The Obesity Epidemic
I started writing this days ago, but it was a whirlwind hockey weekend…
Sitting here at the Residence Inn, Markham…watching Montreal and doing a bit of man blog stuff. I won’t post tonight, still awaiting a story or 2.
I must be out of my mind to be sitting in cold rinks during the off-season, having to hit the road no less than one weekend a month and 4 days minimum at the rink in season…but here we are, Charlotte already asleep.
She has a cold….this week she had High School Volleyball Tuesday, won silver in the platinum division, Wednesday they won the city HS Coed volleyball championships, last night a huge loss in tackle football vs St. Joes, and today a win and a loss, the loss to Kingston’s U22 team vs Charlotte’s team where she is the only u22 player….she needs rest. She is dropping pounds, doing off-season workouts, after school runs, and taking good care of herself. She makes me proud.
I had intended to head to the GTA after football last night but decided I couldn’t face landing at 2am…I haven’t been sleeping that well…these Arnprior jobs have been killer but are finished next week. the next reno is a 2 minute walk from the house. Working 2 minutes from home gives me back 2 hours of life daily, to be spent sleeping in and enjoying the back yard.
So…I bit the bullet this week….I started a couple peptides. 2 x 2 peptide blends. One is commonly refered to the Wolverine stack, it is said to heal soft tissue. BCP 157 and TB 500. I have taken this once. The other is CJC 275 no DAC and Ipa, this triggers your pituitary gland to fire more growth hormone…and makes you sleep. I have done that twice. I am taking a small dose of both and using them 4 days on 3 days off.
We shall see if there are any positives/negatives. I do think it puts me to sleep, all I need now it to get used to working 2 minutes from home.
Man…I really enjoy working….I think I did it right….enjoyed my youth, and now I can keep my body moving and in shape, likely get a few more decades of health and mobility.
TRT and peptides….I feel like I’m 19 years old…I have the body of a 40 year old….hell….its not easy to find a 40 year old in my shape these days! It isn’t easy work, but I like lifting heavy….that is a pain I enjoy.
So…let’s have a look at what the old scale says. I’m up weight, I have been sitting around 220 to start May. The thing is, I’m getting leaner.
The hotel gym sucks…so I’m taking the weekend off. Monday I will try to start the week off right and put in the work…edit….I went to the hotel gym Saturday, pounded shoulders, arms, and did some lat work.
I did not go to Poker again this week, I had planned on it, but bed was calling…lifting heavy requires sleep…but the Russett pointed out that my friends will be dead soon….and I guess I will be seeing him next Wednesday………
And Now….The Weather
YogaJeni offers “Weight was still 158 this morning. I think this is what they call a plateau? I’m trying to keep calories to under 1200 per day. Will start working with trainer soon once he figures out his schedule. Nicer weather means walking or riding my bike to work so I’m hoping to see some changes. Not gonna lie the simple eating well and regular exercise is fine to maintain but I need some tweaking. When I started this (before the man blog) I was at about 169. Lots of reasons why I crept up from my happy healthy 145 and I know I’m not far…”
YJ offered me a few photos this week…the dog…a meal of salmon (why not eat beef?)….this pickle…
which somehow put you off, I’m not actually sure she consumed it? Then this meal…
which was followed by this…
Just because you’re a smart ass, it doesn’t make you smart!
That is a salad…entirely…why go through the trouble of making a veggie burger, eat the frigin salad!
So in true Liberal…I mean, vegetarian…you’ll kill a salmon but not a cow. Fish don’t have feelings?
I have 2 clown fish in my aquarium…all clown fish start out life as males, once they choose a partner one of the males becomes a female, doubles in size, and can produce eggs. If you were to see these 2 fish in my tank, you would understand that they are together…a partnership…and if you kill and eat one of them, the other is done for…..
How was the salmon?
Suds offers…(I’m on an android tablet and it’s easier to screenshot)
45? Suds are you only 45? Suds has been dropping consistently the past couple of weeks, I think the 160s by June 1.
Krista….honestly….why does she punish herself? I will give her honesty…
Pumper set me…
Was talking with Pumper this weekend while she was trying to figure out why the snoke detector was alerting….I was about as useful as the indian gentleman who has cancelled your passport due to unwarranted activity on your Visa account…one Walmart gift card away from solving all your problems.
Tbag is on a new journey, digging a bit deeper…spring?
Russett offers “My weight is hovering at the 228-230 mark. Not really a focus right now. Trying to find things that make my stomach happy. Warm soft not too spicy… the burito is a friend of mine. Rice cheese meat … mmm. My heart rate restijg during the days following chemo is an alarming 115 bpm but as my body processes it out it gets down to a comfortable 70 ish. Between that and te neuropathy I count myself lucky as far as side effects go.”
2 treatments down, 10 to go.
A couple photos courtesy of Beagles Nurse(Wet)
A little stroll in the park, top notch service, and Russetts dream board…chemo brain….
Jeremy….earth to J….still awaiting….Saturday morning 10:07….J’s Sunday afternoon update is that he isn’t going to make it this week, too many kilometers on the road the weekend, and he needs rest.
Slab went with a leg pic for the photo comp this week; she knows damn well that beanpole Wheeler hasn’t got the legs.
Slab weighs in at 123.8 pounds and 24% body fat. Since we have a lean out challenge for the rest of the month the BF matters. As usual she is in the gym constantly, lifting heavy weights.
Yours Truly you’ve seen the leg. I weighed in at just over 217 pounds, and the scale says I’m obese.
I can’t possibly be obese….
Going to spend the rest of the month trying to get lean, lifting as heavy as I can, and seeing if peptides provide many benefits. Blood work before June 2nd, when I next see my Doc, so we will know if anything is off.
Now Sunday night….watch PWHL overtime, and later Montreal
The Quote of The Day
“In Vietnamese, the word for missing someone and remembering them is the same: nhớ.” — Ocean Vuong
Charlotte has never known what it is like to be loved by a mother. I should have changed that, I did have options….you know what they say is 20/20…
I am very proud of what Charlotte is, very strong. She has survived living in so much drama, it seems to roll off her. Developing D queens was never my thing, and it didn’t happen here….
To all the great mothers of the world, I hope you have had an amazing day!
