Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 274.5 lbs.
This week = 272.5 lbs.
Difference = -2 lbs.; -13 lbs since starting
Made it to the gym 6 days out of 7.
I’m actually feeling a lot better on the days that I make it to the gym than the days that I don’t.
My heart monitor calculates calories based on heart-rate and time. If I do an hour, it generally records about 800 to 850 calories. This week, it recorded over 1400 calories on two consecutive days.
I forgot to mention that I turned 57 earlier this month.
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Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 273.5 lbs. — this week = 274.5 lbs.
Made it to the gym 6 days, but gained a pound.
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Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 274.5 lbs. — this week = 273.5 lbs.
This week was complicated with a cold for a few days and I only got to the fitness center four times this week.
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Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 275.5 lbs.
This week = 274.5 lbs.
I worked out at least an hour a day six times in the last week.
Today’s workout was my best best intensity and endurance yet, at least since I got back to being serious about this. I used an elliptical trainer for 65 minutes and walked for about 5 minutes. My average heart rate was 144 bpm and max was 164 bpm. I don’t plan on pushing much past this at my age.
I’m still not ready to start trying to run even a little bit yet.
My resting heart rate has dropped significantly since I started working out again.
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Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 276 lbs.
This week = 275.5 lbs.
After 2 weeks of slow gains, I’m down 1/2 lb. Until the end of the weekend, I was still feeling some of the effects of whatever virus I had and I was thinking that I might have to make another doctor appointment as he had said to come back in two weeks if I was still having problems. I did manage to get 4 workouts in, though not at the intensity and length that I would like to be at.
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For, those who stop here once in a while, you might notice that , once again, I’m in the middle of making a few changes in the blog. Thanks to Eric Ham of Motivate Thyself and and Sean Platt of Writer Dad in their joint effort, BlogopolisBlueprint, I made the decision earlier this week to go with a premium blog theme. I’ll be experiementing a bit with it for a while, so there will be some changes. However, I’ll try hard to make it so that Exit78 remains fully functional while I’m playing.
Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 275 lbs.
This week = 276 lbs.
Gained 1 lb. 2 weeks in a row. 
The doctor’s diagnosis was that my ailments were likely from a virus, but that overall, my health is good.
He did have one concern that was separate from the light headed feelings I’d been having. My triglycerides were too high, though he did say that part of that was due to not fasting before the blood was drawn. He did say that I should start taking Omega 3, that the fish oil in them would help reduce the triglyceride level.
The great news, though, is that my cholesterol is in good shape.
LDL cholesterol(the bad) is “optimal” if it’s less than 100. I don’t know if I’ve ever had it that low before. It was 90!
HDL cholesterol (the good) should be above 40 in men. Mine was 42.
The visit to the clinic was on Thursday. I was back to the fitness center on Friday and Saturday and skipped Sunday. Had planned to go on Monday, but when I left the retiree breakfast, a light rain was falling and temperatures were below freezing, so I headed home. We stayed home yesterday because of the weather. So I managed to get 2 workouts in in the last week. We WILL be going to the gym today.
Oh, thanks for the well wishes, everyone! I’m feeling pretty good this week.
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Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 274 lbs.
This week = 275 lbs.
I managed to make it to the gym 2 days this period.
I’m having some health issues — a feeling of being light-headed that comes and goes. It feels sometimes like I’m on the verge of the flu, but I have no fever, chills or any other symptoms. At other times, I feel like I’ve almost got a cold, but my sinuses aren’t clogged up and I don’t have a nagging sore throat. It’s probably some kind of infection. I’m seeing my doctor tomorrow afternoon.
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Started November 1, 2008 at 285.6 lbs
Last week = 275 lbs.
This week = 274 lbs.
I managed to make it to the gym 6 days this period.
On Monday, my workout was cut short — 45 minutes instead of my usual 65 or more minutes — when the gym was evacuated because of a small fire. I grabbed my stuff and headed home for a shower. I made up for the lost exercise, though. Since the weather was fairly nice for this time of year I mixed and poured three 80 lb. bags of instant concrete mix to finish part of a project. Then, later, I cut down a dead pine tree that was about 10 inches in diameter at the base, cut it up for firewood and split all the larger pieces. The neat thing is, though, that it was much easier than it would have been back at the beginning of November when I started this.
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Last week = 279 lbs.
This week = 277 lbs.
Progress during a holiday week!
Walked 2.5 miles on Christmas and then went to the gym every day except Sunday.
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Another week of not much progress, but given the season, that’s ok.
Last week = 279 lbs.
This week = 279 lbs.
No loss, but no gain, either.
Worked out on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
My endurance is up and I am exercising at a higher intensity, so, while I haven’t lost any weight, I’m pretty sure I’ve lost some fat and gained some muscle mass.
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