Time: 6:30 AM
Weight beforehand: 351.3 lbs
Length: 15 minutes
Program: TPRU Twist
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 311
Rating: I was down to 345.5 a few days ago, but I've been eating a little more the last few days and trying to rest up. I'm a little sad that I've picked up 6 lbs so quickly, but I'm hopeful that I can lose it pretty quickly too.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Children's Sleeping Habits
I intended to work out this morning, but due to what I'll explain next, I didn't. I weighed 349.0 lbs this morning, though.
Why is it that when my kids need to have the alarm set for 7:00 AM to get up in time for school, they can't seem to drag themselves out of bed for 15 to 30 minutes after, and yet, when they don't have to get up for school and the alarm is not set, like this morning, they are all awake and raring to go by 6:30?
This is not an unusual occurrence, either. It is very common for my children to fight to get up when they "have" to, and to be out of bed in a flash when they could be sleeping in. I don't know why that is, but I wonder if I'll miss it when they are teenagers and won't be out of bed before noon if they can help it!
Today's early risers were especially problematic for me because I wanted to let my wife get as much sleep as she could. She's not feeling very good. Since the kids were up, I decided to just shower and get ready for the day rather than work out, but while I was showering, they turned on the TV. My wife had to get up and stop them from watching TV because they don't do their chores if they start the day by watching TV. The whole day goes badly when they start it that way. By the time I was done showering, my wife was awake and downstairs with the kids, and I didn't get to let her rest at all. In fact, she was up earlier than she normally is on a school day.
I did manage to help the kids with their breakfast, and I tried to encourage them to do their chores quickly and cheerfully today. I don't have high hopes for that helping very much though.
Why is it that when my kids need to have the alarm set for 7:00 AM to get up in time for school, they can't seem to drag themselves out of bed for 15 to 30 minutes after, and yet, when they don't have to get up for school and the alarm is not set, like this morning, they are all awake and raring to go by 6:30?
This is not an unusual occurrence, either. It is very common for my children to fight to get up when they "have" to, and to be out of bed in a flash when they could be sleeping in. I don't know why that is, but I wonder if I'll miss it when they are teenagers and won't be out of bed before noon if they can help it!
Today's early risers were especially problematic for me because I wanted to let my wife get as much sleep as she could. She's not feeling very good. Since the kids were up, I decided to just shower and get ready for the day rather than work out, but while I was showering, they turned on the TV. My wife had to get up and stop them from watching TV because they don't do their chores if they start the day by watching TV. The whole day goes badly when they start it that way. By the time I was done showering, my wife was awake and downstairs with the kids, and I didn't get to let her rest at all. In fact, she was up earlier than she normally is on a school day.
I did manage to help the kids with their breakfast, and I tried to encourage them to do their chores quickly and cheerfully today. I don't have high hopes for that helping very much though.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
12 February 2009 Workout
Time: 6:30 AM
Weight beforehand: 350.8 lbs
Length: 15 minutes
Program: TPRU Twist
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 314
Rating: I tried starting slower today, but I still got worn out pretty quickly. Oh well...
Weight beforehand: 350.8 lbs
Length: 15 minutes
Program: TPRU Twist
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 314
Rating: I tried starting slower today, but I still got worn out pretty quickly. Oh well...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
11 February 2009 Workout
Time: 6:45 AM
Weight beforehand: 351.9 lbs
Length: 15 minutes
Program: TPRU Twist
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 309
Rating: I think I started a little too fast on this one. I was cruising along at a pretty good clip during the non-sprint portions of the workout, but I got worn out pretty quickly and had to spend the last 10 minutes or so of the non-sprint portions going extra slow to catch my breath. I'm also not enjoying seeing my weight creep back up, even though I know it's likely due to water weight coming back as I recover from my bronchitis.
Weight beforehand: 351.9 lbs
Length: 15 minutes
Program: TPRU Twist
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 309
Rating: I think I started a little too fast on this one. I was cruising along at a pretty good clip during the non-sprint portions of the workout, but I got worn out pretty quickly and had to spend the last 10 minutes or so of the non-sprint portions going extra slow to catch my breath. I'm also not enjoying seeing my weight creep back up, even though I know it's likely due to water weight coming back as I recover from my bronchitis.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Sneering at the World
Well, just when I thought I was getting all better from my illnesses, I woke up yesterday and slowly discovered that my lips and facial muscles were numb and not responding correctly. After a while, I started wondering if it might be Bell's Palsy, something that my brother had gone through a while back. After talking with him, I decided it may or may not be, and while driving home, I saw that my mouth wouldn't smile correctly on the left side. My right side pulls up into the smile properly, while the left side pulled back only a little bit, causing what appears as a sneer. I stopped to see the doctor, and it looks like it IS Bell's Palsy on my left side.
