Have to really start somewhere...

Here I am, hear me roar... meek and weak, will have to work on weak this week. Isn't English a lovely language? Today, 216.6 pounds, BP 148/88 heart rate 40 bpm. Prayer, pooh, pills and now to make the coffee and hit the treadmill, ugly sweats worn. Polished my shoes and straightened (just a bit) of the garage, major stuff still to do, throw it away, throw the excess away! I stopped to use the toilet bowl at seventeen minutes remaining, my body is talking to me, it needs much more work, much less recliner and chairs. So forty minutes on the treadmill, program with five pound dumb bells in each hand, then ten minutes on the HealthRider for arms, back and thighs.
Only the fifty reps to do after breakfast, the walk to the dock and dry firing tonight with cat stretches - that recliner is going to be such a big problem. I do know that intentions are good but execution is the only thing that will bring desired results.

Yeah, I am still here... on the road or treadmill...

Have to do it, Hamster on the spinning wheel, don't run gets fat and sluggish and goes into hibernation, has to run for his life depends on it.

treadmill for forty minutes with five pound dumb bells and good attitude, sweat and thoughts last night and today. logged it and recorded it and working on cleaning up my life and nests at work and home, have to hit the grass and leaves in the yard and hang some Christmas decorations. I am so far behind.

One hour and forty seconds, road work...

I felt so good yesterday after my jog on the walk to the dock that I thought I should think about doing it much more often. Still haven't talked myself into my best behavior, haven't started weights and exercises with body weight, but it is coming as I wake my body up and feel better.

Yesterday I jogged thirty-nine minutes and 59 seconds, today I did longer one hour and forty seconds, and I think the consistency is going to be the thing I have to regain. If my mother had walked vigorously her whole life she would be better, but she sat too well. If she had swum longer and farther, it would have been better for her. Telling a human being that exercise is a critical portion of one's life and life style, just doesn't happen. But I will keep repeating the message until everyone gets it. I am so boring. All the good things in life mean that one has to be there for them.

Well, if I lost four pounds over night....

Then hitting the road hard on Sunday would dissolve a couple of more pounds, but I don't really expect it - just some solid no gain of weight. I do jog in the afternoon, almost dusk, reflector belt and bright yellow sweatshirt. Come home and then later do thirty minutes on the treadmill with five pound dumb bells.

Calling me names...

The latest one is Street Walker, and not because I sell sex, only because I am walking the street to the dock. It won't slow me down. Thursday I had a REST day, I call one when ever I can't find my get up and go, which probably left before I was fully awake. But the remainder of the week, was jogging Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 38m 1h6m 56m, walking to the dock Friday, 30m, and Treadmill for 40m with Healthrider 10m on Saturday. I wake to 211.0 pounds of flabby flesh today.

I have to get to hard running walking every day, sweating and working all the muscle sets to rebuild the blubbery me into the new improved fully functional man. Friday evening, pumping and swaying and pretending to keep rhythm on the dance floor with all those lovely female bodies (almost typed booties - not a word I understand or use) there is reason for feeling strong and silent, and appreciative of real smiles all the way to their eyes... no, I am not going to talk to any of them - break the spell, it would.

Missing me, I haven't been hard enough...

Started re-reading "Younger Next Year..." before I evolve into the LazyBoy layered in blubber. Sad, so sad, to be sucked into the virtual world on the computer monitor or the other make believe land on your television screen in High Definition, like I needed more reason to wallow in a comfy nest of my own making - ever becoming less than human beings were evolved to become, or very intelligently designed to be... always less if I just don't move enough.

Back in the day (oh, another flash back) when I was running (really running not jogging) and doing marathons for various reasons (almost none of them logical) I told everyone two facts of humanity. The human is designed to jog twenty to twenty-five miles a day, every day of its life, and the pace of the jog is the same as the trot of a dog - before we started fooling with natural selection and producing lap dogs and toys. The second fact was that any healthy human can jog twenty miles - it is always that last 10K (6.2 miles) of a marathon that kills you.

Well, no marathon today - just an hour and six minutes on the road, waving at the heart walker (he wears reflective clothing, too), nodding a greeting to the great-grandfather walking his future to the bus stop - very protectively, good on him! Well, a cuppa coffee, hot shower and out to the real world of libraries inside the cage. Do they have libraries in the zoo for the animals? Nah, unless they have lots of smarter chimps. Next?

Cold day, but the Trusty Triumph purrs on....

