<p>^ well, I am still holding out hope that I will ensnare some one to work out with me.</p>
<p>I have had a lifting partner in the past and she and I did make good use of my equipment, but we can no longer make our schedules work.</p>
<p>I also had a personal trainer (former bodybuilding champ) come out and train me in my home gym (work out room) for a while, which was great and I really started getting very strong, but I just couldn’t justify the expense over the long term.</p>
<p>Today’s numbers:</p>
<p>Cals 1531
Fat 105 g
Net Carbs 17 g
Protein 115 g
Sugars 10 g</p>
<p>6 miles, 9:05 pace. Thought about doing a few more miles tonight but I didn’t want to push the joints.</p>
I bought an iPod Touch last week and the thing has been great.
I decided to haul out my old MotoRokr SD9-HD for wireless listening and charged up the MotoRokr and it worked with the iPod Touch! I’m doing a complete charge right now. I had some problems earlier this week with my Sennheisers - actually I don’t know whether it was a problem with the iPod Nano or the headsets. I keep them in separate pouches when not in use and I think that there was a sweat buildup on one or the other and it caused problems. I aired them out the next day and they were fine - but I don’t know which the problem was with. So now I have the option of using the iPod Touch (with built-in Bluetooth) or the iPod Nano with the Motorola Bluetooth iPod adapter. I wasn’t able to get the adapter to work with the Nano this morning - not sure if it is a compatibility problem with the iPod Nano as the adapter came out before it. I might have to get a new Bluetooth adapter.
On measuring stuff - I use the scale for measuring where the information is available. I’m using measuring spoons now instead of just eyeballing it in my plastic containers. I think that the spoons are quite a bit more accurate.
<p>Not everybody can do yoga, even low intensity. There were 3 people in my very small class who quit for the same reason - vertigo. I am one of them. Otherwise, yoga in a middle of the day (and very cheap with awesome instructor as employers pick up most of the cost) is awesome, such deep relaxation and I have lost weight when I was doing it. However. one of my docs told me that it was way too much in one day, since I was still doing my 2 hrs routine after work, which added up to 3 hrs in my “yoga” days. Well, I cannot do it, which is unfortunate, it is only $3 / session and it is in the building where I work.</p>
<p>6 miles, 8:54 pace. The runs yesterday and today felt about the smoothest that I’ve run in a long time. Basically going with about 55% carbs before the run and I’ve dropped my speed. I’m going to the YMCA tonight - not sure whether I should run another mile or just do weights.</p>
<p>The wireless headset worked out quite well. I’ve forgotten how nice they are. The volume buttons work but the next song/prev song buttons don’t. I assume that those are fried from too much sweat. I might upgrade to the MotoROKR SD10-HD. It would be nice to have the ability to change songs on the headset. There are buttons for answering phone calls too and it would be nice to have those working.</p>
<p>One other thing that would be nice is an iPod Nano with built-in BlueTooth.</p>
<p>BC: So does the “iPod Nano with built-in BlueTooth” mean that you have the iPod in a case around your upper arm or attached to you somehow, and the BlueTooth in your ear, and there are no wires between the two??</p>
<p>There is no iPod Nano with built-in BlueTooth to my knowledge. You would have to get an iPod to BlueTooth transceiver like this:</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> JABRA A125s - iPod Bluetooth adapter: Electronics](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/JABRA-A125s-iPod-Bluetooth-adapter/dp/B000L0XH3Q/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1336779409&sr=1-10]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/JABRA-A125s-iPod-Bluetooth-adapter/dp/B000L0XH3Q/ref=sr_1_10?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1336779409&sr=1-10)</p>
<p>You could then put it on your arm or in a pocket and there would be no wires to your headset.</p>
<p>Something that’s pretty cool is this watch/BlueTooth combination. It’s a watchband that accepts your iPod Nano (latest generation) and has a BlueTooth transceiver.</p>
<p>[Amazon.com:</a> KOKKIA i10sWatch The Ultimate Watch. (i10s Luxurious Black, with iWatch Black iPod Nano 6G wrist band) Tiny Bluetooth iPod Transmitter with iPod Nano 6G wrist band (iPod Nano Not included).: Electronics](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/KOKKIA-i10sWatch-Luxurious-Bluetooth-Transmitter/dp/B004TZG3YE/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1336779409&sr=1-1]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/KOKKIA-i10sWatch-Luxurious-Bluetooth-Transmitter/dp/B004TZG3YE/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1336779409&sr=1-1)</p>
<p>You can set the Nano to display the time so that it looks like a real watch too.</p>
<p>I have an older Nano and plugging the BlueTooth adapter (mine is made by Motorola) into it takes up a lot of space in those little iPod pockets in running shorts. The latest gen iPod Nano is quite small so adding an adapter keeps it pretty small.</p>
<p>I always thought that the arm bands were to keep the wire length short so a BlueTooth solution would allow you to put the iPod in a shirt pocket (they’re usually low on the shirt) or in your shorts. Theoretically, you could even put it in one of your shoes if it can take the pounding.</p>
<p>IMHO, though, unless I’m uninformed about various BlueTooths (BlueTeeth?), I wouldn’t want to exercise while wearing a BlueTooth device in my ear. I find that when I wear mine even while I’m driving, it does not sit in and on my ear very securely. If I wore it while exercising, it would fall off for sure.</p>
<p>The MotoROKR is a bar-style headset and will not come off. I have a bar-style Sennheiser wired headset too. Both of these never come off.</p>
<p>Ah. Thanks, BC.</p>
<p>And now back to your regularly scheduled programming.</p>
I went to the bar-style after experiencing the problem that you mentioned. The main drawback of the bar-style is that you can’t use them in bed or while resting in an easy chair.
