Psychotraumatology -- PTSD

Discussions in psychotraumatology in the management of PTSD focus on the importance of diet -- the ritual of meals/eating -- and the efficacy of using large muscle groups to metabolize the physiological end products of stress and anxiety.

This works for diabetes too.

Friday, December 24

12/27/2010 IS WEEK 9

45 Min. walk, west waterfront.

Weather is deteriorating, cold, wet, windy. "Diet creep" -- eating to soothe, and at 238 lbs. We need to get remotivated.

Walk, 45 min.

Same as yesterday, 45 min. walk west on the waterfront. Scattered clouds, intermittent showers.

45 Min.

45 Min. more or less. West end waterfront, walking. Boring, but it breaks up the day.

OK -- Back At It

WEEK 8

About 50 min. walk east -- down to 12th. and look at the fire. We're doing OK. Walked the hill on Bond St. first and then back on the waterfront. Seems like the back issues resolve if I break up the walk w/ some variety: stairs, stop and pet the dogs . . .

Let's try consistent, and let's try not to overdo.

Weather was decent, but I should haul out some rain pants for the storms.

237.8 lb. this morning.

Slip Sliding Away --

Saturday. It's been about a dozen days since any walking/riding. Rain, wind, wet, damp, cold -- and I suppose a bit over-done too. Difficult to exercise outside when it's cold and stormy.

We could, I suppose, view this as a "recovery" period and move forward. It's raining right now. Ick.

Nobody Reads This Stuff

12/13/2010 IS WEEK 7

Wet & Windy

45 min. walking, west along river. Road trip yesterday was disastrous on the diet, could have been worse. "Don't fall off the wagon." M. Raynes . . .

We'll just keep up the exercise and get back on track.

Beach Cruiser

12/6/2010 IS WEEK 6

55 min. Beach Cruiser along the waterfront. We're riding faster. Bucking headwind going out (east) and then tailwind back to the bridge. Then west to the end of the trail and buck wind back to the bridge.

Good "interval" sequence on work load, legs are working hard against the head wind. Yesterday's ride was coming back against the wind and hard work.

Windy Ride

Dead Lift -- 45 lb plates, 7' Olympic bar (20 kg. 44.1 lbs.) -- 134 lbs. 5 reps, three sets w/ rest/recovery. We're sneaking up on the weight work. I need to set out a routine, some time, and some objectives.

45 min. beach cruiser ride from Battery Russel. Very windy! Objective here is to do longer rides. I may grab the mt. bike for this, could have used some gears in the wind.

Wt. at 237.xx . . . It goes up and down. Diet is back on track.

Walk & Bike

50 min. walk, west along the waterfront. Then I needed to go to the bank and so got out the beach cruiser for another couple 15 min. rides. About 1 hr. 15 or 25 min. all told. Bright and clear, crisp -- mid 40's.

We walked out along the point, broken terrain helps w/ the stiff back. The ride later also helps the back. It's a "posture" issue -- "lordosis." Stretches would help, and there are resources online.

236.0 lbs this morning. We pulled in another belt notch!

Walking Faster Now

45 min. Walking along waterfront west. We're doing the same route, only faster. Overcast, warm, not raining.