Kramday’s Blog

Blogging Plan

I mentioned in my last post that I want to try and post something everyday. Here is my general plan, though I know I won’t stick to it 100%.

1. Monday — Health Updates. This will be a review of what I did last week and what I plan to do for this week.
2. Tuesday — Misc Updates.  This could be whatever strikes my fancy.  It might be a new book I am reading, my sleep pattern for the last week, or the crazy thing that the cats did.
3. Wednesday — 101 Goals Update.  This will show my progress (or lack of) towards the 101 Goal list.  Hopefully, it will be a place to plan out the remaining goals to get them off the list.
4. Thursday — Mid-Week Exercise Check-In.  The plan is to review how the week is actually going.
5. Friday — Specific 101 Goal Update.  I’ll take a particular item off the 101 list and review it.  The baking bread post is probably the best example currently.

There you have the plan.  Now lets see if it survives contact with the enemy.

Mar 1st Health Update

Well, nice follow through on my part.

Actually, I was pretty confident that there wouldn’t be an update for the 16th, since I was out in Denver the whole week.  My plane left Monday at 8:30 and I got in at midnight on Friday.  Still, I had hoped to get an update in on the 23rd.

My weight has remained pretty steady around 251.  The official weigh-in will be tomorrow (Monday) morning, so we’ll see if that holds true.

I haven’t done a lot in the last few weeks.  I got on the elliptical machine a few times the week of the 9th, but that seemed to be bothering my left hip and lower back.  I took the rest of the week off, to give my feet more time to adjust to the orthotics.  I was feeling better by the time the trip to Denver came along, but I couldn’t put them in my dress shoes.  Still, I came back from Denver feeling much better than I expected.  Not great mind you, but better than expected.

I went to the chiropractor on Monday and had my trainer stretch me out on Tuesday.  The result of that was that I was feeling pretty good by the time volleyball came around on Friday night.  I didn’t do a ton of jumping (and no diving), but I did do some.  This was the first game with the orthotics and they made a huge difference.  Yesterday, I played around on the Wii Fit with the family, getting in about 35 mins total.  That was a lot of fun.  Even though I am feeling a little sore today, I expect to get on the elliptical machine tonight.  Tomorrow will definitely be a day off though.

The goal going forward is to post something here every weekday.  Not necessarily purely health related, but something either on that or progress towards the 101 goals.  Or whatever else strikes my fancy.  Feel free to call me out on that if it doesn’t happen.

Feb 9th Health Update

My weight this morning was 251, which is pretty much where it has been for the last few weeks.  I have been working out more lately, but the eating has just been really bad.  Way too much junk and fast food.

Workout goals for the week

02/09 — Elliptical Machine
02/10 — Elliptical Machine
02/11 — 10 Minute Trainer: Yoga Flex
02/12 — day off
02/13 — Elliptical Machine
02/14 — 10 Minute Trainer: Yoga Flex
02/15 — day off

Actual workouts from last week

02/02 — Elliptical Machine: 20 mins. Program 3. Felt really good. Ready to make the jump up to 30 min workouts.
02/03 — Elliptical Machine: 20 mins. Program 3. First back-to-back workouts since I started up again. Legs felt a little tired at first, but got going after a few minutes.
02/04 — Day off.
02/05 — Elliptical Machine: 30:00. Program 4. This was my first workout at 30 mins. Felt pretty good. The legs were a little heavy at certain points. Plus, I was trying to keep my feet flat on the pedal to help with the plantar fasciitis. The left leg didn’t like that though.
02/06 — 10 Minute Trainer: Yoga Flex: Did this about an hour before VB. Felt really good. Need to make a better effort to do this program on a regular basis.
02/06 — Volleyball: 1 hour. I played pretty well tonight. Plus my body didn’t feel that bad. That is a nice change. We’ll see how I feel in the morning though.
02/07 — Day off. Actually pretty sore from volleyball.
02/08 — Day off. Feeling better from basketball. First day of wearing the foot orthotics out and about. Some hip and knee pain on the left side, but I that had been there off and one for a while beforehand as well. So I’m not sure if it was related to the orthotics or not.

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Baking Bread

I got together with my sister last weekend, and we baked a loaf of bread.  I got a simple recipe from The Simple Dollar and it only took about three hours from start to finish. A lot of that time was simply letting the dough rise.

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Books of the Bible

Read

1. Genesis

Unread

1. Exodus
2. Leviticus
3. Numbers
4. Deuteronomy
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Painted WarGods Army

Fig List
Harbinger
Priest/Priestess
Embalmer
10 Anubi Warriors – (I might go with 10 Asar Spearman instead)
10 Heru Warriors
10 Anubi Slingers – (I think I have 10 Anubi Archers instead)
1 Anubi Chariot
– 1 Anubi Driver
– 2 Anubi Chariot Runners

Completed
10 Anubi Warriors (Pic)

Lord of the Rings series

Unread

1. The Hobbit
2. The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Two Towers
4. The Return of the King

August 16th Update

It has been a while since I made an official update, but I did cross two more things off the list since the last one.

Completed
26. DM an Ohio Game
73. go mountain biking

Black Company series

Read

1. The Black Company
2. Shadows Linger
3. The White Rose
4. The Silver Spike

Unread

1. Shadow Games
2. Dreams of Steel
3. Bleak Seasons
4. She Is The Darkness
5. Water Sleeps
6. Soldiers Live