What's It Going to be then, Eh?

Fri 11 Mar 2005

Crazy Love
Weight: ??? Workout: 30 Minutes Treadmill I ran for 20 minutes this morning. Up 5 from my usual 15. It wasn't too bad. we'll see how it feels this afternoon though. I did some stretches and then decided to sit in the sauna for a while. I was in there for about 15 Minutes. My sinuses are really cleared out. I was pretty sweaty though. Phew! One thing that I have to say though is this. Most sauna's are "dry" sauna's. What that means it's really freaking hot and dry. it is not a steam room. A steam room is a steam room. So stop pouring water on the damn stones. All that does is make the heating unit go bad and the wood will start to rot. Two people did that today and did not seem at all put of by my stern look of derision. Imagine!
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Crazy Love

Weight: ???
Workout: 30 Minutes Treadmill

I ran for 20 minutes this morning. Up 5 from my usual 15. It wasn't too bad. we'll see how it feels this afternoon though. I did some stretches and then decided to sit in the sauna for a while. I was in there for about 15 Minutes. My sinuses are really cleared out. I was pretty sweaty though. Phew!

One thing that I have to say though is this. Most sauna's are "dry" sauna's. What that means it's really freaking hot and dry. it is not a steam room. A steam room is a steam room. So stop pouring water on the damn stones. All that does is make the heating unit go bad and the wood will start to rot. Two people did that today and did not seem at all put of by my stern look of derision. Imagine!

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Thu 10 Mar 2005

We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About
Weight: ??? Workout: 30 Minutes X-Trainer 2 Circuits Phew! Today was a good workout. I didn't have time to do 3 circuits and I think that was a good thing. I was pretty ragged when I got off the X-Trainer. I was quite sweaty, my heart rate was pretty consistently in the 140 range while I was on it which is pretty good. I think tomorrow I am going to step up the running too. I think that will help get me off the plateau. And now to let off a little steam... I have to have yet another meeting today to discuss the issue of db2 v SQL Server. This is not a technical decision anymore nor is it a design decision any more. This is a political skirmish and frankly it makes me sick. What's worse is that I have to have yet another meeting next tuesday as well. The big issue now is stored procedures and how they are created. Basically the issue is that one group does not want to give up their SQL Server and have dug their heels in over this. University Data should be stored in the University's Big Ass Mainframe DB2 Server. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH
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We Are the People Our Parents Warned Us About

Weight: ???
Workout: 30 Minutes X-Trainer
2 Circuits

Phew! Today was a good workout. I didn't have time to do 3 circuits and I think that was a good thing. I was pretty ragged when I got off the X-Trainer. I was quite sweaty, my heart rate was pretty consistently in the 140 range while I was on it which is pretty good. I think tomorrow I am going to step up the running too. I think that will help get me off the plateau.

And now to let off a little steam... I have to have yet another meeting today to discuss the issue of db2 v SQL Server. This is not a technical decision anymore nor is it a design decision any more. This is a political skirmish and frankly it makes me sick. What's worse is that I have to have yet another meeting next tuesday as well. The big issue now is stored procedures and how they are created. Basically the issue is that one group does not want to give up their SQL Server and have dug their heels in over this. University Data should be stored in the University's Big Ass Mainframe DB2 Server. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHH

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Wed 09 Mar 2005

The Cool, Cool River
Weight: 229 Workout: 30 Minutes X-Trainer I checked my weight today and was at 229! That makes it officially 25 lbs down. Not too shabby. I didn't do any weights today because I knew I was going to do 30 minutes on the X-Trainer and didn't want to over do it. While working out I thought that I might step back on the weights and only do that 3 days a week and stretch on the other 2. I do need to switch some stuff up though. I still think that I am at a bit of a plateau. Moving to 30 minutes on the X-Trainer should help that. I think I might bump it to level 2 as well.
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The Cool, Cool River

Weight: 229
Workout: 30 Minutes X-Trainer

I checked my weight today and was at 229! That makes it officially 25 lbs down. Not too shabby. I didn't do any weights today because I knew I was going to do 30 minutes on the X-Trainer and didn't want to over do it. While working out I thought that I might step back on the weights and only do that 3 days a week and stretch on the other 2. I do need to switch some stuff up though. I still think that I am at a bit of a plateau. Moving to 30 minutes on the X-Trainer should help that. I think I might bump it to level 2 as well.