Clear sky or high cloud cover and no heat retention, frost layers thickly on the windshield of the Caravan, and I don't want to scrape it off like yesterday, I will ride the motorcycle for my joy. I don't have a lot, the threat of needing a pace maker doesn't make me happy. The attitude of the Cardiologist's staff and my reception - can you pay? are you sure? doesn't make me think my survival is based on anything save the ability of my insurance folks to pump out dollars. It isn't bitingly cold yet, but it is a wake up and pay attention type, don't fear falling asleep as I lean around the corners and roll on the throttle.

I, says I, need to start to get serious about good exercise program and healthier choices. So I will start tomorrow -- which is exactly the wrong answer. That has been my answer for several months now, the most I have been doing is measuring, taking my medications and walking to the dock, mostly. Hardly a real effort to survive and be a beautiful crabby old man. Which is all I have left, not enough time for chasing women that would be interested in the chase. 214 pounds of more than me should be. I do need to start, tomorrow and that means today....

One should have his list of medications for people that want to aid him to know about.

Micardis HCT (telmisartan/hydrochlororthiazide) 80mg/12.5mg 1 daily by mouth
Crestor (rosuvastatin clacium) 40mg 1 daily by mouth

Levothyroxine 0.088mg 1 daily by mouth

14 Oct 2009 WT 211.4 BP 127/86 Hr 51
Strange fainting on ferry to work, blood pressure too low? Stayed home rested...

15 Oct 2009 WT 212.8 BP 131/78 Hr Lo BP 121/75 Hr 42
To bed by 9:30, hot shower good sleep, woke at 4:00 AM

Halfway there...

So the morning routine on Tuesday, not too bad...

Weight 209.4 BP 113/83 Hr 48
30x3 Jog 315 cal 30% Hr 132 Z 19m49s X 40m32s

Heart rate too irregular, band or battery breakdown?

Walk to dock, nap on boat, worked well. Still behind.

Still hiding out back here, but exercising more...

Weight 208.6 pounds, BP 160/89 Hr 42 that is the bad news

For good news, I fell out of my bed at almost six this morning, thought I had six more inches of mattress and only had one. Interesting, not hurt save the pride.

I kept to a good morning schedule, measure, devotions, check email, breakfast, 30x3 exercises, and jogged for 38 minutes almost 39. 297 calories 35% fat ones, Hr 125 Zone 32m14s Exercised time 38m59s. Good thoughts and shave and shower, time to go.

Walked down to dock, good work done at the library, finished a book cart and turned it in for purchase and processing. Came home to fine meal and wrestling and did forty rounds of dry fire on AQT with my M1 Garand.

Reality is next to bite the dust.

After church, Hal reminded me that I knew what I should do to lose weight, and get stronger and I had to admit that I do, and if I really believe I should then I shall.

yes, I can't hide nor exercise properly it seems...

Been wrapped up in self and bombarding me with electronic noise, television and computers, my fault. My friend Hal says I could get down to 180 pounds and I know how, but I just have to do it. Since I don't he thinks I am okay being me at 210 pounds, sigh. Don't you hate it when friends tell you what you don't want to see, but know anyway? Shouldn't, if they will tell you then they really are friends, if they don't they are something like your local politician, go with the friends.

I weigh 211.02 pounds, BP is 133/97, Heart rate 44, did my dry fire for forty rounds, three positions for the four stages, did 30 reps of the basic three, did jog for 193calories, 50% fat, HR of 105 (hardly enough) Zone 24m44s Exercised 40m11s. Might need to think about a new battery or heart rate monitor. Did three Chin up hangs when I returned. See what I can do tonight, stretches would be a good thing, dry fire positions with M1 and leather sling and shooting jacket.

Okay Doctor Oz, I am getting ready...

Haven't been back here in a long time, but my wife is away and I can play. So I went jogging gently today. Calories only 205, but 50% were fat ones, Hr 106, Zone 26m30s, Exercised 40m39s. So I am not dead yet, although 61 and more than a half years old. Got to keep moving.

What a workout...

24 July 2009 Weight 206.0 pounds, bp 127/76 Hr 50
W2D vigorously TNT said vigorous walking is better than saunters and meanders

25 July 2009 Weight 205.4 pounds bp 130/79 Hr 40
Jog in the morning cool, 541 cal 40% Hr 123 Z 1h3m45s X 1h12m38s 9cents found

I did go shooting in the afternoon, target above, carrying my pistol concealed under the belt upon the sagging belly flab, by the end of the day I had wear marks, back to shoulder carry for concealment and definitely comfort.

Feeling like I am getting stronger...

The stomach isn't sagging as much, a bit tighter, the stepping out is longer and stronger, the muscles tighter just enough - of course the fat still sits covering much I wish it didn't, but as I go it will, too.

