Getting back into exercise after the surgery was difficult. On top of being out of the habit, the cautious feeling as are associated with a new scar were there too. It took a few weeks, but I did manage a few walks, now I have added strength training into the mix.
Last week I printed out a kettlebell routine that not only did weight training, but pushups as well. My first night, as usual, I overdid it. Did 100 pushups and I so felt it in my arms. Then stubborn me went the next night and was only able to do 30 pushups.On the thrid night I managed 60 pushups. Now all the while I am doing pushups I am doing kettlebell exercises as well. Squats, deadlifts, high pulls and swings. After 5 reps of each I swap to doing 5 pushups. Rinse repeat until I cant do anymore or 20 minutes expires. Have yet to hit 20 minutes.
Took the weekend to heal up, arms were so tight that I could not bend them to reach my face. By Monday, I was ok and started over again. This week I managed 60 pushups again, and tonight I plan on doing the walking. I am still working on getting down to 400 pounds by the end of August, and I hope this kick in the ass will do it for me. My overall goal is by December to see a significant change in my body type. So far, I have found that jeans I had been gifted last year, now fit perfectly. So there's a small "Cheer" in my section for that. So for now, I will focus on the day by day exercises and see where I go from there.
Life is not perfect, why should your body be? This is the journey of a man set out to change his life. Not to any ideal of perfection that the world seems to be stuck on but to his own satisfaction.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Endurance is up! Pain is down!
Runkeeper Stats
Set out to do a mile walk, made the happy mistake of eating first and bringing water with me. So I ended up just keeping walking. I wanted to go walking before work, but ended up sleeping in a bit too late. Once home from work, I set out.
I was hoping, at least after mile 2, that I would break the 3 mile mark on this walk but I just missed it. So next time I will add another block on the walk and boost up the distance a bit more. Aside from the mileage, the inclines I have been hitting are quite rough. After all the walking I have done though, I realized that my lower back is not hurting at all. The pain is mostly located in my upper shoulder area. Not sure what I am doing wrong/right but I will figure it out.
If I keep this up, I will definitely hit my weight goal I set. Huzzah!
Set out to do a mile walk, made the happy mistake of eating first and bringing water with me. So I ended up just keeping walking. I wanted to go walking before work, but ended up sleeping in a bit too late. Once home from work, I set out.
I was hoping, at least after mile 2, that I would break the 3 mile mark on this walk but I just missed it. So next time I will add another block on the walk and boost up the distance a bit more. Aside from the mileage, the inclines I have been hitting are quite rough. After all the walking I have done though, I realized that my lower back is not hurting at all. The pain is mostly located in my upper shoulder area. Not sure what I am doing wrong/right but I will figure it out.
If I keep this up, I will definitely hit my weight goal I set. Huzzah!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Interesting observation day
Runkeeper stats
Today was a short walk day. Just trying to keep limber and toughen up my feet again. I didn't take any water this time, but it seems I could have gone farther had I done so and I also noticed that when I carried the water bottle, I didn't have the swelling feeling in my hands. I figure this was due to active carrying of a solid object which allowed me to squeeze the blood out of my hands. It was an interesting observation.
Time to shower and get ready work work.
Today was a short walk day. Just trying to keep limber and toughen up my feet again. I didn't take any water this time, but it seems I could have gone farther had I done so and I also noticed that when I carried the water bottle, I didn't have the swelling feeling in my hands. I figure this was due to active carrying of a solid object which allowed me to squeeze the blood out of my hands. It was an interesting observation.
Time to shower and get ready work work.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Endurance walk test
Runkeeper update
Did my first walk in awhile. since before my surgery. Lately I have been getting more and more ansi just sitting around. So I decided that I needed to see where my endurance lies. I know I have been losing weight, my knee has not been bothering me at all if any. So I took it slow and steady, brought my phone and a quart of water.
I did pretty good and I have burned off a lot of excess energy. It's a trial to even type this up. So, short update, huzzah for me!
