Monday, Monday -- VAMC

2/24/2013 40 min. on Peter J. 232 lbs. and 33% --

Monday appt. in PDX, (2/25/2103), and so up at 5 AM on the road. I climbed 8 flights in the VAMC, then purchased a Lyle Gun (Cannon) which probably weighs 200 lbs. (Keeps getting heavier every time I think about it.) Had to take it apart to get it out of the truck. Cleaned it up and put back together -- like weight training!

Week Three

40 min. walking, w/ poles. Faster pace. Peter Johnson. Pushing on upgrades. 232 lbs. 33% (I can't explain the percentage figures.)

Couple Days Rest --

Rest for a couple days. Once I got going this morning I felt like getting out and walking, working in the yard.

45 min. walking Peter Johnson, w/ poles. This is a good routine no matter how boring or repetitive. 45 min. working in the yard, moving heavy pruning off the cherry tree, burying 5 gal. of compost in the muck pile.

Wt. is 234 lbs. 33% -- which I don't understand at all. Also don't understand the blood-sugar at 168, after exercise and fasting! Protein shake, one banana, no strawberries. I need to get serious about getting under 200 lbs. McDonald's will make the Angus Deluxe for me w/ no bun (wheat/gluten) their salads are $6, but gluten free, and roasted chicken, about 200 calories.

750 calories in the Angus Deluxe, 61 carbs.
120 calories in the bun, 20 gr. carb. 3 gr. sugar, 160 mg. sodium
90 calories in the Tbsp. mayo. 80 mg sodium.
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640 calories, but high salt 1500 mg, and still about 7 gr. sugar.

The salads seem like a better choice, hang the cost.

The GOOD NEWS is that the blood sugar dropped to 94 this evening. Maybe paying attention pays off!

Tuesday --

Didn't feel like walking, a bit tired when getting up this morning. Once I finally got up to speed I forced myself out the door for the standard 2 miles on Peter Johnson.

2 miles, 40 minutes, 236 lbs, 31%. Protein shake after, for breakfast. I don't know what's going on with the weight, eating, food. I do, however, feel I'm making fitness gains, and I feel better.

Week Two

44 min. Peter Johnson, 2 miles. Hip & back pain diminishing, feeling stronger. 234.6 lbs. 31% I'm skeptical about the fat % numbers.

Here's a link to the other blog -- "Leaving Assholia"

Rest Day --

Sunday --

Moving ferns, bamboo, pruning wiped me out. Muscle exhaustion like having done a rigorous weight training session. Naproxin Sodium, rest and take a day off.

Yard work is a good adjunct to walking. I get cardio from the yard work, weight training. The walking works on endurance, and down the road we need to get back on the bicycles.

Motorcycle riding, I'm getting sciatica in the left hip. Walking around, standing dissipates this immediately, but I'm expecting that some exercise and stretching will fix this issue. It's about stretching and flexing.

Day Seven

Friday 2/15/13 -- More transplant, bamboo. 2 hr. heavy exertion.

Saturday, 2/16/13 -- More bamboo, pruned tree in yard. 2 hr. Heavy exertion to muscle failure.

Day 5 -- Valentine's

2 mile, Peter Johnson, 40 min. 234 lbs. 29% -- maybe we're making some progress.

2 hr. transplanting ferns. Lot's of lifting, digging, moving, potting.

Day 4

35 min. walking, w/ poles, Camp Rilea. Over open terrain, grass with elevation/grades. 1.75 miles. 237.1 lbs. 32% Blood sugar post walk 122 -- looking like it may be getting under control.

Day 3

40 min, Peter Johnson, 2 miles. 235.2 lbs, 33% and the post walk BS was 125.

This is progress. I'm feeling better. Breakfast was veggies stirred/steamed and a salmon patty (ocean caught, not farmed), quinoa. Salad last night for dinner, made a dressing w/ mayo, ketchup, garlic, horseradish, Grey Poupon, balsamic, olive oil. Mayo is pure fat, but it satiates appetite. Virginia peanuts later, lots of water.

No caffeine now for several weeks and we feel better. ETOH stopped about Jan. 1 --

Preliminary commitment to reclaim the beach. I need to get out and recreate. I like walking from the So. Jetty down to Peter Iredale and return. 3.85 miles one-way.

Day Two --

Walk, Peter Johnson, 40 min. 2 miles, wt. 237.0 33% Day 2 no gluten -- pre walk BS 138, post walk 124.

Minor back stiffness, but seems to ease when stretched during the walk. Eating better, more energy which is goal directed. Have committed to clearing off the dining table for meals.

BACK AT IT -- 10 FEB 2013

Walk 20 min. from 3 Cups, west to Portway St. -- in the Keen shoes, no poles, jeans. We need to get serious, start dressing for this, bring the poles.

Back was stiff, but not a show-stopper.

Reading: "Wheat Belly" Wm. Davis, MD -- beginning to cut out wheat, gluten sources, revise the diet to more fish, veggies, some cheese, eggs. We wonder about quinoa . . .

237 lbs, 33% -- Bg running 140 / 150.