Stuck in Traffic

Don't you hate it when life gets in the way? That has been my story the last two days. I will admit that I skipped my workout Wednesday as I was tired but I had lost another pound and a half so I didn't feel bad about it and I stuck to my eating regime so no harm no foul. Thursday we had some good friends come by for a visit and that also got in the way of me working out, which honestly is fine.

I am taking a slow approach to my working out and listening to my body and not making excuses to not do it, but circumstances sometimes get in the way. Yesterday was one of those days. Tonight might be another as well as the same friends, who actually live north of us, but are expecting their first child any day now so are staying with his parents 10 minutes away as he has to work in the city, might come by to watch the hockey game as his parents don't have HD, priorities you know. ;)

As you can tell I am not too worked up about any of this and it very well may turn into me restarting on Monday or Sunday night because that is just how it has to be.

I wish I could get up early for work and get a workout in like Pam is doing, and believe me I am so proud of her for doing that with Jacqui, but I am pretty sure nobody else wants to get up at 4am to workout, so you can forgive me for not wanting to do that.

I am slowly finding my rhythm in this process; the biggest being balancing my dietary needs as a Diabetic who is trying to lose weight. No easy task believe me. I can't "diet" like everybody else, it's not viable as my body works differently than a normal person. I may look normal (shut it Pam!!) but I have an issue that is life-long and a royal pain in the ass, BUT, I have finally figured this beast out.

First step was my Insulin pump, it allows me the flexibility to do a lot of this through counting carbs and adjusting my basal rates (how much insulin I get per hour) to allow me to reduce the amount I eat while allowing me to still exercise with a lot less fear of going low. Granted it still happens, but I also know how to treat a low properly now, so I am not panicking and eating half a box of cereal or half a bag of cookies like I did before. (No exaggeration by the way). That is huge, because before it was all a guessing game and panic as I was going low constantly on WW when I tried that in the past, or going low 5-minutes into a workout because I was out of whack.

This is my journey and I have learned to embrace the highs and lows, (no pun intended) and just roll with it. I will admit that I thought I was going to hit it out of the park and be at my goal weight in like 3 months, and was a little cocky about it, but the reality is much different. It really is a slow road to healthy, but the scenery along the way is important, so I am glad that I am not missing any of it.

oh and one more thing...... GO CANADA GO!!!!!!!

Still going down that road

Two days in a row and it feels good! Got off to a nice early start even though my blood sugar tried to not cooperate, but I had an orange and a granola bar, turned my basal rate down and off I went to the basement, turned on the Canada/Germany game and started walking.

I did 30 minutes at 4.6 and to add a wrinkle at the 15-minute mark I increased my incline to 7%. Let me tell you that will cause a sweat to go from a nice glisten to Kevin on the beach in Delaware 4 years ago during that massive heat wave. Needless to say, it's a lot..LOL!!! I then did my Perfect pull-ups Ab Straps and then stretched it out.

Oh, I almost forgot, I also for the first time since I was a teenager probably, did a FULL PULL UP!!! I just decided to try it before I worked out and low and behold I did one! I will admit that it did not physically feel good to do, but emotionally... WOW!!!! I am down probably 20 pounds now and I am physically stronger than I have been in years and it shows! My upper body strength is improving slowly but surely and there are tangible results I can point to now as proof. I still need to build up the strength in my right leg as it is still an issue but nothing some lunges won't cure, but MAN!! what a night!!!!


day 3... tomorrow!!!!!!!

Merging back onto the Highway.....

Guess who's back... back again... Boomer's back... well you get the idea. Enough cheesy Eminem ripoffs. Yep, finally back on that Slow Road.

So, I finally got to working out again and I am glad to report that my weight is down to 231 1/2 pounds,which is wicked. It feels so good to be back in the saddle and taking some control back. i almost thought it wouldn't happen tonight seeing as we finally got some snow this year and as I was getting ready to go workout I looked out the window and saw how much snow was down and quickly realized I was heading outside. I didn't let that stop me though. i came in and hit the treadmill for 20 minutes and then used the resistance bands.

It has been tough since I strained my knee to get back to it, i lost all my momentum, but i finally got over myself and got my lazy ass back on my trusted treadmill and walked. It was great to work up that sweat again even if it was a little later than i initially wanted. now it is almost 10:30 and an hour past my bedtime, so until tomorrow.....

The Road just got slower.....

yeah.... so I hurt my knee on the treadmill last night. It stiffened up on me last night. I iced it and used some Tiger-balm on it, but i woke up this morning and it was SORE!!

There is a walk-in in the Underground on the way to work so I stopped in there and they figure it is a soft-tissue thing, not structural thankfully. I can squat and all that without any trouble it is just stiff and sore when walking and doing stairs etc. So I need to lay-off it for a few days and then start slowly back into it. It happened because I jumped in after some time off and didn't pace myself; stupid I know but I am a guy after all.

So I will be sulking for the next few days and then hopefully back to it by the weekend or Monday, walking only of course.

Until then........

So Tuesday it is!!!!!

Yeah....... I fucked up.......

So by the time I finished entertaining myself with DJ Hero, and realized I hadn't turned down my basal rate, it was 8:45 and way to late to start a workout. So after much self abuse I had to put it off until tonight.

This is now Day 1. The other exercising I have been doing up until this point doesn't count anymore unfortunately because I have had too much time away. My fault & I take complete ownership of it. This is starting to sound like a broken record and I need to commit to this properly if I am to get any benefit out of it. It's so easy to write those words, it's a completely different thing to follow those words, but I have to try and I have to succeed. If not for me then for my beautiful daughter and my beautiful wife who deserve to have the Daddy and husband that I want to be, and I am going to be. Not the couch potato that I have become. Enough empty words, it's time for action and results!! No more fucking around Boomer!!!

( I apologize for those who may be offended by my choice of words in this one, but sometimes you need to put it out there you know?)

Dropping the Ball

Well I work at a sports station so I might as well use a sports cliche or 3. I have not been giving 110%, nor have I been taking one for the team or myself for that matter.

What a waste of time the last few weeks have been for me. I have plateaued and gotten completely off my program. I figured if my darling wife can come clean so can I. I am back at it tonite and will continue everyday until Baseball season starts. I have (according to my home scale) 55 lbs to lose still and I want at least half of those pounds gone by May 1st. Now I am not down on myself, I have still lost 15 pounds and have expunged a lot of bad habits, I just haven't found that will-power that I used many years ago to quit smoking and turned that into self-motivation to get my lazy ass onto my treadmill.

That stops today. I am very disappointed in my attitude lately and I need to turn that around.
A Monday seems as good a day as any.....