days a week I want to sit down and play for an hour, 30 minutes technique, 30 minutes theory, and another two days learn a new song for my solo set. I really need to start playing again. it's driving me crazy.

So I'm going to use this blog to record what I have been doing. I've decided to be brave and each week post a picture of myself to show my weight loss progress, and starting next week* have a recording of the song I learned available. The recording will be done live with two mic, one on the guitar, one o my vocals, and will be no overdubs. i want it exactly like a proper live performance would sound like. That and all the other stuff I normally post. I hope you find this year to be a very interesting read.

* The reason for next week is that this PC of mine just got a format and reinstall due to some major issues and has no recording software on it yet. I'll be trying to get to that this weekend.