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Fitness Update! Or…What’s up in Tony’s Wacky World!

Brace yerself folks, this is gonna be quick…

…ok, ok, the GASP as all of you reacted in shock and disbelief was NOT needed! Really!

Yes, you…my dearest readers! All six of you including my awesome cousin Roger!

Hey, I can be short if I have to be. And today I have to be because even though I have no “scheduled” thing to do today, I have a LOT of “things” to do…

Slllllluuuurrrrrrrrpppppppppp….aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Coffee. Proof that there is a higher power and she wants us to be AWAKE!

Progress… and FRUSTRATION on the fitness front

I now weigh 295 lbs! Yay!!!!

That is a total of 40 lbs lost!!!!! YAY! Yeehaw! Yippee!

But… Grrrrrrrrrrrr Grumble Mumble [ saying dirty words ] BLEEP Bleep BLEEP

I’ve been STUCK at 295 for about a month now. sigh Grrrrrrr….. I wanna be SLIMMER!

I’m getting fitter and healthier…

True that I am “stuck” on the weight loss front…but other indicators are more rewarding…

…and THAT friends, neighbors, and dearest readers, is why you use more than one metric to measure your progress. I know I’m getting fitter and healthier. Here is why:

I can do more; I’m moving more; I’m more physically active.
- THEN: The last week of Feb, taking a “dance lesson / training” (more on that later) lasting 2 hours was at the upper limit of my physical ability and stamina. and I had to rest most of the next day.
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- NOW: I can not only take 3 hours of “dance lessons / training” (more on that later) I can also on the same day do an hour of practice or teach an hour lesson. And [drum roll please] I do NOT have to rest the next day to recover. The following day, I can do another dance practice or a lesson, or meet with a student or do laundry or get groceries or any number of routine things.

Slllllluuuurrrrrrrrpppppppppp….aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Coffee helps in this. Do not ask how I know this. 😉

Doing “things” is now easier
- THEN: In Jan and most of Feb, “doing laundry” was an all day affair. Basically that was my entire “to do list” for a day. Sort clothes. Rest. Get coins, key and laundry soap ready. Rest. Spray pre-wash on sorted clothes. Rest. Take clothes to laundry room, put them in the washer. REST Go to laundry room to move clothes to the dryer. REST Go get clothes from dryer and bring them to the condo. REST A LONG TIME Hang clothes, fold clothes and put them all away. TAKE A NAP TO RECOVER and then rest most of the next day.
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- NOW: I do other stuff while I’m doing laundry. It basically ain’t no big deal any more. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t suddenly like doing laundry and I really wish we had a washer dryer in the condo…but this activity is no longer something that I have to plan for and allocate a rest day afterwards! It is well within my physical capabilities and no longer is at the TOP of what my body is able to do.
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Ditto all of the above for getting groceries.