Let's try again...
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So, feeling restless tonight and having had too much to eat and/or drink at dinner, decided to check out the "cardio gym" at this joint. I also still haven't punched out that nard yet and thought some physical activity might assist.<br />
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Effectively, cardio gym works out to be an air conditioned room with two TVs, a rower (concept 2, natch), cross trainer, two treadmills, and two bikes (upright). I've seen worse at better rated accommodation.<br />
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Given my personal distaste for treadmills I decided to have a go at my first ever 5km row. I paced myself, not knowing what to expect in terms of physical pain. The screen was all weird with a pace boat or some crap, but I just kept hitting buttons until something with time and distance appeared. It also had calories per hour which I tried to keep above 1000.<br />
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After the first km I tried to settle into a steady rhythm with maximum stroke length. <br />
After two km I had to break for hydration - that would be the cans of bourbon and coke coming back to haunt me. <br />
After three and four km I also stopped for sippage but had to get cracking when the screen went off. <br />
The last 500m I busted pretty hard and managed to get there in decent time for me.<br />
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Total time 19:39 - I was assuming for under 20 minutes, given I can do a 500m under 1:40 if I try hard enough. Shoulders are going to hurt tomorrow.<br />
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After that I thought I'd take 5 km on the treadmill at steady pace but was too knackered from the row and all the walking around Dreamworld today. So I did 1km instead and then some cat voms and stretching.<br />
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Right now I'm sitting on the balcony of our digs, nekkid in the dark, cooling down with a bottle of water. Reckon a couple more of these and I'll show that turd who's boss. -
5 km run this morning in 28:20 which was bad, but I felt like crap.<br />
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This health issue has turned out to be an abscess, so I'm on antibiotics. Doesn't look like the antibiotics are doing the trick, so this one will need lancing. Ugh.<br />
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Abscess turned into a clot. Exercising now profoundly uncomfortable in any form, as is anything in general (including breathing). Went back to see the doc, who lanced it and then said I'd better go see a surgeon. Fuck.<br />
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Just changed the dressing and its bleeding like a mofo. Hopefully the incision heals over the next 24 hours... Weight loss regime planned for post-holiday is pretty much fucked if I have to go under the knife again. -
ugh! shit bro I hope you get that sorted and are back to full health asap! I got the heeby jeebies as soon as I read 'Lanced'!
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Let this be a lesson to the rest of you - it's something you never want, and was due to my earlier life as a fat, sedentary, prick.<br />
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Anyway, despite that, the lack of exercise, the drug-induced constipation, holiday eating and alcohol intake, I thought I should weigh in and keep it rolling officially:<br />
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Today: 94.0kg, Chest 109, Waist 97, Hips 102<br />
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Today: 95.4, Chest 109, Waist 99, Hips 103.<br />
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Ugh. The weight and waist measurements indicate just how constipated I am, so the goal for this week will just be to get the digestive system working again properly. Any exercise is a bonus. -
jeez thats rough....I somehow got blood poisoning through a tiny scratch on my finger many years ago, it swelled up like nothing I've ever seen, when it was lanced, the wound sitting open like that, you wonder how there could be what at the time was a wound about an inch deep on the second bone of my middle finger, Dr said if I had waited another 24 hours, I probably woulda lost the finger!<br />
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Fluids mate, keep them up to help cleanse your system of the toxins! -
Ive had blood poisoning a couple times through cellulitis from small cuts etc. Had a bad run of it when i worked in a sawmill down in Motueka. Its bloody aweful.<br />
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Mate, that's rough! Just double down on your food and fluids and you'll keep the weight off. I'd be surprised if you much of an appetite anyway!<br />
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Weird day. Bummed around all morning, shops in the afternoon, then decided to go for a walk as exercise seeing as how I've done nothing since Friday's diagnosis. I am planning a hike in a few weeks so decided to get the hiking boots and pants out to start acclimatising again after a summer in fivefingers and shorts. Had to take the rain jacket too as it was sprinkling.<br />
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6 km in 53:48. At about the 5 km mark I started to get spots in my vision - I'm a migraine sufferer so this means aura and that usually means pain. I'm about 4 km from home at this point, and within half an hour of some serious head pain based on past experience.<br />
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Ran 1.4 km in 7:52 but couldn't sustain it with the hiking gear on.<br />
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Walked the last 2 km in 17:15 and had a cold shower when I got home, followed by a litre of water and a couple of hours' sleep. Woke up, ate dinner leftovers, and settled into watch a couple of episodes of "The Man Who Cycled The Americas". Scottish people aren't right in the head.<br />
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Interestingly, it was not as harsh a migraine as I'm used to. Maybe the exercise held off the worst of it. -
NTA, caught up with the folks yesterday and Mum (who gets bad migraines) was talking about recent studies that have shown foliate assists with reduction of frequency and severity of migraines. Could be worth a Google??
