Slowly does it…
As of this morning, my weight is up to 163 lbs. A lot better than it was a couple of weeks ago. I’m still not going to set any weight goals - colitis is to tricksy for that - but I am pleased that I’m back in the 160’s, and I’ll be elated if I can get back to 170+. At the moment, I’m consuming 3300-4000 calories a day and it feels like chicken-feed, so there is room for increased consumption.
My cold is on its way out, thank goodness. Being hit with colitis and the flu was a double-whammy I didn’t need. I think I’ll be able to start some harder training in a week or two. As to what that will be, I don’t know. I have kettlebells (a 16KG and 24KG); what with gyms being packed in the New Year with the ‘Resolutioners’, it might be an idea to focus on them since the work can be done at home. Of course, nothing packs on meat like heavy weights. We’ll see.
I need to focus more on the internal aspects of kung fu. I ordered and received John Du Cane’s Qigong Recharge kit from dragondoor.com (the land of Pavel and kettebells etc.). It only took three days to be delivered, and I’m in the UK - excellent customer service and shipping! The movements of the form are more gentle and slow than I’m used to with my hard-style kung fu, but then I guess that’s the point. Practice will yield results, I’m sure.
Slowly does it. 2009 has been a rotten year for me, at least health-wise. I will recover by the year’s end, and be in a position to make 2010 the best year of my life. Never back down.
Hot: Michele Levesque on the cover of MuscleMag December 2009 [UK] - sexy, powerful picture. What an ass!
Not: The rest of that same magazine. Just a massive ‘magic-powder’ catalogue, with pages of bloated, chemical-filled behemoths and the worst ’sexiest women’ section ever (pouty-faced bimbos dressed like porn stars, all with too much make-up on…)
