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.

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

Catch up, nothing really changed, still waiting...

10/28/08 Wt. 211.0 bp 164/102 Hr 42 W2D

10/29/08 Wt. 210.0 bp 157/97 Hr 42 W2D

10/30/08 Wt. 211.5 bp 168/102 Hr 39 W2D

10/31/08 Wt. 210.0 bp 164/99 Hr 41 W2D

11/01/08 Wt. 209.0 bp 155/105 Hr 44

11/02/08 Wt. 210.5 bp 170/94 Hr 39

11/03/08 Wt. 212.5 bp 158/88 Hr 38
50x3 TM 376 cal. 40% fat, Hr 118, Zone 28m42s Exercise 40m8s
W2D Evening dryfire M1, change sling, prone and sitting positions

Publish Post

Catch up as I fall apart faster...

10/13/08 wt 210.5 bp 162/91 Hr 35 bpm
30x3 TM 180 cal. 45% fat Hr 119 Zone 15m7s Exercise 30m

10/14/08 wt 210.0 bp 164/97 Hr 39 bpm W2D

10/15/08 wt 208.0 bp 152/94 Hr 43 bpm

10/16/08 wt 211.0 W2D

10/17/08 wt 211.0 bp 161/91 Hr 40 W2D

10/20/08 wt 206.5 bp 141/97 Hr 45
30x3 TM 242 cal. 45% fat, Hr 110 Zone 19m29s Exercise 30m6s
W2D standing up at work again

10/21/08 wt 209.0 bp 140/104 Hr 46 HDTV set up

10/22/08 wt 209.0 bp 140/89 Hr 38 W2D

10/23/08 wt 209.0 bp 164/102 Hr 46

10/24/08 wt 208.5 bp 148/96 Hr 37 W2D

10/25/08 wt 208.0 bp 143/97 Hr 49

All weight isn't gain, just all mine...

09/09/08 weigh 208.5 pounds, blood pressure 113/76, heart rate 50 bpm.
Jog 385 calories, 445% fat ones, Heart rate 117 bpm, in Zone 32m, Exercised 39m10s.

If I want to win, the electronic haze must die...

09/01/08 Weight 207.0 pounds, blood pressure 156/91, heart rate 37 bpm.

09/02/08 Weight 207.5 pounds, blood pressure 143/89, heart rate 39 bpm.

09/03/08 Weight 206.0 pounds, blood pressure 127/86, heart rate 38 bpm.
Walk to the dock, thirty plus minutes about two miles.

Paved with good intentions, the road to Hell, sigh...

08/30/08 weigh 206.5 pounds, blood pressure 131/80, heart rate 40 bpm.

08/29/08 weigh 206.5 pounds, blood pressure 140/84, heart rate 40 bpm. W2D

08/28/08 weigh 206.0 pounds, blood pressure 129/91, heart rate 40 bpm. W2D

08/27/08 weigh 207.5 pounds, Coffee Stop from 10 AM to 2 PM no work.

08/26/08 weigh 204.0 pounds, blood pressure 148/68, heart rate 38 bpm.

Sad to feel like I am not in the training cycle I should be - weather has been beautiful, seems my electronic distractions are holding my attention and devouring my time and I should be in control of that. Like now

Stomach is quiverin' like jello,,

07/30/08 weigh 204.5 pounds, went to work, left early went to ALL STAFF DAY PICNIC! lovely ladies everywhere and I got lots of motorcycle riding in to and from and they will give me travel pay for it! Yahoo!

07/31/08 weigh 206.5 pounds, blood pressure is 117/92 with a heart rate of 31 bpm. W2D

08/01/08 weigh 203.5 pounds, blood pressure is 137/80 heart rate is 37 bpm. W2D in the very light rain.

Wife thinks I am getting a pot belly, best figure out where all my motivation and discipline went, it is sadly lacking. I must motivate and get off the electronic death cycle - do I need to check email that often?

Oh, I don't think so and I do think I can do better.

Such an old man I am...

