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02-10-2006, 02:24 PM
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| SNuggle H8ter  | Re: Week 9 / 30 - Hexatropin #2 Quote:
Sorry for the loss of your friend. There are kits you can buy to turn your outdoor bike into an indoor stationary bike. If you do a quick search im sure you can find something. | |
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02-10-2006, 09:35 PM
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| Registered User |  Re: Week 9 / 30 - Hexatropin #2 Quote:
And at a ReStore (habitat for humanity) we picked up a Nordic track in like-new condition for $20. | |
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02-11-2006, 02:00 AM
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| Registered User | Just wanted to say that I very much enjoy following this threaad, and your progress. Thanks for this log. Also, best wishes through all of the trying times. What Bio said was spot on. |
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02-18-2006, 02:14 PM
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| The Spherics of the Muse  | Thanks, guys - the support is very welcome. I'm really doing very well, emotionally: she'd been on borrowed time for about 2 years, waiting for the transplant, and then after the transplant, it was just one long slow decline. I couldn't help but feel that it was her time to go, & that this could only turn out one way. Most of those who knew her well had made their peace with it long ago. Still a sad and trying time for all, but the suffering is over, for now. On the bicycle, the problem is that the frame simply doesn't fit me (it was a present from my wife, who knows less than **** about such things). I still intend to get a road bike to replace it - a stationary stand will fit those just fine (says the guy who used to live in Colo). anyhow, let's get this thread back on the road, too! "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ...It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 |
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02-18-2006, 02:21 PM
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| The Spherics of the Muse | Week 10 / 30 - Hexatropin #2 Weight: 199# Waist: 38.5” BF: 18.5% Dose 5 02/05 PM Dose 6 02/06 AM Off 02/07 Dose 7 02/08 AM Off 02/09 Dose 8 02/10 PM Off 02/11 very irregular, but the best I could do no, I have *not* been mixing it up - my bedtime’s been all over the map (and sleep is mostly out the window) and nutrition’s been a joke - I’m running on fumes. All in all, though, I think I’m holding up exceptionally well: considering the last 5 months, and the last 3 weeks in particular, I think it’s impressive that I only feel tired, but not drained - emotional, but not hollow. Now that things are more settled, I’ll get my meals straightened out again & I’m going to shoot for a 10PM bedtime for the rest of the week (longer, if I can). Upper back has been cramping spontaneously - back to core/ab work & stretching Weight: 194# Waist: 40.5“ Bodyfat: 16.9% (NOTE - this is the weekly recap for LAST week; THIS week closes tonight, and I'll post it w/ Sunday's updated stats tomorrow morning) "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ...It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 |
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02-18-2006, 05:21 PM
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| Unbound  | Missed a week of dosing/WO myself and dropped 5lbs. Not fat however. Back to business though. In every moment YOU choose the experience you are having. The life you are living right now is the culmination of the choices you have made up to now. If you are not experiencing the life you want, simply make different choices. |
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02-20-2006, 08:16 AM
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| The Spherics of the Muse | Week 11 / 30 - Hexatropin #2 Weight: 194# Waist: 40.5“ Bodyfat: 16.9% Dose 9 02/12 PM Dose 10 02/13 PM Dose 11 02/16 AM Dose 12 02/18 AM Dose 13 02/19 AM the last 10-12 days have really kicked my feet out from under me. between irregular meals, compromised sleep & heavy exposure to cigarette smoke, I am not as clear mentally or as energetic physically as I have been, and I’m fighting off a chest/sinus cold. That’s all fairly superficial, however: I continue to feel progressively ”tighter“, more neuromuscularly integrated; so even though I’m prone to naps, early bedtimes and deep sleep (now - traditionally, I’ve been a night person), I have good energy & reasonable productivity when I’m awake. Have been very dissatisfied w/ overall cardio/aerobic activity & have made a change: 2 sets of 2-handed kettlebell swings, sandwiched w/ 2 sets of cleans+presses (each arm). I’ve been hesitant about moving beyond