I just reread my previous post about my last catheter ablation. That was back in November of last year and, boy, there's been a lot of change since then. The ablation worked well till about January when I had a relapse of some palpitations. Not atrial tach nor a-fib or flutter. When I saw my EP, she seemed to think this was a yet undiscovered arrhythmia which, with a change in medicine, seemed to be under control for a while. I went off the medicine in about March, but as my trip to Paris approached, I decided to go back on the Verapamil as a prophylactic. I still have flutters but they are very short and don't concern me as much as before as they tend to pass after a few seconds.
With my new found regular rhythm, I started working out this year. In January, I weighed 212 pounds, the most I had weighed in my life. I began a trial membership at Bally Total Fitness that lasted for ten weeks or so. I made it a point to not join until I had used the trial long enough to be sure I was making the gym a habit in my life. I would go three times a week and do 30 to 45 minutes of cardio and a few reps on the circuit machines. I did a pretty good job on my own and in June I was down to 200 pounds or so.
In July for my birthday, Clay gave me something I had thought about getting for myself last year (right before I broke my arm riding my bike and right before my a-fib came back and I had to have my ablation): sessions with a personal trainer! Sam Page and I began work in July after Paris and my birthday and I have had even more progress. I have gotten down to 189(!) just this week. But, really, I am less concerned about weight and more interested in good health and fitness. We still have a month and a half left in my sessions (but, I would love to get more!), so I will keep you posted on my future progress.
One thing that has really helped is eating Sam's zig zag meal plan that he designed for me. I eat five or six small meals a day and don't go more than three hours without eating. I'm only on my fourth week of the plan, but I see and feel all the difference in the world. As I said, I'm not too concerned about weight, but my most recently purchased suit is about three inches too big in the waist now. And the best part of the meal plan is that it includes two 'cheat' days a week where I MUST eat foods higher in fat and carbs. Tomorrow, I'm having Mexican food and margaritas, and ice cream for dessert. YUMMM.....
That's it for now, but I'll post some before and after photos soon enough.
Aug 30, 2008
Menu from my Nobu August 13th Visit
Fig with miso glaze and crisp cilantro leaf
Eel with caviar with citrus horseradish sauce
Toro with cilantro sauce, black bean tofu with soy sauce, whitefish
with frisee & jalepeno, sardines with cherry tomato & chili sauce
Salad of shaved vegetables with fish, crab and conch
Black cod with foie gras and shitake mushrooms
(picture above is the famous black cod and miso)
Waygu beef with tofu and potato
Mushroom soup with shrimp
Sushi course of tuna, whitefish, shad, sea urchin, saltwater eel &
tamago
Layered coffee ice cream crunch with whiskey foam
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