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A Brief Explanation

Here's the short story. I've neglected my health for nearly a decade. I'm using this Weblog to document my efforts toward better fitness. Here's the opening post, which pretty much explains it all. I've taken as my motto the words of Dr. George Sheehan. "First, be a good animal."

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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Baseline

238 pounds

bp: 139/80

pulse: 61

prescription, an 81 aspirin and 3 replenex this morning

breakfast: 1/2 cup all bran with 1 teaspoon of raw sugar and 1/2 cup of 1% milk, 1 small banana, 1 cup of coffee with sugar and creamer

lunch: 1 slice of thin crust cheese pizza, 1 slice of thin crust with mushrooms and black olives (not a perfect choice, but at least it wasn't 5 slices, right?)

snack: 1 oats and honey all bran snack bar

decent amount of water today - i should start counting this accurately

dinner hasn't happened yet

i'm going to try to follow, more or less, a weight watchers dietary regimen, which allows me something like 24 of their "points" each day - i've done this before, and the hardest part for me seems to be getting in all of the required fruit, vegetable and dairy servings

i'll have to do salad for supper tonight

in addition to the walk, i've done the back stretches and kegels my chiropractor suggested a couple of times today - need to get on a schedule with that

also, icing my back as i type - nagging pain left of lumbar 4 all day - stiffness when i walk - difficulty moving from sitting to standing and vice versa - difficulty reaching or lifting

otherwise, i'm generally feeling well and in a decent mood - the walk was nice and not all that difficult - i didn't push myself too hard - i enjoyed breaking an honest sweat

UPDATE: 1 miller lite before supper, then a nice salad...24 points for the day, and i found out that i'm allowed 28 - but i didn't get all of my dairy or fruit/veggie servings in

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