I'm determined to get most of my cardio in today and figure that I need to leave with enough time to compensate for the traffic delays that road work brings. So I cut my cardio time by 10 minutes and totally skip the DBs today. It's enough that I get two sessions of cardio (30 and 20 min), and a lot of pull ups, push ups and planks. I'm really tired by the time I attempt my 3rd set of pull ups, but I still manage to squeak out the last 3. But I'm really surprised that the gym scale reads 107.2 lbs. I already know that if I drink an apple ale or two with supper every night, I don't lose any weight. I did have a few umbrella drinks while on vacation, and ate every lunch and dinner out. Breakfast was vanilla-flavored Greek style yogurt which helped to shield my stomach from morning coffee. I need the caffeine but my stomach is still very sensitive. So I'm back to what I weighed before I went on vacation. That's okay with me!
My doc wants to know how my stomach is. It's fine as long as I'm careful with fat, and spicy foods. I haven't been taking the apple cider vinegar because it gave me wicked heartburn last time, and I already know I have a hiatal hernia and a tendency toward GERD. My sis tells me that our parents were pre-diabetic so now I'm ultra-cautious with fats and sugars. When I complained to my sis about not being able to eat coconut oil (it makes me really ill) she says she rubs it onto her skin after showering. I've been doing that lately too. Much better than eating it!
I complain to my primary about the intermittent itching I feel around my neck. For a long time, I had itching on my belly skin, then my lower back. Now it's starting on my inner forearms and right thigh. She tells me that she suffered the same thing last year, and finally consulted a colleague of hers who happens to be a dermatologist. The advice was to take Claritin® 3x a day for 2 weeks.
My doc argued that the dosage doesn't allow for 3x a day, but the colleague insisted. Instead, my doc took it 2x a day for three weeks. Then once a day for another month. And the itching went away, just as mysteriously as it came. No topical has worked so far for me, not hydrocortisone, not topical Benedryl®, not salves, creams, or antiseptics. The doc suspects an allergic hypersensitivity. "Do this for a few weeks, but here are the names of two dermatologists, just in case." I bought some generic claritin on the way home. I don't want the red, rough skin on my neck (from all the scratching) to become permanent!
Oh yeah, I re-installed Firefox because Safari just isn't great at viewing a lot of sites, especially the weird "postcard" my son sent me from his Mission Mars trip while we were at Disney's Epcot Center!
Friday Workout
(5.53 miles total)
165
Set 1 : 110x15
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