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Taking the day off.
I’m not in the mood to write this morning. This has just been a really bad week: lack of sleep, a large and difficult workload, stress at work and zero exercise. All of those factors, combined with a couple of other things, has me feeling like I’m about to explode this morning. Rather than sit here and whine about my problems, I’m going to do something that always makes me feel better when I’m stressed:… [Read more]
Added May 16, 2012 by John Stone
Took a rare nap yesterday; Slept well last night.
I can count on one hand the number of naps I’ve taken over the past 10 years. I really dislike taking naps during the waking hours, but yesterday was one of those rare occasions when I felt I had no choice. I was not making very good progress with my huge workload, and I kept making stupid mistakes while logged into critical servers as “root” (the administrator account in Unix/Linux). After one particularly dangerous error,… [Read more]
Added May 15, 2012 by John Stone
Sleepless in Orlando.
Facing a huge workload while in a zombie-like state is not the greatest way to start off a week, but that’s my story this morning. Last night was one of those nights that I simply could not quiet my mind. I woke up about 1:00 AM and tossed and turned for more than an hour before finally getting up. After blankly staring at my computer monitor for a couple of hours, I went back to… [Read more]
Added May 14, 2012 by John Stone
2012 maintenance weekly progress report: week #8.
Week #8 of my 2012 maintenance program is complete, and it’s time for my weekly progress report. My scale weight this morning (as measured by the ) is 170.0 pounds. That’s a 0.2 pound loss since last week’s weight of 170.2 pounds, and a 1.6 pound loss from my 2012 end-of-cut weight of 171.6 pounds. My 7-point body fat reading this morning (as measured by the is 5.4%. That’s a -0.1% body fat change since… [Read more]
Added May 13, 2012 by John Stone
Beautiful morning; Inspiring life transformation video.
It’s a fairly cool (65° F) morning, and so I’ve been out back doing some light weeding, pruning and fertilization. I don’t enjoy weeding very much, but even that chore is tolerable when it’s this nice outside! Many of the creatures that frequent our backyard have become very trusting of me. Some of the squirrels barely pay attention to me when I approach, and many of the birds now allow me to get within touching… [Read more]
Added May 12, 2012 by John Stone
Strava is changing the way I ride; Garmin Edge 500.
Since I started using Strava I’ve noticed that I’m riding shorter distances, but I’m riding much harder and with fewer breaks. For example, yesterday I rode at Wekiwa and I did something I’ve never done before: I rode the entire “Bike Loop” like it was a cross-country mountain bike race. Normally when I ride this particular route I stop to rest a couple of times–generally after each timed section (called “segments” on Strava). Yesterday I… [Read more]
Added May 11, 2012 by John Stone
Eating healthy; Breakfast; I love growing my own food!
I’ve talked about breakfast quite a few times in my blogs, and that’s because it’s such an important meal. Unfortunately breakfast is a meal that many people skip, and I think that’s a huge mistake. Eating a healthy, well-balanced breakfast gives you the fuel you need to get the day off to a great start. Don’t skip it! As most of you know, I eat the same breakfast almost every morning: egg whites, roasted red… [Read more]
Added May 10, 2012 by John Stone
New Recipe: Brown Sugar-Glazed Salmon with Sweet Pepper
Last night I knew I was going to prepare salmon for dinner, and originally I was going to whip up one of my favorite salmon recipes, Broiled Salmon with Mustard & Dill. As dinner time approached, however, I realized that I had a little bit of a sweet tooth and was also in the mood to try something new. I decided to hunt down a salmon recipe with some sort of a sweet glaze on… [Read more]
Added May 9, 2012 by John Stone
Terrible ride yesterday; Scale weight down again; The heat is on.
I was feeling tired from Sunday’s 9 mile all-out mountain biking sprint, but yesterday morning I decided to head over to Mt. Dora to get a ride in. I really should have listened to my body and took a day off: my cardio felt way off, my legs felt like rubber and I was riding poorly. I turned in my 2nd best times on two sections of trail, but the perceived effort I put out… [Read more]
Added May 8, 2012 by John Stone
7 Strava segments defined at Wekiwa; 5 new PRs set yesterday.
Yesterday I went back over to Wekiwa to complete the project of establishing mountain biking segments on Strava. Thankfully I didn’t have any major GPS issues this time, and I have now established segments for most of the trails I ride regularly out there. Here’s the segment that I named “The Bike Loop“. This is a ~8.3 mile loop that starts at the Sand Lake trailhead and follows the Red blaze (bike) trails back around… [Read more]
