Category: Health and Fitness
Exercise routines, Healthy eating, Mental wellness, Mindfulness practices, Fitness challenges, Lifestyle changes, etc.
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I seem to have used up all of my good decisions for the week already.
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Disclaimer: I haven’t read the book (Healing ADD by Daniel G. Amen, M.D.) or opened it The title stabs, vexes, unsettles me It reminds me of when Storm told Rogue, “They can’t cure us… Nothing’s wrong with you.”(X-Men: The Last Stand) Or later Dark Phoenix when the Professor told young Jean Grey “You’re not broken.”…
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I’m angry. Very, very angry. But I’m not violent. Today, I drove to South Carolina for a medical appointment that involved needles, lidocaine, epideral steroid, and a herniated vertibral disk. Don’t gasp. The steroid is a piece of cake in comparison to the radiofrequency ablation I used to get: 3 needles, 3 times as much…
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Wearing glasses is making my vision worse for when I’m not wearing my glasses. Today, I noticed in a hospital waiting room that I couldn’t bring into focus the people on a TV screen in the lobby. The TV was mounted on wall maybe 12ft away. That means that it’s gotten worse than just first…
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At the post office this morning, I saw a mother of 3. Oldest kid couldn’t be more than 7 or 8 (he used mailboxes to figure out “how much is 6 times 7” ). The mom was in great shape. Phenomenal calves with an infant strapped to her chest. I wondered to myself, ‘how am…
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Did some lifting this morning. It felt great.
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I’m willing to pay someone to meal prep lunch and dinner I’m not ashamed of that. It’s a matter of peace of mind. Thinking about what to eat stresses me the hell out. Right now, I want to lose a lot of weight — like 30-35 lbs. Being aware of that, I want to make…
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I want to talk about the anxiety following military retirement. I envision giving a speech or fascilitating an open discussion. I need to get the thoughts out. That’s my therapy: saying things out loud so they weigh less in my head. A couple of the main points could look like this: The connection between your…
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I hit the heavy bag today. Damn it felt good. I’m sore in the punching muscles. Feels stupendous.
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I had something good today, but I blew it and didn’t write while it was fresh. I was probably driving. I did workout today with weights. It was good. I felt like I expected to feel: out of gas, heavy, and sloppy. Weights have to come back into my routine moreso than cardio. I’m concerned…