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Anxiety
Anxiety has been a big problem in my life for quite a while and I'm finally getting help. I've previously self medicated, meditated, dropped friends, and changed jobs to deal with 'stress' but I'm learning that what I have goes a lot deeper than simply being stressed out ( Read more... ) -
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I really need to start using this journal more. I've been filling page after page in my training journal ( Read more... ) -
Fertility
This the first month in 2 years that my wife and I are not actively trying to have a baby. I'm back on HRT, and it all feels a little surreal. After 2 years of riding the fertility roller coaster we're tapped out financially and emotionally ( Read more... ) -
Eggs
So after discovering a few weeks ago that I was diagnosed with an egg allergy as a kid I decided to remove my deloved eggs from my diet for a while to see if I would see and changes in my health. Well, I have. My asthma is going away ( Read more... ) -
Where are my posts?
So I just discovered that LJ hasn't been posting my updates ( Read more... ) -
Babies
My wife and I went to see the baby gurus here and with a bit of luck we'll have an appointment to try an IUI in a couple of weeks. As exciting as this is, I have to admit that my greater desire right now is to have a successful IUI which will mean I can start back on the testosterone therapy. I'm actually dreaming about loading a syringe and ( Read more... ) -
Deadlifting
I had a little bit of power in the gym last night. I wasn't working with very heavy weights but the pulls felt really good. Not sure if this is due to the chiropractor getting me straightened out, or the small technique change I made, or some combination of the two. Feels good to have a bit of power back in my liifts and to not be fighting every ( Read more... ) -
Training stuff
Training has been going really well this week. There is some obvious loss of strength in squatting and deadlifting due to my time out of the gym and the ongoing chiropractic issues but pressing power is a little better than expected (thanks to the kettlebell work ( Read more... ) -
Bad combo
I discovered the worst food combination for myself over the weekend. Refined sugar paired with commercially prepared pizza ( Read more... ) -
Training
Bench pressed for the first time last night since tendonitus put me on the sidelines. Things felt really good but there were some very obvious weeknesses showing. My lockout strength really sucked which I can partially attribut to the layoff and parially to the small tear in my left tricep othat occured during one of my last full training sessions ( Read more... )