Diary of a Small Planet II: The Omen

[Mahler]

Originally Posted by gregl515

I wanted to do BOM today but my knee was very sore. Instead I practiced walking for 30 minutes today. I walked all over my house for thirty minutes. I can't walk outside yet because my ankle doesn't bend so I can't get down the driveway. I've tried twice and fell both times.
I'll do BOM either tonight if I feel better or tomorrow.

Greg,
It's great to see that you are in tune with what your body is telling you and making tweaks to your workouts as your body demands. About that light at the end of the tunnel? Read my sig line. You are living it.

[gregl515]

Maybe I need to trade in for a halogen light!

[gregl515]

I realize this is a workout log, but I thought since President Bush did a state of the Union Message, I could do a state of the Greg to kind of establish where I am and some goals:

In August I was flat on my back receiving dialysis, having my leg chopped off and septic.

Today: I am almost 30 lbs lighter. Kidneys are great. BP is good. Blood sugars are consistently good but with medication. I have begun BOM beginners with some additions for upper body and modifications for my limitations. I am practicing walking usually for 20 - 30 minutes each day in addition to just generally walking around the house. My business is not up and running yet, but I have incorporated and filed for 501(c) status. I am in the process of putting together my first ever business plan so I can get financing and grants. I have begun Adam's diet.

Short term goals Continue with Adam's Diet and lose 20 lbs over the next three months.
Complete BOM beginners.
Reduce or get off meds. This will depend on how I do with both of the above goals.
Get my business open.

Long Term Goals: At least double my income this year.
Get into the 190s by the end of the year.
Complete several workout plans this year.
If my leg let's me do so run 3 miles. I don't care about time. I just want to be able to run three miles.
Walk with no discernable limp.

[gobbla]

sounds like you got your stuff together. let's make '07 great.

[Bill2380]

I've been awful busy and haven't looked in for a while....but damn some of those BOM numbers are looking good. I know that you'll keep after those goals. Let me know when you're ready for lunch.

[sona]

Inspiring state of the state address!

[gregl515]

Last Two Days:

My diet went well today.
Barbell BP 1 x 12 x 95, 2 x 12 x 105
Military Press 3 x 12 x 55
Thin Tummy 1 x 15
DB Upright Row 1 x 15 x 21.3
Curl Up, Cheat Up, Slow Lower 1 x 15
DB Bench Step BW x 15
DB Lying Pullover 1 x 15 x 16.3
DB Seated Hammer Curl w/ Twist Alternating 1 x 15 x 16.3
DB Triceps Kickback 1 x 15 x 16.3


Today:

Diet was bad. Parents took me to a fast food place for lunch and got me a salad. It was in a deep fried tortilla bowl which I didn't east, but other than the iceberg lettuce the rest was pretty much a fat bomb. Rest of day was okay but that made for a bad day.

Exercise PT today + leg press 1 x 200 x 10 and 2 x 205 x 10
Lat Pulls 2 x 15 x 94

Test fitted my permanent leg today. It needs to be redone which delays things, but I tried it out and it is so much better than what I have now that I can hardly wait. I haven't gotten the total bill yet for it but I shudder to think what it will be! Still. if it lets me get back to some form of normalcy, it will be worth it.

[gregl515]

Still my guess is that I would be able to buy a basic new car for what I will have spent on all this.

[gobbla]

Hopefully you'll use a new leg more often and longer than a new kia

[Mahler]

Greg,
You do realize that as you lose more weight, the Astronomical Society will downgrade you from a small planet to a planetoid. Then we will start calling you Pluto. :p

[gregl515]

When I get there, I'll downgrade myself!

[gregl515]

Since this is my journal I'm going to go off fitness and get something off my chest.

When you go through a serious injury, you just assume that the people you love will love and support you. They don't always do that. It's not that they don't want to, the stress is just killing on them. My wife has been through cancer, I had this and now her 80 year old father had a sextuple bypass. I don't think she can take any more and I doubt she has much more to give. She likes order and structure and certainty. Being injured and not earning a living means that there are none of those things. It puts a strain on our relationship. She is angry with me because this could have been prevented. I understand that. It still gets kind of old. She doesn't believe I am doing exercise unless she sees me do it. When I was doing complexes, they were so short, she did not understand how they could do much for me. Besides, exercise to me is private. I have to crab walk to the basement to have access to the bench and weights. How many people want to do this when they can have someone watch? I certainly don't. The other issue is that my temporary leg does not fit as well as it once did. This means that it is more painful to walk for long stretches. I try to explain this to her, but I don't think she believes me. Since I am home most of the time, we are on top of each other when she is home and she doesn't get much alone time. I will be glad when I can drive and am working again.

I am writing a business plan to get funding. I have never done this before. My background was not in business. The concrete parts are easy. The parts about things like business philosophy are what cause me problems.

[RobLL]

Greg - God bless, you have come a long way, understand the pain that it doesn't necessarily get easier. You and your wife have my admiration. Rob

[gregl515]

Thursday I had PT. Did leg press 1 x 205 x 10, 1 x 210 x 10, 1 x 215 x10. For me !!!. Lat Pulla 1 x 100 x 100, 1 x 212.5 x 10, 1 x 217.5 x 10. For me !!!
Friday intense electric nerve pain in my leg. Like when it was cut off. Very dispriting. . .
I analyzed the pain. It is caused by poor fit of temp leg. Walking more carefully and more careful fitting miimizes it.
Saturday. Still pain caused by poor fit, but nowhere near as intense.

I am intrigued by the question about whether front squats of goblet squats would minimize pressure on my feet enough to allow me to do them rather than 3/4 bodyweight squats and 3/4 squats?

[gregl515]

I am still having electric pain in my leg. Supposed to see prosthetist Tuesday. I hope that he can help me to get a better fit until I get my new leg.

[gregl515]

I measured my waist today. I have lost an inch on my waist since I started Adam's Diet and my weight lifting program. It makes it worth crawling down the steps in an hour.

[Bill2380]

Good job on the gut.