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Tue 08 Mar 2005

Katmandu
Weight: ??? Workout: None Just wasn't feeling up to going to the gym today. so today would be a light day.
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Mon 07 Mar 2005

Crush With Eyeliner
Weight: 233 lbs Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer 2 Circuits Well it looks like the pizza from last week caught up to me! Oh well. We'll have to see what next week brings.
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Fri 04 Mar 2005

She Floated Away
Weight: ??? Workout: 30 Minutes Treadmill 3 circuits I have to go to a meeting today that I would like to avoid. I plan to sit quietly on my hands and say as little as possible. I should never have opened my mouth in the first place. Unfortunately I know myself well enough to say that I will probably come out of this with more work than I want on stuff that I don't care about anyway. sigh One more thing; Since when is it acceptable to workout in jeans, a t-shirt, and work boots? three people at the gym were dressed like that today. WTF? Are they planning on just going straght to work? Man they must be stinky at work. yuck.
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She Floated Away

Weight: ???
Workout: 30 Minutes Treadmill
3 circuits

I have to go to a meeting today that I would like to avoid. I plan to sit quietly on my hands and say as little as possible. I should never have opened my mouth in the first place. Unfortunately I know myself well enough to say that I will probably come out of this with more work than I want on stuff that I don't care about anyway. sigh

One more thing; Since when is it acceptable to workout in jeans, a t-shirt, and work boots? three people at the gym were dressed like that today. WTF? Are they planning on just going straght to work? Man they must be stinky at work. yuck.

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Thu 03 Mar 2005

Oh Very Young
Weight: ??? Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer 2 Circuits There was a little bit of a traffic jam at the circuit machines today. Nobody was being annoying there were just four of us working our way around. I only did two circuits so that I would have enough time to do all my cardio and cool down. It might also work out good in that I wont be to tired tomorrow to run. On another note. When I make changes to an application I try to test things as fully as possible. I also set up development versions of the applications to let the end users also test. My thinking is that they know the domain better than I do usually and can tell if I have missed something. I spent yesterday afternoon and this morning chasing down an annoying bug that should have been caught. Unfortunately I could not have caught it. It was really something that the end user should have stumbled upon. Of course they assured me all was well before I put it in production.
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Oh Very Young

Weight: ???
Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer
2 Circuits

There was a little bit of a traffic jam at the circuit machines today. Nobody was being annoying there were just four of us working our way around. I only did two circuits so that I would have enough time to do all my cardio and cool down. It might also work out good in that I wont be to tired tomorrow to run.

On another note. When I make changes to an application I try to test things as fully as possible. I also set up development versions of the applications to let the end users also test. My thinking is that they know the domain better than I do usually and can tell if I have missed something. I spent yesterday afternoon and this morning chasing down an annoying bug that should have been caught. Unfortunately I could not have caught it. It was really something that the end user should have stumbled upon. Of course they assured me all was well before I put it in production.

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Wed 02 Mar 2005

Brand New Day
Weight: ??? Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer 3 Circuits I have decided to do my run on friday mornings. I was just too wiped out after the run on wednesday to get a good work out on thursday or friday. I think this will help that. Not to mention give me the weekend to rest up from the run.
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Tue 01 Mar 2005

Burning Hell
Weight: ??? Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer 3 Circuits I feel pretty good this morning. Although I think I may be a bit sore in the morning. I decided to try doing one circuit where I did three sets at each machine. I wanted to see if I got a better workout and to see if that would be faster. It wasn't faster but I think it might be a better workout. The third set of each was a lot harder to finish than usual. I only did half my usual situps. It was getting late. I almost punked out on the X-trainer but made myself finish. I feel pretty good about that. Tonight is the Series finale of NYPD Blue. It is a two hour deal so I need to remember to set up the vcr. I don't think The Bean will be in bed early enough for me to watch it all. I think it sucks that a good show with good stories is being killed. Worse yet the piece of crap they seem to be replacing it with looks horrible. Rabbit Rabbit
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Burning Hell

Weight: ???
Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer
3 Circuits

I feel pretty good this morning. Although I think I may be a bit sore in the morning. I decided to try doing one circuit where I did three sets at each machine. I wanted to see if I got a better workout and to see if that would be faster. It wasn't faster but I think it might be a better workout. The third set of each was a lot harder to finish than usual. I only did half my usual situps. It was getting late. I almost punked out on the X-trainer but made myself finish. I feel pretty good about that.

Tonight is the Series finale of NYPD Blue. It is a two hour deal so I need to remember to set up the vcr. I don't think The Bean will be in bed early enough for me to watch it all. I think it sucks that a good show with good stories is being killed. Worse yet the piece of crap they seem to be replacing it with looks horrible.

Rabbit Rabbit

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Mon 28 Feb 2005

She Sings Songs Without Words
Weight: 232 lbs Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer 3 Circuits I'm not sure if I should consider today 3 circuits or not. I was taking a little longer than usual so I decided to do two sets each on the second circuit. So I wound up doing the same amount of work and all. Who knows. I seem to have hit a little bit of a plateau with the weight. It will probably be a week or two before there is any movement there. On a side not I got new pants with a 40 inch waist! They fit good. Sadly I think they will be too big for me in a month or so.
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She Sings Songs Without Words

Weight: 232 lbs
Workout: 20 Minutes X-Trainer
3 Circuits

I'm not sure if I should consider today 3 circuits or not. I was taking a little longer than usual so I decided to do two sets each on the second circuit. So I wound up doing the same amount of work and all. Who knows.

I seem to have hit a little bit of a plateau with the weight. It will probably be a week or two before there is any movement there.

On a side not I got new pants with a 40 inch waist! They fit good. Sadly I think they will be too big for me in a month or so.

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