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[url="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vitamin-b-and-folate-supplements-may-cure-migraine-study/1062465"]http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vitamin-b-and-folate-supplements-may-cure-migraine-study/1062465[/url]<br />
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I know that migraines are nasty bastards, anything that can help is good in my books! -
Have you tried Maxalt? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizatriptan<br />
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I find if I take one of these at the aura stage it stays as a dull headache instead of progressing to a migraine. -
Kirwan - have not tried that one so will give it a look. The other off the shelf medications are pretty ineffective I must say, but I've used some prescription pain killers to knock myself out. All the medications basically stuff me for the next 24 hours while my Braun gets over it.<br />
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That is interesting. I might start upping the intake and see if that helps -
Just remembered - mum asked the chemist and apparently some multivitamins have quite a bit of foliate - no need to go for that super expensive pre-pregnancy stuff!!
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So despite being busted at both ends, I'm feeling itchy for activity. But pissing rain outside so had to make good in a promise to Mrs TA regarding new seal for the bath so did that (I am not handy) then after lunch edited some holiday video. While that was exporting, I thought I'd have another crack at the circuit below, doing all the setup before I started.<br />
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5 chin ups<br />
50kg military x 5 into shrug x 5 into deadlift x 5 into bent row x 5<br />
14kg hammer curl x 5 into bicep curl x 5<br />
20 pushups<br />
5 pull ups<br />
20 squats<br />
20 lunges left then right<br />
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Circuit 1 - 10:45 including setup as I went. 30 second break<br />
Circuit 2 - 8:05. Minute break<br />
Circuit 3 - 9:40 - had to assist with feet on pull ups 3 and 4
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Circuit 1: 6:13. Minute break<br />
Circuit 2: 8:02. Two minute break. Head starting to pound here.<br />
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Karate tonight, followed by a bit of zen shit at home. Positions to help keep the knees working mainly, including stone (child pose to some) and Buddha. Clears the mind and I'm feeling a lot more positive about getting back into the exercise.<br />
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Booked in to see the surgeon on the 11th. Hopefully he recommends minimally- or non-invasive - he's a specialist in the area so I'm hoping things will go better than the last Muppet who was a general surgeon. I look forward to putting this all behind me, pardon the pun...<br />
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And hopefully, despite some pressure at work, I get Friday week off to go hiking the high country. Boss made some noise about work load with others being on leave, but fuck that noise. I'm going to be a happy little Vegemite and with hard work make sure I get what I want. -
Had a sneaky weigh-in this morning - 92.7kg, and I didn't even take a dump to do it <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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While I have been doing a bit of exercise, my eating discipline has been really good this week bar 1 choc chip cookie and a few marshmallows. Gut is basically back to normal after the holiday, and I don't miss the alcohol and mixers one bit.<br />
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Problem is due to the health problems I'm not sleeping very well. Fortunately I'm fit enough to deal with it at present, but not sure how long I can go on with it.<br />
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Mate at work wants to go for a lunch run tomorrow - 5km which should be interesting in the afternoon heat. Might do gym in the morning to give myself an excuse <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
