Alligatorob's Diary

Just did my 40 laps, probably more I lost count several times and had to go back to the lowest number I was sure of. Something I noticed today is my breathing is getting easier on the ride. I did not start huffing and puffing (mouth open) until lap 8, when I started riding I was puffing on the first lap. Even at the end of the 40 I know I was breathing easier than I did a while back. It all felt good.
 
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Breathing easier is a sure sign that you are getting fitter. Good for you, Rob!
 
It was a good day, ate well and I feel good.

I spent a lot of the evening purging clothes, and digging out long stored smaller things that better fit me. I do need to get a sportscoat, all my suits and coats are too be to even be cut down, just way to big. My waste has gone from 62 to 48 or 50, I did not realize how much it had shrunk, still too big, but a lot smaller. I have been wearing baggy clothes around home without noticing much, but the trip this week and my effort to find business clothes that were not way to big helped me see how much my body has shrunk. Before I started this diet most of my clothes were 5 xl and 6 xl, now I can wear 2 xl and 3 xl just fine. I did keep one old belt as a reminder, but may need to get a new one. The Goodwill folks should be happy.
Cate said:
Breathing easier is a sure sign that you are getting fitter. Good for you, Rob!
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Thanks Cate, of course it is but it had not occurred to me. I have trouble seeing myself as fit at all. I'm no Charles Atlas, but I am fitter than I have been in a while.

Thursday

breakfast yogurt 80
cereal - grapenuts 110
4 huge grapes 34

snack
20 frozen cherries 86

lunch
sardines 180

dinner
spaghetti squash 62
tomato sauce 105
chicken 205

snack
beer 156
4 large grapes 34

total calories 1,052

1052 was exactly 1,000 years before I was born, an amazing coincidence. Philip I, the Amorous King of the Franks was born that year. Apparently his nickname comes from the Greek Philippos, meaning lover of horses, not what I first imagined.

The feeling Olga gets from Angel Number 1052 is hateful, alienated, and annoyance.

Olga says that the purpose of Angel Number 1052 is what the angels want you to do with its meaning. The purpose of Angel Number 1052 is summarized in these words: Instruct, Systematize, and Stick.
 
I love what you're doing, Rob. It's great that you're seeing improvements in your heart and lungs. May be interesting to see what your heart rate is at rest, during exercise, and with various activity throughout the day. Congrats on the 2 pounds loss this week!
 
Just did my 40+ laps, lost track again a few times and stuck to my rule of restarting at the last number I can be sure of so I know it was more. Normally 40 laps take me about 38 min, today I was riding for 48 min, and going no slower. I guess the exact count doesn't matter its doing it that matters. Rob, I have been looking into a heartbeat monitor, will probably get one soon.

Thanks all, Petal, yes purgeing clothing can be a hard decision to make, but when you do it you'll feel good. Yes LaMa, its a purge without a binge! Amy, I probably won't get a new suit, a sportscoat should serve me for now. The suit will have to wait until I need one.
 
A nice tweedy sports jacket, with those nifty inside top pockets? (Envy! Men get such super pocketage!) Whatever it is, you'll look pretty cool!
 
It was a good day, ate well and I feel good.

Friday

breakfast
yogurt 80
cereal - grapenuts 110
peach juice 114

lunch
sardines 180
8 huge grapes 68

dinner spaghetti squash 62
cheese 122
chicken 205
8 huge grapes 68

snack pretzels 90

total calories 1,099

1099 was the year the Crusaders took Jerusalem and began pillaging and slaughtering of Jews, Muslims, and even some Christians living there. I have been trying to avoid talking much about historic violence here, but this seems like a particularly important one. And I am running out of interesting less violent history to report.
 
Yeah the news is sometimes horrifying enough to make you want to give up on humanity but then you look at history and decide maybe there's progress after all. We still do gruesome things but they aren't seen as "normal" as much anymore.
 
And sometimes it’s just like history repeats itself. Hard to avoid violence at time . Lovely food Rob . Have you ever compared what you eat now to back when you started . It’s such a difference .
 
alligatorob said:
My waste has gone from 62 to 48 or 50, I did not realize how much it had shrunk, still too big, but a lot smaller. I have been wearing baggy clothes around home without noticing much, but the trip this week and my effort to find business clothes that were not way to big helped me see how much my body has shrunk. Before I started this diet most of my clothes were 5 xl and 6 xl, now I can wear 2 xl and 3 xl just fine. I did keep one old belt as a reminder, but may need to get a new one. The Goodwill folks should be happy
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excellent work Rob. It’s great to see results isn’t it!

mom honestly I’m awe of how well you’ve done. It’s the clothes you don’t wear too often that really make it all sink in.
Good work!
 