07/28/08 weigh 205.5 pounds, blood pressure is 118/80, heart rate 38 bpm. 2 1/2 CU
Jog 344 calories, 50% fat, Heart rate 113, Zone 29m 11s, Exercise 338m 58s I walk to dock
felt like an old broken man jogging today, just sluggin' it out because...

07/29/08 weigh 207.0 pounds, blood pressure 119/88, heart rate 47 bpm. 3 CU
Jog 357 calories, 45% fat, Heart rate 117, Zone 33m 20s, Exercise 36m 51s did 30 reps of the basic three, no break between, 3 HU. No motorcycle today, I will walk to dock. I did take out the .22 rifles today and fired a couple of dry rounds, sitting position, have to get some good sling instructions for the target rifle. Postal match from SailorCurt to shoot early Saturday and email results to him quickly. Deadline is midnight in another time zone or so. Still, it is time for rifle shooting.

Today is nice enough to sweat and share...

Weight today is 203.5 pounds, blood pressure is 135/81, pulse is 83 (cut it in half). I do 2 1/2 chin ups twice around my breakfast gruel - I cheated myself and went on the blogs and looked around a bit. I went out to jog, the day is wonderfully perfect. 606 calories burnt, 45% fat ones, average heart rate was 117 bpm, Zone for 55m33s, Exercised for 1h2m40s. Got glass of fruit juice from wife when I returned, flattened two mole hills in the front yard, did my 50 reps of the basic three exercises and hung for three on the chin up bar. Will walk to the dock this morning, the day is that beautiful.

Preaching Sermons, not listening to self...

Friday the 13th, weight 204.5 pounds, blood pressure 127/86, heart rate 43 bpm.
Saturday, weight 205.0 pounds, blood pressure 131/88, heart rate 41 bpm.
Sunday, weight 207.0 pounds, blood pressure 154/89, heart rate 43 bpm.

Friday evening I watched a neighbor put four spoons of sugar in his coffee with a drop of milk. It bothered me, I had been like that and I started my sermon on cutting sugar and other refined carbohydrates. Others pitched in, talking about their medical problems some of which could have been addressed by better living and studying food and nurishment - which might not be the same thing. I got to the Biblical points of "Love thy neighbor as thy Self" and concentrate on the love of self (which many people ignore) and remembering that the body is a temple for the Lord, and one should not profane the temple. I was on a roll, but two days later I haven't done any exercising for my health and my weight is back up. Time to get serious about Self and knock off those pounds and get stronger and healthier. I was riding motorcycles on Saturday instead of the Annual Sound to Narrows Road Race.

Posting measurements....

Friday weight 204.5 pounds, blood pressure 146/93, heart rate 56 bpm. Saturday weight of 203.0 pounds and I took my wife to the YMCA for our workouts, 24 minutes rowing 5,000 meters, ten minutes stair stepping, ten minutes elliptical trainer, ten minute on a swing trainer and five minutes on the arm peddler.... whatever that was.

Iron Man was a great movie, I cried again at all the appropriate points of Cinderella Man, the movie and liked the extra information in the book, and the skill of the movie makers to keep the essence of the story. Ate out tonight and will have ice cream during King Sejong's Historic Drama.

Heal thyself, physician...

Well, I am not a physician but working on me anyway. Wednesday I weigh 210.0 pounds, blood pressure is 127/88 with a heart rate of 43. Today I weigh 210.0 pounds, blood pressure of 129/96 or 147/91 and heart rates of 68 or 33 bpm respectively. I haven't been exercising, but yesterday woke up to no pain in the right foot/ankle and the swelling much reduced. Managed to walk faily normal - except for the limp from memory response in my legs, but still I sat at the reference desk another day as we worked. I probably can start working on walking and other exercises tonight, don't think I have choir rehearsal tonight.

Disrespect of self, no tattoos but globs of fat...

