Day 469 - 2° Incline on Treadmill

I've mentioned before that I have limited amount of time per day for exercise. I've found that doing it in the morning solves most of the problem in terms of scheduling. This also means that I really have to try to squeeze in all of my morning activities before heading out to work.

The first rule for me in terms of exercise is not to get hurt. Above all else, if I'm injured, I will not be exercising. Thus, it's with some difficulty that I try to find newer challenge as I hit new plateau. Previously on treadmill I've extended the time, ramp up the speed. At 4MPH and 45 minutes, I think I'm at my limit in so far as my knees will bear.

I've tried adding additional incline before with limited success, with me always reverting to lower intensity as not to break my fist rule. In recent days, I make another try, with the first couple of days, mixing in different incline for 5 to 10 minutes stretch, and in the last couple of days, the entire 45 minutes. Thus far, my knees, which has been my limiting factor is holding up. Perhaps this is he new challenge I can actually use.

118/79/56 168.2lb 72 mg/DL

Day 468 - End of Week 67

08-07-2010 Front

08-07-2010 Side

11-20-2011 Front

11-20-2011 Side

My rogue reached level 85 this past Tuesday, and I had some gears awaiting her.  At first, doing heroic with green gears and the fact that I never ran any dungeons as a rogue really made my damage low.  After a while, I was able to get enough gear on her to make a difference.  Now that I'm running enough dungeon to really upgrade my gears, I think I'm almost done with her.  still need to run my blacksmith through a couple of heroics to get enough material to make more weapon.

Last night, the family decided to eat out at Zen Buffet.  Naturally, I overate.  I did concentrate on eating only protein, and sashimi is pretty much all protein.

114/73/54 168.2lb 75 mg/DL
Week to Week 0.6


112/72/54 168.8lb 67 mg/DL
Week to Week 2.4lb

Day 467 - Long Sleeve Polo Shirt with Pocket

I'm not sure why it's so difficult to buy something like this. Last year, I have to replace my existing stock of long sleeve polo shirts with pocket due to it being threadbare. This year, the shirts I bought last year are way too large. I look and look, and no one seemed to have it. Since I'm not on call this week, I decided to take the entire Saturday afternoon to find the shirts.

Much to my surprise the first place I went to, Macy's actually have what I wanted. I simply have to ask the clerk for 'em. And these shirts are on sale. That got the frugal side of me happy as well.

114/75/72 167.4lb 85 mg/DL

Day 466 - On Forgetting

Such as forgetting to post this in a timely matter. Recently, I've found that I have to go back to where I have left to pick up things that I should take. More on the next day's post.

120/83/70 169.6lb 77 mg/DL

Day 465 - Getting Better Sleep

I really need to get better quality of sleep. As I drove home, I struggle to remain awake and alert. Perhaps this return to the World of Warcraft does have its consequences.

114/77/56 168.8lb 76 mg/DL

Day 464 - New Kindle

Amazon releases two different types of Kindle this week. I pre-ordered both as they'll serve different purpose for me. The first to arrive is the Kindle Fire, an rather stripped down 7" Android tablet with most of the Android features buried beneath Amazon's customization. I bought it to see what I can use it for. But mainly to watch videos for Amazon's streaming features.

The other Kindle I got is Kindle Touch, which will be the actual book reader that I'll be using, replacing my now renamed Kindle Keyboard. It felt heavier than the older version. A good deal of that is due to the shape of the new reader, which is smaller. By taking out the keyboard, it makes the screen is actually slightly bigger. This reader is also a bit lighter than the old one. It took me about an hour to get used to how to navigate around, and reloading all of my non-Amazon books (such as the ones from Baen) onto the device and group the way I want. The only negative I can think of right now is that the screen refresh feels a bit sluggish. I'll play around with it tomorrow again.

117/67/52 169.8lb 75 mg/DL

Day 463 - Gears

I've been trying to run the troll dungeons on my rogue for 2 days now. It's not been easy, since my gear limits what I can do. I got kicked out twice due to my low low dps, and 4 times we simply cannot finish the instance. I'm now just running my blacksmith in hope of getting materials to build better gears for the rogue. It's been slow. 4 instance, 1 orb. I need 6 more.

115/66/56 170lb 80 mg/DL