Yoga and Coffee

I woke up this morning. It was later then I wanted to wake up but when you go to sleep at 3 am its hard to get up at 9 am. Last night as my previous post tales I deactivated my facebook account. And you know what the first thing I did this morning was? I got up grabbed my phone and headed to the bathroom to take my morning glory. I haven't hardly got my pants before I was checking facebook on my iphone. I was confused when I couldn't get on. I had already forgot that I deactivated it. Wow. How lame is that? Its sad but my life was too consumed by fake relationships. Everyone I care about I call.

anywho. I did yoga after pooping. Good night I'm sore. But it is a good quiet time in the morning. I've always heard we should have a quite time to just think.

I have to work on. but soon i'll let everyone know how Ashley and I's experience in cleaning out the closet continues. Until then remember.

Slay the Jay and Mob the Rob

Killing Facebook.

The title says it all. Facebook is a distraction and I don't need it. If you want to keep up with me... call me. I like talking.

Tiny Browders

Hello.

Yesterday was the start of something new. The truth is life has been busy. I work all week and all weekend long. This pass weekend I worked 50 hours alone. Thats not counting the work it did during the week. I'm thinking this is to much. I started thinking I have a lot going on. I need to do something about this. While I'm not at a point where I can stop working so much I am at a point where I can start simplifying my life.

Last night Ashley and I started cleaning out one closet and throwing away a bunch of stuff that we (a) didn't know we had or (b) haven't and wouldn't use ever. It was a little difficult but it was good. We got ridded of a truck load of stuff. Seriously a full truck load. From one (1) closet and we aren't even done with the closet. Why do we have some much stuff? Think of all the money we might have saved. Not only from that stuff but from having a smaller apartment cause we didn't need all the room to storage all the stuff that we don't need. Tomorrow night after we have dinner with some friends we are going to go back and finish that closet.

Next I'm going to get ridded of all the books that I have that I (a) haven't read or (b) have read but I'm not going to reread them (I think I see a pattern). I will keep a handful of books but the rest are gone. After that its on to my clothes. I don't wear half of them anyways. Major overhaul on this. I have a dresser and a closet with clothes. Why you ask? I have no idea. Half of them don't fit. Some might say that it gives me a goal to lose weight and fit back into them. Come on. Lets be honest for a moment. Am I really going to lose that much weight anytime soon? NO. If I do I can for buy new ones and get ridded of the olds. Which brings me to the next point. If I buy a new shirt I have to get ridded of a old shirt. Thats something I want to live by.

One last thing. I did yoga this morning. I found a website about minimalist yoga. I enjoyed it. I need to take it slower. Focus on my breathing. I'm get there. It was nice. It was hard but it was good.

I would like to say that I'm going to blog more but I can't make that promise. But instead of going to watching to tv until 3 am i'm going to read a book and fall to sleep and get up and do yoga. Its time to slow down. Time to size down. Good night.

Slay the Jay. Mob the Rob.

Andrew Belle

Today we are looking at an artist named Andrew Belle. Originally from Chicago and now living in Nashville Belle is a smooth pop artist. More in the vein of The Swell Season Belle's songs have been on tons of TV shows such as Grey's Anatomy, One Tree Hill, 90210 ( the new one) and many more. He was voted best new artist of out Chicago by MTV (even though MTV is crap Belle is not).

Belle is also part of a collective musical group called Ten out of Tenn just if a bunch of different artists from Nashville who get together make a CD and then tour. A lot of get music is made by Ten out of Tenn so I highly suggest going and checking out the different artist.

The song is called "Static Waves" The video below is not done by Belle but it is the song full song with something watch.

Check out Andrew Belle

Circa Survive

As i'm sure yall know Circa Survive third album is coming out next week. I've listen to a few songs and I can tell you this. It sounds for a production point completely different. The first two CD where released by Equal Vision but this new one is being release by Altantic Records. The new stuff sounds from a production point of view a big label release. Its more polished, its bigger sounds and its cleaner, its more compressed. That doesnt mean its bad, it just means they stepped up their game. Listen to it. see what you think.

http://www.myspace.com/circasurvive

For examples of that i'm talking. Before listening to the new stuff go listen to their song "Stop the F@$&ing Car" its on their myspace the last song. Listen for like a minute then go listen to their new song "Get Out" the second song on myspace. Do you hear the difference?

