Batson's Blog

Anyone who has a desk job can tell you that it certainly seems hard to stay healthy and even harder to lose weight when you sit at work all day. You’re not burning many calories at work, but you don’t want to hit the gym right after work either. On those days when the job was crazy you’re so mentally exhausted from work that the motivation to go out for even a quick jog just isn’t there. I’ve been learning that recently. I worked as a television reporter for two years, lugging the equipment all over the place and conducting interviews. Then, when I got back to the newsroom, it was up-and-down out of my chair, getting file footage and editing the video. Some days I wasn’t sitting for probably more than 10 minutes at a time. Now it’s pretty much the opposite. I get up every now and then to walk 20 feet to the copier. I am stuck inside the 50x50 foot office. I’ll walk to the break room a few times a night to fill up my water bottle or I’ll go to the bathroom once or twice an...

The start of a new year, the start of a new weight loss goal. That’s the routine for a lot of people and this year I’m one of them. Maintaining a healthy weight has always been a struggle for me. I’ve never been a fitness expert, but I’ve always tried to keep up with the latest information and trends in weight loss and dieting. Now, after losing 30 lbs. in the last 10 months, I feel like I’m finally on the right track. I can still stand to lose some weight and tone up, so this year that’s what I’m going to do. I wasn’t always overweight. I was really fit when I was in grade school – one of the fastest runners in my class. Then again, I was also very active. I was usually out until the streetlights came on – riding my bike or playing at the park across the street from my house. Then I discovered this wonderful thing called the Internet – more specifically AOL. America Online and my computerized X-Men video game were definitely the two contributors to the belly that I’m sti...