I just created a hot toddy that produced immediate results.
I splashed in some brandy lots of honey, lemon concentrate filled most of the remainder with apple juice and a few healthy dashes of hot sauce and then heated this in the microwave.
After a few sips I could fill my sinuses open up and a nice feeling spread over my entire body.
This is now my new "Hot Toddy" concoction every time I make one if the ingredients are there!
Goodnight!!!
The runs are not even close to where they should be but the wind is coming back and the legs are getting used to the pounding
I get the legs ready for the pounding of course with some weight training. I get the wind via some cadio on my elyptical trainer when not running.
Now is the time when I will not increase the weight on my leg exercises but pound out some runs to really start moving me towards where I want to be and when I'm strong on my 5 & 6 mile courses I will up the weight when pumping the iron.
Well I knew I had been lagging in my work outs, ok not working out, so I knew I was out of shape but wow today it really hit home.
Everyone has a barometer to go by that tells them the shape they are in, my barometer is running distance & pace.
Well today my pace for one mile was as bad as I thought it would be but the second mile was horrible.
In fact I'm embarrassed to say that I ran one mile walked a lap on the quarter mile track and then ran my second ragged mile.
Well this is only a start with the running as I have been doing cardio indoors on my elliptical trainer but that's just for convenience when I cannot get out to run. For me only a run can tell my true physical shape and I have a ways to go before I'm where I like to be.
Even though my strength is not so far out of whack my criteria for being in shape is the formula of high flexibility, strength, cardio mixed in with the mental mind and body are one philosophy.
As I have done since junior high it's I'm really ramping up to that all encompassing Darryl Hoytt all around shape and the work has begun!
Feel that burn baby burn!
Well just like a new girlfriend it wasn’t her first time around the block or my first tryst with a piece of cardio exercise equipment. This however was the first time for me and this CXT970 elliptical trainer’s sweating, huffing and panting together.
I guess I kinda took a few flirting stabs as I got things in order in my gym/garage to see if this elliptical trainer I purchased from the Salvation Army in Downtown Sacramento was truly functional. I even called and spent several awkward minutes getting acquainted after my traditional workout to see how she was.
Well today I plunged head first into the world of elliptical training and took a nice fragmented 30 minute voyage. The first 5 minutes were truly painful for my thighs which I noticed yesterday when I took my test spin. The burn was deeper in my quadriceps than when doing my sitting leg raises specifically designed for my quads.
I figured that there is no way I could get any cardio benefits for a long time if I had to deal with that type of burn in my cardio routine! I do not have your average pain threshold I can hang with a little pain, so I knew something was wrong. I then adjusted the pedals forward and this had the affect of placing the pressure more on the balls of my feet for a push off and that was the key to allow me to really get into a nice rhythmic workout routine with the elliptical trainer.
I just went with the manual program and the CXT970 counted off the time I worked out for me. I took a few breaks which I will not do once I’m used to the trainer and in my type of cardio shape and the trainer paused at these moments and kept track of the time.
I’m replaying that lucky day I purchased this nice used elliptical trainer over and over and it just shows you what happens when you give I guess. I gave a few truckloads of goods and found a treasure to help further my goal of staying in physical shape which helps the mental and emotional state in my personal experiences.
I think I will keep this CXT970 elliptical trainer around she can really take a guy on quite a trip and bring a smile of satisfaction!
Once again I’m reorganizing the gym setup in my garage after getting new furniture and having to place furniture out of my house into the garage temporarily and also getting a few new pieces of work out equipment. I’m still making changes since I still have quite a few things to move out of the house and of course the garage will be the temporary storage until the time I have to sell or otherwise dispose of it. This time though the purge of equipment will not once again interrupt my garage gym setup to the point I will not be able to work out.
Once again I had to clear items out of my garage to be able to access my weights and perform an acceptable work out. The issue was that I had run into some very nice auctions with unbelievable deals for furniture stores going out of business. I made some unbelievable purchases before I was able to move items out of the house.
I’m not talking about those fake going out of business sales where you get 20 % - 40% or even 70% off of list price which means that normally you are getting 40% at the most @ 70 % if you even get that.
These were no reserve auctions for stores actually going out of business since the owners were retiring etc...
Anyway I have figured out what pieces I want to keep and took pictures of the others to place in ads in various places on the web and possibly my shopping cart web site once its ready (almost there). I had to place some of the pieces in storage for a minute since it has kept raining so often preventing decent day of staging things outside.
The furniture is nice Ashley, Schnadig etc... but I had no room to move in the house. I had a garage sale after upgrading some furniture like this in October so I will do something similar when I know we will not have rain for the weekend or just do the newspaper or internet sale thing
Now time to hit that iron!! 
I had my second colonoscopy of my life yesterday 3/13/2006. My first colonoscopy was in the last week of August 2005. Actually this was what I call a super colonoscopy and they called a Sigmoidoscopy with Biopsy. They sedated me for this one since they wanted to inspect the lower (large) and the upper (small) intestines as well. Good thing I was sedated since I remembered the same uncomfortable feeling in the beginning and once again couldn’t relax and then I was waking up as I was being wheeled down the hall and the procedure finished!