Manchester Orchestra loves 50 cent

ok so i'll post something with more meaning later but i thought this was funny and figured you might too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtIUGwpLUC8

So about Iceland

I know I promised everyone that we were going to visit iceland next. But because of the comments i heard about that last song ( and I only heard comments from one person... one know who you are) I going to play a song from Janelle Monae. Originally from Kansas City the now Atlanta GA singer has teamed up with Big Boi from Outkast. Now if this song is boring to You I will cry.

The song is called Tightrope and its off of her up coming album coming out in May. To points:

1. This girl can sing.

2. I wish I could dance like her.

If you like her then I would recommend that you check out her "group". Monae is a member of a group call Wondaland Arts Society. Its a label of sorts but they claim to be something different. Check it out.

http://www.myspace.com/wondalandarts

http://wondaland.blogspot.com/

Going to Scotland to scare rabbits.

So I did not mean for this blog to turn into a country jumping tour of music but oh well. Today we are in Scotland to check a band I just came across. They are called "Frightened Rabbit" and they are good. They have been on tour opening up for Modest Mouse. Their single is called "Swim Until You Can't See Land" though its not my favorite song by them it is still a really good song, and it is the only official music video up.

If you liked that song you check out the song "The Modern Leper". I hope you enjoy them.

Next time on the Browder Promise we will be traveling to Iceland. No its not Sigur Ros so dont worry. so grab you coat and open your mind to something new.

We Goin Irish Tonight.

I love The Swell Season. I thought about having the blog just be that statement and then play the video from their new CD. Nevertheless I feel the pressure to write more.

The Swell Season is basically two people. Guitar player and singer Glen Hansard and Piano player and signer Marketa Irglova. They became famous as a group when they stared and wrote the music for the movie "Once" and if you having seen the movie and you like this band then you will like the movie. Thats the Browder Promise. Anywho Hansard is from Ireland and Irglova is Czech.

This is their single from their new album "Strict Joy" called "Low Rising"

Did you hear that groove? Man thats baby making music right there except for the part where the song is about a broken relationship. But I guess what I'm trying to say is Robbie you should play this song and see if you can make a baby. Booya

And thats the Browder Promise.

Metal and Country

So Randy Houser is a country artist. He is one of those "I'm more redneck then you and i'll prove it by how many redneck stereotypes I can say in one song" kinda artist. Anywho I want you to listen to the song "Whistlin' Dixie" and pay close attention to the second verse.

Did you hear it? If you take the gtr and double time it would have a metal break down. Ha. I think its funny. As straight forward as country is this guy put in a dissonant chord.

I like it. And I know everyone hates my opinions of music now. That I have fallen from grace if you will. but i'm determined to climb back up. I want to open people up to different things and maybe you'll like them and maybe not.

A months worth of thinking

I have a new idea for facebook. Maybe its just me but when people have their profile picture to be one of them smiling and have a good time and then their statue is sad, I find this to be awkward at best. So I propose that facebook created a feature where people could store different pictures into different "mood' categories such as Happy, Sad, Angry, etc... For example, the Happy category you could load a picture of you smiling and then in the Sad category you could load a picture of you crying. Then when you are updating your status you could also update your "mood" and then your profile picture would display the emotion that you status is talking about.

But regardless of the greatness of the idea people would not use it, or put happy pictures in the Sad category and say they are being "ironic", or the feature would become useless because we would be to lazy to use it. But nonetheless I think its a neat idea.

Have we gotten lazy.

I know i'm not the greatest at posting new blogs but either are some of you. Jared you have done a great job of posting and are an example to this generation on commitment. But the rest of you are not. I think i've made my point. I would like to see more post. How else am i to know what is going on in your lifes. Ok go.

TUESDAY

so i did not work out today. That is because today was my first day of rugby practice and i didnt want to workout before i went. rugby kicked my back side. i ran. and ran. and ran. and sweated. But i finished everything. i was the slowest person there but i can only go up from here. Im excited about playing. I'm excited about the workout. things are going well. so below is a video of rugby hits to give you an idea on what i'm doing. or going to be doing. enjoy

Video Update

So i haven't done the numbers yet but i took this video to visual show you the progress i've made. so enjoy.

