Day 22…Back on track

Today I crush the scale at 236.8 pounds. Not bad at all.

Of course I did punish myself to 3 miles in the sweltering heat…

 3 Miles is getting easier though, if I can get under 220 I’m sure it’ll be a dream…

Let’s dream of getting to the 220’s for now, just 7 short pounds away.

The pain involved in running at my weight with no meniscus, arthritis of a 60 year old in my right knee and the remnants of Syracuse still racing through my veins is terrifying.

I wonder what the possibilities of having a heart attack are with every pavement-pounding step…a stroke perhaps?

Am I not doing this to extend my life…or at the very least the enjoyment of it…geez…what a path to trudge along to get there…Here are the wife and I doing sprints and during our rest, trying to catch enough breath in 60 seconds to go again we hack out a conversation regarding how much harder this is than simply going to the gym to lift.

I’ve known this forever, the gym, or lifting is a lazy man’s sport. Any big guy like myself can find a bench grab some reasonably big dumbbells and show up half the guys in the place. They see some fat old guy and figure 90’s are never going to happen set after set…not realizing that carrying myself around, getting out of bed, out of a chair, in and out of the truck, up and down stairs…these things are all workouts for a big guy…

Soon I’ll be back at the gym to mix it up with my running.

Anyway, I ate right yesterday, and I ran hard…if I can do the same all week I’ll be down 5 pounds at least.

Haven’t seen the fatties in a couple weeks, Beagle has been in Thunder Bay and I’ve been away from the pub so no eyes on Parker. I’m sure they are managing nicely.

Not sure I’ll make poker tomorrow…taking the kids to La Ronde in Montreal so I may miss my weigh in blog also.

The quote of the day:

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life. Avril Lavigne

Did she mean weight???

Enjoy the day kids.

Cheers