Cord's Quest

Cord,

Good to see you back home and all safe and sound.

I will tell you I am not looking forward to the holidays this year other than I get to see all my family.

I am going to do my best to eat good, one nice thing for me is I have never been much of a sweet eater thank God.

I wish the gym we go to had a pool, we could join the YMCA here and save some money and have a pool but I would not trade that for the 24 hr access and the small crowds we have at our gym.
 
I just finished with a bad cold, and yes it is sooo hard to keep focused when you can barely stay awake...Im sorry to hear ya feel so crappy, but hopefully it will pass through fast. :) **Handing Cord some tissues**
 
Hey Cord, I had one of those bad eatig experiences too, witht he expected results of course. Should all go away soon I'm hoping, no stress. Hows the ankle? Mine's giving me fits still, Orthopedic on Monday. Hoping for something definitive so that some resolution will happen.
 
Karl, how's it going man?

The ankle is still a problem, yeah. It's been almost a month and it is still a bit swollen. I had my second physio appointment yesterday and it looks like I have a lot of work ahead of me - not just the sprain, but with my whole balance/stability/gait etc. I'm going to pick up some generic orthotics for my everyday shoes, and I have a bunch of different exercises to do. Hoping it all goes well.

Sorry your ankle is still bugging you - I thought it was getting better?

Getting back into things and dropping the thanksgiving weight will be a task, but I'm up for it. Trying to eat better again, and back in the pool and gym. last night I hit the heavy bag for 45 minutes, at slightly lower than normal intensity - mainly due to the 80's mix I was listening to - but put more force into it to compensate a bit.

Finishing my second midnight shift this morning. Shifts are a bit wacky this week - tomorrow I work the day shift, then switch to three evenings. Really going to throw my sleep out of whack, especially since I didn't get to sleep at all yesterday, as I had to go to physio after my night shift.

Take it easy.
 
hey cord, letting you know i am alive. I'm still following you, so no worries. maybe i'll get back into posting in the journal soon. who knows. i'm enjoying not posting though lol.
 
Quick update while breakfast is cooking:

Yesterday went not too bad. Didn't eat much, but also wasn't awake all that long - 3pm to midnight.

Took a 40 minute walk with family, did my ankle exercises, and then did 45 minutes on the nordictrack.

Wanted to go to the gym but forgot that they close early on Friday. Oops.

Checked my weight today and I am down to 252 - almost back to my pre-Thanksgiving weight.

Now it is breakfast and off to work. Peace out, fellow babies.
 
Managed to get to the gym this evening.

I thought I'd try to ramp up the weight a little, and see if that can help me break through my lifting plateaus. I think maybe I have been coasting for too long, not increasing the load until the current load becomes 'easy' - which it isn't.

Warmup - stretching, stability/ankle exercises, 5 min elliptical

Bench Press: 40lb 1x5, 140lbs 2x5, 130lbs 2x5, 1x4, 110lbs 1x5
Squats: 40lbs 1x5, 110lbs 1x5, 180lbs 5x5
DB Shoulder Press: 40lbs (L&R) 2x5, 35lbs 2x5, 30lbs 1x5
Inverted Rows: 9/5/4/5/4
Pullovers: 70lbs 5x5
DB bent-over rows: 55lbs (L&R) 5x5
Seated Rows: 150lbs 5x5

Cooldown: 5 min elliptical and more stability/ankle exercises

Had planned on a can of tomato soup for dinner, but got home to find my lovely wife had made sushi - vegetable maki. What a nice surprise!
 
Trying to get back into a food and workout groove - with mixed results.

Went swimming today, and cranked it back up to 1500 metres, which felt awesome although I was wiped afterwards. Might have something to do with still being sore from weightlifting yesterday evening.

I am trying to sign up for a 1.5 hour training session with some olympic coaches that will be here next Sunday. Hoping they will be able to teach me how to actually swim, as opposed to my Spastic Water Buffalo technique.
Unfortunately, I am scheduled to work that morning. Have to figure a way out of work so that I can go. The session is only $25.

Food has been more difficult. Went out for lunch with the family and I had a ham, egg and cheese sandwich with hash browns. Supper is going to be a salad, fruit and some nuts as a result.
 
