Kobnach's Adventures in Fitness

[Kobnach]

Fri Sep 12

 

Weight 165 lb

 

Bed at 0:37 up at 7:51. Net sleep 7:14. Less than it should be, but probably not bad enough to be as draggy as yesterday.

 

Some DOMS still, presumably from Wedn.

 

1 green tea (ginger)

3 slices of home made bread, toasted with butter

large glass 3/4 OJ, 1/4 grapefruit juice

large bowl of homemade stew

part of a cup of peppermint tea

1 herb tea (ginger)

crackers

1 oz or so muenster cheese

herb tea (blueberry)

12 fl. oz hard cider

2 ghirardelli squares

 

approx,. 4 fruit/veg equivalents

 

 

3 sets of

15 * lateral raise 5 lb

15 * bicep curl, 15 lb

15 * floor press, 15 lb

 

Very disorganized thanks to canine assistance. I was on my 6th of the first set of floor presses when the canine companion placed himself such that I could not safely lower the weight in my left hand. I repositioned myself such that I could put down the weight (no room to simply move and continue), and intermingled living room cleanup with exercises - cleanup made the dog bored, so he left, returning when I picked up the weights. *sigh*

The first 2 exercises are done standing, so canine interference didn't matter, but the rhythm was all messed up for the floor presses - and that in itself messed up the rhythm for the other 2.

 

6616 steps as of 22:54

 

HOT day, which impaired my enthusiasm for exercise. Did manage same living room cleanup. Probably time to turn off the PC, which means no sync for the basis band, and no gaming.

 

Not doing well at job hunting. Too many MOOCs and too many things scheduled in day time, making it easy to do OK things without actually doing anything that makes progress with any of my major issues. Ambivalence not helping - I want a job in October, not now ;- But need to keep looking, because (a) they come when they come and ( unemployment obviously wants me to be looking, not taking random courses and organizing my house.

 

Walked 6707 steps.

[Kobnach]

Sat Sep 13

 

Bed at 0:07; up at 8:30 (fail); net sleep 8:23

 

2 green tea (ginger)

2 frozen waffles, toasted

small bowl of stew

lots of crackers

large glass of OJ/GJ

chunk of muenster cheese

canadian chocolate bar

frozen rice bowl, microwaved

blackberries

 

net 5+ fruit/veg

 

bridge 1 min

plank 1 min

bridge 1 min

 

11:56 PM; basis band at 7470 steps; this time, Basis upload got the number correct!

[Kobnach]

Sun Sep 14

 

Bed at 0:30; up at 7:49; net sleep 7:19

 

2 green tea (ginger)

2 frozen waffles

5 slices of french bread with butter and ginger marmelade

large glass of 3/4 OJ, 1/4 GJ

large bowl of stew, livened up by adding several tablespoons of creamed cottage cheese

chunk of muenster cheese (about 1 oz)

couple of crackers

1 herb tea (blueberry)

1 herb tea (raspberry)

dried apricots

2 ghirardelli squares

 

net 5 fruit/veggie, barely

 

3 sets of

 

15 lateral raise, 5 lb dumbbell

15 bicep curls, 5 lb dumbbell

15 floor press, 10 lb dumbbell.

 

Didn't do these until  round 8:30 PM, which sucks. _Did_ shut the dog out of the room, which made things much easier.

 

as of 11:14 PM basis band reported 7201 steps; once again the morning sync gave the same value

[Kobnach]

Mon Sep 15

 

Bed at 1:47; up at 7:41 - net sleep 5:54 (ugh)

 

1 green tea (ginger)

2 "plastic" toaster waffles (I had bread, but lack of sleep made me uninterested in it)

3 slices french bread toast with butter

2 herb tea (raspberry)

1 bowl of stew with cottage cheese

1 square dark chocolate

nuked a small frozen entree

ginger cider

 

Verstegen, prelim week 1, short, Monday - 2/5 items, + some of 3rd

- foam regen - usual substitution of "stick" on IT band

- "movement prep" - usual substitutions for forward bend, lunges, and squats

- AIS regen - only did 1st of 5 exercises

 

5 minute self-designed minimum:

- bridge 60 sec

- plank 40 sec (*sigh*)

- bridge 60 sec

 

Finished these by by 3:15 PM, which is late, but not as late as yesterday, and I managed more than the minimum.