Did my first walk in awhile. since before my surgery. Lately I have been getting more and more ansi just sitting around. So I decided that I needed to see where my endurance lies. I know I have been losing weight, my knee has not been bothering me at all if any. So I took it slow and steady, brought my phone and a quart of water.
I did pretty good and I have burned off a lot of excess energy. It's a trial to even type this up. So, short update, huzzah for me!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Well... That happened..
Well in a twist of fate, it seems that my efforts to stay out from under a knife were thrown to the side.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Next step in weight loss.
Posted this earlier, felt that it also needed to be shared here.
I felt that a simple update would not appropriately cover the emotional aspects of what I am going through.
I have taken steps to work on my weight loss in a way that I did not expect. While at a chiropractor appointment for my neck, I was given at "talking to" by the doctor about my weight. Which isn't too unusual, I have had Doctor's give me this talk many times in my life and that was about it, off you go and figure it out for yourself. This time, however, it went on step further. While in the conversation, the suggestion of the Lap Band was brought up. Not only that, but was handed a referral that was backed up by references from people who have already had the procedure by the same surgeon. This was all handed to me before I left the office from my appointment.
I felt that a simple update would not appropriately cover the emotional aspects of what I am going through.
I have taken steps to work on my weight loss in a way that I did not expect. While at a chiropractor appointment for my neck, I was given at "talking to" by the doctor about my weight. Which isn't too unusual, I have had Doctor's give me this talk many times in my life and that was about it, off you go and figure it out for yourself. This time, however, it went on step further. While in the conversation, the suggestion of the Lap Band was brought up. Not only that, but was handed a referral that was backed up by references from people who have already had the procedure by the same surgeon. This was all handed to me before I left the office from my appointment.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Lil late, but still pertinent
http://runkeeper.com/user/xianoth/activity/148111194?&tripIdBase36=2g6jbu
Completed night 2 of my walking. I will have to give myself a day or recovery and do some other form of exercise tonight. I have rubbed my feet raw on my new walking sneakers. Have to let the callouses build up again. The walks are pretty good, the cold northern air is refreshing to me, unlike the humid air from Florida. Unless a nice breeze kept the air moving, it was real hard to breathe the moist air of the south and feel like you were getting ahead of your breath. I am sure it doesn't help that when you are overweight, it is that much more of a task, so I will give it a try again when I am at a lesser weight and see how it goes.
My mind is doing some strange rearranging lately. I am getting lots of feelings and emotions that do not seem to be tied into anything. On top of which, situations where I usually have an emotional response to, I feel lost because there is nothing. Granted, the nothing situations are usually instances where I feel like I screwed up in some way or form. It is a bizarre feeling to not have that emotional crutch for support and then start to realize that the crutch may have actually been a shackle all these years. All my inner demons are also getting a light shined on them one at a time. Some are easier to deal with than others, however the fact that they are now visible and apparent is a good sign that dealing with them may be hard but they are now actively there in my sight to start to deal with them.
I have yet to fall back into the walking hypnosis where I can just feel comfortable walking and let my mind wander. My body is not suited for walking like that yet. It is something that I do miss from my youth. Walking was always a sort of an inner adventure as much as an external one. I recall at time where I would start walking and be mindless to the outside world and then look up and realize that I was only a couple of streets from my destination. What is normally a 45 minute walk, seemed to me to be only 10 minutes. There has been a lot of disconnect in my life. Slowly, and one at a time for now, I will reconnect with things that meant something for me. It will be a long journey, as it was to get to where I am now. I am hopeful, even if some days I feel lost.
Completed night 2 of my walking. I will have to give myself a day or recovery and do some other form of exercise tonight. I have rubbed my feet raw on my new walking sneakers. Have to let the callouses build up again. The walks are pretty good, the cold northern air is refreshing to me, unlike the humid air from Florida. Unless a nice breeze kept the air moving, it was real hard to breathe the moist air of the south and feel like you were getting ahead of your breath. I am sure it doesn't help that when you are overweight, it is that much more of a task, so I will give it a try again when I am at a lesser weight and see how it goes.