22July2009 weight 206.2 pounds bp 125/84 or 127/83, Hr 42 or 44
40x3 W2D Jog in the evening 281cal 40% Hr 120 Z 28m45s X 39m32s

23July2009 weight 207.0 pounds bp 125/87 Hr 42 W2D REST DAY!!!

well the sunburn is pealing... but not appealing...

21 July 2009 Weight 206.0 pounds, bp 130/80 Hr 45
Jog 433cal 40% Hr 123 Z 52m12s X 58m38s W2D

posted my Health Care Program, don't expect the government to approve, no money in it nor control

Talked to one of the younger ferry boat captains, he is looking for a program to get healthier before he feels too old and out of it. I recommend Younger Next Year... for the doctor's wisdom.

Itching must be healing...

I also have some nice taught to my muscles from exercise, best not skip today.

19 July 2009 weight 207.6 pounds, bp 134/91 Heart rate 45
Jog 242cal 50% Hr115 Z31m13s X38m13s

20 July 2009 weight 209.2 pounds bp 120/86 Heart rate 53
26x3x Jog 267cal 45% Hr118 Z35m56s X39m27s 2cents found
W2D

felt good physically at work, worked well, slept hard after/during RAW

Oh, the ache is better now...

16 July 2009 weight 209.2 pounds, BP 126/87 Hr 45
8 Dips, 20x3 W2D

17 July 2009 weight 208.0 pounds BP 143/84 Hr 44
W2D

18 July 2009 weight 206.2 pounds BP 127/87 Hr 50
Jog 358cal45%Hr115Z44m36sX55m31s one penny

After jogging went into work mode on yard, good practice for sitting position on shooting. Too much sun, so head arms and hands are burnt, I did finally put a hat on before I got Sunstroke - Mad Dogs and Englishmen came to mind.

Lack of discipline will get me no where some day...

13 July 2009 weight 209.2 pounds BP 121/89 Hr 47 W2D

14 July 2009 weight 208.8 pounds BP 130/81 Hr 48 W2D

15 July 2009 weight 206.2 pounds BP 114/89 or 127/96 Hr 60 or 62 W2D
Lonely and eat too much while sitting watching the boob tube, so sad, so wrong

Okay I am lazy and sick....

One of the younger old men of my church (younger than I) had a heart attack and has a stent now. And I spent a half hour talking with Medicare for my wife instead of exercising, but then I didn't exercise all weekend, so it is my fault.

10 July 2009 weight 208.0 pounds bp 126/81 Hr 43 W2D

11 July 2009 weight 206.0 pounds bp 122/85 Hr 49

12 July 2009 weight 205.2 pounds bp 135/80 140/86 Hr 42 49

Proudly reported to Wyatt that I had made 205.2 pounds, but then on the 13th after pigging out on Sunday and rolling around fat I weigh 209.2 pounds on Monday. Sigh.

I wrote about government health care on Just the Library Keeper. Not that I know anything about how difficult it is to herd cats.

Friday, thank God for Fridays...

It was actually a pay day, but my Earning and Deductions Statement hadn't preceded the day so I was a bit confused, also the day to turn in my reports for June which I couldn't because I had not brought my memory with me... I forgot it.

10 July 2009 weight 208.0 pounds, bp is 126/81, Hr 43 bpm and I would only W2D for exercise

I did enjoy riding the motorcycle, hard and fast enough, leaning into the turns and rolling the throttle to keep it up.

So lazy bones, flabby flesh...

Tuesday weight 209.2 pounds BP 127/81 Hr 44 bpm
50 x 3 basic exercises W2D

Wednesday weight 208.6 pounds BP 130/84 Hr 46 bpm
W2D

Thursday weight 208.8 pounds BP 110/75 Hr 42 bpm
W2D

Doing too much on the computer, wishing there were some one out there for me, but not really. Best check my Lotto tickets, I did all the updating of my money until tomorrow night, the economy in this home is better although we look like we are in transition (moving stuff!).

Break on Independence Day Weekend...

So I was calling the Range at Wade's DAR as the Line Boss for the Fourth and Fifth of July, so I went off program but kept on my feet and sounding off.

Saturday 4th weight 207.2 pounds

Sunday 5th weight 208.6 pounds

Monday, 6 July, weight 208.6 pounds blood pressure 128/93 Heart rate 52 bpm
50 x 3 basic Jog 213 cal 55% fat Hr 108 Zone 14m46s Exercised 40m11s W2D

Really slack but one has to get on the road to do the work, so I took the step.

No matter what shape your stomach is in?

