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How a 250+ Pound Couch Potato Got Healthy

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Today's Tweets

07:29 Wt: 163.6, RHR: 53 #

07:30 Those numbers don't bode well for this weekend. Maybe I should run to Monterey instead of drive. 250 miles? No prob. #

08:50 "Obesity isn't what killed me! It was my heart!" #

09:29 Getting a haircut. #

10:30 As I suspected, fog all the way down the state. Yuck. #

12:06 Finally hitting the road. Fog's lifted, too! #

15:10 101's a parking lot. #

15:27 I'm sure you Bay Areans are laughing @ me, but it's been like 12 yrs since I drove out this way. #

17:36 We made it! Monterey Marriott... now to find the restaraunt for dinner. Still an hour though, and it's within walking distance. #

17:37 Make that running distance. Oh wait, my wife is with me, and it's semi-formal. Walking distance. #

18:22 Found the restaurant. Salmon, chicken, or USDA Prime sirloin? Hmmm. #

19:49 New Flickr upload: Whaling Station Menu: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Menu from Friday nigh.. tinyurl.com/5pojv7 #

20:49 New Flickr upload: Sirloin Chateau: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: USDA Prime Center-Cut Sirl.. tinyurl.com/6jhpcx #

22:21 Off to bed. I get to run on the bike path along the ocean in the morning, can't wait. Nite. #

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Friday, December 12, 2008

Today's Tweets

06:13 Wt: 162.4, RHR: 53 #

08:58 Now that yesterday's late-night project is over, it's time for new things to be bitched at about! #

09:30 It'd be nice to not be dumped on every 5 minutes. I'm just sayin'. #

09:58 Huh. Snow in Houston, snow in New Orleans? This global warming sucks. #

12:18 If I get everything done today, I can leave for Monterey without coming to work tomorrow. Of course I have three days worth of stuff... #

12:19 That also means: NO RUN FOR YOU! #

13:54 Server rack is too big for regular doors, so I have to clear off, disassemble, reassemble, pile on every time I move. SUCKA! #

14:14 Bag of Crap on Woot! Good luck. #

17:20 New Flickr upload: Greg & Angela: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Christmas, 2001: many, many .. tinyurl.com/6d3ks9 #

17:20 New Flickr upload: DSCN0268: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/5v2jtp #

17:20 New Flickr upload: party3: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Hpim1049.Jpg tinyurl.com/6l27pz #

17:20 New Flickr upload: FSP Christmas party 029: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Hpim0549.Jpg tinyurl.com/5fgb4s #

20:04 Sitting with the family at Red Robin, waiting for phoud. #

20:45 i just heard a horrible cover of You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch sung by a woman. YUCK. #

23:03 Too tired for a blog entry. Nite all. #

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Today's Tweets

05:49 Wt: 160.8, RHR: 58 #

07:13 Good point: if you're straight, don't get sick on the Day Without A Gay. #

07:51 Spam of the day: "With your big horse you can insert him even into the Statue of Liberty." #

09:20 Feed-24x24: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/6nqm5t #

09:20 Technorati-24x24: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/5r2zbg #

09:20 Flickr-24x24: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/5t9gz2 #

09:20 Youtube-24x24: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/56h5dy #

09:20 Twitter-24x24: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: tinyurl.com/6fhqon #

10:11 D'oh. #

10:31 Moving my office now. Yippie kay yay. #

11:08 "And so it begins..." Computer's hooked up. That's about 1/1000 of my office. #

12:16 I suppose now that the computer's hooked up & functional again, I can safely head to the gym. Boy howdy. #

14:37 I get back to the gym to find that we have a little early-90s CSUC/ECST reunion going on in Twitter. *snif* #

14:56 MapMyFitness.com: Completed 12/10/2008. 248 (kcal). 00:39:57 #

15:19 New Flickr upload: 12-9-2008 Sleeping Heart Rate: Gregoriopolis posted a photo: Heart Monito.. tinyurl.com/573m73 #

15:49 New post on my blog: Sleeping Heart Rate + Weight Workout: While the title implies I did a s.. tinyurl.com/5nr5vk #

18:23 Stuck late at work. I doubt I'll be leaving until 8, maybe even 9. #

20:13 Would you believe I'm still here at work? #

21:48 I'm finally finished with the project. With my 14-hour day complete, it's time to blow this popcicle stand. #

23:50 New post on my blog: Today's Tweets: 23:50 Today's Tweets: 23:48 Today's Tweets: 00:19 Today.. tinyurl.com/5cfx3c #

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Sleeping Heart Rate + Weight Workout

While the title implies I did a sleeping weight workout, be assured, I did not.

I actually decided to earn my Geek Cred last night and strapped on the HRM while I slept. Yes, my friends, I was that bored.



What's interesting the most to me are the spikes about every 5 to 10 minutes. Is each one the beginning or end of a dream? Then there's the point at around 3am where my heart rate dipped down to about 32bpm. Tim here at work says that was probably when I got away from the tiger. I told him it may have been AFTER the tiger got me, and I died momentarily. There WAS a small spike just prior to it, after all.

Then again, I didn't die in real life; I lived through it so I could get down to the gym.

Warmup, w/45lb bar
* Overhead Squat
* Squat
* Good Morning
* Barbell Lunge
* Romanian Deadlift
* Bent-over Row

Workout
* Multidirectional Lunge, 3x20x65lbs
* Underhand-grip Dumbell Row, 3x20x25lbs
* Single-leg Bridge, 3x20
* Serratus Dip, 3x20
* Plank, 3x10
* Hanging Scapular Retraction, 2x10

Tomorrow's forecast looks pretty good, so this time I won't be wearing tights. I'll have them in the bag though, just in case.