Tried the nasal mask last night. It didn’t bother me too much (that I noticed), however, it seemed that I did sleep a lot lighter than I normally do. Not sure if it has anything to do with the mask or not. Henry woke me up a few times and Melissa’s constant pulling of the covers woke me a few more times. According to the app, I had a decent sleep with about 7 our of 8 labelled as quality. 

Workout was great too. My breathing hasn’t been an issue on the treadmill, more of a fatigue problem. This seems to be the result of being sick and a little apprehensive about pushing beyond the limits. I’m hoping that as I heal, I’ll be able to keep nudging my intensity up. Definitely feeling better though.

Yesterday was interesting because I was clearly exhausted. It came out in my teaching as my normally patient approach gave way to some anger. Not normally the case. Funny though, cause I slept well even though it was short. I also noticed that with the tiredness came a lack of self discipline. I definitely felt the hunger cravings and gave way by eating some chocolate chips. I’m not really sure how to approach this problem because I’m going to be hungry in the evenings most nights. I wonder if there’s another way to fix it.

Workout:

22 min run

3 x 500 row

10 cals on bike

3 x 10 deadlift

3 x 25 50lb KB swings

3 x 10 one arm rows

Going with the typed entry this morning because Melissa made fun of how I look at 8 am after being up destroying my body since 5. Anyway, it’s a change, nothing special. I don’t really care about how I look - to the extent that I’m anxious about it. Seems like there’s not much that I can do about it. I also chalk up my fatigued aged look to being sick for about 8 months and still trudging forward. Bound to be something that gives - I guess it ages me.

I slept great last night considering it was only about 6 hours. It was solid, filled with dreams and no overnight wake-ups. I suspect this humidity situation is really the reason I’ve been sleeping better. Glad to know that it might be fixed. 

I definitely felt better this morning during the workout. Although I coughed a bit, it certainly wasn’t close to being as bad as earlier in the month or even last month. The amount of time it has taken is just ridiculous!

I’ve been doing my video log for two days. Interestingly, I think that it may not last because writing seems to have more impact when reviewing old blogs. Who really knows though, could be an illusion. I’ll keep up the blogs for a month just to see how it plays out. 

Compared to last year, I’m feeling great. Sleeping better and, although sick, I’m on the mend and things are looking good. I’m going with an alcohol free month which should be interesting. It’s important to make sure that you have control of the demons and they don’t have control of you.

I have a chapel talk coming up soon which I’m looking forward to. I should start getting on it now so that I’m more prepared. 

Workout:

25 min run

3 x 500 row

30s hard on bike

3 x 10 NEW TRAP BAR!

3 x 7 DB complex

3 x 10 one arm row

Welcome to the New Year! It’s been a couple weeks since an entry, but I’ve had this diary on my mind. Holidays were great. It’s really nice to have a job that allows me to take long intermittent breaks. I’m still sick. Although it is slowly getting better, I’ve still been frustrated as to figuring out its cause. After looking through some CPAP posts and meeting with a repirologist I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s either poor hygiene on the filter or too much dry air. I’ll continue to keep my equipment clean and hopefully get into see the people at the CPAP place to get a new filter and new masks to help with the problem. I’m sure that they’ll have some insight too. Perhaps it’s just something as simple as changing my mask. 

Now that it’s the new year, I’m offically on a cut. I’m hoping that we can book this vacation on March Break and it will give me some motivation to be beach ready. I jumped on the scales yesterday and I was back up to 174. I don’t really have a goal weight, other than to get to the point where I feel comfortable with my shirt off. I’m guessing it will be closer to a weight of 165-170. I’ll keep at the intermittent fasting and hopefully my sickness will lift soon and I’ll be able to get some more quality cardio in. I got gassed last night at hockey which is incredibly unusual. 

And, probably the most difficult is the cutting out of alcohol for a month. It needs to be done, if nothing else to prove that I can drink alcohol and not feel any ill effects. Although it’s only been two days, I’ve been feeling relatively good about not having any. One important insight is that I was drinking on the weekends out of routine and boredom. This is interesting because I found that I had so much more time and energy to do things instead of drinking. I’ll pay close attention to it as the month progresses and see if I can take notice of any postivie changes to my routine. Obviously I’m also looking to feel some physical benefits as well. I suspect that those won’t show up until I’m clean for about 2 weeks.