From some reading on Wikipedia and discussions with the doctor, it appears to be a fairly mild case, as I don't have any drooping features really. It's more just that the left side muscles don't respond as much as the right side muscles do. It could last 10 days, it could last 6 months, but it should go away in time. The doctor decided that I probably didn't need anything to treat the symptoms unless they get worse because the treatments would be bad for my blood sugar and not help enough to offset that for the mild case I'm experiencing. He also said that, if he had just seen me in the store and I smiled at him, he might not have noticed that anything was off. I don't know if he said that for my vanity, but if so, such a thing is wasted on me!
My wife has had some family members experience strokes in the past, and they have had a hard time smiling due to that, so it was really tough on her to hear that I was having that same symptom. The doctor said that, while I do have a lot of risk factors for stroke with my weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes, those factors appear to be fairly well controlled and improving as I lose weight. The fact that it is only one side of my face that is affected instead of one side of my body (my left hand, arm, leg, and foot are all feeling and working fine) also indicates that this was not a stroke. We are grateful for that!
Lastly, I got up with the intention to work out this morning, but my daughter came into our room just as I was getting ready to start. In the hopes of getting her to go back to sleep, I took her back into her room only to discover that our youngest was wide awake and anxious for me to hold him. I enjoyed spending time with them this morning instead of working out. :)
I did weigh myself and came in at 350.4 lbs.
From some reading on Wikipedia and discussions with the doctor, it appears to be a fairly mild case, as I don't have any drooping features really. It's more just that the left side muscles don't respond as much as the right side muscles do. It could last 10 days, it could last 6 months, but it should go away in time. The doctor decided that I probably didn't need anything to treat the symptoms unless they get worse because the treatments would be bad for my blood sugar and not help enough to offset that for the mild case I'm experiencing. He also said that, if he had just seen me in the store and I smiled at him, he might not have noticed that anything was off. I don't know if he said that for my vanity, but if so, such a thing is wasted on me!
My wife has had some family members experience strokes in the past, and they have had a hard time smiling due to that, so it was really tough on her to hear that I was having that same symptom. The doctor said that, while I do have a lot of risk factors for stroke with my weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes, those factors appear to be fairly well controlled and improving as I lose weight. The fact that it is only one side of my face that is affected instead of one side of my body (my left hand, arm, leg, and foot are all feeling and working fine) also indicates that this was not a stroke. We are grateful for that!
Lastly, I got up with the intention to work out this morning, but my daughter came into our room just as I was getting ready to start. In the hopes of getting her to go back to sleep, I took her back into her room only to discover that our youngest was wide awake and anxious for me to hold him. I enjoyed spending time with them this morning instead of working out. :)
I did weigh myself and came in at 350.4 lbs.
Monday, February 9, 2009
9 February 2009 Workout
Time: 6:30 AM
Weight beforehand: 350.1 lbs
Length: 15 minutes
Program: TPRU Twist
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 311
Rating: Yay, I made it through a full workout! I can tell that I've lost some of the little "in-shape-ness" that I had, but overall, I feel that this was a success.
Weight beforehand: 350.1 lbs
Length: 15 minutes
Program: TPRU Twist
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 311
Rating: Yay, I made it through a full workout! I can tell that I've lost some of the little "in-shape-ness" that I had, but overall, I feel that this was a success.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
4 February 2009 Workout
Time: 6:30 AM
Weight beforehand: 349.9 lbs
Length: 5 minutes
Program: TPRU
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 95
Rating: When I went to sleep last night, I thought that I was feeling a whole lot better from my bronchitis, and so I'd better try to get back on track with my workouts. I felt okay for the first 30 seconds or so, and then I started coughing on occasion. I knew at 2 minutes that I wouldn't be able to do the twist part of the program. I knew at 3 minutes that I wouldn't be able to do 15 minutes, and so I settled for doing 5 minutes. I'll keep trying though.
Weight beforehand: 349.9 lbs
Length: 5 minutes
Program: TPRU
Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 95
Rating: When I went to sleep last night, I thought that I was feeling a whole lot better from my bronchitis, and so I'd better try to get back on track with my workouts. I felt okay for the first 30 seconds or so, and then I started coughing on occasion. I knew at 2 minutes that I wouldn't be able to do the twist part of the program. I knew at 3 minutes that I wouldn't be able to do 15 minutes, and so I settled for doing 5 minutes. I'll keep trying though.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
A Weight and Health Update
I've had bronchitis for the past week or so, and on Friday I added an ear infection to it. I did see the doctor on Friday and got some medicine, and I seem to be on the mend again. I'm holding off on workouts until I stop coughing, though, because some of my coughs are pretty violent, and exercise would only exacerbate the problem.
In a positive side effect to this illness, I decided to weigh myself this morning. The scale said 348.7, which is the lowest I've seen since starting this blog! I'm melting, I'm melting!!!
In a positive side effect to this illness, I decided to weigh myself this morning. The scale said 348.7, which is the lowest I've seen since starting this blog! I'm melting, I'm melting!!!
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