That's sounds really neat! How'd you hear about that? duh...obviously at the pool? :blush5:

Any plans to go to the Olympics in Van? I'd like to go, dad thought about going skiing at Whistler at that time, although it'd be bloody packed.

Do you ski or snowboard, Cord?

Now he's thinking more along the lines of Miami for the Boat show. ​
 
Hey, sweetie.

No, I'll be avoiding the Olympics like the plague.

I don't do any downhill, but I tried cross-country skiing once last winter, and really liked it. I hope to do a fair bit of it this winter.

Downhill doesn't interest me, but for some reason snowboarding looks appealing. Maybe when I am in better shape - although I hear the injury rate is pretty high.

Miami- Boat Show - now that's more my speed. I love being on the water.
 
Yea the wrists. Snowboarding...just remember to wear some good safety gear. Extra padding for your tush too. Knee pads.

I've been skiing since I was 3, almost got my year one instructors at 18, but didn't happen. I find it exhilarting (sp?) Live N Learn.

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Hey Misssster, what you doin? How was swimming was that today, yesterday maybe? I forget. My bad.:willy_nilly:

TTYLaterzz​
 
I'm off-track again, but going back today.

And really, only off-track in that I didn't work out at all yesterday, unless you count washing 5 racks worth of dishes a workout.

My daughter stayed home sick yesterday with a fever, and neither my wife nor I were feeling great either. I took the day off sick as well.

I ate too much salt and sugar.
Breakfast was steelcut oats w/hemp seeds and agave nectar.

Lunch was a can of tomato soup with an entire tube of saltines. Tomato soup is a comfort food of mine, one I often eat when not feeling well. The problem is that, ever since I was a kid, I have crushed crackers into it. A lot of crackers.
Saltines are, of course stupid high in sodium, and are fairly empty calories and fat.

Somewhere during the day I had an orange, and a carrot. And a handful of chocolate chips.

Supper was a fantastic wild sockeye fillet that I baked with butter,lime juice and fresh minced ginger. Fantastic. Had it with brown rice and steamed broccoli. Broccoli with salmon is sort of a tradition around our house.

Late in the evening I had a large amount of dry cereal, and some milk.

I think the cereal would have been okay without the crackers, and vice versa. Together they undoubtedly put me way over budget (although I didn't count).

Exercise was none. Zip. Zero. Nada. Not a sausage. Bugger all. I could pretend that it was my regular day off from exercise, but the truth is I just didn't want to.

I don't know if I'm going to let my daughter go back to school today, but if so I am going straight to the gym after I drop her off. If not I am going even sooner.

Edit: change of plans. My wife has stuff to do this morning so I will stay home and take care of our daughter until she gets back, and then go to the gym.
 
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Depressed.

I've been doing this for a while, and I try to stay positive and keep working at it no matter what.

Right now isn't one of those times.

I'm stalled on my progress, both in terms of weight and physical capability. I'm eating suboptimally, I'm exercising erratically, and I am this close to chucking it all and walking away.

I just told my wife that I want a pizza and a slurpee, but even just saying it made me feel ill. :)

I'm not normally the type to come here and whine, but here I am, whining nonetheless.

Maybe I need someone to come and pick me up. Or kick me in the ass. Or both.

Maybe I just need to get to the gym. It always makes me feel better.

Sorry about this post - just need to get it out.
 
cord, why are you thinking baout throwing it away. why come this far to just not care, because you aren't where you want to be. i've said it before and i'll say it again. Life happens. Just deal and move on. you go through a rut and you dig out off it. I don't care if you take two steps back as long as you take four steps forward when you catch yourself. in the end you're still making progress. Stop being a victim to yourself. if you want pizza have pizza. it shouldn't have to be that big of a deal. you aren't a slave to what you eat. You'll probably just have a couple slices and get full anyway. stop being so hard on yourself for no reason. You are better than this. I don't regret any time I've indulged. Some time i wish i would have indulged more. Don't be afraid to eat what you like. Just make sure you treat yourself to it, and by treat i mean set goal or time it out so you aren't dependent on it. You've to many followers to give up now. You go through this and pull yourself together, and everyone respects you for it. Its time you regroup now cord. Get to it!
 
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