Been a whole lot a goin on
Well, I apologize for the long wait inbetween blogs. I’m afraid I’ve been a busy pojke. I actually did a short stint in the hospital a couple days back. Chew your food, guys. I got a slightly less than complete intestinal blockage due to fast, mindless eating. Almost as funny is that it’s actually happened to me two times now. This time is was almonds and raisins that did the trick. I had a bad feeling even before I bought them that I shouldn’t get them. Didn’t listen to it. Had a bad feeling at work when I was rushed and had little time to eat that I shouldn’t eat them. Didn’t listen. Hurried through them, barely chewed then swallowed. Little later that evening, drinking my smoothie, I realize something is very wrong. I start experiencing some very bad pain. I assumed it was gas actually and just kept drinking my 8 egg, 2 boxes of frozen berries, 1/8lb raw butter smoothie. Unfortunately, it wasn’t just gas. I went to bed after I drank the smoothie and woke up 2 hours later with an awful pain which I recognized almost immediately-knew I had an obstruction. The first time it happened to me was back in the days of cooked food, protein shakes, and prohormones in highschool. Anyway, about 12 hours later, I made myself throw-up and the entire smoothie was still in my stomach. Generally intestinal obstructions occur right at the beginning of the small intestine-so the food doesn’t have anywhere to go really. So, given my doctors instructions the last time I around, I waited. Waited another 12 hours and no go. Had to go to the hospital. The first obstruction went over in about 5 hours, now it had been 24. Anyway, I was REALLY not looking forward to going to the hospital, I’d been talking myself out of going all day. Getting that thing surgically removed was not what I had in mind for that evening; but Kristina(she’s back!) insisted and she was probably right. Anyway, we went to the doc and he said that although intestinal sounds were sparse, they were still there and the intestines would likely clear the obstruction themselves. Which they did, thankfully, after about 40hrs. No big loss, I had meant to do a fast anyway. So I threw in an extra day for good measure.
I am still kickin ass in the gym. Got a lot of my old size back. What I really love about being raw is my not so new found density(it’s been 4yrs now). No one would ever be able to tell I’m am a serious trainee in clothes. I basically look totally normal in clothes, but when it comes time to pump up, then it comes out. It’s pretty nice, it’s another way to keep me part of the crowd. I have so many things that set me apart already, I can do without too many more.
I had hamstring/core workout today with a buddy, Richy. The most fun part was getting together with an old friend again, but the workout was great as well. We crushed some deads-if you can call the weight that I use ‘crushing them’. Then hit some Yo Yo leg curls and some swiss ball leg curls. Then we moved onto the core, did some planks, a Bosu sit, some hip rolls, a cable crunch on the swiss ball, some side planks, and some trunk rotations. Gonna have some mean soreness tomorrow. That’ll be nice. Anyway, Richy’s an engineer; he thinks very practically, very logically and systematically-those are the perfect traits for a great trainee. That last one especially is good, it’s something I’ve found irreplaceable in the gym. Everywhere and everywhen actually, but in the gym it works particularly well. Do this, do it well, and move onto that. I think people really have to start trying to connect the process with the results-which is what they ultimately want. If the results make them feel really good, the process should also make them feel really good. Every burning muscle fiber…feels good. Every gasp for breath…feels good. Every ounce of energy spent…feels good. All of it feels good because it’s all giving you what you want, which is good, which feels good. The pain is still just a sensation, and that can be reprogrammed. I think we all do this without knowing it in regards to ordinary things pretty often. We create associations, we condition ourselves, and we experience life in the way in which we have conditioned ourselves to experience it. It’s a never ending, constantly evolving process.
In other news, I’ve got to get off my butt and order some trees for new apartment. I’m moving on Jan 1st and I want it to be a high energy heaven. Lots of trees, organic everything(especially bed sheets and mattress), recycling bins, full spectrum lighting, compost, nice pictures, maybe a painting or two(I’ve come to the conclusion that the best paintings are the ones that you or your friends do)..etc. I still have the one remaining stoic sequoia tree. He’s about an inch and a half tall and already has slightly brown tipped needles. Not so good. They just don’t like Sweden so much. Going to have to keep going with the Buddha trees, the Ficus Religiosas. Good stuff. I actually had a lot more to say in this blog; I’ve been thinking about it for days, but as is usually the case, I digress. I am at a loss for words. Well, one last thing…been doing a lot of mackerel lately-north atlantic mackerel, VERY high in powerhouse immune system building omega 3s, low in ocean pollution-only the north atlantic kind.
