Hoodiladi Hoodiladi...

Pretty much as expected I found a fucking excuse to not start going to the gym.

It started with me getting a cold and when this passed I just refused to not get the huge thumb out of my ass and get out of bed.

I have at least bought a membership for a month and has now been there twice this week, I currently do not have any measurements to share, as I have been too lazy to go out and by a measurement tape, what a shocker huh…

At the moment I do not have a set schedule on what or how to work out, mostly because I feel it is better for me to do what I think is “a bit more fun” at the gym, as to give myself a bit more of a chance to stick it out instead of getting scared away by having to do “boring” stuff.

I have thrown around some weights for a bit and then I end the session with some cardio on a bike for 10 minutes of intervals or 20 minutes of straight cycling, and hopefully I will manage to stick it out longer in the future, if I manage to see any improvements.

Apart from  this, there is basically nothing going on in my life, and I am honestly getting a bit bored at the moment and feel I need something that will jolt me back into the right frame of mind again, be it some good run in poker or something new and exciting with work, but I feel something must happen.

Anyway, I will try and post more than I have, even though it might be pointless mumblings of a mad man or such stuff.

The next post I was thinking about posting some tv/movie reviews as these are things that I’ve always been interested in and think I have a good grasp on, at least I have thoughts about most of it, good or bad J

Regards,
Gladstone Gander

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Suggestions appreciated

Before I get started I have a few questions that I hope some of you could shed some light on and give me a few suggestions.

I am working night shifts as you know and start @ 22.00 and get off @ 06.30 in the morning, my question for you is the following:

When would be the best thing to go to the gym, or does it not matter at all?

Just before work, somewhere between 20.00 and 21.30?
Directly after work @ 6.30?

From what I have been thinking I plan to do some lifting and end the session off with a bit of cardio on a bike, that is as far as I’ve gotten in my plans at this point, if that has anything to do when I work out.

The normal routine is that when I get home from work I either go to sleep directly or have some breakfast before I go to sleep, is it best to eat before I go to sleep or to wait until I wake up again around 13.00-14.00?

As I said, any suggestions and thoughts would be appreciated and you can reply in Swedish if you like, I mainly write this blog in English as I currently live abroad as you know.

Until the next post, I wish you all a good day and I’m looking forward to some thoughts.

Ciao.

/A.Lucas 

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Shedding an inch, or giving up yet again

People around me seem to think it’s a piece of cake (no pun intended) for a fat guy like me to lose weight and I’ve been a bit of another opinion, without really trying to prove them or me wrong.

The main and only reason for this is that I am truly more lazy than one might think and just getting my ass out of the flat and to the gym is something that I can push up for another day without breaking a sweat when finding an excuse.

Now I was thinking about trying to give this a shot, and I know myself way better than to say a ”real” chance, as I might come up with an excuse to not go to the gym, or to cheat by eating pure junk food and drink a Red Bull or a soda or five.

I will be honest enough and write down everything that I eat and drink during the days/nights in this blog and I would love it to get input from you all, as I know a lot of you are way more into training and eating right than I am.

Comments about me being a fat lazy muppet is not needed as this is a well know fact already, but I would honestly love to get some feedback and tips on food, as this is something I will struggle with.

And one more thing I think I should add, I am not putting this up as something that will go on for months or so, unless I get hooked of course.

I intend to TRY and keep it up for a month at first as to see if I can get more motivated, or if it ends as it always does with me giving up after a couple of days.

As there is no scale that I can get my kilos down on I will not write down any kilos, but I will however write down some measurements and update them every Sunday with a total of 4 Sundays and see if 1 month can do any chance at all.

If you are not aware already I can inform you that I am working night shifts, and therefore my life is cordinated accordingly and I will try to come up with an ”ok” way to how I shall cordinate my food, if I care for this or just change the food itself and keep the schedule I have.

