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There are a few downsides to working out four days a week, and one of them is the need for sleep.  Now I’m not talking about new puppy rest for a few hours then walk then rest again sleep, I’m talking sleep sleep.  Like over eight hours.  Sleeping is when your body does it’s housekeeping [...]

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Well I slept like a baby since my family is home, right up until Karen and the puppy decided to get up an wander the house and yard at four A.M.  That was fun.  So even though I am beat up I still went to the gym for my Monday punishment.  Since this is week [...]

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You gotta love Armageddon.  I have watched that movie about twelve times and every time I find another reason to watch it again.  Don’t get me wrong, I know it’s got some real stupid technology blunders, but if you tune out and watch it’s a really awesome flick.  Get off the nuclear warhead…
I have [...]

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And I feel pretty good about it.  Sure I’m tired from playing poker last night and staying up painting part of the kitchen, but for the most part I am pleased.  I went seven minutes on the rowing machine and thirty minutes on the elliptical machine.  That’s almost forty minutes of top notch low impact [...]

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Sleep is the most precious commodity you can guard when you are starting an exercise routine again.  It helps your muscles to rebuild, it allows joints to rest and it keeps your mental state (which is under fire from lowered calories) running as well as possible while dieting.  Do not stay up until midnight watching [...]

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Well this is the second day of the third week of Gym membership.  Right about now I would usually overwork something by pushing too far and then have to take a few weeks off to heal.  Then I give up since it’s been over a month and I have nothing to show for all the [...]

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It felt good to sweat a little and get my heart pumping again.  Nothing to report – taking it easy…

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Today I am still feeling like a two pack a day smoker, but other than that I am feeling pretty good again.  The cold sore looks like I lost a bar fight, but I can live with not being pretty for a few days.  I took advantage of the rest to plunk away at my [...]

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Well the person across the hallway from me at work was out for two days last week with a head and chest cold that was strong enough to wipe her out.  Last night I was up every two hours with a pile of frogs in my throat.  Today I am staying home and resting up.  [...]

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Okay – not the blues really, but I am feeling nice and tired after my first full week of daytime exercise.  I am going four days a week for the next six weeks, then I’ll take a look at how things are going and if I am ready to change things and add some harder [...]

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