Old super powers rekindled

The last few weeks, I have been doing the cross fit level 1 exercises, as I have already mentioned. Today was rough as I had to run a mile and every minute do 10 pushups. I have found that my legs were still really aching from the 100 air squats I did the day before, so my workout today was cut short when I started getting dizzy after getting off the ground from doing my 6th set of 10 pushups. I went into this knowing that the exercises were going to be a challenge and try real hard to not stop them at first discomfort, pushing through until there is a real sign of minor body distress. My upper legs are achy as all get out, but in that "man that was really work" sort of feeling, not the "Oh shit I screwed up" sort of way.

A couple of big observations I established this week were the following:

1: My appetite has lessened.
This threw me for a loop as I tend to not miss meals unless I am totally preoccupied with something. Last night I arrived at home and packed up my lunch for today out of last night's dinner. Yet there was no pull for me to actually have some. This didn't strike me as odd last night, however this morning when my wife got something for breakfast I realized I still was not hungry and it was past 12 hours since I had last eaten. I was the informed that the body goes through a intermittent fasting from time to time to actually process body fat, during these times, there is no requirement for food because you are actually getting energy from stored fat. On some scale, I knew this happens but to actually have it happen was mind blowing to me.

2: Clearer thinking.
The last 48 hours especially have been exciting for me when it comes to this. I feel that I am participating once again in the world. Questions have been coming up that I want answered and answer to questions from friends and family have been more than just a 2 or3 word reply. I am feeling more connected with the topics that I read and respond to. There was a time when I was younger and a part of the BBS scene back in the 80's where my posts and responses to topics were very verbose. I had a lot to say and I had good points and strong opinions. I feel that this is finally coming back to me. My imagination has been opening up as well and the desire to write is fluttering on the outskirts of need, creative writing that is, not just journal writing.

As time goes on, I know that more and more discoveries will present themselves. As they are found, they will be documented to the best of my abilities. Funny, I thought that the only exciting thing about this would be losing weight and maybe gaining a bit of strength back. Apparently there is a lot more to this than I have originally believed.

Hashing and Cross fit

I am and have been working towards a better me. As has been stated I have been on the primal diet full time since September and last week I stated doing a level 1 cross fit challenge for 30 days. At this point I still do not have any numbers on my 400 lbs home scale, however changes are still happening at a constant rate. My belt that I use is just about useless. I am on the last belt hole and it isn't as snug as I am comfortable with. Not quite to the point of pants falling off, yet I feel that I am literally weeks away from that. I am noticing small body changes in the way that my stomach and legs are reshaping. It's quite weird to find divots where fat nodules have shrunk down faster than the surrounding areas and there is no pain associated with it as it is a normal process. I am fitting better in to public places such as restaurant booths and chairs with arms on it. They are snug but not uncomfortable. I am tempted to do a couple sets of pictures to compare them to my before set and see if I can see a noticeable difference or not. The other thing that struck me as different today was my cognition in writing and replying to posts I found online. Usually I am good for maybe a sentence or two, but today I was writing paragraphs in reply that spawned off further conversations. It was rather exciting and enjoyable.

My next goal in the next few weeks to to get out to walking again. The cross fit training is stretching and toning the muscles that I will be using for walking, unlike when I was in Florida where I was simply walking at work during lunch time. Lunge steps, air squats and jogging in a circle in my basement for timed miles have been a large part of what I have been working with, my leg muscles are sore but not overly so. I am keeping an eye on how my body is responding to the exercise, I don't want to blow out a knee because I overdid it by accident. Once I get back into the walking stride, I will be posting the results like I have been. My walking goal is simply to be able to participate in a hash trail. If you haven't heard of hashing, look it up in your area. Odds are, there is a hashing group running around that you can hookup with if you so desire. The quick way to describe it is that they are a drinking group with a running addiction. I have gone to two hash events, pimping both. At my second event I was dutifully named an appropriate/inappropriate name. If you want to know said name, ask me off-blog and I will gladly share it,  if you dare want to know it that is. :) The hash trails run 3 to 7 miles in off road terrain and I live now in a mountainous area, so unless I want to actually hurt myself, I need to train up to it.

Overall, things are going steadily well, I will be a tad happier when I can weigh myself at home and get results. Patience, as always, is the key. It took time to put it on, it takes time to pull it off. I trust anyone reading this will take away that important point from this blog. Never let time get you down, just keep on keeping on and you will be ok.