I made it to the new gym last night. I was unimpressed. There are too many machines and not enough free weights. I guess that is the way people like it, but it is a terrible waste of resources. A fraction of the cost could have been spent buying a few bars and plates instead of all the fancy machines. Also, there are at least 5 different locations to do pull ups, but all of them are funky angled handle configurations. What the Hell is wrong with straight bars? I had a discussion with my wife last night about the bars. People don't use the straight bar, so why put these funny angle bars in. The place also has no concept 2 rower. All in all, I do not really like the place. the only thing it has going for it is the 24 hour access.

On the poker front, I played a HORSE SNG last night and won 2cd. Not bad.

My poker play has been getting better on the virtual felt. On the real tables though it has not been good. Really that is a misstatement. We played Friday night, and I had some great reads, but things did not go so well. Early on, I lost my stack when my overpair lost to 2-pair. I knew I was against 2 pair, but was pretty much committed. Later I pushed all in with pocket Jacks after a raise and a reraise. I figured I was ahead, and I was JJvs1010vs99. Tommy tanked for a bit and called, as did Dan and Tommy caught a 9 on the turn. Those were my 2 big beats. I also let Billy push me around a bit.

I have been losing weight. I dropped the 5 pounds that I wanted to by thanksgiving. Now, I would like to drop another 5 by Christmas so I can weigh 150. I should be able to get there.

I overslept this morning. I was close to getting up in time, but I did not make it. I am so close though. I need to at least get some running in before the Turkey Trot. I think I can make it on the treadmill today and then I can get to the gym Thursday and Friday. I also need to work on my form for the tournament on Saturday. I probably should shadow fight as well since I am going to spar.

My poker is going well. I have started to re-read Killer Online Poker. It really just reinforced everything I knew. I was playing distracted, multi-tabling etc. I have quit that and as a result, I am playing better.

We went to Columbus this weekend to see the Steve Miller Band. It was a great show, very entertaining. I fell of the eat well wagon though. Actually I did not eat too bad, but I did drink more than I should have. I guess that is OK occasionally.

My poker game is in a rough patch right now. I am not playing very well. I have been mult-tabling and playing while not engaged. I really need to make an effor to concentrate on my game.

I actually woke up this morning and went to the gym. I did oversleep a bit, but I still got there. I worked a bit on my form and did some shoulder presses. I really have to work on the round kick, reverse side kick combo. I will work on that over the weekend

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The weekend was pretty good. We had a Birthday party for our daughter and I went to the football game yesterday. Both were rather low-key. I managed to not drink too much yesterday, but I did little exercise.

I started to track my food on Daily Plate. I hope I can weigh 155 by Thanksgiving. I need to run more so I can do the Turkey Trot, so I need to incorporate running into my training. I may have to use the treadmill in the evening for this, which will suck, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

On the poker front, I have been a little reckless this week on AB. Playing way above my roll. Luckily, it worked out ok. I am not down. My chances of getting my bank roll up to 1k by the end of the year is shot. I will attempt 500 and shoot for 1k by Dec 2009.

On the workout side. I have not made it up once this week. I have however gone to the gym 3 times (well it will be 3 if I go today). I also made it to TKD 2 times this week and we rode our bikes last night. I would like a run or an early ride tomorrow. We'll see what happens. Next week I will try to get back into the early morning workouts.

I donked off 40 playing o/8 last night. I just played poorly. I thought I was better. I need to make it back.

I had a good weekend on the table. I managed to get my FT bankroll up over 50 by playing some stellar O8. I have really been playing well. I made the adjustments that I needed and the results have taken care of themselves. I worked on my double of nothing strategy on PS, but there is a problem. They do not increase like I thought they did, so I have to re-work the plan. I think I will just try to win $100 net from DoN's and then play in a $100 SNG.