Day 15: Procrastination

I found this article on-line,  Beat Procrastination. 

The bullet points were:

• Self-imposed deadlines.
• Accountability systems (commitment with friends, or a coach).
• Working/studying in intervals. 
• Exercising 30 minutes a day.
• A healthy diet. 
• Eliminating distractions.
• Internal motivation.                                                               

One out of seven.  Okay.  Two.  Maybe three.

Anyway,  6 miles, 193 calories, 30 minutes, 66 rpm, 129 average heart rate.

And two sets of free weight rounds, using the ten pound ones.  

All to the music of Neil Diamond's "Hot August Night" disc 2.

 

Days 13 & 14: Snow days on hiatus

I don't do well in the snow.  There's the danger of falling, my arthritis goes bonkers.  My mood turns down to somewhere between:  Ah!  Look! It's snowing!  Catch some flakes!  Kick myself for not learning how they get so symmetrical!  But I took that symmetry class! and the only thing you learned was that you couldn't get it! and Snow! We're all doing to die! I don't have three months of food storage! We're stuck!  

And then in the afternoon I walk to the store and get a few groceries and walk back.  No problems,  just hope that I don't step in dog stuff that may be lurking under the snow.


But on Wednesday and today, two days when it didn't snow and the sun came out. I did get to the gym.  On Wednesday I played the second disc of the Neil Diamond CD, the workout ending just before the title song, "Hot August Night."  So I'm saving it for a later work-out.

Today I was out visiting teaching, then dropped by the rent check.  I was wearing my mom jeans, but decided to just get the half hour of exercise over with while I was there.  I turned to an Olympic channel that was on cable and watched how the flags are taken care of, and how flag raising ceremonies are rehearsed, the music, the placement and all, all in the months before the opening ceremonies.  Seeing the computer with Korean language being keyed in was strangely fascinating.  There were clips of last night's figure skating, and a review of how Korea bested Japan aggressive janitoring curling*.

I don't know why I had to adjust the seat to a higher number on the second day, but it was more comfortable this time than way back when I started this all.  I noticed it took longer for my heart rate to get up to its target, which I take as a good sign.  The machine put the resistance up to 19 at one point, and I did notice that I had to pedal harder.  So I guess I am getting better, and I hereby declare that I've lost gotten rid of four pounds this month, according to the new scale.  I forgot to get a paper and pen ready for my results, hence the guess on the distance.  I'm guessing it was the .94 because I was so close to six, and I was trying for it, but the revolutions per minute wouldn't work out if it were.

                       Miles                 calories                   time                  rpm                 heart rate
Wednesday      5.7                        177                        30                    66                     130
Friday              5.64 or 94 (?)       199                        30                    60                     127

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*Joke from this NBC clip:  https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/tonight-show-fallon-five-desus-mero-rename-winter-olympic-sports/3671208 

Day 12: Neil Diamond and me

I checked out "Hot August Night" from the library.  It'd been years since I heard it, as I have it on vinyl, but not on turn table.

There are songs that I like a lot, one that I have picked out for the foyer for my funeral ("Done Too Soon," 'cause why lyrics posted below, but it'll have to be an instrumental cover for use in the church); and a few that I don't like and that I either avoid playing the side, or in this case, skipped.  

Anyway, I got through the Heart Health, and took a walk around, and then did the 5K (3+ miles) At Your Own Pace on the cycle.

Afterwards I went to the mirror and finished up with weights while Neil introduced the band.  I remembered going to a music store in Eugene in a particular mall, about 1976, and the sales guy was excited to see me and a friend going through the Neil Diamond albums.  His name wasn't on any of the albums, but he had been a studio musician (drummer) for one of the records and substituted/backed up the regular drum on one of the tours.

The first CD was done.  I went ahead and took care of putting everything back and leaving all clean, and when I switched the system back to television, "Seinfeld" had just started on the TBS channel.  Now that would have been fun to watch.

Here are today's numbers:




                         Miles             Calories                 Time                 RPM            Heart rate average
                          5.84                 183                       30:00                67                    127
                          3.77                 100                       22:15                62                     126


Feels like Saturday today.  Haven't the foggiest reason way.

And for what it's worth, I saw him in Portland in 1986.  Mom and Cathy took me to his concert for my birthday present.


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And each one there
Has one thing shared
They have sweated* beneath the same sun
Looked up in wonder at the same moon
And wept when it was all done
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done too soon

(I hear the word as "swam," which I still think is an improvement)

Not a day

Not a day

https://www.verywellfit.com/ways-to-prevent-overeating-4125851?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareurlbuttons

check the links at the bottom of the article, too.

Day 11: Olympic pre-viewing

As today is my day to run errands, go out with J., and get ready for Saturday (Saturday is a special day; it's the day we get ready for Sunday....), I decided to push my routine and got to the gym about 7:30 a.m. so I'd have plenty of time.

I did the first half hour on Heart Health, walked around for a minute or so, and then did Fat Burn for the second half hour.  It helped a lot having The Today Show on, and being the only one in the gym.  The coverage was on Korean Olympics, showing what to see, what to try out, and reminders that the opening ceremonies are tonight.  There was also a story about a school in the mid-West that had the Guinness Book of World Records for the most sets of twins in a school grade, a teen-age poet laureate, and in the outside crowd a high school group from Tooele, Utah (note to self: call Mom).

My knee caps were aching and I had sweat in my hair by the time I ended my gym time.

HH    5.86 miles,  184 calories, 30 minutes, 63 RPM, 125 heart rate
FB     5.37             146               30.45           65            116

Calorie total: 330; time, 1 hour

Day 10: Missing my gym bag

Not that there's anything of importance in it, and it might be in the car.

Anyway, I got 200+ calories burned in cycling for 40 minutes.

And I'm now past the 10% done mark on this go-around.
 

Update:  Found the gym bag!
 

Not a day

What Happens To Your Body When You Start Exercising Regularly,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBUjOY12gJA

Bummer:
  
The science is in: Exercise isn’t the best way to lose weight

As one commentator said: You can't outrun your fork.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXTiiz99p9o

 

Day 9: Nice payoff

The gym was empty this afternoon.  I lowered the blinds to block out the sun, and did the half hour heart health and then got off for a few minutes, almost a whole song ("Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 1" soundtrack was playing), and then got back on to do another half hour. 

Unfortunately, the playlist ended before I expected it to, almost halfway through my time.  When I tried to fast forward on the remote, I got the same "does not support" message.  I tried a different remote, then looked down at the cycle screen and saw the end of program message flash 14:something just before it shut off, so with the two cycle programs combined, I got my 200 calories in.

I did a very short set of reps with the ten pound free weights, and then walked over to Freddy's for bread and some other groceries, which turned out to be free, thanks to everyone putting points on my card! 

My body was very grateful for the workout.  Wish I could get my brain feeling the same.

5.58 miles,  155 calories   30 minutes   69 rpm   126 heart rate
  ?                  45                 14:?                ?              ?