get good, get fit. make the heart adapt.

[Briguy]

Okay so I am starting very small, I talk to the physical therapist next week to see what they say.  

Here is what I have started so far.

 

Walking: 

16 minutes

 

Free write:

5 minutes: no topic picked, just went with write.

 

Towards middle of walk, area around ICD started hurting a little, last  stretch shoulder started to hurt and last few houses had to mentally tell myself to put on foot in front of the other and make sure I keep balance, was out of breath when I went into the house.  One of the doctors said that I should start walking at least 30 minutes to get it so my legs don't hurt, and then longer, I think that I am going to have to build up to that 30 minutes if the 15 is giving me trouble without stopping.

[Briguy]

Today was a lot better.

Woke up at 7 and took Zoe for a 15 minute walk.

Free-write for 5 minutes.

Met friend for Chai Tea Latte at Starbucks and discussed blog and some writings.

Slept for 3 hours.

 

Bought starter solenoid for truck and looked up reasons why it won't start, battery is now on the charger.

Saved article I wrote for a blog in February to drafts.

[Briguy]

oh, I forgot, I also got my monitor thing set up, so it tells the doctors what my ICD is doing.  

Monday I go in and talk to the Physical Therapy people and see what the doctors told them I can/can't do.

[Briguy]

Today:

turned off alarm at 7, slept till 1030 :sleeping

But on the positive note with that I still went to sleep before midnight, so that was good.

 

Take Zoe on 15 minute walk:  20:42

I went over on the time and still felt good after, helped my dad haul some tree limbs to the back yard.

 

5 minute free-write:  well, I need to work on finding something to write about, it became more of a what I did and am planning to do with the truck.

 

 

 

 Tonight I am going cat-fishing, so I will not have an alarm to wake me up at 7am, hopefully I will be catching another fish around that time.

[Briguy]

Wak Zoe for 15 minutes:  0

write for 5 minutes :         √

 

I caught a fish this morning, but it was rather small, so I threw it back.

Last night I went to bed at 3? not sure if it was mountain or pacific time (Idaho/Oregon) and woke up between 630 and 7 in the passenger seat of my car.  Got home sometime around noon today, took a shower and went to bed for another 4 hours, since then have not had much luck with my legs feeling better, they have been hurting me all day, and I have been having the balance problem again to.  I decided based on those two things it would be best if I did not attempt to take Zoe on a walk because 

A: I can't make it more than 20 feet without holding onto something

B: Zoe is a Border Collie, she can't hold up my 6'3" 300 pound frame if I start to fall.

 

 

So today is a day I don't get to put a red X on the hardhat challenge 

[Briguy]

Sunday 9/8

Walk Zoe for 15 minutes: 

I went into town and could not take Zoe with me since I was staying at my cousins house.

 

took walk on "nature trail" with my friend and her daughter, took a few breaks on the walk, over 30 minutes total.

 

Wrote for 10+ minutes before I left.

[Briguy]

Monday 9/9

Walk Zoe for 15 minutes: √

Write 5 minutes:               √

 

Stayed in town Sunday night, Monday morning stopped and got a Chai Tea w/ almond  milk and went into talk to the Physical Therapist at the VA.   She had me do a bike thing for ten minutes with no resistance, my BP was high when I went in, and did not change much.  I asked her about an limitations and she said that it is all dependent on what my body allows me to do.  So at this time I do not have any specific limitations according to the doctors here.  I am going to continue to check with others areas as far as what I should and should not be doing.  As far as I know SL is still a no go for me, but if possible I would really like to get on it again, that was the only program I have been able to sustain for a month straight pre-heart issue.

[Briguy]

Walk Zoe for 15 minutes: √

Write for 5 minutes:         √

 

installed MapMyWalk on my droid again, it said I went .51 miles with a pace of a little less than 2 mph, so hopefully that will come back up to my old average of 3-4 sometime.

