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Day 25 – Week 4 Day 4: Up 7lbs, Up 1.0in (Up 2lbs & 0.0in To Date) – Uncertainty

Posted in Diets, General Comments, Health, ITF, Running, Walking, tagged 2023 Day 25 (374), 2023 Week 4 - Day 4 (374), Arm Rash, Beats Per Minute, Benadryl, Bloat, BMR, BPM, Cystoscopy, Diet, Fluid Retention, General Comments, Gout, Health, Heart Rate, HR, ITF, Moral Victory, Niko Niko, Shiva, Slow jogging, Swamp Juice, Urgent Care on September 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I apologize in advance for the length of this post… If you’re not particularly interested in my thoughts on my current diet, please feel free to skip this post…

It’s the late afternoon / early evening of Day 25 of my current diet. A consecutive large bounce – up 7lbs! That makes 17lbs total in two consecutive days. As usual, just to be sure, I stepped off the scale and then back on. Same result. Again, both feet were swollen when I got up. At this point, I really have no idea what’s going on…

Diet: (Same as yesterday…) I woke up this morning feeling heavy and thick – from my lats all the way down to my feet. I bit the bullet and took the water pill today. …The first time in 25 days. I had about 35ozs of coffee today.

The rash on both my arms about four inches on either side of my elbows on the outside is still there. It didn’t bother me until early afternoon (itchy). Then it just stopped itching about 4pm. The “plateau” areas seem to be getting smaller, but the bumps still seem pronounced. I didn’t need Benadryl today.

I felt like I had a good night’s sleep. I am recovered from the Cystoscopy. No pain. No tint of blood.

I had a bowl of corn flakes for breakfast, a moderate salad for lunch (about 1:30pm) and I’m expecting we’ll have fish for dinner (later).

Shiva’s walk: pulse avg 109bpm, max 133bpm for the dog walk; 16:28min walk. Short dog walk; around the corner to the intersection and then home. Compared to yesterday, the dog walk was painless for me. Shiva was struggling. It’s been a few days since she’s had a rough time of it. Shiva stumbled a couple of times and has taken to throwing her right rear leg forward, instead of walking and pushing off of it like normal.

Personal laps: no morning laps. Just not feeling “right” and I didn’t want to push through it. I may go out for an evening walk.

Evening Jog / “Niko Niko”: none today (so far). If I do go out later, I’ll have to decide whether to jog or walk.

Health: No morning phlegm. Nine pounds weight gain today and 1in increase to my waist size (at the “muffin” top). Lots of morning foot bloat. My feet don’t hurt very much when I’m on my feet and walking. The bloat in my lats went away during the late morning / early afternoon.

Day 25: Day 4 of Week 4 – weight 374lbs (up 7lbs, up 2lbs total); today’s (muffin) waist 59 inches (up 1.0in, same as initial measurement 0.0in total). So much for my “moral victory”. At the end of twenty-five(25) days, I’m two(2) pounds heavier and no change in my waist size. The “only” good news is that “something” has moved “somewhere” as my pants are still a little bit looser on my thighs. Oh well, another day…

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Click here (13 September) to see the posts of prior years. I started this blog in late 2009. Daily posting began in late January 2011. Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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Day 24 – Week 4 Day 3: Up 10lbs, N/C 1.0in (Down 5lbs & 1.0in To Date) – Bloat Gain

Posted in Diets, General Comments, Health, ITF, Juice/Blend Fasting, Walking, tagged 2023 Day 24 (367), 2023 Week 4 - Day 3 (367), Arm Rash, Beats Per Minute, Benadryl, Bloat, BMR, BPM, Cystoscopy, Diet, Fasting, Fluid Retention, General Comments, Gout, Health, Heart Rate, HR, Images, ITF, Juicing, Moral Victory, Niko Niko, Shiva, Slow jogging, Swamp Juice, Urgent Care on September 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I apologize in advance for the length of this post… If you’re not particularly interested in my thoughts on my current diet, please feel free to skip this post…

It’s the night of Day 24 of my current diet. Large bounce – up 10lbs! Just to be sure, I stepped off the scale and then back on. Same result. Both feet were swollen when I got up. It doesn’t feel like gout because it’s in both feet and mine gout is almost always concentrated in just my left foot. I don’t know if it’s “simple” fluid retention related to my heart / obesity, something more complicated related to the Cystoscopy or another symptom of whatever is going on with the rash on my two arms…

Diet: I woke up this morning feeling heavy and thick – from my lats all the way down to my feet. I felt like my feet needed clown shoes. I skipped the water pill again today, because we were due for our monthly trip to Costco for bulk food shopping. (24 Days on the run.) No coffee today.

The rash on both my arms about four inches on either side of my elbows on the outside is still there. It bothered me all day (itchy), but it didn’t get worse while we were out in the sun (shopping).

