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Good morning!
Phew, what a day yesterday.
Visit at the National Hospital "The Kingdom", LOTS of walking, and GREAT food.
All the while sticking to play, and coming out of the day with a nice calorie deficit and weight loss. :)
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First things first. The doc.
As you might know, I have atrial fibrillation. I won't say I SUFFER from it, but I have it. My heart beats unevenly.
There is nothing dangerous about it, but it's uncomfortable.
I've had a couple of shocks to the heart as an attempt to fix it, but it didn't do anything longer lasting than about a day either time.
So for now it's fixed with medicin, and I went to talk to a doctor to see what the options were to do a more permanent fix.
Well, the solution is that I'll just stick to the medicine.
I hate the thought of having to be medicated for the rest of my life, but that is how it is.
The alternative is an invasive performance done on my heart, which will then need stabilization with more dangerous medicines, risks of complications - MANY more - and no real guarantee that I will feel any difference from simply taking a pill twice a day.
It sounds like a good solution. The alternative is no better, quite the contrary.
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So, when I was talking to the doctor, he asked about my background to kinda get a grip on my situation. I told him about the weight loss, and that I teach people to lose weight now.
He was deeply impressed.
He was curious about it all, and was REALLY quizzing me on my approaches, and asked me a lot - A LOT - of questions about my thoughts on foods, calories, exercise, etc.
In essense, I told him that calorie counting works, that IIFYM works, that carido is good, HIIT is better and strength training is optimal.
The more I told him, the broader his smile went.
After the conversation, when it was time to leave, he shook my hand, and told me that it had been very inspiring to talk to me, that he's gonna talk to some of his obese clients about my approaches, and point them to me, and that the world needs more inspirational people like me who seems to know what they are doing.
I was ten feet tall when I let. What a compliment - from a doctor specializing in heart surgery. Wow.
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Since we were out all day, we walked a LOT. Fitbit says 27,000 steps, 21 kilometers! Damn!
I burned 3851 calories, and consumed 2950, so I came out of the day with a 900 calorie deficit. I had cake along the way, and SO MUCH MEAT!
At dinner, I ate around 650 grams of meat alone! :)
It was super lean, though, and it was great.
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Knowing that I have all that food still "sitting in me", I'm very surprised that I actually dropped weight today. My scale says it's mostly fluid, and it's probably just from not drinking quite enough water, and also the excess walking, but still. Let's see where I end up in a couple of days.
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Today, I'm gonna go visit another gym. The owner of the gym where I work and teach has opened another department in another town.
I'm gonna go work out there this morning, and meet the staff. I am hoping to set up shop there, to build more classes. More business.
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After that, I'm gonna hang a little with my boss, and then go pick up Wife when she is done working. We're celebrating Daughter's B-day later this week, and we're gonna go to an Indian restaurant. It'll be nice.
I will go for same approach as yesterday. Lots of calories burned (hopefully), and focus on meat as much as possible. I won't overload on calories until dinner time, but just have a few high-protein snacks along the way.
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I'm feeling better mentally. I can tell, that my world is slowly opening up around me. It's a strange thing.
I still have a LOT of issues getting even near my work place. However, I can tell that the rest of my situation is not as scary as it has been. I hope these are good signs.
I think talking to the heart doc yesterday really took a load off. It was nice to know that I am NOT gonna have more procedures done.
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Today, I'm thankful for:
- IIFYM. Cake, lots of meat, everything I could ask for AND losing weight.
- Weekend.
- Wife!
- Trying out a new gym. Still the same system, but a different place.
Happy weekend! As always I probably won't be here much through the weekends. But rest assured - LIFE IS GOOD!
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192.5 lb
Lost so far: 149.3 lb.
Still to go: 5.1 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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losing 20.1 lb a week
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