I will decide tomorrow when I wake up if I shall start then or as Gurra so nicely posted on Facebook, ”Start on Monday” J

As of now, I will eat the rest of my snickers and watch another episode of Mad Men as I am starting this out as to see if I like it or not.

Until the next time, enjoy yourself people.

/A. Lucas

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Winter's coming...

I have recently been playing a bit more online than live and funny enough online has been going ok, if you count the result, however it was all from one days grind almost, but it still feel like something I wish to keep playing, even though I know that as soon as I find it fun, the bad run comes.

Live poker has been a torture and the joy that I’ve had when playing live has totally gone out the window, I think it is mostly due to me playing only mtts live, and as we all know there is a fair bit of variance in mtts.

I have decided that my next visit to the casino will be a day where I will be playing cashgames, even if I play a small little mtt in the wait for cashgame tables opening up, as the goal will be to grind the cashgame.

What else is going on? Not much I must say, I’ve been back and forth in the question if I am to go back to Sweden for 1 week during Christmas or not, and as of yet I have not yet decided on what to do.

This is mainly due to the cost of traveling of course, however the idea of traveling to Munich or Frankfurt and spending a few hours on the airport there before switching flight is not exactly something that makes me jump and down of joy either.

I will however have to make up my mind as there is fewer flights that has seats available for each passing day.

Going home and meeting my family would be very nice though, especially as I have not been home for Christmas the last 2 years, as those has been spent down here in Malta, doing nothing at all.

We have the annual Christmas party with work on the 6^th of December, and hopefully this year it will better organized than last year, which in my opinion was something not to be proud of. 

Who knows, perhaps I might even drink some alcohol, even though I am working the day after the party.

I will try and make up my mind on the Christmas plans by the time the paycheck comes, and try getting my ass home and stuff my fat face with even more food, getting all that nice Christmas cooking as well as the awesome Swedish junk food, that is almost worth it by itself.

Until next time, enjoy life and have fun.

/Jinxen

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Hello again world.

Welcome to the jungle, we've got fun 'n' games...

Well that would be more in the line of what I like to say, but there is not that much fun and games at the moment.

Perhaps I should not say that there is not much going on, it’s the MLB playoffs going on as well as the NFL being in full bloom, so there is plenty of games to watch.

I have never before been a fan of baseball, but since I started working for a betting company this has changed, as I have had more interaction with the sport and the betting markets. 

I have to say that I really enjoy the game and I've become a big fan of the Boston Red Sox.

Having them in the in the American League series final versus Detroit is exciting and fun, however I am truly impressed by how Detroit has started, even though I have to say that the end of game 2 was so great in the way Boston turned it around for a tied series and wow, in what a fashion, go check it out if you have not seen it. 

No matter what, I admit that I have become a fan and I will be there from the start of next season to cheer and jinx bet when necessary, perhaps I need to place a few bucks on Detroit in the coming games as well just to help Boston even things out.

While talking about stuff that is not exactly going my way I can say that I am a NY Giants fan, which is NOT easy to admit a year like this.

Having Eli as the worst QB in the league and a defensive line that is stopping fewer approaches than the hookers close to Stratosphere in Las Vegas does not exactly help the cause.

And for me to have a bet with a friend, of which team to finish highest in the division of my Giants and his Cowboys… I think I’ll have to pay up.

Together with all this we have the Premier League, in which there has been an interesting start as a Liverpool supporter, now we just have to keep this up for a bit so that the players themselves start to believe it is possible to be up there and fight.

I have since my latest post here been writing a bit at 2 different places, however for some reason I still prefer to write in English in order to help improve my language skills, as well as I have more freedom in my writing as I am not only writing about poker, mostly because my poker has been lacking in both skill and the hours lately.

I will do a bit of thinking the coming week and make up my mind about where I would like to write, as it's just silly to move around like I've been doing. 

Until my next post, have a great time and take some time off and enjoy yourselves.

/Jinxen

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