Hard-Wired... or is it Hard-Weird?

I had to brow-beat myself onto the mat tonight. It was just Energy 2.0, but It still took me 45 minutes of pacing in the fitness room and 4 or 5 Motivational Monday videos to get me there. I did eventually get there, and I did the whole workout with very little in the way of modification (except for Lunges. I still end up having to take a knee half the time.) So, at least something good and productive happened today. Other than, my day was... ugh.

For starters, I had an appointment with my foot surgeon today. The callus he too off of my left for was pretty big. About the size of a cross-section of a golf ball. So, yeah, ow. The good news here is that I got to spend some time with Marissa, which I always enjoy. The bad news came later when we went grocery shopping later...

Here's where our problem lays. My wife love me too much to really deny me anything I ask for, That's a problem when I'm grocery shopping and hungry. Our shopping cart looked like it had been filled by al 11 year old with a hundred dollar bill. It was terrible.

Result: Diet was absolute shit today. I mean, really bad. Like, "I'm Little Debbie's little bitch" kinda bad.

At least I made it onto the mat. I did my workout. It's done. There's always tomorrow to do better on the diet. I just wasn't there today. Tht doesn't mean I won't be there tomorrow. 

Oh! One really cool thing. Shout out to my buddy Justin, who I ran into today. He told me he's been reading this blog. It's nice to know I'm not just talking to myself. Thanks Brother!

And the Beat Goes On, Dum-dee-dum-da-dum

I haven't had much to blog about lately. That's kind of a good thing. I've settled into a routine with my workouts for the last few week. Days off are few and far between. One thing to kind of toot my own horn about... I've started the Beginner workouts in DDPY. That means I'm no longer in the Rebuild series. I'm still having to modify my positions a bit, especially in the lunges, but I am definitely feeling the difference in my workouts. Even Stand Split has gotten easier. I need to look for some different workouts to do. The first few weeks of Beginner are pretty monotonous ...

Energy 2.0 as far as the eye can see.

There is one good thing about that. I've done the same workout times this week, and it gets a little easier every time. I'm even adding a handful of positions at the end, just for the hell of it. My next step is to set new goals for myself.

In other news, Happy Valentine's Day! We didn't really do anything for the holiday... we're too poor. Marissa got me a little gift bag with a bunch of sugar-free candies and a couple of frappacinos. I gave her a promise to get her a weighted blanket when we get paid. Why she puts up with me, I may never know. We did get a little peace and quiet after dinner though. Tamera went with a group of her friends to see Sonic The Hedgehog... A movie I can only muster a bit of morbid curiosity about. I'm just kinda curious about Jim Carrey's performance as Dr. Robotnik.

Confessions of a Grumpy Old Yogi or Namaste The Hell Off My Lawn

Today is the last day of my most recent 13 week cycle in DDPYoga and also my last day on Rebuild. A lot of progress has been made. None of it scale-related. It's all about the strength and flexibility with me, See, I started out doing Keto a year before I started DDPY. Lost a ton of weight. Got down to pretty much what I consider to be an idea weight for me (195 lbs.) The problem was that once the weight was off, I realized I had the muscles structure of a one-year old and that needed to change.

As far as research goes, there wasn't a lot of it. I was on Youtube, and I think what I typed into the search engine was "Exercises for people in particularly shitty condition" What came up? I'll give you 3 guesses, but you're only gonna need one.



Yes, that's Arthur Boorman. The Baltimore City Special Ed teacher who's video (edited by Steve Wu) has inspired millions. If you haven't seen this video before, click it, dumby! It'll be the best 5 minutes you spend all day. Trust me.
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I've Ben at this, on and off for over a years. Never have managed to get my diet under control again, but with as many restrictions as I already had on my diet (salt, phosphates, potassium, electrolytes, etc.) I'm still working on it and I'm getting there, with a bit of help from y wife.

The biggest change I have noticed in the last year is mu attitude. DDP does the whole "Own Your Life," "Be Positively Unstoppable," "Live life at 90% thing and I have applied a lot of these philosophies to y life. The guy is a real inspiration. I don't fly off the handle the way I used to. I actually look forward to my workouts every day... but tonight in the moment of truth. I'll be doing Synergy 40 around 7:30 or 8:00pm tonight, then later, at Midnight. The 13 year changeover happens and I will, for the first time, be progressing out of the Rebuild Series and Starting Beginner Beginner.

Am I nervous? Yes, Am I scare. More than a little.

Can I do This? Yes. Fuck yes I can!

 Time to own it.

The Point of a Day Off

That's actually a question, not a title. What is the point of a day off from DDPY? I took one, finally, after a 16 day stretch. and let me tell you, I regret it. I slept for the better part of 20 hours yesterday, thanks to dialysis and Ativan.

Result?

Woke up feeling like crap. All my joints were stiff. My back hurt. I had a headache. I basically felt like I used to feel when I woke up after a bender back in my 30s.

Needless to say, I won't be doing that crap again. Also, my diet yesterday consisted of.... nothing. I never actually stopped to eat anything. I just slept.

So, today looks to be a fun one. I've got Chair Warrior with Jake the Snake schedule for later today (likely, evening) and I have a trip to make to Wentzville to pick up my son while he gets his car fixed. There is a Winter STorm Warning in effect for the area today, so hopefully that doesn't hit while I'm out on the road.