[Briguy]

Walk Zoe for 15 minutes: √

Write for 5 minutes:          âˆš

 

Got up at 7:15 this morning and made breakfast after walk and write.

Went to meet someone for coffee at 10am, Google doesn't have the new address so I walked .3 miles to get to the right place, had a Chai Latte. Then drove home and slept for 3 hours. now me knee is buckling on me again while I walk today.

[Briguy]

Walk Zoe for 15 minutes:  Umm, same walk as two previous days, got back at 13:30 , So I need to start walking further 

Write for 5 minutes: √     Writing more too. So far I have 1,128 words, just taking a short break to write this.

 

today I took a couple of naps, and was still tired most of the the rest of the day.

Oh, I sent an email to Medhi with StrongLifts and asked if he or anyone he knew of in the 'inner circle' (as I remember it being called) has known of issues with HCM, and if I can go back to doing the ST program, since I haven't had anything said as far as yes or no from the doctors here.

[Briguy]

Walk Zoe: √

     I went a little further today, went .69 miles, made it back in 18:01 from start to stop on MapMyWalk

Write:  âˆš

 

Tonight I am planning on going to a hot springs with a friend to relax a bit, so will probably use my app to see how far I walk then too.

Still haven't heard back from Mehdi 

So it is looking like becoming more of a Druid, even thought my heart is set on Ninja-Assassin-Warrior Ranger.  

Maybe I could start actually paying attention to medical stuff and help other people with my condition.  (I don't like seeing people in pain, and that is the primary reason I didn't go into physical therapy like so many people told me I should do.)

[Briguy]

9/14

 

Walk Zoe: √

  went for 19 minutes, made it .81 miles 

Write: √

 

9/15

 

Walk Zoe: √

   Went .86 miles this morning, a little tough, felt it in the legs afterwards, had to do some deep breathing during the walk to keep going.  but overall it went well.

 

Write: √

[Briguy]

Today:

 Walk Zoe 15 minutes: √

     Barely, after late afternoon nap went for .51 mile walk, chest pain during half of walk, used deep breathing again to make it home.

 

Write: √

    Almost forgot.

 

Today I went and filled out the rest of the paperwork for a new job, took my drug test, and got everything set to start work.  Was up from about 7 until I stopped at a friends house around 10 and slept on his couch until noon.  Went down to the DAV and checked on some paperwork their, got home between 3 and 4 pm, then slept till 7:15.  Took Zoe for a walk and I think that is about as productive as today is going to be.  (And I think I am supposed to start training at the new job soon)

[Briguy]

Walk Zoe: √

write 5 minutes: √

 

walked .91 miles according to map my walk, then back and forth a few times to help get the fence up, hopefully Zoe doesn't figure out how to ump a 6 foot fence when its all done (she is a border collie and currently likes to jump the 4 foot chain link fence and come look for me if I go in the house or have to leave and she doesn't see me.)

[Briguy]

Yesterday:

 

 

Walk Zoe: √  

     1.03 miles

Write:√

 

Felt good after the walk, went to my to get my ICD adjusted, it has alerted 3 times of a high heart rate, and they want it to alert at a lower rate, so I have asked in Gear Questions, Recommendations and Reviews about a heart rate monitor, I want to build up doing things but if I have it in an alert level two long it could shock me, and that wouldn't be good.  so I have to keep an eye on that.

 After coming out of my appointment, I parked .15 miles from the entrance since the handicap parking was all used my knee started feeling like it was buckling on consecutive steps, normally its a few steps in between when it gets bad.  this time it was every step for 10 steps and I would have to really concentrate on it to walk straight.

 

After the appointment I stopped by a friends and visited for a while, she has lost a lot of wights and is feeling really good, I told her a little about the site again, how I think she should up her calories (1200) and look into a little strength training to help with it all.  right now she said she is almost to her goal weight, and after that maybe she will look into other stuff.

