MrUgly72

30 July 2019 After Action

I'm doing well. depression is managed, weight is slowly creeping down and I had to spend money to by a leather hole punch make my gun belt fit. A number of the things that were crushing me are still there, but they haven't killed me yet, so I'll keep doing my best. I posted my last update in the morning of 11 July, but that afternoon turned to absolute crap. At 16:30 I was in a car accident. I'm fine, they're fine, their car was fine; mine, not so much. Okay, I have duct tape and bungee cords, I can get home. I got home. I checked my mail. In the mail I had a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. They have 'adjusted' my 2017 taxes and now I owe $14,000, and please pay it by 6 Aug. I'll be honest, it got pretty dark in my living room. In the past 6 months, my depression suck to record lows, I have been laid off, (so no insurance so no anti-depressants) the woman I thought I would spend my life dumped me, I couldn't find a job, I wrecked my car and the IRS wants a pot of money. I'm not going to say I was suicidal, but I was closer than I have been since the mid 90's when I put a gun in my mouth. I refuse to believe in karma because no way have I been that shitty of a person to deserve that. Anyway, things are getting better. I'm down 45 pounds, my girlfriend decided to come back and I start what I hope will be the job I retire from on the 5 Aug. I will endeavor to log progress more frequently. It helps keep me on track, so I am going to adopt a new method; post the day prior. It seems to work pretty well. Peace and Be well.

Woah. Umm. I'm trying to think of positive affirmations or pithy motivational sayings, but I keep coming back to 'Holy fuck! Not cool!'

No exercise logs, but a happy update.

Kind of. I struggle with depression, and I just sort of drew back into my shell. I'm still doing the workouts, and just started body weight training this morning, but I lost motivation in posting. I will make an effort going forward. I genuinely thank you for asking.

I cannot 'Squee!' hard enough for this. Congratulations, assuming you want the job.

https://www.mapmyfitness.com/workout/3618667297

I need to strength train. I know it, you know it. Let me first identify what I have and then may I ask for help with designing a routine? 1) 2 dumb bells, 20lbs each 2) variable position weight bench (From flat to 90 degree seat, no provision for a bar) 3) 10 pound Steel Mace (don't judge; the 'Librarian to Barbarian plan' sold me 4) 6ft quarter staff Here was my first pass. I am going to steal what Hazard posted and make some modifications. Training Day "A" (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) Do 4 sets per exercise Rest 2 minutes between sets squats (legs) holding quarterstaff parallel to ground in front of me. table chinups (pull) I have one table, and it would collapse. I need something else. pushups (push) chest press with the dumb bells, sets of 20x4 planks (core) Training Day "B" (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday) Do 4 sets per exercise Rest 2 minutes between sets lunges (legs) Holding mace parallel to ground in front of me, swapping head depending on side. table rows (pull) I don't know what these are. pike pushups (push) reverse hypers (core) I don't know what these are. Thoughts? Ideas? I need to start easy. I'm ridiculously out of shape. I get winded jumping to conclusions.

It all worked out. Yes, I have to spend money on the bike, but the guy noticed (and proved) that my chain needed to be replace and showed me that my breaks were also not great. Now that I know *HOW* to fix them, I probably could. Reality is, I got dejected and gave up. Instead of powering through, I got petulant, crossed my arms and had a sulk.

I was trying to make a funny. I did not. I humbly apologize for making a stinky in your thread.

If I don't exercise, I can skip breakfast with no trouble. Few cups of coffee, all is well. Now that I am doing about 2 hours of cardio in the morning before I get to the office, I need food or I get hangry. Of course, then I skip lunch and make dinner as soon as I get home. I toyed with the idea of giving myself a tapeworm for weightloss. Mulled it over for a few weeks, did the research. Just couldn't stomach the idea. Hey-ooh!