Okay, I am a slug. I did promise myself a good jog on the 2nd of July, and it never happened, what a wimp!

2 July 2009: Weight 208.0 pounds, BP 146/85 or 130/82 and Heart rate of 47 or 19 beats per minute. 3CU hangs, 3PU hangs, 8 dips, 50 reps of basic three and the Walk to the dock, good pace good stretch and that was it.. for the day.

It was a beautiful Sunny warm day, that turned hotter and made me think I should wait until a bit later to go jog after dinner, the slippery slope to non-achievement and I get rolling down it so well. I played a computer war game instead of jogging, a game I could have paused for the thirty-five minute short route. Must remind oneself that the beginning of every exercise event is getting the body into the start position, which seems to be tougher than anything else.

I do feel stronger, like to think my muscles are responding to the exercise and stretching, that as I work out and up I will get better at all of it and not to be too impatient - not only Rome was't built in a day, but most heroic figures had to spend much time in training to get good enough to survive the first parts of battle. Gates of Fire has the best description of the cowardice that comes from fatigue and just a bit of fear, when one saves his last for himself...

To become stronger turn off the electrical noise...

You want to get that jog in, stop watching television and reading blogs, go out the door and sweat sweetly... the only way to

This morning: weight 206.8 pounds, Blood Pressure 111/88, Heart rate 48 bpm. 3CU hangs, 3 PU hangs, 20x3 basic exercises. Walk to the dock. Jog gently 369 cal. 45% fat, 116 Hr, Z49m11s Ex56m37s. found one nickle, changing stride, impact of foot and push off feels better. Stretches and light dumb bells to finish.

Great mouse trapper resting athlete....

I got two mice yesterday, one large and one small, the trap is re-set for those that don't understand that cheese is dangerous when one should be outside consuming little natural foods.

I also seemed to fall into a rest day. I got up on time on the clock, but then went back to bed after breakfast for a light nap.

Weight was 205.4 pounds, Blood Pressure was 131/82 and Heart rate 49 beats per minute. Only light exercises: 3 CU hangs, 3 PU hangs, 8 tiny Dips, 20 reps of the 3 exercises, 3 CU hangs, 3 PU hangs, 8 more tiny dips. Then dress and off to the Credit Union and work. Walk down to the dock for my two miles maintenance movement. Hot in my heavier jacket and long sleeve shirt. Notice muscle aches while working, they would complain since they are being worked more than normal as I try to recover my toned hard body (which I only think I had in tenth grade football season once, the abs were awesome!). I napped both ways on the ferry and had chicken and cakes when I got home, with fruit. Too much cake, but I left some. During the cool down of the evening before bed, I worked out with fifteen pound dumb bells enough to move and flex, twists and stretches for more maintenance of muscle.

I am taking blood pressure and cholesterol medication and am sure I get liver malfunction because of it - but my liver is probably in good shape being a mostly non-drinker. But LDL is needed for building and repairing body tissue and suppressing it isn't the smartest thing to do but seems to make my doctor happy. I think the muscle ache is only trying to get rid of the toxins and not having the blood vessels open and working as they would if I trained regularly. Will continue to exercise and get hard on that road work, where more of the conditioning happens, the weights and body resistance exercises are good but limiting in calorie burn. I expect my weight won't drop until about week two of hard long road work and then continue down. Goal is 187 or 186 pounds of lean and mean... well, not too mean.

One of my former inmate workers goes by Flaco, in Spanish 'skinny'.

Day Two of the Newer me...

Ha, ha, it is really the same guy all over again. But on Monday 29 June, 2009:

Weight 204.6 pounds, Blood Pressure 130/83, resting Heart rate 45 beats per minute. I started with my fifty reps of the basic three exercises, put on my monitor band and went on a longer jog than Sunday's. The watch said 437 calories burned, 45% fat ones, Heart rate 117 average, in Zone for 55m19s, exercised for 1h6m28s. Instead of a couple of gray hounds racing me along a fence (they did two laps and quit bored with my slog) I get a squirrel leaping along beside me getting to his next tree, even he was faster than I. But the day was fine the sweating very good and I came in well. I walked the two miles to the dock through the lush greenery, always good for my mind as well as the legs that had the jog earlier, stretching out the tightened muscles.

I just looked at a picture from 2007, when I could do a good chin up, will have to work for that again.

You never miss me, do you?

Well, I have been gone and busy and making excuses for not doing better in my personal fitness and health. I don't need to go into them, but I had a great vacation in Hawai'i with so little stress that trying to match my grandson's sleep pattern and running long and walking were very healing and my blood pressure came right down and impressed my doctor. My next appointment with him is the 23rd of September at 8:30 AM on the State time. The only change in medication was for the missing Thyroid so that is still being adjusted.

