We can rebuild him

[morsla]

Clarification: I consider "fit" as being "fit enough to comfortably achieve things I want to regularly do."

Thanks for the helpful comments in my last entry. For the others... well, it is something I feel strongly about, and I know that I'm not physically capable of doing many things that I'd like to have back in my life. You only need to be as fit as your hobbies require, within some sort of minimum "required to remain alive" guidelines. Please just accept that I have unusual hobbies...

The Plan (part 1)

Food:

• Breakfast: Add more protein - make more milkshakes, with lots of fruit in them. Complex/simple carbohydrates are already there (cereal, muesli, fruit & fruit juice), but they are just supplying current needs.
• Lunch: Make it at home more often... it's healthier than the stuff I buy at work. Cook more soup and pasta salads, take them to work.
• Dinner: No changes at the moment. (I don't know how to make it more healthy... it's the one meal that I have enough time to prepare as I'd like it)

Exercise:

• Stretching (daily): Get up when aeliel does (instead of sleeping in), and stretch for 20 minutes.
• Training (week 1-4): Thursday night Tai Chi (Zi Ran Men)
• Training (week 4-8): Add Monday night Internal Liu He class again. (This will hurt)
• Training (week 8+): Add Saturday morning Liu He class where time permits.


• Walking: Walk from Flinders Street to home when I can spare the time (~40 minute walk)

Miscellaneous stuff

• Firetwirling: Any melbournites interested? Anna and Mel are interstate, and I want to play...
• Bike: Start riding again. Find weekend rides, and people to ride with. Picnics along the Merri Creek and Yarra trails are both on my list.

I will not be another person who fell by the wayside. I trained with some insanely fit people, and I kept pace with the best of them. I will get that back again.

kikilon: could I bribe you with dinner one night, if you can show me some more stretches? ;) Beyond some basic leg stretches, I've never really learned how to get at my recalcitrant muscle groups...

Comments

Re: ohh shiny

[jilavre.livejournal.com]

thanks for the tip!!

Re: ohh shiny

[fetnas.livejournal.com]

Burn cream is bad stuff. It may numb the pain of the burn, but it also insulates the skin and stops the excess heat from escaping, prolonging the healing the process! That's what they told us at the St.John first aid course. Burns should be treated with cold running water or a cold pack. Never use burn cream!