testing ..

i went through amazon and picked up a glucose meter (freestyle flash) i think .. its 1 company for the meter, and a second for the supplies . and the company doing the supplies is sending the order in 2 boxes .. i guess they like to waste money .

so whatever.

i should change the title of this blog .. huh..

14,440 meters

so that was yesterday's step count :P I think that was 850kcal burned.. I wont go that long if I can help it .. as of right now, im at 4,000 and then my step counter died. . lol. its rechargable. so i guess i have to put it on charge every night

I like staying orginized. I have one of those cases that hard, and black with silver corners. Its deep enough to hold my psyc meds.. and meter and strips once i get those. need to carry more water on hand. something else to figure out.. maybe i can keep my backpack, and use a carin-beaner to attach a bottle on the outside.

sucks making change. For the last 3 years, I simply ignored my test reults. I can think back to my last three, and nothing improves, and is at high risk for heart diease, and borderline diabetic.

One of the hardest things I had to do wends, was to go past 2 boxes of do-nuts when attending a 12step meeting. It so fucking pissed me off. I was in self pity as in, "why do I have to give up do-nuts when everyone here is eating".. I got over it an hour later.. yeh, that long .

:P

new

new post. i've neglected my health to the point where I need to become active again. Active in learning and in eating. Im coming up pre diabetic recently and it means that I still have time to make changes (u know) in my life before all the problems start showing up.

The blood-surger standard was lowered in 2003 becuase of too many people having complications. The newer, lower standered is less than 100 mg/dl and pre diabetic is 101 - 126.

My screwing-around time is over. At 32, some might think I have a little extra time to have "fun", meaning that I can still drink and do drugs. But I cannot. My partying during my mid 20s has not gone without consquence.

I did drugs for 3 years and drank just over a year. When Im too busy getting high, I don't do anything to help myself, the body, or health. Just staying up for nights on end was my story. I havn't had a physical in over 2 or 3 years now. Not over the transsexual issue, but rather from a drug abuse issue. I didn't want to go in while using and my doctor not helping me. (When someone abuses drugs, no pescribed treatment will work beucase of other, chemically unkowen street drugs).

The modiviation is to stay stopped. I don't want foot problems, eye problems, or even die.

Data from 9-29-08

Distance 5011.40m
Time: 38:38.62
kCal: 623

splits:
1km 07:20
2km 14:46
3km 22:21
4km 30:27
5km 38:32

11.4 meters: 38:38.62

-- im still working on jogging 5k without stopping.
My last 5000m split was 38:41. so some "tiny" improvement.
it'll get a little better as im able to jog the whole thing.

im getting closer in my research

Google search terms: transsexual prolonged estrogen use and vo2 max

i might need to vary the terms slightly.

USAT Waiver 08: boooo!!!

they frown on all presperication medication. i guess that means i wont be able to obtain a USAT membership (not yet anyway). I think this is motivation for a gradual removal of psyc. meds... obviosuly i wont do that by myself... but its a chance to look at the future. to be medication free, and obtain better ways of handling life's daily problems.

for those who dont know what USAT is for... United States of America Triathlon. Its like USA Gymastics and USA Swimming.

All this wavior precludes me is from partipating in USAT sanction'd events. for other events, i'll need to sign their waviors anyway. or I can just practice on my own with new friends. :)

My quick lesson in bio-mechanics :P

when people excerise, their heart rate goes up. It does this becuase cells require more energy to work. Oxy-gen will move into cells, create ATP (bio energy) and typically expell, amoung other thigns, carbon-dioxide (Co2).

There is a measurement for this oxygen transfer. Its knowen by several things. What this measurement measures is the velocity of transfer (speed of transfer) that oxygen moves in and out of cells.

This designation is better kowen as VO2 Max. (V for velocity) of (Oxygen - O2) transfer, Maximum. It bio-mechanically measures the areobic ability (capacity) of an individual. So when an individual trains and excerises more, more and more oxygen will transfer in and out of cells (a good thing).

More oxygen available will reduce blood pressure.

A little knowledge is dangrous. This is the basis of how performance enhancing drugs work. they artifically opens up cell transfer giving an un-fair advantage over someone else at the top of his/her areobic abilities. The advantage can be small, but, with timing going down to 1/100 (0.01) seconds, it builds an un-fair advantage.

So dont do drugs. :P
and don't over exert ur self. in trying to raise this number as quickly as possible.

The heart works best by "gradual overload". If overload is too quick, the heart will go, what the f**k are u doing?... and will (not the heart) (but the body) will shut down pretty quickly as it cadnnot SUSTAIN that level of output.

Take my recent 5k practice. at km4, I began to shut down because the body wan't use to a 40min run... just a 30min before. so my pace went from 7:30 down to 8:45 per km. but I kept moving. Im not in for a medel, just excerise right now.

now the transsexual issue. if one is not hormonally re-assigned, the body will biomechanically not change. taking prolonged estrogen use does in fact change the body on the inside with bodyfat distrobution and the gradual removal of testronone. I guess that one can prove their prolong'd use of estrogen such that the mussle's will function differently, more like a female (biomechanically speaking).

Of course, this issue dosn't have any standards (i think). i know that there is a distinct line when estrogen overrides testronine. this can get complicated pretty quick. i'll post more when i get there which would be like 2 years from now :P