The Key to Weightloss and a Healthy Lifestyle: Part 1 - You are What (and When) You Eat

Can you believe it? Without even realizing it, I had gained over 40 pounds during my time in college. Thinking back with the knowledge I know now, it’s easy to see how it happened. Other than walking to class throughout the day I got almost no exercise. But more importantly, what and how I ate during that time was the real cause. You know what I’m talking about. Fast food, soda, snacks, skipping meals daily. Over the span of 4 years it adds up to say the least. Combined with the fact that I work as a computer programmer now, it seems like there is no hope to lose weight. But of course this isn’t true… in fact since I started in mid-August of this year I have lost about 40 pounds and I am back to my high school weight.

The first picture is from April 2007, I hadn’t realized how much weight I put on until I saw it for myself! I still didn’t start to do anything about it until August.
The picture next to it is from February 2008, 10 months later (only 6 of those months under my new lifestyle plan). See the difference?
1 Year Ago to A Recent Picture of Me

In this 3 part blog post I will talk about how I’ve changed my life around so losing weight is now a side of effect of the way I go about my day instead of being something I have to constantly think about. It’s amazingly simple to do but requires a great amount of dedication. This is part 1, and it is all about how to change your eating habits for the better. Read on! Continue reading →

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Is a failed relationship a waste of time?

Just for some background, I met my first (and so far only) girlfriend during college. The funny thing was how we got together. Sure I was interested in finding a girlfriend but it turned out she had a crush on me, only I didn’t know it. She had spoken to me a few times but I never put two and two together (although she didn’t really give me any hints). Finally one day one of my friends told me she had a crush on me. Now usually I am kind of shy around people I don’t know well but for one time I broke out of my shell and immediately asked her out for some ice cream. Almost three years later we were still a happy couple, at this point we had both graduated from college and since we lived kind of far from each other, I only saw her on weekends. As the months pass we grew more and more distant and eventually she called me and basically told me it was over. Now we’ve had fights just like any couple, but I knew she was for real this time because she said it with no emotion at all. I tried to convince her to reconsider but to avail, all of a sudden one day it was all over. This was mid-August this year, 4 months has gone by since then and I think to myself if it was all a waste of time. My answer was a resounding…. Continue reading →

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Getting to know your blogger.

Jes sans glasses

Hi, I’m Jesmaster. You may know me by the music videos I’ve made but that is just one thing that I do that I’ve shared so far. I’ve wanted a place where I can give my opinions on things and share information. I plan to expand the HA Productions domain to several new categories over the next few months and I am starting here with my personal blog. From here I will let you know what I am up to and I hope that you find it interesting! Let me tell you a little about myself to get things started.
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