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David Jasmin is a formerly obese 25 year old male. After failing to lose weight several times, David and his wife buckled down and lost a combined total of 185 pounds. David is a Software Engineer in the Boston area, enjoys comic books, video games, Magic: The Gathering, reading and all sorts of sedentary activities. He recently added lifting weights and running to his list of activities he likes. He still not so secretly loves food. You can follow his life on instagram @explosivedonut, twitter @explosive_donut, bodybuilding.com @explosivedonut or really anywhere you find some variation of “explosive donut.” He never once said he was creative.
His wife has a cooking blog at mutant-medusa.livejournal.com and you can follow her on Instagram @magaliciousfantasticus.
Motivation Monday peeps! August is over and done with. It’s a new month. How did you do last month? Did youBalance your budget, did you meet your goal weight, or set a personal record? Well, I got some terrible (or fantastic!) news for you. August 2014 is Dead. To quote Monty Python “This parrot is no more. It has ceased … Read more
Happy Motivation Monday, everyone. I want to thanks JT Matherly for pinch hitting for me (yet again). Who would have ever guessed moving made your life so busy!? Not me! So, on to the motivational stuff. So, I have a tiny bit of a rant to get out here as well. We here at Tips … Read more
Happy Motivation Monday everyone! I’m sorry for missing my post last week (and huge thanks to Sam for filling in for me), my wife and I were moving from our tiny little apartment, to our first house! It was quite the experience, and thanks to all of my friends who helped me in the move. … Read more
Happy Motivation Monday everyone! Today I want to talk to you our biggest enemy. Contrary to what we might think, it’s not the scale, it’s not food, it’s not even Galactus, Devourer of Worlds (aka, me in high school). No, our biggest enemy that we have to face, our final boss, is ourselves. We are … Read more
Motivation Monday! Where can we lay the blame? That’s the theme for the day. Damn, I didn’t hit a personal record today. Maybe it’s because it was cold. I didn’t have a spotter. The right song wasn’t playing. It’s the Vernal Equinox, I can’t do legs today! What do all these excuses have in common? We are … Read more
Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all are doing well. today I would like to talk to you about relaxation. It might be a little controversial. It is really, incredibly important in our journeys to take time to relax. Take a breather, for an hour, for a day. For example, if you work out 6 … Read more
Happy Motivation Monday everyone! Today I am going to finish up my “Your Life as an RPG” series. For any new readers, please check out part 1 and part 2 if you want some background on our journey so far. So last we left our heroes, they picked out their race (in our lives, our race is … Read more
Motivation Monday everyone! I want to talk today about starting from scratch. REWIND. Motivation Monday everyone! Today, I want to talk about restarting. What do I mean by this? It’s Simple. We all have goals that we wish to meet. Reading a certain amount in 2014, getting to that goal weight by the Columbus Day Weekend. … Read more
Motivation Monday. Slight change of pace, no “Your life as an RPG,” gonna either leave it where I did or continue with it more sporadically. Let’s get right into it! So today I want to start off with a video I want you to watch. http://youtu.be/0_mXP8jXU2s a little bit of a warning, it’s kind of silly. It’s … Read more