[Phalanx]

Yeah, 2007 was a bit rough over here too...pretty much the ONLY good thing was me landing the Sony job...which isn't even highly paid, just "ok", and worth the reference...
Girlfriend fractured her spine and missing the start date of her course, her mother went into hospital twice, dealing with nursing home crap, having to housesit totally out of our area, multiple debts, moving back and forth, ongoing family arguments....bit of a mess really.

However, things are starting to come together...had an excellent NYE gathering, works going well, the girl is freed up from her (more or less) at-home nurse shit eating up her life to get into other things, got me some new lizards, finally seeing my little brother for the first time in 4 months, he's coming to stay for a bit, starting some courses, getting our place (finally) clean and to ourselves...two major debts almost killed, and yeah, feeling pretty optimistic right now.

"quit whining about being out of shape and do something about it"
Funny that...it's very easy to be displeased with yourself, bit more of an effort to put a plan of action into place. I hear if you eat nothing cooked at night (eg, salads only), maybe a little tuna or rare "high in omega" fish...that's a deadset way to lose weight, and if you can make some good salads that you actually like, you can eat a tonne of them without "overeating", of course, within reason, I'm not talking caeser here.
Also, bike riding, and swimming are meant to cut you down plenty.

I'm working on the fitness thing too...might put on some muscle, even though I don't really need to, male ego workin' there, it's all good, but I want more. Weight loss and fitness, thats the primary goal....wanna drop about 20kg in fat, put on around 5-10 in muscle. I should be happy then. Thing about excersize, in the limited amounts I've done, it's actually addictive, and the more you get into it as a routine, the easier it is to keep at it. First month or so will be a bitch. Be prepared.
Good luck.