Despite my ambitions of fixing the bike a month ago. I never made it out of the driveway till now. So my first ride, in I think, three years. Today I got free access to a gym.
Half an hour ride to the gym, so much for thinking I’m in condition, six months of treadmill does not get the legs ready for pumping the pedals. I made it, but my legs were wiped. My trainer counted that as a warmup, very kind of him.
Over an hour doing strength workups, on very strange looking devices. The last time I was in a gym was about 25 years ago, and I don’t recognize most of what was there. One thing I see, is that despite all the clever things that can be done at home with no equipment, some muscles are hard to work out that way. Those muscles, I think, will be in great pain tomorrow morning. I got a nice mini-massage and stretch at the end, he said I might need it to get home.
Made it home in 25 minutes - barely. After putting the bike away, I started walking down some steps and almost fell over, one of my legs was totally gellified, guess it burnt up all the fuel.
Tomorrow I was planning on going hiking…. we’ll see what happens.
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This is very surprising. I’ve never been to any of these programs, but had thought several of them were supposed to be fairly effective. Just having the group support is supposed to work well for people. I had also been told the the winning system Weight Watchers was supposed to have an unbalanced diet that was too simplistic. Anyway, doesn’t make any difference to me, the idea of a group has never been appealing.
The research article: Systematic Review: An Evaluation of Major Commercial Weight Loss Programs in the United States
Fox News article: Top Weight Loss Programs Offer No Proof They Work
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Tried something new today suggested by my trainer.
- Warm up for 10 minutes at a medium fast walk
- Run for a minute - medium fast
- Slow to down to a fast walk for 30 seconds
- Repeat the walk/run alternation for 20 minutes
- Taper off for 5 minutes
Earlier this week I’d been playing with one minute walk - one minute runs and could do that ok, so this seemed simple, but it was very hard. Really pushed me to my limit, and was soaked by the time I finished. He claimed this will help push the weight down, since I seem to be stuck again.
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Runners, hikers, bikers, even soldiers on long maneuvers should think twice before reaching for that water bottle: A study confirms that drinking too much can be dangerous, even deadly, for endurance athletes.
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So much for consistent advice - I struggle every day to dump gallons of water down my throat - and now this !
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And for today an experiment with food and presentation. See the previous post from a few days ago Yummy Food
Rice with Yves Vege Patties, Cremini mushroom, bean sprouts, snow peas, red onion, lemon grass, garlic, toasted sesame oil. Topped with asparagus fried with chopped ginger.
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I’ve had minor problems with my left foot over the last few weeks, and it seems to be getting worse not better. I’m pretty sure it’s the Achilles tendon.
When I do anything there’s no real pain or inablity or limping, just minor discomfort. But if I do an ankle stretch it can be agonziing if I come out of it too fast. There’s a pronounced bump where the tendon meets the bone area.
See Achilles Tendon Injuries for diagrams and a couple of really good animations.
I have a really good massage guy, but he figures it’s not worth seeing him; although it doesn’t hurt a lot, direct pressure on the swelling is very painfull, and he couldn’t work on it for more than a minute or so. So the suggestion is to take heavy doses of ibuprofen (400mg) for a week and see if the swelling goes down.
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Well, I avoided the scales for a couple of days, but now I face the truth of what I little splurging can do.
I’ve put on another three pounds - that’s six pounds in a week.
Not only do I feel fatter, but my stomach feels like it’s full of acid. But I figure if I get back on track fast, I can recover faster.
Today: 301
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With my changed schedule, and eating out, my week has been messed up. Skipped a couple of days workout, took it too easy on the other days and could not see my trainer till today. So he decided to do make up on me.
First a double time on the treadmill, alternating walking with bursts of running and getting faster each time. So my 15 minute warmup was harder then a half hour regular session. Then he followed that by stretches and some stair pushups. Dropped my down to the second step, for the last few weeks I’ve been on the third step and trying to increase my reps.
Barely able to catch my breath I then did three stair walk-ups two at a time. My kids think - what’s the big deal about going up two steps at a time, and I ask them to do it carrying a hundred pounds on their back. Anyway, I was able to do it - easier than I thought. But he must have seen my smirk, so after two minutes to catch my breath, he made me go up another three times.
Followed all that by another half hour of stretching and crunches and knee bends and ball work. At the end of which I could barely stand up.
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In the middle of the night when I should be getting a decent sleep - I’m surfing blogs. What I need is a live-in cook who can knock together food like what I found here. I also need my kids to leave home so I don’t keep having to make grilled cheese sandwiches.
The photos are incredible. I wish I had more time to do the presentation of what I feed myself, but it’s hard enough to knock together five or six meals a day. Too late to write much more tonight - but here’s the link and I’ll blogroll it as well.
Asian Vegan
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This week I’m eating at other people’s houses a lot. Up till now, 99% of what I eat I make for myself at home, and had established a nice pattern of eating that’s been easy to follow. Part of the trick is to make small portions, and eat only what’s out on the plate. When there’s lots of food on the table, I find it hard to stop nibbling.
Also meat has been a temptation. Normally I only eat meat once a week, that’s easy to keep to, since there’s never any meat around the house. Faced with four juicy burgers, my old eating habits are waiting to care of them. On top of that, chocolate, which I had not eaten for several weeks was waiting for me. The whole balance of carbs/protein/fats has also gone by the wayside.
The result of this - is three pounds up in three days. I’ve got to be firm for the next few dyas, and try and reverse this.
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