My mind is doing some strange rearranging lately. I am getting lots of feelings and emotions that do not seem to be tied into anything. On top of which, situations where I usually have an emotional response to, I feel lost because there is nothing. Granted, the nothing situations are usually instances where I feel like I screwed up in some way or form. It is a bizarre feeling to not have that emotional crutch for support and then start to realize that the crutch may have actually been a shackle all these years. All my inner demons are also getting a light shined on them one at a time. Some are easier to deal with than others, however the fact that they are now visible and apparent is a good sign that dealing with them may be hard but they are now actively there in my sight to start to deal with them.
I have yet to fall back into the walking hypnosis where I can just feel comfortable walking and let my mind wander. My body is not suited for walking like that yet. It is something that I do miss from my youth. Walking was always a sort of an inner adventure as much as an external one. I recall at time where I would start walking and be mindless to the outside world and then look up and realize that I was only a couple of streets from my destination. What is normally a 45 minute walk, seemed to me to be only 10 minutes. There has been a lot of disconnect in my life. Slowly, and one at a time for now, I will reconnect with things that meant something for me. It will be a long journey, as it was to get to where I am now. I am hopeful, even if some days I feel lost.
Saturday, February 9, 2013
First walk in a long time
http://runkeeper.com/user/xianoth/activity/147858845?&tripIdBase36=2g14m5
It has been a month into the New Year, I have been working on getting a few things in order the last few weeks. Having actual Medical and Dental insurance, appointments have been made and kept. One of the main things that has been done was I addressed the depression issue with my new Doctor. The end result of that conversation was a prescription for Fluoxetine (Prozac). Today was my 30th day on the script and I am happy to announce that there have been some significant mental changes. The one thing that has been going on lately was an over abundance of discontent of anything that I used to enjoy. Games I played online hold little interest, internet browsing has been lack luster. I have been sitting here on days off trying to find something to do that will grab me, to no avail.
Today on the way home, I had a Forrest Gump moment. I decided that I was going to go for a walk. Unlike Forrest, I do not have the stamina to go from my house to the county line or anything. I did manage a walk to the end of the road and back to the house, which was a little over a mile. The cold air helped me maintain throughout the walk. As with before when I started walking for the first time, my lower back was tight and painful by the time I got home. The last few weeks, my left knee has been giving me all sorts of pain issues, after the walk today, my knee feels great.
Overall, I think I may continue some walks at night for the time being. I know I should get more sunlight, however, I feel that if I can get moving after I get out of work, I am more apt to do a complete walk session. Also, I need to maintain and up keep an new level of exercise. I feel that my discontent was a subconscious need to get out and start doing some exercise. We shall see how tomorrow goes.
It has been a month into the New Year, I have been working on getting a few things in order the last few weeks. Having actual Medical and Dental insurance, appointments have been made and kept. One of the main things that has been done was I addressed the depression issue with my new Doctor. The end result of that conversation was a prescription for Fluoxetine (Prozac). Today was my 30th day on the script and I am happy to announce that there have been some significant mental changes. The one thing that has been going on lately was an over abundance of discontent of anything that I used to enjoy. Games I played online hold little interest, internet browsing has been lack luster. I have been sitting here on days off trying to find something to do that will grab me, to no avail.
Today on the way home, I had a Forrest Gump moment. I decided that I was going to go for a walk. Unlike Forrest, I do not have the stamina to go from my house to the county line or anything. I did manage a walk to the end of the road and back to the house, which was a little over a mile. The cold air helped me maintain throughout the walk. As with before when I started walking for the first time, my lower back was tight and painful by the time I got home. The last few weeks, my left knee has been giving me all sorts of pain issues, after the walk today, my knee feels great.
Overall, I think I may continue some walks at night for the time being. I know I should get more sunlight, however, I feel that if I can get moving after I get out of work, I am more apt to do a complete walk session. Also, I need to maintain and up keep an new level of exercise. I feel that my discontent was a subconscious need to get out and start doing some exercise. We shall see how tomorrow goes.
Sunday, January 13, 2013
New year, new plan.
It is the beginning of the New Year and things are already falling into place.
Where to start?
Where to start?
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