It’s Friday! And it started off great with a super weigh in, another low for the last 20 years. I have a 5k this weekend with my sister so I hope to be another pound lighter by Sunday morning, because every pound counts when you’re running or riding.
I find that when I have time to write or create recipe cards on this blog, I don’t. Why? because I sit at a computer all day and when I have time to be away from it, I’d rather do that.
On another note, it seems my mother has climbed on the WFPB wagon and is feeling better and lowering her BP. It’s hereditary like another condition I have called Thalassemia. That condition means I have iron poor blood and should never be able to run for distance or ride for long periods of time because my blood doesn’t carry the O2 of a normal persons. I tend to struggle or my heart has to work harder than other people might to keep the same level of effort. That said, I’m finding that my HR is much lower and I can generate a lot more power now then I could before at the same HR, so maybe something is changing there too.
Today, I’m seeing the COVID-19 (corona virus) start to pick up steam in other countries. It really hasn’t hit the US yet with the exception of the stock market, but that doesn’t concern me too much because we divested some time ago. That action likely cost me some gains, but I’m not exposed to that risk. In any event we try very hard to stay strong all the time, not get sick or be sickly. This diet is a big part of that effort in that it gives our bodies the best of all foods to help our immune systems stay strong.
Claire has begun buying me new shirts. I don’t think she can stand to see me in the now way too big clothes anymore. No matter how we slice it I’m grateful to her for thinking of me and wanting me to wear clothes that fit. I really need to buy some new pants though and she can’t really do that for me, so I have to get off my ass and make it happen this weekend. It’s tough because there’s so much weight left to go so spending a lot of cash isn’t on in the plan but I really need pants to wear every day because the alternative isn’t desirable outside of my own home.
What people that lose a lot of weight don’t tell you is that it’s cold! I get cold a lot now when I didn’t used to. It also bothers me that my arms look small. Years ago I read in Arnolds Encyclopedia of BodyBuilding about the “fear of smallness”, that’s real! I’ll have to start back at the gym very soon to cure that feeling, get back at pull ups and push ups, etc. because I don’t want to be the flabby old guy on the dive boat this September.
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