GRR! ARGH! NUCKING FRELLING DIRT MUNCHING>>>>>GAH!!!! My bike broke! My fault, I was unlocking it from the rack to go home and I didn't see the cable was tangled on the rack. Gave it the grunting lift, and.....ripped off the brake cable and dislocated the shifter. That kills two hours of cardio a day. and will cost me probably over $100, plus the Uber ride home. Damnit. Dammit. Damn it. Shit.

I heartily encourage the running. Something I want to do once I lose a bit more weight. I tried a couple days ago and stopped. My excuses were:This is bad for my knees, this is bad for my ankles, this is bad for my hips. The actual reason was I could feel my flab jiggling with each step and my ego grabbed my dignity and a bottle of Jack and won't come back out.

What is the metric for the counting? I use MapMyFitness, so I think I'd just use those stats. My Fitbit likes to lie to me.

Can we still join this?

MyFitnessPal could do that for you. What I do is go into the recipes side of things and plug in all the recipes for foods I want to make. That week. (You can just import them from a website or do them by hand.) Once you have the recipes in place, plan what you are eating each day. For example, I know that every day this week I will be having my sausage casserole for breakfast and my Chicken & veggie meal for dinner.

App type journal or blog or other? I'm always looking for something to keep me honest. I think the MapMyFitness site is about as close as I can get so far.

I was in a meeting with my new boss in a conference room. One of the five fluorescent light fixtures flickered out while we were talking. I looked up, and in my best Picard voice I said: There are **FOUR** lights! He just stared at me. I laughed and said 'Sorry, from Star Trek:TNG.' He laughed and said yeah, it went off the air before he was born.

Shaving & beards. I have an opinion, but it's just me. I shave my head every other day. Not balding (maybe a getting a little thin right on top) but I have thick, curly hair. Anything longer than a high & tight and I end up with an ugly perm. I grew a handlebar mustache last year and I kind of like it. I may grow back my Van Dyke, and once I hit a lower weight, shave the handlebar. Also, and this is just me. A goatee is a style of facial hair incorporating hair on a man's chin but not his cheeks. A Van Dyke specifically consists of any growth of both a moustache and goatee with all hair on the cheeks shaven. No moustache = Goatee Moustache & beard = Van Dyke

https://www.mapmyfitness.com/workout/3612435124 https://www.mapmyfitness.com/workout/3612556291

Another day, another challenge. This week, I am going to walk/cycle every morning instead of one day on, one day off. I did some research and apparently it's safe and even recommended to do both every day. And holy crap do I sleep well. I go to bed around 2100 and naturally woke the past two mornings about 3 minutes before my alarm went off @ 0500. My goal for this week is to establish "The Routine". "The Routine" is my daily life. So far, this is what it looks like: 0500 - Wake up 0515 - Go for 3 mile walk, aim for a sub 18 minute pace 0615 - Cycle to work 11 miles. Aim for a 10 minute mile. (Harder than you might think. I go through Valley Forge National Park and the hills kick my ass both ways every day.) 0800 -1600 Work. Make the world a better, safer more healthy place. Or watch cat videos on YouTube. As long as I get paid, I'm pretty ambivalent. 1615 - Cycle home 1730 - Make dinner. Last night I tried some advice I read here. I just ate. No internet, no TV, nothing. Just me, my fork and a plate of chicken & broccoli. I didn't reach FoodZen, but I'm not the knife in the drawer. I'll try again tonight. 2100 - Bedtime (This flexes a little as I sometimes get distracted by things I need to get done for the morning. Usually asleep within 10 minutes of lights out. My problem is the time from 1830 to 2100. I'm beat. I mean, -0- energy. I feel as though I could sleep at 1930. I still have things I need to do; school coursework, cleaning, prep for the next day, I'm just so wiped out, it's a struggle. Anyway, I'll figure it out.

https://www.mapmyfitness.com/workout/3611386042#courses

https://www.mapmyfitness.com/workout/3610174435 https://www.mapmyfitness.com/workout/3610281484 And yes, I know I have my real name displayed, with everything needed to identify me. Keeps me honest.