Right now, my fitness is frankly lousy. In the last month, we’ve had the Christmas/New Year’s Day holidays, which are going to add a few pounds right there. But, of course, my shoulder has been all wonky (eliminating much of any weight lifting), and my broken toe has all but stopped me from exercising over the last 3 weeks.
Before these injuries, I was floating around 190-195 pounds, and my fat percentage (according to the scale) was around 16.5-17%. Today I was at 201.6 and 18.5%. Since we got this scale, I’ve never seen a percentage that high. Yesterday it was 17.8%, so hopefully that 18.5 is an outlying data point. In my 190-195 range, my cardio fitness is pretty good. I don’t have nearly the strength that most of the guys in BJJ have, as most of them are regular weight lifters.
Fitness will be tough over the next few months. I’m planning on trying to use the stationary bike nearly every day. If my foot allows, I’ll be trying to do lunges and squats, as well as abdominal work. But fitness and weight will really be a struggle for me until I can start using my arm again.
Fitness
My broken toe is beginning to feel better. Or, at least, the pain is now more or less localized to the toe itself now. When I put weight on the ball of my foot now, I don’t get much pain at the ball itself. As I transfer weight onto the toes from the ball of the foot, I get a fair amount of pain, but the pain is at the toe. This does make walking a lot easier, so I don’t have to put my weight entirely on the outside edge of my foot. Tomorrow will be the 3rd week since my injury.
Health
Tomorrow is my shoulder surgery. It is scheduled for 10:30, and I need to be at the hospital around 8:30. Not surprisingly, I’m not particularly looking forward to it. However, I am looking forward to finally being on the road to recovery. The plan has been for a day in the hospital, and to come home on Tues. But yesterday and today I’ve been thinking that it’d be great to come home the same day, if at all possible.
I’m going to be doing a sequence of before and after pictures. Obviously, these are Before pictures. I apologize for my furry body.
Picture #1: front view. The bump is my collar bone.
Picture #2: back view.
Picture #3: Both shoulders. I’m actually just relaxing both arms equally, even though it kind of looks like I’m off-kilter. Note that my right shoulder bump is a little taller than most people. I’ve had at least one Grade 1 separation of that shoulder.
Picture #4: I’m rolling my shoulders forward in this shot. Looks more interesting in person.
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