I am a Disgrace

Last Sunday,I proclaimed loudly that I was back on the losing team. I further push the audacity stating that I would lose 1.5 pound in a week.

This morning when I stepped on the scale my number was 169 lbs. This is a drop of only 1.2 lb. I will be living in shame for the rest of this week, I'm short .3 lb from my goal.

I'll understand if no one read my posts ever again. I wish I had excuses, but I have been too busy walking and had no time to come up with good ones, so instead here some bad one:

I was force fed while sleeping.

My bowels were full (I told you it was bad excuses).

I ate too much fruits.

By mistake, one morning, I put cream instead of milk in my coffee.

I walked by a neighbor and it smelt like bacon, I overfill my lungs.

I was wearing my socks.

I have wax in my ears.

Two Millions

 

Yesterday I reached the 2,000,000 steps since I got my Vivofit at the end of February.

Just to put things in perspective, the distance traveled in my sneakers amount to 920 Miles (1480 KM). This is like walking from New York city to Jacksonville, FL. Only one way but still a great distance in only 4 and a half month.

Today I'm still on pursuit of my weekly best record but you might not know it (if you were naughty) Santa is coming to town. So my schedule is going to be crazy as I'm one of Santa's elf.

My role in this North pole organization is to collect presents for the kids, safeguard them with my life (the present not the kids!) and delivered everything intact to Santa (no peeking). You can say that my stress level will be out there in the red zone, but beard with me!

So my usual training routine will be as messed up as a reindeer droppings. However, to be in the mood, I loaded Christmas music in my MP-tree.

Feliz Navidad you all

Bing Bang Crack

Did you hear that? It was the sound of one of my personnel record being broken.

Previously, Apr 27 was my most “Steps in a Day's” record. On that nice and sunny day, I went out and walk 26,464 steps.

Records are nice but they have to be beat once in a while, yesterday, in a perfect day, with my MP3 playing tune in my head, I broke that record and step 28,009 times!

Just to give you an idea of what is involved, it takes me an hour to walk 7,500 steps. So I was out walking for about 3 hours and 45 minutes. Now I didn't walk that long in one shot, I stopped for a few pit stops and to recharge my MP3. The distance was 20 KM (12.4 miles), it's almost half a marathon!

I want to walk over 2 more personal record in the next 8 days:

Most Steps in a Week which is 150,890 steps (Apr 27 - May 3, 2015). I already have walks 91,226 steps this week so for the next 3 days, I have to walk an average of 19,888 steps (I'll round it up to 20,000 just to have a little cushion.

Most Steps in a Month which is 489,907 steps (Apr 2015). Currently for July, I am at 384,857 steps. There is 8 days left so if I maintains 13,132 steps per day, I'll have crush that record too.

Why put myself through that? I don't have a logical answer but man kind walk on the moon, climb Everest, run marathons just because they could.

Doctor Visit # 429

Yesterday I went to see my doctor. Since my return from Florida in April, I have seen him 429 times! Well not really, I dream have nightmare about him often enough.

Just as a re-cap, May first I stopped my pills for cholesterol, I didn't get medical advice first, I trusted my instinct and want to speed up the process.

So 2 weeks later, I went to see my doctor. He was not happy, but being concern about my health (ya right), he told me to wait in Jun and get blood work to see my cholesterol level.

June I conquered my fear of needle and got blood remove from my body. From the color I could tell there was no cholesterol (I should have been a doctor, wanna play?)

Just in case my theory about the color was wrong, I took an appointment to go back to see my doctor. Yesterday was that day.

When I entered his office, he didn't waste time he asked: “Why are you here, your annual checkup is next month!” Maybe I'm a little too sensitive but a welcome would have been nice and then with a look of concern how are you doing? I guess my doctor never watched Doctor Welby!

Then he started looking at my chart probably looking for an answer to his own question. I knew the answer but while he is doing that, he is not blasting me. So after a nano second he turn and look at me: “Do you have your sheet?”

At that point I am confused: “Which sheet?” I dare asked.

“The one about your blood pressure!” annoy him answered.

Now this is from personal observation, but maybe he has been working around drugs for too long...

“I am not here about my blood pressure I'm here about my cholesterol.” You folks are not doctor right? But you got that, right? He didn't.