Another advantage of the bar-style for wired headsets is that they only have one wire to your music player so you don’t have to deal with cord tangle.
<p>Relieved to have found something acceptable to wear to a June 22 event I have been anxiously anticipating, where lots of those dreaded permanent records of how we look called PHOTOS will be taken… In SIX weeks- will I lose 6 more lbs by then? I will still look pretty awful- oh well. It is my “first step” goal date for weight loss, and I will set another big one after that to keep me going.
Hitting the pool tomorrow AM. I read about all your amazing work-outs- I WILL be there at some point with you! Getting closer every day.</p>
<p>Enjoy your fitness!!</p>
<p>Not having a wire to the headphones from the iPod would take away half the fun of constantly adjusting the position of everything to accommodate various core exercises, strength training lifts. My alltime favorite is getting a the wire caught under the edge of my stool as I’m trying to stand up from a single leg squat!</p>
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<p>Monday workout for me today. Nice solid effort. Did ipod nazi’s core sequence again. Two sets. That’s been a nice little change of pace and progress has been pretty quick.</p>
<p>Power was my favorite. Box jumps up to the weight bench and overhead med ball slams. I’ve scaled back to just two sets because my workouts had gotten a little too long.</p>
<p>Two milestones on the strength supersets. I did 5.75 unassisted chinups on the first set. Tantalizingly close to 6 and the first time I’ve done 5 really good solid ones, chin above the bar. Did 4 & 2 for the final two sets.</p>
<p>And, I trap bar deadlifted my body weight (160 pounds) for the first time ever. Six reps per set, three sets. That’s not much by deadlifting standards, but it’s a big milestone for this ol’ (formerly) fat guy. If I never put another pound on the bar, I’ll be content with that.</p>
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<p>And now, it’s off to whip up my world-famous Thai pink pinkled ginger, garlic, and lemon salmon for dinner. Yum.</p>
<p>Glad you found something to wear, perfmom. I think most of us make the mistake of holding off until…whenever, and don’t permit ourselves to feel good wherever we are. I highly doubt that you look awful, at all. You are 15 lbs. lighter than you were a mere fortnight ago. Right at this very moment, you are at somebody else’s goal weight and they would be thrilled to look like you.
Hang in there, you already are doing great!</p>
<p>15 pounds is THREE five-pound parties, worth of fat loss. That’s fantastic. Set your sights on the next five pound party.</p>
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<p>Speaking of clothes, I was doing some sorting. Finally put sport coats from the 80s into a Goodwill bag. I’m never going to fit in them (all Euro-cut and taken in) and wouldn’t wear them even if I could. But, I also assembled a hanging suit bag with an archaeological treasure: a pair of 44 inch jeans, a pair of 44 inch black pants (with expandable waist), and a 48R sport coat. These were my high-water mark sizes and I labeled the bag “ol’ fat guy clothes”. I’m saving it as a reminder of what can happen. </p>
<p>I may have to take another round of photos. Putting on those clothes took my breath away.</p>
<p>Cardio dance class this morning</p>
<p>Today’s numbers</p>
<p>Cals 1366 Fat 86 g
Net Carbs 17 g
Protein 119 g
Sugars 10 g</p>
<p>cjane:</p>
<p>Your commitment to low carb induction level is astonishing! I don’t know how you are doing it, but I hope it’s working!</p>
<p>IDad- I bet it is really something to look at those huge pants and realize you were IN them! Congrats again. Good job on the chinups. </p>
<p>Business dinner tonight (rare event these days). Not used to the rich food and quantities anymore. Feel yucky, but it was fun. Glad I’m not racing this weekend!</p>