Monday, December 26, 2011
Merry Christmas to me.
I haven't posted for too long.
The great news is I have made a major breakthrough. There is a link between gluten and psoriasis. I am apparently gluten sensitive. I didn't use to be. I never had psoriais until I weighed 280. I thought there was a link between obesity and psoriasis. I cut back on the bread Thanksgiving week. I am now seeing some improvement in my psoriasis. This makes sense, if white blood cells live for six weeks. My arthritis has stopped progressing and my skin is slowly healing. My appetite is still fluctuating.
I'm optimistic that if the arthritis heals up I'll be able to exercise more.
Erik
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Late
I Have not worked out for a week. It's important to listen to your body, but somedays I can't tell the difference between "I'm tired and I need to rest." and "I'm feeling lazy."
Thursday, September 22, 2011
I like the Presdent's Council on Physical Fitness
I remember JFK. One of the great things he did was to start the Presidents council on physical fitness.
www.fitness.gov
www.fitness.gov
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Metabolic Syndrome
HEY it's been awhile since I've posted anything.
I've been busy and I've made what I hope is a major breakthrough in my DELTA Program. I've been reading about Metabolic Syndrome and I may be a little bit of a hypochondriac but I have too many of the listed symptoms. I think this may be a real factor in my health problems.
If I put on five pounds a year since I've been drinking Diet Coke and Diet Coke came out in 1982 that's almost thirty years and 145 pounds. I only weigh 300 pounds. I'm thinking of switching to the metric system so I'll only weigh 137 kilograms. My all time high was 330 pounds or 150 Kilograms.
In 1974 when I was senior in high school and played on the Oak Ridge Wildcats soccer team I weighed 175 pound. When I started college in 1975 I was around 200 pounds. In college I went up to 220 pounds. In 1982 I got my diploma from Georgia Tech and weighed somewhere around 240 pounds? So I've put on sixty pounds in thirty years, or only two pounds per year. Does that sound bad?
What is fascinating is the link between Aspartame and metabolic syndrome. Some people are reporting having really bad side effects with diet soda. I'm apparently one of them. I have quit drinking aspartame and I've noticed a big reduction in my appetite. I am now satisfied with normal sized meals instead of Erik sized. I've only lost a few pounds but I'm very hopeful that I've turned the corner on my weight loss. Sometimes I even wear an XL t-shirt instead of my usual XXL t-shirts.
It took me 35 years to gain all this weight. I should be able to lose two to three pounds a month now. Would that be a year's gain lost every month?
I've been busy and I've made what I hope is a major breakthrough in my DELTA Program. I've been reading about Metabolic Syndrome and I may be a little bit of a hypochondriac but I have too many of the listed symptoms. I think this may be a real factor in my health problems.
If I put on five pounds a year since I've been drinking Diet Coke and Diet Coke came out in 1982 that's almost thirty years and 145 pounds. I only weigh 300 pounds. I'm thinking of switching to the metric system so I'll only weigh 137 kilograms. My all time high was 330 pounds or 150 Kilograms.
In 1974 when I was senior in high school and played on the Oak Ridge Wildcats soccer team I weighed 175 pound. When I started college in 1975 I was around 200 pounds. In college I went up to 220 pounds. In 1982 I got my diploma from Georgia Tech and weighed somewhere around 240 pounds? So I've put on sixty pounds in thirty years, or only two pounds per year. Does that sound bad?
What is fascinating is the link between Aspartame and metabolic syndrome. Some people are reporting having really bad side effects with diet soda. I'm apparently one of them. I have quit drinking aspartame and I've noticed a big reduction in my appetite. I am now satisfied with normal sized meals instead of Erik sized. I've only lost a few pounds but I'm very hopeful that I've turned the corner on my weight loss. Sometimes I even wear an XL t-shirt instead of my usual XXL t-shirts.
It took me 35 years to gain all this weight. I should be able to lose two to three pounds a month now. Would that be a year's gain lost every month?
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Body Sculpting
Good News. I've been reading about body building and I now think that just doing weight training twice a week will show some good results. I have been slowly adding sessions with the exercise bike to my routine. I feel a difference. I think the swimming is a little too low impact to really build muscle. The swimming has been good low impact physical therapy for my hurt back.
Now for the month of April I plan to add an hour of weight training to each weeks exercise. I measure in tomorrow and I'll measure in May first. My goal for this first month is to see a measurable change in five hours of weight training over the month of April 2011.
My other goal is to drop 2% body fat per month. I'll need to put up a graph to encourage me to stay on a better diet.
Now for the month of April I plan to add an hour of weight training to each weeks exercise. I measure in tomorrow and I'll measure in May first. My goal for this first month is to see a measurable change in five hours of weight training over the month of April 2011.
My other goal is to drop 2% body fat per month. I'll need to put up a graph to encourage me to stay on a better diet.
Slow Recovery
March was a good month. I got in a lot of swimming and averaged 28 minutes of exercise per day.
My graphs in my exercise book are looking better. I'm feeling a little leaner. I will measure in April first and see if I really am getting leaner.
The back ache is finally lessening. The hip pain from the arthritis is easing up very slowly. A new experiment is to take a shot of Apple Cider Vinegar at every meal and see if if will help cure the arthritis. This is a folk cure for arthritis and I'll let you know how it works.
Sleep is evasive. I have been having troubles falling asleep at night and it is probably caffeine related. I have real troubles on nights that I have iced tea with dinner.
My graphs in my exercise book are looking better. I'm feeling a little leaner. I will measure in April first and see if I really am getting leaner.
The back ache is finally lessening. The hip pain from the arthritis is easing up very slowly. A new experiment is to take a shot of Apple Cider Vinegar at every meal and see if if will help cure the arthritis. This is a folk cure for arthritis and I'll let you know how it works.
Sleep is evasive. I have been having troubles falling asleep at night and it is probably caffeine related. I have real troubles on nights that I have iced tea with dinner.
Friday, February 11, 2011
THE ANSWER
This blog started with the question: How much exercise does it take to add a pound of muscle?
My answer is one hour of hard exercise can build one once of muscle.
My scale is telling me that if I exercise for a half hour per day I can add a pound of muscle in a month. This is on my schedule of alternating swimming, weight training, and aerobic exercise.
I've had back injuries, arthritis and lots of pain which literally hurts my exercise schedule. My diet has been variable so this is a tentative answer. I'm keeping an exercise log book and I'm weighing in and taking my measurements with my tape measure and body-fat scale on the first day of each month. I'll have more data this year and I hope a more definitive answer.
My answer is one hour of hard exercise can build one once of muscle.
My scale is telling me that if I exercise for a half hour per day I can add a pound of muscle in a month. This is on my schedule of alternating swimming, weight training, and aerobic exercise.
I've had back injuries, arthritis and lots of pain which literally hurts my exercise schedule. My diet has been variable so this is a tentative answer. I'm keeping an exercise log book and I'm weighing in and taking my measurements with my tape measure and body-fat scale on the first day of each month. I'll have more data this year and I hope a more definitive answer.
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