On 28 June 2009, Weight was 207.0 pounds (twenty too many), Blood pressure 160/95 or 140/101, Heart rate resting was 45 or 48 beats per minute. After church, motorcycling and talking health issues with my friends (all two of them) I took time in the beauty of the evening and exercised. Jogging along the road with hand weights, reflector belt and positive attitude for 36minutes and 20seconds, then doing 55 repetitions of the basic three exercises (bent leg sit ups, push ups, and squats), three hangs trying to do chin ups, pull ups and back arches (so weak, Willie!) finishing with ten cat stretches.

I know, very basic and oh so lame, but it was a start and that is the idea, a daily dose of better time spend than what I would do if I just stare at the television or computer screens. I mean, you know that my fingers and forearms are in excellent shape - they move typing this stuff. This is a good start to looking old and never better, living longer in good health is also a goal. Grandchildren really get fun when they hit eight to ten so that is a few more years to hang on.

Notice a month later than last...

I weigh 212 pounds, blood pressure is 177/99 and my heart rate is 43 resting. I jogged and burned 349 calories, 50% fat ones!, average heart rate 113 bpm, in Zone 33m47s, Exercised 38m25s, carrying 3 1/2 pound hand weights.

I have been feeling much better as the old medicines flow out of the body and I heal, continuing walking to the dock and will work on more movement for the best of reasons. God designed me that way...

How do I say I am so sorry? No excuse...

My log book has all the data, but I am just waking up and getting back into exercise and shooting and life again. So I apologize to myself and tell you (me) that I will do better in February than I did in January and December. I will look at weekly updates, February and March lend themselves to that a bit better.

I do get so old and am just starting to understand what that really means and accept it, since my mind dwells back there in the thirty-somethings and I haven't been there for a bunch of years - Germany, between 1978-1982, which were very good years for us.

Never enough proper time management

01/13/09 weight 211.6 bp 164/94 Hr 41

01/14/09 weight 213.0 bp 159/113 Hr 45

01/15/09 weight 214.0 bp 153/101 Hr 38

Getting fatter, need that daily exercise routine, which isn't routine yet, so got to go.

DAY two...

01/12/09 weight 211.0 pounds, blood pressure 155/99 Heart Rate 42 bpm.
50x3, Jog 594 calories 45%fat ones, average heart rate 119, Zone 48m57s, Exercised 59m54s, found one penny in the dark. Wore reflector belt for foggy darkness and fool drivers. Made up a Children's Sermon about the First Rule of Weapons safety, and reporting to an adult.

Well, that movie about Walt Kowalski must have...

woken up the better part of me. I get up after wine and cheese with my wife last evening (listening to music and talking - us?) good sleep. I weigh 210.0 pounds and did have French Toast with real Pennsylvania Maple Syrup. I went to church and was social enough that my friend told me to tell the choir director I wasn't going to sing in the choir anymore. Since someone was wearing my robe I really should tell her, but I haven't sung with the choir since early December. I do need directions for proper social interaction, my mother, my wife and my real friends all tell me when I fall short - and I get more conversations that way.

After coffee after service I went to Range 15 on Fort Lewis to fire pistols, fifty rounds of .45 APC at twenty yards and forty rounds of .22 LR at same distance, target is of the forty-five. Both hands, strong hand alone and weak hand alone, same eyes and Colt Model 70 used for all fifty.

Came back home to go jogging gently along the road, bright yellow hooded sweat shirt, gray wool glove liners, gray sweat pants, and shoes. Carrying 3 1/2 pound hand weights in each hand. 341 calories, 50% fat ones, average Heart rate 113, in Zone 26m20s, exercised 38m52s -- found 4 pennies and 1 nickel. Dinner and then fifty reps of the basic three exercises - bent leg sit up, push up, squats. Life is good, now get going - and the hot water and soap work in our house.

Happy New Year? I am so old...

Okay, December was the pits and I am tired and sinking into the recliner in front of the idiot box - the High Definition Idiot Box by SONY...

Notice the paunch? Yes, when I went shooting yesterday I had trouble with the sitting position and pulse throbs, all that fat to compress works against the belt and only the body is plastic... if I loose the belt and drop thirty pounds over all, I will not have to worry about the throb.

In a couple of days I will be sixty-one working on seventy-some, I can do so much better. I did thirty minutes on the treadmill last night with five pound dumb bells, and that is a start.

01/05/09 weight 213.4 pounds, bp 158/91 Hr 40