I've held the intention to get fit for a little while now, and that has translated into some amount of effort: morning exercise on the bike; counting calories; drinking more water; and minimising bread and potatoes from my diet just to see what happens.

I have also been making extensive notes in my personal wiki of choice, Tomboy. This little tool contains an ever-growing collection of topics of interest, thoughts and plans for myself and my personal growth. So it is no surprise that I have a few pages of notes about my fitness, why I want to improve and even how I might go about it. I was rocking along with "the hacker's diet", tracking calories in and out, feeling better and having some modicum of success.

And then Christmas came along and it all went to hell. But hey, that's okay, too: my intention is now that much stronger. Intention precedes action, after all, and my intentions are pretty well-reasoned, trackable and verifiable by now. Time to get fit (i.e. shape myself to 'fit' the system called 'my desired life'), to make the long journey all the way from here (computer programmer slob) to "hyper-fit".

(I've coined this phrase to mean more than just regular healthy-levels -- I'm talking about the kind of fitness that marathon runners have, or professional sports-people, or the kinds of people that cycle across Africa. Like, scary fit.)

To this end, I bought 'Four Hour Body' by Tim Ferris this weekend, and have been reading it on and off since. Tim is a proper hacker, or so he seems to me: he experiments on himself and others, loves data and ignores the advice of others (telling him something is impossible, especially).

So, internets, on his advice (and that of others who have succeeded, like geek girl gets fit) I am tracking my progress publicly. Please feel free to comment, ridicule, laugh, tell me I can't do it, tell me I can do it or just come along for the ride.

Get your game on! Rowr!