Fat Busting - Dodge log
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been a quiet ten days exercise wise, played a few rounds of golf, couple of swims in crap hotel pools so don't really count. Best mate got married on Saturday, only just sobering up, been eating and drinking non stop since last Wednesday, I'm at 12 stone 12lbs, so need to take it a bit more seriously. I have however given up smoking, smoked a few ciggies on Sat night at the reception but otherwise didn't smoke for the 6 days prior to or the two days since, don't want to smoke. Gone from 30 a day to none and feel better already.
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still haven't smoked, eating better, not drinking quite as much, but still struggling to find the committment to exercise. Because my work life is all over the place getting into an exercise routine is impossible, without a routine I'm fucked because I'm too lazy / not dedicated enough to go to the gym when i get home after 3 days away.<br />
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oh, and I've seen a guy about my shoulder, buggered rotator cuff apparently, probably needs an op. -
still refusing to have the op and have got back in the pool instead, seems to have settled it a bit. Am up at 13stone on the dot at the mo, haven't smoked this year, still drinking far too much though. Signed up for a health check at work today and they sent me a questionnaire to fill in before the session in April - I can't face telling them the truth about how much I drink so I'm going to have to cut it down before then.<br />
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Hate working out when there are other people in the gym / pool, just find it irritating to have my routine shaken even a little bit so only go to the gym / swimming during the day when everyone else is at work, rather than in the evening. Don't like not having a routine, can't be arsed to get into one - vicious circle. Still, I've decided I'll post in here every piece of exercise I do, see what happens. -
Just came looking for this as I knew I'd started one. Had shoulder surgery mid 2007 in the end, had a torn and stretched ligament holding the shoulder in which meant it was popping out all the time. Wasn't allowed to do any proper exercise for 6 months after the surgery so I didn't. Bought a bike but never did much other than social rides, was doing bits and bobs of exercise, footie here, swimming there, cycling there, then slipped a disc skydiving summer 2008, it seems I'm just too old to have much fun anymore. Gave up smoking 1st Jan 2009, was finally able to start playing 5 a side football again mid 2009, trouble is by then my weight had increased up to nearly 14 stone and having not had an event to train for I've been down from it and back towards it ever since. Have to lose some weight this year as am getting married in May (you're all invited) and a. I don't want to look a fat bastard in my wedding photos and b. I miss being built like I meant it.<br />
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So, end result is that I realised I had to do something different, can't be arsed with the gym to lift weights to be honest, wanted to be fit again and hate running, so knew I didn't have the dedication at this stage to do a triathlon, remembered I love swimming when I can find the right pool at the right time so found the Great London Swim and have entered it. Its pretty straight forward, I have to swim a mile in a London dock on the 3rd of July, that's it. I have roped a couple of mates in who I have a healthy level of competition with, have discovered that I can get to Crystal Palace fairly quickly to swim in the Olympic size pool and that its quite empty at certain times. Went for the first time last week, nearly died, even 50m felt like a long way! Have been 3 times now, swam 1km today off the bat today, pretty slowly (haven't starting timing yet) but felt better than after the first time's debacle.<br />
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Am aiming to swim the mile in under 30 minutes which a while back would have been pretty straightforwad but am not sure I'll be able to train enough to get back to that shape and am trying to stay realistic all the way through this otherwise I'll just get down on myself for being shit! So, long and short of it is that I'll record progress here but would welcome any training tips from any swimmers on here and I remember there were a few. -
Congrats on the engagement. As for the weight loss, why don't you just go to India again and spend a week on the toilet with your head in the sink. You lost heaps doing that last time <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
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good work mate. Just continue to increase your distance/intensity over time and you'll be the frigging man from atlantis! How does your shoulder feel during/after a swim? holding up ok. Congrats on the engagement too, from exp I know its a HUGE motivator to get into a shape other than round!
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swam again today, shoulder is holding up ok although had to have a severe deep tissue massage the other day to free it up after the first couple of visits, it was so tight I couldn't sleep. Having a few issues with asthma which I haven't had since I was a kid whilst in the pool - bit scary tbh but I'm sure it'll come good, might have to get myself an inhaler again.<br />
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Other than that it already feels pretty natural being back in the water again, swam some 100m sprints with 30 seconds rest between them today to see how my speed was and it was ok but towards the end it nearly killed me. -
[quote name='Dodge']swam again today, shoulder is holding up ok although had to have a severe deep tissue massage the other day to free it up after the first couple of visits, it was so tight I couldn't sleep. Having a few issues with asthma which I haven't had since I was a kid whilst in the pool - bit scary tbh but I'm sure it'll come good, might have to get myself an inhaler again.<br />
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Other than that it already feels pretty natural being back in the water again, swam some 100m sprints with 30 seconds rest between them today to see how my speed was and it was ok but towards the end it nearly killed me.[/QUOTE]<br />
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Swimming is one of the things doctors have told me over the years will help with my asthma. Certainly the fitter I am, the less I get it. -
its the weirdest thing, I haven't had it since I was about 12, despite smoking 20 a day, drinking four or five times the recommended daily intake of alcohol and eating crap for the last 13 years. Haven't smoked for 13 months, haven't drunk nearly as much this year as I normally do, have been swimming 5 times and now I am suffering from asthma! Clearly I should have stuck to smoking and drinking...
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Murphy's law bro! maybe you had asthma during that time but thought it was the ciggies or you were just a bit chopped!! A cruel joke from your body tho! <br />
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On a more serious note could it be the chemicals at the pools triggering it? chlorine etc, young childrens pee in the pool even!!