carries, as last time I tore hell out of my bad shoulder (which began the last recovery layoff). So far, my shoulder is fine: no twinging at all! The swings are an incredible warm-up for qi gong - very energising. One set of 12 swings puts my heart-rate at the top of my training zone, and it stays there for 45 minutes, typically. Some days I do 1 set of 12 every 1/2-hour for a couple hours, just to keep my rate in the zone for a while. Now that I have the house to myself in perpetuity, I’ve got the chin bar set up & am pulling wide every day. can’t raise myself even an inch - yet - but I’m pulling wide (and narrow, actually) every day. no observable effects from my erratic dosing - not that I expected any. The clearest & most pronounced visible changes are found in my hair and beard, which continue to darken and thicken. At this rate, I may have a fully-restored head of hair by summer. Weight: 206# Waist: 39.5” Bodyfat: 17.8% I gained 12# ??? Maybe I need a new / different scale.... "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ...It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 |
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03-01-2006, 02:35 PM
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| SNuggle H8ter | Are we due for an update? |
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03-06-2006, 11:23 PM
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| The Spherics of the Muse | Week 12 + 13 / 30 - Hexatropin #2 Weight: 206# Waist: 39.5” Bodyfat: 17.8% Dose 14 02/20 Dose 15 02/21 Dose 16 02/22 Dose 17 02/23 Off 02/24 Dose 18 02/25 Weight: 208# Waist: 40” Bodyfat: 17.8% Dose 19 2/28 Dose 20 3/2 tomorrow my wife begins moving out the rest of her stuff; I’ve been trying to distract myself, but there’s been so much to do that’s directly affected by the split. I feel bitter, tired, weak & fat, my heart is heavy and sad, and I swing between feeling totally shut down, filled with grief and angry as hell. Diet has been poor - little appetite, difficult holding food down. I feel exhausted - I want to sleep all the time...but I never want to go to bed. “training” consists mostly of minimal (but heartfelt!) yoga, and chi kung, kettlebells & floor-ex. Getting stronger: have recovered much of gains before last injury (r.shoulder - 9/05?) So far so good, but I’m being careful - w/ my current stress-load, it would be so easy to push too hard, too long (have I finally learned that lesson?)... Sorry for the late / sloppy check-in. Weight: 211# Waist: 39.75“ Bodyfat: 17.8% "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ...It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 Last edited by BodyWizard : 03-19-2006 at 03:23 PM. Reason: accuracy |
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03-07-2006, 11:26 PM
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| The Spherics of the Muse | apropos of life changes, new attitudes & such, I think its time I had a new avatar (I'm fond of my-ex-cat (stupid FREAKin' thing...), but now that she's gone, having her stare back at me from my own posts is only semi-appealing). I thought about returning to my old avatars, but I don't particularly want *them* staring back at me, either...so - how 'bout a motif or two for a new man in his prime? Y'all care to offer suggestions? I think yesterday may have been the hump. Today was not just much better but much different.... "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ...It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 |
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03-08-2006, 11:26 AM
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| Board Supporter  | Hey bro, I hope **** gets sunny for you soon..  |
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03-08-2006, 01:50 PM
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| Registered User  | Hey BW, I saw a t-shirt that seemed appropriate for you and everyone, I guess. It said "Tough times don't last. Tough people do." I look for all of life's secrets in t-shirt wisdom. LMAO! Anyways, as far as the avvy goes, how bout this one?..  |
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03-10-2006, 10:19 AM
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| SNuggle H8ter | Thats too f ing funny reps for you!! |
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03-10-2006, 03:59 PM
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| The Spherics of the Muse | Quote:
 I like t-shirt philosophy, too - much more satisfying & complete than the refrigerator-magnet veriety. "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. ...It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1908 Last edited by BodyWizard : 03-10-2006 at 09:28 PM. | |
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03-10-2006, 06:47 PM
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