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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16427
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Thank you for your kind words, Bulltahr and JR 137; means everything to me. 
Went to my Cardiologist Monday, February 27, 2017, 2pmCDT for a follow-up!!
Still at 266lbs, which my Cardiologist was very pleased as well as proud of my efforts to do what must be done for the quality of life. He now knows that he can trust me to do what must be done seriously, and not half way. To hear that he was proud of me, thus far, was everything; let's me no that my efforts aren't in vain, at all.
He did an EKG, and I'm STILL in normal sinus rhythm; NO AFIB!!
He's rescheduled my Nuclear Stress Test, 3 weeks from now. He says that the reason that he wants to do the NST is because, on the treadmill stress test to be effective, my heart rate has to be around 175-180, and since the Inversion, my heart rate on a treadmill has fallen from 195 to 110. Even on the StairMaster, and I'm at the top 4 levels, my HR is only 115...Cardiac Inversion (CI) was a big success according to my Cardiologist.
We're still trying to figure out the financials, and my not know anything exact until the week of the NST. The out-of-pocket price, without insurance, is $1,000. That means, my down payment would be $500. My Blue Cross Blue Shield, at the moment, isn't being forthcoming on what my financial responsibility, as of yet. However, my hospital bill for the CI was well over $10, 000, and after insurance and discounts, I only owe $2,400, of which I'm on a payment plan. I've now more payment plans than there are stars...not really, but you get my meaning.
After the NST is completed, my next follow-up will be in 6 months. Cardiologist took away the Medication that regulated the Afib because I don't have Afib, and he also lowered one of my blood pressure medicine from 50mg to 25mg. Signs that I love!!
No gym today because my plate was quite full today. Tomorrow, back to the gym...looking to get down to 256 by the end of March...God willing!!
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Safroot
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 22 Dec 2013
Posts: 911
Location: Sydney, Australia
Styles: Kyokushin
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| Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2017 1:30 am Post subject: |
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Great news sensei8, so happy to hear that
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16427
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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| Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2017 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Great day at the gym today!!
Weight: 263lbs
Cardio today only:
StairMaster
38 minutes
500 Calorie Burn
112 Heart rate
122 floors
Treadmill
32 minutes
237 Calorie Burn
96 Heart Rate
Rowing Machine
26 minutes
280 Calorie Burn
Battle Ropes & Rope Pull-Downs
25 minutes
230 Calorie Burn
13 different exercises X 3 sets [Battle Ropes]
3 sets of Left & Right Direction [Rope Pull-Downs]
Walking
Walked to and from the gym from/to my house: 1.5 miles in each direction; 3 miles
Brisk Walk: 15 minute walk to the gym...10 minutes walk to my house
129 Calorie Burn
Total Calorie Burn...1,376
All in all...a pretty good day!!
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16427
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Weight = 261lbs
Total weight loss since Octobe 4, 2016 [326lbs]...
65lbs...that's almost 70lbs...man oh man!!
I would've never ever imagined that type of weight loss for a second, yet, here I sit, 65lbs lighter...46lbs from reaching my target weight loss of 215lbs by October 4, 2017!!
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LLLEARNER
Brown Belt
Joined: 10 Feb 2016
Posts: 687
Location: Central Maine
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Nice job Sensei8!
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Safroot
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 22 Dec 2013
Posts: 911
Location: Sydney, Australia
Styles: Kyokushin
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Weight = 261lbs
Total weight loss since Octobe 4, 2016 [326lbs]...
65lbs...that's almost 70lbs...man oh man!!
I would've never ever imagined that type of weight loss for a second, yet, here I sit, 65lbs lighter...46lbs from reaching my target weight loss of 215lbs by October 4, 2017!!
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Great news
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30188
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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sensei8
KF Sensei
Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16427
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Today's workout...
1,216 total calorie burn for my cardio!!
StairMaster
1 HOUR
755 calorie burn
184 floors
125 Average Heart Rate (HR)
Levels 7-10...15 minutes per level with a 2 minute cool-down at the completion of each level.
TreadMill
30 minutes
236 calorie burn
98 Average HR
Rowing Machine
20 minutes
225 calorie burn
My big win of the day was the 1 solid hour on the StairMaster AT those intense levels!!
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LLLEARNER
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Location: Central Maine
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1 hour is a big win. Pretty soon your going to be doing a marathon.
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JR 137
Black Belt
Joined: 10 May 2015
Posts: 2442
Location: In the dojo
Styles: Seido Juku
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| Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2017 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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on the post.
