And Now For Something Completely Different...

I am curious.

Things get boring on the treadmill. Between Katie Couric and Wheel of Fortune, my iPod has been getting quite the workout. The radio station playing at the gym is so bad, they play Dust in the Wind by Kansas... not exactly workout music.

So what do you listen to? I'm not looking for types of music. I want you to name and shame specific songs and tracks. They could be old classics, they could be guilty pleasures. Leave me a comment and tell me what motivates you to keep up your pace.

To get you started, here is one of my old standbys:

LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at My House


Update to come soon on my progress, complete wit witty remarks, and hilarious asides.

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men... something something...

Big Numbers, Ahoy! The Good Doctor has turned on me. She really has it out for me. Not only does she want me to do things I don't want to do, she has broken my cardinal rule when I started this. She has set a quantifiable target. A goal for me to reach for in an allotted amount of time. A BHAG (Big Hairy Aggressive Goal... that's for all you black belts out there) if you will. If it isn't obvious yet, here is the breakdown:

100 Pounds

Its a big number. This will take some time to reach, but with some stick-to-it-tiveness I should be able to reach that goal in time. Wait, whats that? Not just 100 pounds?

100 Pounds in 3 Months

3 months isn't that far away, if you hadn't noticed. Its 91 Days away... I may not have an appointment on the 91st day, so lets call it:

100 Pounds in 100 Days

Kind of ironic that I am also posting this on the 100th day of the year. 6 Days of gym time as well, she ordered. That's a hell of a lot more than the 2 days a week I have been averaging. Lets break 100 Pounds in 100 Days down statistically:

• I will need to lose an average of 1 Pound a day.


• It is the equivalent of 1.1 Nicole Richie's


• If I received $1 for every pound lost, I could buy 2 tanks of gasoline


• It is the equivalent of 400 Quarter Pounders from McDonalds


• It is 11.75 Gallons of Milk


• It is 45.359 Kilograms or 7.1428 Stone


• It is 20% of the weight of John Goodman

Most importantly, it just under 25% of MY body weight, and this is why it needs to come off. I can't tell you how much of a wall I feel is before me. July seems just over the hill. Anybody want to come keep me company? Anybody want to help me beef up my iPod?

Anyone?