Sunday I weigh 207.0 pounds, blood pressure is 115/77 with a heart rate of 42 bpm, so I did well on the YMCA visit on Saturday. I then eat at church, not a problem, and take home two loaves of bread, which will become a problem, I am only one man eating for three or more when I consume one of the loaves. And I am not exercising during the day - for no good reason. So today I weigh 209.5 pounds, blood pressure is 124/91 and heart rate of 40 bpm. I read about tattoos on beautifyl women that don't understand they didn't need it. Well, tomorrow I could be a better person, or I could start as soon as I turn this computer off and start my life.

Reflection

Seems I am waking up fat this morning, feeling like I have layers of soft jelly just under my skin. I will blame my poor discipline in workouts and eating and then think that the new hormone medicine is really the guilty party. Some truth in everything, but all of the above will work and I know what I can control, and it isn't the medication and my body's reaction to it. I weigh 210.5 pounds today, ugh, sigh, sigh. Blood pressure is 132/85. I will return early from work today and can hit the exercises and road work hard and know what foods to toss from the freezer. Back to basics, and remembering that someone loves me, they shouldn't love me more than myself...

Tuesday, and where am I now?

I weigh 210.0 pounds (not running yesterday and Starbucks!) blood pressure is 140/86 with a heart rate of 46 beats per minute. Took an online test this morning, didn't like the result, then took a second one and liked that result worse. Ah, just a commercial enterprise why am I paying attention, I will not be buying. Saw evidence of somekind of romance on the blogsphere, almost time for me to retreat - no potential for me just mistaken intentions, drift back into the woods and lay quiet.

I wander blogs, and have oatmeal for breakfast, then write checks to pay bills, finally I post a thought about memories and have no reason left not to exercise. I knock out the basic fifty reps of the very basic three exercises, getting easier isn't it? So heart rate monitor belt put on, mud running shoes found and put on and I go run - but really no rain until the last quarter, when the rider in black on the dark V-Rod roars by, a good run with lots of thoughts. 431 calories and forty percent of them fat calories, we discussed that before, average heart rate 122 beats per minute, in the zone 37 minutes 26 seconds (when seconds count) exercise time 40 minutes and 4 seconds. I walk back from the mailboxes, deep breathing with arm swings, my wife opens the front door for me -- which is always better than being locked out - although that did happen once and I broke the door open so I wouldn't be late for work. Ah, I should have just taken the day off, but that wouldn't have been me, would it?

Maxed out and no stress...

I weigh 210.0 pounds today, sigh, and my blood pressure is 131/80 with a heart rate of 48 beats per minute. My wife stayed home and nursed her cold, but is still ill, I sweat through the night and dreamed much about other things. She warned me not to exercise in the morning, after hearing one of her favorite television doctor expert say it was dangerous for those with high blood pressure. I reminded her that I don't have high blood pressure any longer, and that I am in charge of my exercise (temporarily non-existent) time, type and place. Too long too happy with early morning PT (physical training) in the Army, before cleaning up and going to work or training for the day -- very difficult to change bad habits. I want that nap and unwinding at the end of the day.

My mother has fears, she is in a nursing home for treatment of her problems and her mind has too much time to dwell. Long ago she wrote a story about two adults that were driving through a National Park, admiring the great trees and pure beauty. They stopped to get out and discovered that they had lost their legs. It seems their legs had gotten tired of just sitting in the car, at the restaurants and motels -- so the legs just up and left so they could walk and run around like they had so many years before adulthood settled frisky. Well, they called their children over to help them find their legs (children were out and about playing with full use of limbs). The children finally found the AWOL legs and negotiated a return but the parents had to promise daily usage and certain mileage minimums. She wanted me to do pictures for it and to make a children's book of it. It never happened but it isn't a story for children, it is one for adults. More adults lose lower limbs to diabetes than children, and my mother may remember that her poor circulation in her legs could cause drastic measures for saving her life - but it isn't that bad yet. They are working her daily in physical therapy and making her march, moving those legs (which she wouldn't do on her own) so I have lots of hope for her recovering with continued programs of activity - at least to a certain point. Most fears are found in the mind and grow in darkness and depression - turn on the lights, and fight! and pray for better...