I had a good night’s sleep I am recovering from the Cystoscopy. It is still pretty painful to pass fluid, but not nearly as bad as yesterday. (Thank the Lord!)

Because we were going out, I only had water while taking my morning pills. I had a big salad for lunch (about 3pm) and then steak, fried bell peppers and onions, and white rice for dinner at 5:30pm. I finished dinner just within my 6pm window.

Shiva’s walk: pulse avg 108bpm, max 123bpm for the dog walk; 17:37min walk. Short dog walk; around the corner to the intersection and then home. Compared to yesterday, the dog walk was almost painless.

Personal laps: pulse avg 128bpm, max 154bpm for the laps; 2.73mi.; 59:27min walk. Both average and max were among the highest since starting the six(6) laps. No light-headedness or dizziness. My body feels “heavy” today. Not fat, just heavy (and sore). A little chest discomfort and a little shortness of breath.

Evening Jog / “Niko Niko”: none today.

Health: No morning phlegm. Ten pounds weight gain today, but no increase to my waist size (at the “muffin” top). Lots of morning foot bloat. My feet don’t hurt very much when I’m on my feet and walking. The bloat in my lats went away during my laps, but my fingertips were almost blue (without feeling bloated). I was constantly flexing my hands to get the circulation moving.

Day 24: Day 3 of Week 4 – weight 367lbs (up 10lbs, down 5lbs total); today’s (muffin) waist 58 inches (N/C 0.0in, down 1.0in total). The “only” good news is a 1lb weight loss per week is the ideal rate of loss for maintaining one’s BMR. That’s what’s called a “moral victory” if ever there was one.

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Click here (12 September) to see the posts of prior years. I started this blog in late 2009. Daily posting began in late January 2011. Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.

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Day 23 – Week 4 Day 2: Up 2lbs, Up 1.0in (Down 15lbs & 1.0in To Date) – Small Bounce

Posted in Diets, General Comments, Health, ITF, Juice/Blend Fasting, Pictures, Running, Walking, tagged 2023 Day 23 (357), 2023 Week 4-Day 2 (357), Arm Rash, Beats Per Minute, Benadryl, Bloat, BPM, Cystoscopy, Diet, Fasting, Fluid Retention, General Comments, Gout, Health, Heart Rate, HR, Images, ITF, Juicing, Niko Niko, Pictures of Me, Shiva, Slow jogging, Swamp Juice, Urgent Care, Urologist on September 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I apologize in advance for the length of this post… If you’re not particularly interested in my thoughts on my current diet, please feel free to skip this post…

It’s the night of Day 23 of my current diet. Small bounce – up 2lbs! Just to be sure, I stepped off the scale and then back on. Same result. This still doesn’t mean yesterday’s big drop was anything but fluid loss, but it felt good to “see” a small add after a big drop. Anyway, again, this morning there is no gout pain in my left foot (but the “hump” is definitely back). Now, I should add there was pain in both feet (and legs and lower back), but this is from the evening jogs (I believe).

Diet: I woke up this morning feeling thin for the first time in several days. I skipped the water pill again today. (23 Days on the run.) I had about 30ozs of coffee yesterday and a similar amount today.

The rash on both my arms about four inches on either side of my elbows on the outside is still there. It was a mild bother to me all day, so I ended up putting on Benadryl twice (morning and afternoon). The bumps are still there, but the raised plateau is going down (slowly). I didn’t go to “Urgent Care”. Too tired and just couldn’t be bothered.

I had a so-so night’s sleep. Noise woke me about 5:30am from a truck delivery to the school (across the street) and I just stayed awake. I had a Cystoscopy at 8:00am, so I decided to just get up (about 6am).

I had juice / blend through most of the day, a big salad for lunch (about 2pm) and then broiled pork, peas and carrots, and twice cooked potatoes for dinner at 5:30pm. I finished dinner just within my 6pm window.

Shiva’s walk: pulse avg 75bpm, max 83bpm for the dog walk; 12:54min walk. Short dog walk; around the corner to the intersection and then home. I made it, but it was slow and painful.

Personal laps: no laps or jogging today. My insides are too painful. The first two hours it was hard to stand or sit, let alone move.

Evening Jog / “Niko Niko”: none today.

Health: No morning phlegm. Two pounds weight gain today, and 1in increase to my waist size (at the “muffin” top). Lots of morning and sitting foot pain. My feet don’t hurt very much when I’m on my feet and walking.

Day 23: Day 2 of Week 4 – weight 357lbs (up 2lbs, down 15lbs total); today’s (muffin) waist 58 inches (up 1.0in, down 1.0in total). As stated above, it was nice to only have a small rebound (gain) today.

Here’s the images from the start of the juice / blend fast, a week ago, and today…

Click here (11 September) to see the posts of prior years. I started this blog in late 2009. Daily posting began in late January 2011. Not all of the days in the early years (2009-2010) will have posts.