A Year of Change

So, short and sweet:  This post is simply going to be a reflection / overview of some of the change I've been through over the past year (starting with a smidge before hand) - mostly physical, mostly pictorial -- A LOT of pictures, heads up, apologies for potential slow loading.  So enjoy!

12 Days After Surgery (incl. lypoma pic)

This one is going to be super short-and-sweet.  I had my "follow-up" with my surgical doc; he gave me the all clear to go back to work, just be mindful of my "pain-limits" in regards to working (Hello desk duty). Also, I now have the picture of what was removed from me, and a couple pics from "8 days later".  So, WARNING - some people may be a bit squeamish with the picture of what was removed from my body (multiple lypomas).  I personally don't think it's that bad.  Anyway, you've been warned.

2 Days Later / A Surgical Update

On the 27th, I had surgery.  I had a total of 7 Lypoma's removed from my two sides.  Quick overview:  Everything went well, nothing abnormal, and I'm doing decent - especially with the meds I was given.  Want details?  You know the routine by now...

A Month Later...

So it's been about a month since my last update.  Not too much has changed.  I took my 3 week vacation, spent a week or so in Oregon, got some real gym time in with the weights...  Tell you what, click the Read More (whatever) link, and I'll go into things a bit - including some upcoming news about me, myself.

Another Minute Milestone

I haven't posted much on here lately - well, I've been focused on other various things; such as exercise and health.  So, focusing on eating healthy and exercising (and essentially rehabbing my body - lets face it, most of my gym time outside of cardio, really is for rehab purposes at the moment), I had a nice surprise yesterday morning!  (curious?  click the read more link)

Site and Personal Update

Just to make this quick...first thing's first:  I finally added that recipe for my salad - check out the Key Eats menu link!  On another note, I started taking a BCAA powder supplment (mixed with water) Saturday, Sunday, Monday ...  I learned something over those days. (Heads up - gets a bit detailed / personal)

Site Changes and Long Game

Just wanted to post a heads up - for anyone that's already checked out this blog site and the "static" pages:  This weekend I'm going to work on adding some actual content to the static pages.  At very least to the Key Eats page.  (yes, I'm providing more content after the click...)

Mile-marker Type of Day

Curious why I'm titling this mile-marker type of day ?  What new stuff can I possibly throw at you?  Well, I'm sure you've figured it out, somewhat...  So here's what's up...  Today's weigh in has matched what I recall to be the best / lowest weight I hit in 2016/2017, to my memory.  Cliff's Notes:  183.7  ...now click the link.

Pre-Goal Reward..and stuff

As listed on the Goals page, I had "something else" listed with the 170's milestone reward / change.  Due to varying schedules, and time frames, that something else was utilized (for lack of better phrasing).  I'm going to do my best to look at it as:  "I damn well better get my weight down" .  Details after the click....

Random: YouTube - How often...

"How Often Should You Weigh Yourself?" - You may have seen me touch on this topic (at least in my personal beliefs as to why I weigh myself daily ), you'll see a parallel with this video.  This video is from ObeseToBeast (link on the right column), and he does a really good job explaining things.  Video after the click...

Random Video - Superhero Training

I watched this video this AM just for kicks - thought maybe I'd pick up some nuggets here and there; and I was curious to see what these two went through, etc..  To save space on my front-page here, I'm putting the video after the click.

Method of Fixing Things

There's an old adage that popped into my mind today.  As I was doing my morning routine involving stretching, I looked over at my "Why am I trying to get in shape?" board (aka - "Goals" board) and read through the list, then something kind of ironic(?) / funny hit me....

Chiropractic Visit - Go figure...

As mentioned previously, I had a Chiropractor appointment on Tuesday morning.  Totally worth the trip!  He took a couple x-rays, did some evaluations/tests, listened to me ramble on about my roller-coaster of "health" , and then turned me into a pretzel.  Want to see the hips? .....

I quasi Broke Myself

After jogging (jog, walk, jog, walk, sprint), last week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and going for a "GFS Walk" on Saturday (a walk from home to the Good Food Store and eventually back - it's about 2.2 miles one way), my body - specifically my right hip, had enough. 

FINALLY...broke on through

Yes, I'm considering this a milestone for 2018.  I finally Broke the 190 barrier, with minor gusto!  Yea...that's all I'm putting for a teaser... :)

Goals Page Updated

I just wanted to point out, in case anyone is reading this... that I updated the Goals page earlier in the week, and just tweaked it again this morning with a tiny bit of detail.  I also put a tiny bit of effort into the Key Eats page as well, but it's not setup the way I want to - nor what someone may be expecting.  Be patient, it'll come.

My Week: A Big Mental Suck

Essentially this week sucked for me mentally and a bit physically.  I'll own this: I did not push myself to my full potential this week.  My thoughts/reasons why...

Quick Replay / Up Next [UPDATED 7/4] [UPDATED 7/6]

It's been about a week and a half since I did any updating, and I'm feeling like I should, so here's the not so fancy gist of it.  Not too long after my last post, I managed to wrench my lower back, so my workouts turned into stretching.  Lots and lots of stretching - and a few push ups.  Last week was cardio on the exercise bike (Mon, Wed, Fri) at the gym, and a lot of stretching on Tuesday and Thursday.  That routine worked out pretty good for me.  ......more details after the click......

A Routine, kind of post

Not a lot to really report, so going to make this short and sweet....  Simply put, here's my routine plan for this week and maybe next....

Change of Plans

Okay, so I stated a couple Sundays ago, that I was going to rotate between DDP Yoga workouts and cardio (with possible weight lifting).  I did that last week - minus the weights.  ...and I came to a conclusion...