My back is injured again.
After a week of on-and-off back pain, I played soccer Thursday night. Turns out that was a dumb idea. Despite taking lots of breaks, and being pretty careful overall, I did some major damage and I’ve spent the last two days flat on my back — and probably have [...]
I’m starting off another work week with a sore back. It’s now been six months that I’ve had constant lower back pain. I’ve tried both resting and exercising, and neither has seemed to work — although I’m still working hard on the latter and have only recently started making decent progress towards some [...]
On my birthday I was challenged to take part in the annual “Trip ‘n Dip” Resolution Run, and so this morning Ruby, Kate and I headed down to Magnuson Park for a little run. It’s a flat 5k course with an optional detour into Lake Washington at the end.
I registered in the “Clydesdale” category [...]
One week into my workout routine and I’ve gained 2 pounds. Oops. In my defense, we had back-to-back-to-back Christmas parties this past weekend.
My workout consists of 15 minutes of cardio, a round of weightlifting on the “express” fitness machines, and then 20 more minutes of cardio. I’m not crazy about the weightlifting, since [...]
I joined a gym last week and had my first workout on Friday. My plan is to have several early-morning workouts every week, often joined by my friend Michael, and to supplement those with weekly soccer games and the occasional weekend run (weather permitting).
I weighed 205.5 pounds after my workout yesterday, which I figure it [...]
I’ve been working hard to get back in shape. It’s difficult, and it’s not made easier by the fact that I’m just beginning and progress is still hard to see. I’m not just trying to lose weight — I’m also trying to work my way back from debilitating spasms in my lower back in August, [...]
I’m officially about 20 pounds overweight. There’s a couple of reasons behind it — a bit of a lazy summer leading to a back injury which really cut down on my exercise. Then a new job which both cut down on my exercise time and put me in the midst of overly tempting food choices [...]
We (Kate, Ruby, and I) participated in the University District Street Scramble today, and we won! Specifically, we won in the 90-minute family on-foot division.
The street scramble is a scavenger hunt where teams (or individuals) are given a map with various locations on it. Each location is worth 10 to 50 points. You choose which [...]
We took Ruby down to Kate’s new (currently unoccupied) office building to watch the fireworks last night. Ruby enjoyed them — she stayed snuggled in her sling with her eyes open and just watched. The noise didn’t bother her at all.
Upon returning to our car, we discovered that our car had been towed. (Apparently, we’d [...]