8neely8’s BodyBlog

Let me start off by saying Happy New Year!!!  I am still in recovery from back surgery that took place March 2008. I recently had another MRI as the pains have increased. I like to read about people’s progress and stories to help try and keep motivated. There are some amazing pics of transformations that are making me look forward to a (hopefully) full recovery.

I was really shocked about an hour ago when, on the newest profile pics on the Bodyspace page, there was a photo of a guy and another man’s penis resting on his face. I am not homophobic by any means, but I think there must be some way to screen out a photo like that before it gets on the site. I know some make it through, I will grant you that , but there is nobody that needs to see that. Furthermore, I had to quick get off the page as my 9yr old son was beside me. I know it is Christmas time, but that is a present that I DO NOT want to explain.

Anyone looking to watch the fight online, go to www.MMAHACKS.com. I hooked my laptop up to my 52" TV and got the screen about 32". The same feed as the pay-per-view, but completely FREE. It will be playing usually all day on the 28th too. All the MMA PPV’s are on there. AFFLICTION Banned 2 coming up and St.Pierre vs BJ Penn coming up.
Any question……just ask.

Seems everywhere you go now , someone is coughing, sneezing or wiping their runny nose. At home, some of them are missing out on a good nights sleep because of deep hacking coughs. There is a remedy that sounds soooo odd, but it actually works 100% of the time. Your feet absorb so much that scientists did tests with garlic on the soles of your feet. Within 20mins you can actually taste the garlic. Here is where it gets weird. If you or your kids have trouble sleeping because of the coughing, put Vic’s Vapo Rub on the soles of your feet, put on a pair of socks and settle in for a great night of sleep. Within 5mins you feel warm and soothed. You will sleep and wake well rested, as opposed to to being up all night. This works the best on kids. There is so much chemicals in kids cough syrup, that a little of the rub on the feet is all you need.

What do you have to lose? Try it, lots have. 

Went to college Tuesday to start some testing. It should take about 3 hours to complete. The first day I lasted from 9am until 10:30am. I was in so much pain from sitting, my back flared up.I had to leave so I could make the 40min drive home. I went back in today and did the rest of my paperwork standing beside a filing cabinet. Once again I was out of there by 10:30am. They want me to go 5 days a week from 9am until 2pm. Good luck. I am willing to go but the body isn’t into it.Looks like I will not be starting my course in September. I have 60weeks of college prep courses to do, at 5days a week for the 60 weeks. Looks like that is unrealistic.

My recovery from back surgery (L4-L5 spinal fusion)took a big step back 6 weeks ago. I tore the scar tissue just playing a little catch with my 9yr old boy. I have recently started back at the light weights at physiotherapy. Still doing core exercises, bosu ball and exercise ball too. I am currently on pace to be discharged from there around October 20th. The good news is that my wife just became CAN-FIT-PRO certified!!!! Now I get free personal training which should help with my long term goals. I guess for now it is slow and steady. Being at home alone and bored really leads to bad eating habits. You get on a SEE FOOD diet so to speak, you see food you eat it generally out of boredome. I need to get on bodybuilding.com daily to try and use that as some motivation. Cardio is hard, can’t sit long on exercise bike we have, so maybe some daily walks with the ipod might get me some positive results.

Take care, Randy

Things are starting to turn around. I have added some of the core exercises yesterday. Will stay the course until next Wednesday at physio. Need to find a reliable scale to see the progress. Seems like I dropped a bit of weight in the last week.

Had my physio appointment yesterday and had to cancel all the lifting parts of my work out. Seems I have injured my back a  liitle and they are keeping me on  my stretching and lots of ice. Seems that I will be at least a week out now until back on the light weights. Kinda disappointing that this happened. Thought I was a little further with my recovery , but when I hurt the way I do after playing catch with my son, then I know I have a long way to go.