 

7906 steps - 3.5 miles ++

[Kobnach]

Tues Sep 16

 

Bed 0:03; up at 7:48; net 7:45.  Woke for the first time at 7, but wasn't motivated to get up; my housemate had to encourage me. (She's being very helpful with this part of the challenge.)

 

2 green tea (ginger)

2 slices of french bread, toasted with butter and the last of the ginger marmelades

3 slices of french bread toasted with butter and black currant jam

2 bagels, toasted with butter

1 largish glass of O/G juice

herb tea (raspberry)

1 dark chocolate square, 2 dark chocolate with mint

large bowl of brussels sprouts with bacon and onion

3 licorice all sorts; 2 salt water taffy

 

net fruit/veggies 4 out of 5

 

3 sets of:

15 lateral raises, 5 lb dumbbells

15 bicep curls, 5 lb dumbbells

15 floor presses, 10 lb dumbbells

 

This is minimum, and done shortly before 6 PM.

 

6622 steps; just a bit (150 or so steps) short of 3 miles

[Kobnach]

Wedn Sep 17

 

Bed 0:47; up at 7:14. Net 7:27

 

Feeling like crud; either IBS, exhaustion, or illness, not improving as the day progresses. May take sick exemption from exercise and healthy eating.

 

2 green tea (ginger)

1 bagel, toasted

few dried fruit

1 bagel toasted with butter

tin of potato-corn-chicken soup

1 herb tea (raspberry)

medium O/GJ

2 ghirardelli squares

yogurt

various saltwater taffies, and other non-chocolate candy

crackers

salty chips

a very few more dried fruit

1 herb tea, ginger

many coconut cookies

 

total barely 3 fruit/veg, but feel like crud.

 

5410 steps

 

giving this day a bit of an exemption for feeling unwell. No strength exercise.

[Kobnach]

Thur Sep 18

 

bed 0:58; up at 7:40; net sleep 6:42

 

1 green tea (ginger)

1 bagel, toasted and buttered

 

 

...

 

Looks like I failed to record much of anything.

Dinner was pork, green beans and rice. This triggered more IBS, though not as bad as the day before.

Did not do "5 minute" exercises, though invoking the sickness exemption was probably unfair. Draggy all day, not outright sick except perhaps to the extent IBS got annoying in the evening - and I wouldn't have counted that either without the prior day. (Note that whole thing may not have been IBS - there were extra symptoms on Wedn, leading me to suspect I'd caught the crud, and my weakest system was, as usual, expressing it.)

 

 

6262 steps (2 3/4 + miles)

[Kobnach]

Fri Sep 19

 

bed 0:14; up at 7:44; net sleep 7:30

 

green tea (ginger)

cheese bagel, toasted with butter. Now out of bread of all kinds. Meh.

green tea (mint)

lamb, rice, almonds, blackeye peas, spinach @Dish dash. Tasty, and very welcome to most of my body, which is sick of bleah carbs, but triggered IBS again. Meh.

3 herb tea (raspberry)

banana

2 ghiradelli square (i.e. chocolate)

1 herb tea (peppermint)

lots of salty snack crackers

 

2 * 6 step-ups (low - back porch)

 

5414 steps

[Kobnach]

Sat Sep 20

 

Bed 12:33; up 7:41 - net 7:08

More stress insomnia.

 

2 green tea (ginger)

2 toaster waffles

1 herb tea (blueberry)

3 bagels, toasted with butter

2 ghirardelli square

1 banana

1 bowl instant oatmeal, unsweetened

many bland crackers

 

Feeling like crud - headache all day. Also fairly consistently not firing on all cylinders - stupid mistakes in what would normally have been very easy tasks ;-(

 

A nap from sometime after 5 till sometime after 7 PM helped some, but the head was insane as soon as I got up. Keep trying to interpret the headache. Hunger? Caffeine deprivation? Exhaustion? etc. and try to fix it. No real luck so far. I am, however, rather hungry right now,  after eating very little all day. Several days in a row, a nice meal has set off IBS. So I'm trying banana, oatmeal, etc. Might go as far as a tin of kippers. Or a couple of fish sticks. NOT a serious meal.

 

Presuming I've been ill, not just IBS, for the past few days. But very hard to tell - this could be stress -> IBS and headaches. Why I'd be this stressed, starting when I got encouraging news on the job front, and intensifying when I got even better news, is left as a mystery for those of a psychoanalytic vocation ;-0

 

Brought out and cleaned the netti pot, in case the root cause of everything is in my sinuses.