It was a great day! LSU beat Alabama!!! I am an LSU (Louisiana State University) graduate, and the only sports team I follow is the LSU football (American) team. LSU is a very good team, but most years Alabama is better, over the past 50 years Alabama has been consistently the best football team in the US. Alabama has ended the season #1 17 times since 1925, LSU has been #1 8 times since 1908, though a few of those years were disputed. That is out of hundreds of college teams. LSU plays Alabama every year, its a big rivalry, but most years Alabama wins. One of my early memories was sitting in the car with my father listening to LSU win the 1958 national championship. Back then college football was only on the radio and the closest radio station that carried the game was WWL in New Orleans, we were in Florida and the only radio we had that got WWL was in the car. Great memory! Both LSU and Alabama went into the game undefeated, LSU has a very good chance at staying undefeated and taking the championship this year.

Enough non diet related talk. I ate well today, no bike ride but like most Saturdays I was pretty busy with errands and work around the house, so I got exercise. I guess weekends are going to be my biking days off. I did get to the Men's shop and got a sportscoat, size 50, the one I gave to Goodwill was a 62, and I remember it being tight!

Saturday

breakfast
yogurt 80
cereal - grapenuts 130
lunch
spaghetti squash 62
cheese 121
8 huge grapes 68

snack beer 156
dinner spaghetti squash 62
tomato sauce 70
cheese 44
pork 150
cracker 30

snack
small whiskey 75
cheese and crackers 125
one (popcorn flavored) jelly bean 4

total calories 1,177

In 1177 Pope Alexander III sent a letter to Prester John. Prester John is an interesting story, he was a legendary Christian King who was supposed to rule over a Christian country somewhere far to the east of Western Christianity, somewhere in India, China or maybe even Africa. One story has him as a descendant of the Three Magi, ruling a kingdom full of riches, marvels, and strange creatures. Despite reports of supposed travelers and letters of dubious origin neither Prester John, nor his Kingdom ever existed. But for several hundred years a lot of people believed in him.
 
Congratulations on your team winning! I don´t watch sports but I can enjoy seeing the emotions that go with it in other people. Going from a tight size 62 to a well-fitting size 50 in less than a year is incredible. Pope Alexander III didn´t have an easy time of it, what with an anti-pope getting support from Barbarossa and probably quite a few European countries over him, so maybe he enjoyed indulging in a bit of fantasy.
 
Did my 40 laps, and then 2 more, a double lagniappe for LSU's big win.

I am still excited about yesterday's game, it lived up to it's billing, the game of the century. In the end it may be the game that decided the championship for LSU. Of course LSU still has a few more to win, but Alabama was the big one.

Petal, you read my mind, I did find the least, but decent, I could. Still men's jackets in my size, even the new one, are more expensive; with tax and all it cost me about $180.
 
That´s a lot of money. It seems that in men´s clothing there´s less "fast food level" clothing (stuff you can get cheap but won´t look good long). Which is excellent for the environment but bad for the budget of folks with changing weights.
 
I was a good day, ate well and I feel good. I got real busy and just forgot lunch, rare for me.

Sunday

breakfast
yogurt 80
cereal - grapenuts 110

lunch - none, I forgot

dinner - went out to a Mexican place, I had the Topopo salad, calories are a WAG
chicken 400
lettuce 25
cheese 44
avocado 59
very small amount of refried beans 92
4 tortilla chips 31
beer 156

snack
cheese and crackers 133

total calories 1,130

Ji Gong aka Li Xiuyuan and known as Chan Master Daoji was born in 1130, he was an eccentric and unusual Buddhist monk. He reportedly possessed supernatural powers, he used to help the poor and stand up to injustice. He was also known for his wild and eccentric behavior, and also for violating Buddhist monastic rules by consuming alcohol and meat. By the time of his death, Ji Gong had become a folk hero in Chinese culture and minor deity in Chinese folk religion. Ultimately he was expelled from the monastery and spent his last years wandering the streets helping people when and where ever he could. In the end we still know his name, and he is still recognized as an important Buddhist monk, those who expelled him are long forgotten.
 
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