The initial diagnosis from the doctor today was nothing found but they took cultures anyway. This was very good news since they found some polyps the first time.
I initially went to the doctor back in August 2005 since I was unable to shake this stomach issue and get into my workouts into full swing. Normally I can let something work its way through my body partially and then sweat it out or at least break it up, or help speed its way through my system by upping my metabolism in some fashion through workouts and diet. I have done this recently as a couple of weeks ago to break up congestion on my head and chest I had from allergies.
My thoughts on this were that on top of my initial symptoms I had issues with the medicine that was first prescribed and that caused the polyps! I looked at the symptoms the medicine caused, I had those symptoms, and that’s exactly what worsened my condition back in August and caused the polyps in my opinion.
I had no appetite and couldn’t force myself to eat! At one point I even went about 1.5 weeks without eating anything! I barely drank enough to keep hydrated. This is the time I started bleeding internally. I stopped taking the medicine on my own and started feeling better and then they took the first colonoscopy. That of course showed issues and polyps after what I had just gone through.
They then gave me some additional medicine to heal my internal sores and that just helped me break out into severe cold sweats at night where I would become drenched with sweat whether I put on long johns, thick socks and a beanie or wore nearly nothing to bed! As soon as I stopped taking that medicine I started feeling better and was able to resume my work outs slowly after about a month and a half
I know my body fairly well and have pushed it to the limits quite a bit from working out, playing sports, working extreme and long hours on the road for months, partying and clubbing (not with drugs, people seem to have different meanings of partying), and eating food of all cultures.
I kind of strung out this appointment to be a bit far out from the others when I could feel my body was in good shape internally so there could be no misdiagnosis. This particular doctor seemed more open minded and not pre-disposed to lean on the heavy prescribed medicine crutch like most doctors these days or to please someone else’s hurried diagnosis.
My attitude is that when I go to a specialist I don’t go to turn my body and livelihood over to them. I will consult them in their field of expertise as a contractor. I place my well being in my hands they are there as sounding boards of reason for areas I don’t have the time to deal in. To some people this may seem strange but to me that’s how I live my life. A lot of people don’t feel comfortable about people asking clarification questions, that’s fine I will not deal with you unless necessary. I know my body better than most know theirs and pay attention to what it’s telling me and sometimes I need help with the interpretation and this is where the doctor’s role comes in.
I think I need to switch my primary care physician and get someone that understands an active person’s needs. This was a specialist doing this procedure not my primary, I don’t event think my primary was consulted on this.
We will see what the culture samples they took say but they didn’t find anything so I think all is cool I am not against stamping my foot down and demanding proper procedures.
One thing that unfortunately I have been proven correct about the last few years is that there are a lot of people who really don’t know what it is to really be objective and do a good job. Unfortunately some of these people are in places that affect other people’s lives in a very serious way. Lawyers, politicians, doctors, judges, prosecutors, police officers etc I respect that they went to school and achieved this but there has to be the same effort after that degree is earned to learn as when they first entered school if they even had the effort then. I really don’t think the screening is thorough enough.
Besides it’s just not those professions I see this behavior in all parts of society and every profession or work place.
I don’t make these observations on just how a person or organization treats me but also how they treat others. I watch how people act when they believe they have power over others and how they act when they are under orders or strict watch and everywhere in between. Even if a person treats me well and is positive towards me if I see deep inside they are something else I will deal accordingly. Things don’t have to work out how I hope for me to believe someone is giving me a nice honest effort.
I occasionally see the true sign of professionalism and care. I think I witnessed it with my previous visits with this doctor and today. Hopefully I will be correct on this issue.
My normal 6 mile run felt pretty good today I just kept it nice and loose without really pushing it and took my time down about 30 seconds from my last 6 mile run a few days ago even though I didn’t feel comfortable. Down 2 minutes from my first run of the beginning last week
Yesterday I was a bit out of it and the previous day I had to tone it down a few miles. Soon I will feel comfortable to lengthen the stride and push the pace. After that point its time to work on speed an intervals and hitting the hills from time to time. Then maybe I will be able to hit some of the “all comer track meets” next year.
I am getting back into my workouts now. Yesterday I hit the track at the local high school Natomas High and ran a disciplined but slow 3 miles. The main thing was that I completed it the 3 miles and felt ok doing it, never mind it took about 25 minutes! That time will come down a lot once I get in some type of shape and be around my normal times. Tonight or actually 9-14-2005 I also hit the weights for the first time in a while. I of course completed most of my leg routines reps but my upper body was a bit stiff.
After a few more workouts the flexibility will come back and then I can start pushing myself with more weight. The funny thing is that first getting back in there working out just getting set up with your routine takes a while and makes the work out that much more longer if you try to do all of your sets, even with lower weights and less reps. I have been working out in some fashion my whole life (some periods of time not as hard) so I always chuckle at how long I take between reps when I have been away from the workouts even for a few weeks. Then a few weeks later the same workout with more weight and higher reps you do in less than half the time!
Anyway its a start after this little sickness but I don't think I will be able to run the Chevy's 12k run, maybe I will just do the 5k this year. I know I will finish it but I like to have a certain base pace entering a run and I will not have that by the time the Chevy’s run rolls around. I will have to shoot for some other runs in the fall.
