Seven 9s and 10s

867-5309 - Arnold Schwarzenneger
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867-5309

Artist:
Arnold Schwarzenneger

Album:
Total Body Workout

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I will never not laugh at this compilation.

Arnold Schwarzenegger barking out workout orders over 867-5309.

WHO THE HELL CAN DO LUNGES THAT QUICKLY?

High-res I started tracking calories using LoseIt! on my iPod on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010.  I had weighed myself the day before, for the first time in years, and was shocked to see that I registered 160lbs.  Regardless of whether or not anyone else thinks that’s overweight, I was pretty disgusted; I had never been that heavy.  I installed LoseIt! that night and decided it was time to make a change.  The next morning I weighed myself again, naked, and registered at 155.  I configured LoseIt! with the goal of reaching 140lbs.  The app told me I’d reach that goal sometime in May.  For whatever reasons, I didn’t quite make it. Flash forward to June 24th.  I had completed 7 out of 9 weeks of the Couch to 5k program, and on this day I attempted to start the 8th week; just 5 minutes later I had given up and limped back home due to extreme pain in my left knee.  I tried running a few days later but the pain persisted.  To this day, I still have not been able to run without pain in that knee.  I still don’t know what caused the injury and the only thing I can think of is that Week 7 Day 3 was run on an all-weather track, while every other workout was done on the roads around my neighborhood, though I’m not sure how that would hurt me.  Regardless of the reason, I felt entirely defeated.  I wanted so desperately to complete that program.  I was losing weight and I was feeling healthier than I had in years.  I didn’t like running - at all - but I liked how I felt in general since I began the program. Now flash forward to today.  I had a busy day at work and didn’t get a chance to eat lunch.  I was absolutely starving, and I’ve learned that that is usually the best time to weigh myself - because obviously my body is pretty empty at that point.  So, before I made myself a meal, I stripped down to my underwear and stepped on the scale.  It flashed back at me “140.5.” Damn! So close! Not willing to give up, I peed, stripped naked, and then stepped up again. “139.5.” Victory! Sure, it’s not an entirely true reading because I’m starved and need to eat, etc. But that doesn’t matter to me. Right now, I’ve finally reached my goal.  Exactly 7 months since the day I started, I’ve lost the 15 pounds I set out to lose.  This feels great.  Now the challenge will be to try to do some targeted exercise to try to reduce and tone the areas that still bother me (chin/jowles/whatever that’s called, and my belly) and to maintain this weight.  I’m going on a little vacation this weekend (to Baltimore and D.C.) and so I’m going to slightly relax my calorie counting for a week just to see what kind of effect that has on my weight and then next weekend I’ll take stock and make a plan for the future. A lot of stuff in my life sucks, but I’m feeling pretty good right now.

I started tracking calories using LoseIt! on my iPod on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010.  I had weighed myself the day before, for the first time in years, and was shocked to see that I registered 160lbs.  Regardless of whether or not anyone else thinks that’s overweight, I was pretty disgusted; I had never been that heavy.  I installed LoseIt! that night and decided it was time to make a change.  The next morning I weighed myself again, naked, and registered at 155.  I configured LoseIt! with the goal of reaching 140lbs.  The app told me I’d reach that goal sometime in May.  For whatever reasons, I didn’t quite make it.

Flash forward to June 24th.  I had completed 7 out of 9 weeks of the Couch to 5k program, and on this day I attempted to start the 8th week; just 5 minutes later I had given up and limped back home due to extreme pain in my left knee.  I tried running a few days later but the pain persisted.  To this day, I still have not been able to run without pain in that knee.  I still don’t know what caused the injury and the only thing I can think of is that Week 7 Day 3 was run on an all-weather track, while every other workout was done on the roads around my neighborhood, though I’m not sure how that would hurt me.  Regardless of the reason, I felt entirely defeated.  I wanted so desperately to complete that program.  I was losing weight and I was feeling healthier than I had in years.  I didn’t like running - at all - but I liked how I felt in general since I began the program.

Now flash forward to today.  I had a busy day at work and didn’t get a chance to eat lunch.  I was absolutely starving, and I’ve learned that that is usually the best time to weigh myself - because obviously my body is pretty empty at that point.  So, before I made myself a meal, I stripped down to my underwear and stepped on the scale.  It flashed back at me “140.5.” Damn! So close!

Not willing to give up, I peed, stripped naked, and then stepped up again. “139.5.”

Victory!

Sure, it’s not an entirely true reading because I’m starved and need to eat, etc. But that doesn’t matter to me. Right now, I’ve finally reached my goal.  Exactly 7 months since the day I started, I’ve lost the 15 pounds I set out to lose.  This feels great.  Now the challenge will be to try to do some targeted exercise to try to reduce and tone the areas that still bother me (chin/jowles/whatever that’s called, and my belly) and to maintain this weight.  I’m going on a little vacation this weekend (to Baltimore and D.C.) and so I’m going to slightly relax my calorie counting for a week just to see what kind of effect that has on my weight and then next weekend I’ll take stock and make a plan for the future.

A lot of stuff in my life sucks, but I’m feeling pretty good right now.

Thanks for all your advice.

I spent about twice as much as I wanted to for running shoes and inserts ($141 total), but hopefully it pays me back with less pain in my shins in the coming weeks.

The fitting experience at Fleet Feet Rochester was like stepping into my own personal hell. Bare feet. Communal socks. HLUEH!  The store itself and the sales staff were totally great, but for someone who hates feet as much as I do, it was very difficult for me to be asked to take my socks off and stick my foot into a foot-sizer that thousands of other feet have touched before, and then slip into a (hopefully-clean?) pair of used running socks that was pulled out of a basket.

But anyway.  My feet totally stumped the guy.  The initial test with a pair of neutral New Balances indicated extremely-slight over-pronation.  He fitted me into a pair of Sauconys with gentle support, but the new video showed they actually made things worse, and I could tell because after just 30 seconds on the treadmill, my shins were in pain.  So then he put me into a pair of Mizunos with more support but they were not comfortable to me.  Next up was a pair from Brooks that felt pretty good and then a pair of Asics that also felt pretty good.  I had a hard time noticing a difference so I went brand-loyal and chose the Asics (because that’s what I’ve been using).

We settled on these Asics GT-2150:

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Then we slipped in these Superfeet Green Inserts and they helped reduce the pain I generally feel in my shins, so I got them too.

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I’ll probably give them their first road test later tonight, after it cools down a bit.

Thanks again for the tips.  I’ll split up my therapy bill between the lot of you.  Look for it in the mail.