 

And meanwhile the oatmeal seems to be helping - both helping the headache, and encouraging my nose to run. (Hot food ftw.) But now I'm feeling vaguely queasy.

 

So I've either caught the crud, or (unlikely) having something from the migraine department. Probably the former; it's lasted too long for migraine symptoms, and I haven't had a recognizable migraine in several years, and suspect this may be because their hormonal basis is no longer part of my life.

 

Have not done my exercises for 4 days, in spite of not being overwhelmingly sick, just feeling a bit poorly. Inclined to agree with my instincts, not beat myself up for laziness and lack of stable habits.

 

1 * 6 low step ups

 

Basis band reports 3924 steps.

 

sick.

[Kobnach]

Sun Sep 21

 

Bed 1:05 up at 8:47 net 7:42 illness exemption on wakeup time.

 

1 green tea (ginger)

2 slices of toasted rye bread, with butter

rice bowl, nuked

1 glass orange juice

2 herb tea (raspberry)

oatmeal

bananablackberries

ice cream

 

net 4 veggies

 

Gut less than fully happy. Nose producing snot. Borderline of headache. Going to take it very easy today. Sick exemption again, though will probably do some walking at least.

 

Reasonable stamina on morning walk, but an attempt at a late afternoon walk was not a success - fever was acting up - I cut it off very short in consequence. This bug I've caught can go away *right now*.

 

2 * 6 low (porch stoop) step ups

 

4584 steps

[Kobnach]

Mon Sep 22

 

Bed 12:46; up at 8:52 net 8:06 illness exemption on wakeup time

 

Felt perfectly recovered - until I sat up. Sinuses/nose still not pleased with me ;-) But the netti pot seems to be helping - less plugged up, far less headache, and more drainage. (I'll take a constantly clearing nose over a sinus headache, if I'm given a choice ;-)) And food is back to tasting normal.

 

Absolutely nothing scheduled today, except for talking to the recruiter who just contacted me out of the blue. Plan to take it kind of easy, and get rid of this bug.

 

2 green tea (ginger)

1 rye toast, buttered

squash soup

tinned kippers and rye toast

blackberries and icecream

2 herb tea

1 ghirardelli squares

net 3 veggies

 

felt decent most of the late part of the day

 

steps: 6765 (3 miles)

[Kobnach]

Tues Sep 23

 

Bed 12:47, up 7:23, net 6:36 - plainly inadequate. Screwed up on getting to bed.

 

1 green tea (ginger)

2 frozen waffles, toasted

1 bagel toasted and buttered

large glass of G/OJ

1 herb tea (raspberry)

2 ghirardelli squares

 

(probably didn't finish recording food)

 

steps 6367 (2 3/4 miles)

[Kobnach]

Wedn Sep 24

 

bed 12:47; up at 8:03; net 7:16 - and fail on up time, by 3 minutes

 

2 green tea (ginger)

everything bagel, toasted, with butter

everything bagel, toasted with butter and jam

2 herb tea

1 more green tea

rice bowl

O/GJ

salad + fresh fruit, about 2 servings of veg

2 largish cookies

1 beer

 

60 sec bridge

20 ? 30? sec plank

50 sec bridge

 

netti pot

 

steps 4556 (2 miles)

[Kobnach]

Thur Sep 25

 

Bed at 1:35 AM; up at 7:42. Net 6:07

 

????

 

netti pot

 

steps 4498 (2 miles)

[Kobnach]

Fri Sep 26

 

Bed 11:32, up at 7:33 net 8:01

 

2 green tea (ginger)

4 slices pound cake (no additives)

4 slices bread, butter, jam

1 herb tea (raspberry)

3? ghirardelli squares

rice/lentil mix, prepared, with added chard

1 large G/OJ

 

net 3 fruit/veg

 

3 sets of

 

15 reps of lateral raises, 5 lb dumbbells

15 reps of bicep curls, 5 lb dumbbells

15 reps of floor presses, 10 lb dumbbells

 

somewhat interrupted by dog and telephone

 

2 * 6 low step ups

 

netti pot

 

6228 steps - 2 3/4 miles

[Kobnach]

Sat Sep 27

 

bed at 12:43 (boo!); up at 7:42 (yay!); net sleep 6:59

 

1 green tea (ginger)

2 slices of pound cake (no additives)

 