 

Today:

Walk Zoe:  âˆš

     My dad went with us, we went just under a mile from the front of the house, so by the time I got Zoe's leash put away it was a mile.  Was a little harder than normal because he can maintain a quicker pace than I can for a lot longer.

Write: √

Succeeded again, 13th complete five minute write, this one I added to after the 5 minutes were up.

[Briguy]

September 20:

Walk Zoe: √

   Made it one mile again:)

Write: √

 

September 21

 Walk Zoe: √   Walked 1.23 miles according to mapmywalk

Write: √

 

Today:

0

I went to church, left before the sermon started because I was getting tired, ate at panda express to get energy back up and then went to JC Penney's to look for a shirt for my sisters wedding, then went to Macy's and got got a vest and another shirt, my mother said the vest is to small, but I like it so I will keep it for now, unless of course it becomes to big, then I will donate it. 

[Briguy]

Walk Zoe: √

    says 1.17 fro today

Write: √

 

Start through first day at new job: √

     First time working since November, wanted a nap halfway through the training, but I made it the entire day 

[Briguy]

Walk Zoe: √

   Only went .63 miles today, started having chest pane about half way through walk

Write: √

 

Might have to try and build up the walk again,  woke up in the middle of the night with chest/arm pains and what felt like rapid heart beat.  So I am going to have to cut back on my again, still trying to get in 15 minutes, just a slower pace.

[Briguy]

Walk: √

Write: _0_

[Briguy]

Yesterday I skipped the walk, I wasn't feeling it, and subsequently did not do a short write either.

So on both I failed miserably, Today no walk, I will try to regain my composure and get it started again, slow start as before, not sure I can get in a full 15 minutes without issues for a few days.

[Briguy]

Adapt, write tomorrow since I skipped yesterday and today, work up to where I can start walking again without feeling like my knee is caving.  And find out why that started happening, so I can try to fix it, maybe just get a cane?

[Briguy]

Breakfast: 4 eggs, sausage.

Lunch: chicken salad

dinner: double chicken salad

 

Walk: fifteen minutes, went for half mile today, .4 miles yesterday (same breakfast yesterday.

 

Haven't started writing again yet.

[Briguy]

Walked Zoe for .61 miles today

 

Breakfast was a little different tasting:

Mixed eggs with some different spices and put lime juice on them, a little to much lime, not enough other flavor I think.  I want to try some ground cilantro on them once I get some, trying to change it up a little from Northeast African Scrambled Eggs. When I tried the Middle East Seasoning Mix it didn't turn out so well (I used lemon juice, it had a good till date of . . . it may have been 2012, so I threw it away afterwards.

 

 

I am thinking about trying to write up a schedule for next week, that way I don't get as sidetracked on the little nuances of ...

squirrel...

and not feel like I accomplish anything.

[Briguy]

Today was good.

Walk was .9 miles

Breakfast was the usual 4 eggs, this time I used coriander and garlic, wait, no I had Northeast African scrambled eggs, for lunch I used the coriander and garlic on chicken cooked in grape-seed oil and then dumped it on my dole 50/50 mixed salad.  

I started today at about 7 am, and have been fairly productive, haven't had a nap yet, tomorrow we are going to Disney on Ice so I need to be sure to get a nap in before we leave for that.

[Briguy]

Today wasn't all that good. 

Walked .63 miles today with my mom, Zoe was happy that we went a little faster than normal.

After I came home I made ad RVL shake with a banana and some blackberries.

After that I took a nap for a few hours and tonight we went to Disney on Ice with my my parents and the kids.

It was fun, I enjoyed it, but this whole day has been very tiring for me and I want to be able to do stuff without being so tired all the time.  

 

Looks like it going to be going back to hitting the books to find out what I can do, Oh, and my nap was ended by a call from the VA, they are going to give me a stress test thing.  I think it is going to be on basically a recumbent bike because they don't really want me to pass out or something like that on the treadmill.  We will see how it all works out for me.