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Day four of my exercise program
Apparently I tried too hard on the initial test I did on the hundred pushups program. I ended up in the second category, but I’m not able to do all the sets called for in the plan for people who are in the second category. Today, I was supposed to do five sets of 6,…
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Day three of the exercise program
It’s cold and rainy today, but I ventured outdoors to do the workout from Week 1, Day 2 of the Couch-to-5K running program. I did a five-minute warm-up walk, followed by 20 minutes where I alternated 60 seconds of jogging with 90 seconds of walking. By the end of it my fingers ached, but I…
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Happy Monday 🙁
I did Week 1, Day 1 of the hundred pushups program this morning. I didn’t do very well. I did five sets (6,6,4,4,1). The last set I was supposed to max out but do at least five. I only managed to do one. And the bathroom scales say that I weigh 280 pounds this morning.…
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Getting in shape
First a brief history: I’ve had neuropathy in my feet for about five years, I was diagnosed with high cholesterol a couple of years ago, and I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes last year. In the fall of 2007, I started an exercise program but I only lasted a couple of months and I…
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Aren’t they cute?
Weekend before last, we had a family get-together at my in-laws’ house. This is a short video of my very cute great-nephew Julius and great-niece Lola chowing down on strawberries.