Ive been wearing this pants because they were the only ones the i could fit in. So now i've downsize from 36 to 34. Im happy. i'll be posting soon. but i think the video speaks louder than words.

Stuff

I worked out tuesday and thursday. i have been eat healthy. i will work out tonight but if not then tomorrow and sunday to make up for it.

i might not update everyday but for sure every sunday i will recap the week and weight.

ok.

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Dan Wilson

William Fitzsimmon

Madi Diaz

The Features

Im back

Sorry ive been away for a couple of days. Tuesday i worked out fine and thursday i worked fine just like normal. and i was eating right up until thursday. But thursday night my stomach started hurting and it kept hurting so i didnt workout on friday and then i went to a walk in clinic to see if they could make the pain go away. The Doctor was concern that it might be my appendix so he sent me to the hospital for more testing. I stayed there until 11 pm on friday. They ran test and couldn't figure out what it was so they sent me home. I still hurt a little but not much but needless to say i did not work out of eat well since thursday. SO i'm a little off but i'm back and eating right and will start working out on tuesday again as normal. Sorry for the delay but thats all i've got.

Any who now time for the numbers and the pictures. The first number is from two weeks ago when i started keeping track. Please keep in mind that the most accurate number is my weight the rest is not a very accurate science.

Weight: 252.5 - 240.5

Arms: 14.5 inches - 16 inches

Legs: 29 inches - 29 inches

Waist: 45 inches - 42 inches

Belly: 45.5 inches - 45 inches

Chest: 47 inches - 45.5 inches

Pictures:

Before Present

So not a huge difference in the pictures but soon it will be. So thats all i've got. Im going to go watch Weeds with my wife.

And the Numbers Are......

Well. its been one week. I have kept to the diet and the workout plan pretty closely. So now its time for the weekly update. I have weighted and measured myself again. My body is as followed

Weight: 245 lbs

Arms: 15 inches

Legs: 28 inches

Waist: 41.5 inches

Belly: 45 inches

Chest: 45.5 inches

A note on how I feel

I feel ok. I dont feel like i've lost 7 pounds but i dont as big as i did last week. i haven't been hungry really and if i am i just eat something small. But yeah i was a good week.

Tomorrow is Ashley's first day of work. So we are going to eat out. After talking to friends and reading i am going to have a cheat meal once a week. I'm not going to eat a cake or meat but i will eat something not so healthy. So that meal will be monday night.

Ashley as also been eating better and working out. she has done very well this week and i am very proud of her. I know next week will be hard for her with a job and all and trying to eat well but i have no doubt that she can do it.

DAY THREE

so today was legs and abs. I hate this day. We all hate this day. But i did it. Here was today's workout

3x8

Leg Press

Sit ups on a swiss ball

Lungs

side abs

calves raises

Legs lifts (for the abs)

and then i walked for about 30mins.

Yesterday i did get 180 grams of protein. that is harder than you would think.

And lastly Ashley did get that job. She is a infant teacher. This is good for the following reasons.

1) she is making money

2) she is out of the house and not lonely

3) she is getting her baby fixed with out it costing me anything.

DAY TWO

I woke up ate three eggs and then hit the gym. Here was my workout for today.

everything is 3x8

Back Rows

biceps curls

lawn mover pulls

straight bar curls

Back Pull Thingy

Circle curls

close grip pull down

Yesterday i did not eat 180 grams of protein but i will try today.

On a different note. Ashley has a job interview today. Please pray that it goes well.

Bye Bye

This one is for you Jason Bragg

so to make jason happy here was my workout for the first day.

Dumbbell Press 3x8

Tricep extension with rope 3x8

Dumbbell Flys 3x8

Overhead dumbbell thingy 3x8

Incline dumbbell Press 3x8

single arm tricep kick out thingy 3x8

Cable decline lift thingy 3x8

The gym i workout in doesn't have any barbells so everything is done with cables or dumbbells.

I only ate 150 grams of protein today. I was at a different studio today and he doesn't allow food in the studio so i couldn't eat like i had planned. But tomorrow should be different. ok good night