“You know when you are going to go to the pharmacy to renew your blood pressure pills, you are going to have a problem because, it is due to be renew at your checkup” ignoring me stated.

“I don't take BP pills, you told me last fall that I didn't need it anymore.”

“That is not what I said, I said every thing was OK, it didn't mean to stop your meds”.

In my mind I'm racing to find in my memory bank the conversation we had about that, but it has been erase.

So now for my annual checkup I have to bring records of my BP for a few weeks plus I have to go back and give more blood, plus shit on a paper and take a sample (scuse my French) and pee in a bottle (which he doesn't want me to write a message on and send in the sea). If that was not enough, on that checkup, he wear one glove... I am so looking forward for next time...

By then he thinks he is done and he is ready to dismiss me. However, I still don't have an answer to my question... “what about my cholesterol level?”

“It's fine!” he said.

“Well I guess I was right about stopping the cholesterol pills!” just my way to say, in your face!

There you have it folks, losing weight do work and get you healthier.

Hanging Out

Lately I got a new problem, one that I didn't realize could be happening, one that make me uncomfortable; The cat got out of the bag! The train derailed! The fish is swimming outside the pound! Little Richard is getting away!

Yes my Fruit of the loom are too big and are not giving me the much need support anymore. It started a few weeks ago, I was sitting around with people and I felt a draft. When everything is in its proper place, I don't feel draft. So discretely, I went to the bathroom and put everything back to where it should never get out in the first place.

As soon I sited back, I knew there was a big problem, having a mind of its own, little Richard was out again. You just can't discretely move thing around when you are surround. Maybe you think so what? I WAS WEARING SHORT!

Maybe the solution would be to go commando, but I'm really uneasy about that plus I like to keep hold of the situation (figuratively speaking) so today I will be going shopping.

I haven't been shopping for underwear for a looooong time, the one I have were just fine, if you don't take into account the free way.

I just don't know if there has been some new kind of undies out there. I don't want to be seen at Walmart looking at all the picture of the new and improve article out there. It might look like I'm a pervert, so I'll wait when the section is empty, walk to the rack and act like I'm looking at my watch... see the important thing is to have a plan.

No need to beg or plead, I Will not post pictures, little Richard is shy this way.

Now a public announcement: For sale large size Fruit of the Loom, still working band, no hole and no stain. They come in all colors (extra for leotard) however, you'll have to get your own accessories.

Is there anything more complex than eating right?

I'm on this trip right now, I'm reading about people going on a low carbs diet and I am scratching my head... what is carb and why is it bad or is it?

I started reading about it and I'm getting as confuse as a drunk driving in an obstacle course.

This brought me to one more journey; diets plan. It can be Atkins, Paleo, or whatever you fancy, a diet is still a diet.

So in the next few weeks, I'll be looking and posting about those.

To start with, I'm NOT a nutritionist, not even close, I eat to live not to earn a living. NO doctorate either in any fields. As a mater of facts, I might be one the the most uneducated person out there about food.

Of course we are all different and what is working for one person might do the opposite for someone else but why?

I will look at that but I might be bias in thinking it's mainly a mental problem and has nothing to do with physiology (wow a big word coming from my keyboard).

But one thing I am a convert and a true believer: Sugar is poison. I don't care about what anyone would say, I believe this is the number one problem in world obesity. I know it's a big statement but it's my blog, don't sue me!

I truly believe that my success was mainly a direct result of eliminating the white shit. I also believe that everyone process sugar the same way, if anyone eat the shit, they get fatter, if we cut it off; we get healthier.

I'm on my way to thin city. I don't want to get there and be by myself, that would not be sweet. But I don't want to make anyone feel bad about their choice so, I'll stay off the sugar war path for a while but you know what I think.

The Sweet True and Nothing but

I wrote several posts about refined sugar. In my opinion it is extremely important to get off this poison if you are sincere about getting healthier.

Maybe my words didn't reach you in a way to motivate you so I'll let someone else tell his story.

As a spoiler, FogDog lost 20 pounds in 21 days and I'm convince its mainly because he detox himself of sugar.

Just click here to find more.

Have a great healthy weeks folks and folklettes.