... not sure what all else, but 3 veg - one OJ, one chard in leftovers, and lots of dried fruit

 

bridge 60 sec

plank 40 sec

bridge 60 sec

 

as of 10:20 PM, 6542 steps. Basis outage pending, so wont be able to upload

 

6597 steps - almost 3 miles

[Kobnach]

Sun Sep 28

 

bed at 12:13, up at 8:46 (fail); net 8:33 (and wanted more)

 

not sure what I've eaten, but counting 2 veg - som dried fruit and some high pulp OJ

 

as of 9:34 PM, 7603 steps

 

7930 steps - almost 3.5 miles

[Kobnach]

Mon Sep 29

 

bed at 1:01, up at 7:05, nap during prior day

 

dog walk, shower, exercises all by 9:49 AM - not good enough for next Monday, but progress in schedule sanity ;-). Feeling digestively iffy. Might be related to stale gorp consumed yesterday?

 

Morning routine complete at 10:21 AM. Meh!

 

1 green tea (ginger)

2 slices of french bread, toasted with butter

1 OJ

salmon

mixed vegetables

french bread

2 ghirardelli square

 

3 sets of:

15 lateral raises, 5 lb dumbbells

15 bicep curls, 5 lb dumbbells

15 floor presses, 10 lb dumbbells

 

1 * 6 low step ups

 

as of 10:23 AM, 2858 steps

as of 7:02 PM, 4613 steps

as of 10:20 PM, 6932 steps

 

6973 steps (3 miles)

[Kobnach]

Tues Sep 30

 

bed 11:48; up at 7:55; net 8:07

 

weight 163.0 lb

 

1 green tea (ginger)

6 slices french bread, toasted, with butter

OJ

rice bowl with beans (feves, not haricots), broccoli, carrots

arugula, beet, and goat cheese salad

large tomato, raw

1 white tea

3 ghirardelli squares

 

5748 steps as of 2:21 PM

6038 steps as of 5:28 PM

 

6395 steps

[Kobnach]

Wedn Oct 1

 

bed 12:25; up at 7:57; net 7:32

 

1 green tea (ginger)

2 toaster waffles

1 OJ

1 avocado

ritz crackers

stew with rice and some (few) veg, mostly carrots etc

3 ghirardelli squares

 

60 sec bridge

40 sec plank

60 sec bridge

 

2 * 6 low step ups

 

at 7:21 PM, 4253 steps

at 11:32 PM 7258 steps

 

7258 steps

[Kobnach]

Thur Oct 2

 

Bed at 12:14; up at 7:36; net 7:22

 

1 green tea (ginger)

2 toaster waffles

 

...didn't record much of anything, but at least 3 veggies, and inadequate exercise (both types)....

 

4743 steps

[Kobnach]

Fri Oct 3

 

Bed at 11:40 PM; up at 8:49; net 9:09 and still groggy enough I first thought it was 6:49 when I got up

 

more sleep during the day

 

3300 steps

[Kobnach]

Sat Oct 4

 

bed at 12:58, up at 9:11

 

60 sec bridge

60 sec plank (!)

60 sec bridge

 

partial glass OJ

full glass carrot juice

risotto with spinach from package

 

various other food

 

counting as 2 fruit/veggies

 

6188 steps as of 10:13 PM

 

6200 steps

[Kobnach]

Sun Oct 5

 

bed at 12:19, up at 9:32, net 9:13

 

I'm oversleeping somewhat intentionally, having decided that being extremely well rested may be more useful for starting the job than being on an AM schedule, particularly given that once I get past day 1 (HR), I'll be dealing with people who know me, and had no problem with a lateish (10 AM to 10:30 AM) start in the past. Still want to stabiulize at an 8 AM or 7:30 AM wakeup, but being tired in the morning and heading straight for a tea source is precisely what they would expect of me ;-)

 

3 vegs - 2 * roots/squash, mashed together, plus one * mix of OJ and carrot juice

 

carrot juice is made of fail - even disguised with OJ, I really don't like it. Won't buy that again.

 

7957 steps

 

failed to do strength exercises. lack of will power/habit. Aargh!

[Kobnach]

Mon Oct 6

 

bed at 12:28; up at 6:05; net 5:37

 

salad that was worth at least 2 veg, plus OJ

 

short on steps and didn't do exercises. First day of work. Came home and fell into WoW.

 

5257 steps at 10:31.

 

5369 steps.