Yo Citizens of the DaVita Village, one final final addendum — 51 push-ups!

A new record for me, I had taken a few days off from doing any, felt rested this am, and next thing I knew – 51 push-ups.  Thanks for all your help!

This company is New, it is Ours, and it could be Special.    KT

Dear DaVita Teammates, 2022 comprising Team Health!

I think this will be my last entry, given my schedule the next 2 days.  So the overtime MTM IV is closing down.

I hit 187.4 this morning.  So I achieved 96% of my 5 pound weight reduction goal.

I exceeded my exercise minutes goal.  Good!  Feel free to refer to my grid on the website to see the numbers.

And …I fell short of the servings goal, which I believe was 4.0 a day.  Darn!  But I certainly had more than I would have otherwise.  Once again it is on the grid.

Just to fill in the last gap, yesterday I had 1.5 servings of fruit, and 2.5 servings of veggies, Denise made this incredibly good American Heart Association version of jambalaya with nearly all veggies.

I am eager to hear how many of you went how far, how many achieved their goals, how may think they benefited from being a part of the Match the Mayor team.  I did. 

Take Care.  One for All & All for One.  Not just a slogan to some of us.

KT

Yo DaVitans,

Well we are in overtime.  I hope you are all well!  It is now Sunday afternoon.  

Friday night was a healthy salmon, chicken and veggie dinner.  2.0 veggie servings, both cooked tomatoes and broccoli.  We then went to a movie, where I did indulge in one of my favorites, buttered popcorn.  Drat!

On Saturday am I was picked up at 8 am, after a high fiber cereal breakfast.   We drove 20 minutes to the launching point for a 2 hour 50 minute intense mtn biking ride.  So I score the big 170 intense exercise minutes.

My weight moved slightly to 188.2.

I had a healthy lunch of chicken and broccoli, 1.5 servings of the latter.  And dinner had 2 servings of brussel sprouts.

Sunday am started with a road biking ride, 2 hours and 5 minutes, with some good vertical.  I had 1.5 servings of fruit, primarily delicious peaches.

I have only done an hour or two of work this weekend, which feels very good.  I will need to do another 2 or so later today. 

2022 of us is the final count.  Team Health, across America!

One for all

KT

Greetings DaVita Village,

Quick interim update for today, Friday.   25 minutes on bike, 42 push-ups, 1 set of curls (20 x 12), and stretching.  Total of 35 minutes.

High fiber bkfast.

Catch you later!

KT

Yo DaVitans!

Yikes.  I was just told tomorrow is the last day!  I thought we were going thru Aug 31^st.  And I weighed in at 187.8 this am, still .8 above my goal.  Yikes!

Yesterday was a solid day.   Got up, did 45 minutes of email, then did 26 good minutes on the lifecycle, 40 push-ups, 13 curls at 20 pounds, and some stretching.  Total of 38 minutes of good intensity.

As to healthy eating, I had my high-fiber breakfast, 1 serving of veggies at lunch, 1 serving of veggies at dinner, and 2 servings of fruit thru the course of the day.  

All in all a good solid day, filled with back to back meetings, then a flight to Utah to address a DaVita group of about 140, then a late night trip back which for various unfortunate reasons ended with me getting home about 2 am.  Life’s Rich Pageant.

I hope many of you are hitting your goals,  I still love the idea that there are over 2000 of us on this team.

Together we can do things that would never happen otherwise. 

I think I will continue until August 31^st, since that was my understanding – and I cannot lose the last .8 of a pound today without fasting, which would probably not be a sustainable loss anyway.

One for All & All for One!

KT

Yo DaVita!

Yesterday, Monday, it was back to “normal” if there is such a thing in my life.  I got up, did 24 minutes on the bike, 40 push-ups, 100 crunches, and some stretching.  Total of 40 minutes.  I got to have my much-missed high fiber cereal (Shredded Wheat), plus 1 serving of fruit and 1 serving of vegetable at lunch.  I had 1 serving of fruit as a snack, and then 1.5 servings of vegetable at dinner. 

So it was a rock solid day.

I weighed in this morning, Tuesday, at 188.6.  I still don’t quite trust the numbers, I will wait another day or two.

24 minutes on the bike, 40 push-ups, 60 seconds of plank, 12 curls, a little stretching, total of 33 minutes.  The high-fiber bkfast, lunch with 1 serving of fruit and 1 of veggie again, (with salmon, just like yesterday).  Also 1 serving of fruit for a snack.

Today is filled with back to back meetings, but one ended early so I am sneaking in this email.  Two meetings had to do with acquisitions, 1 covered compensation, 1 covered some international stuff, 1 was with the Governor, and 1 was an operating update.  Last night was a dinner at our house to raise money for 3 wonderful school board candidates, tonight is a 3 hour meeting with architects for some house work we are doing. 

I hope you are well — The Team of 2000 Perseveres!

One for All

KT

Yo DaVitans,

Boy does it feel good to be back in America.  It was a whirlwind 2 weeks of travel, wonderful in many ways, but always so good to be back.

AND my weight was not as bad as I feared it would be.  189.6.    

Saturday was another one of those 25 hours in a row up and moving.  We got up at 4:45 am in Italy to head to the airport.  Then flew to Munich, to catch the long flight to Philadelphia.  Then connected to another flight to Wisconsin.  Then took my parents out to dinner.  By the time all this was over, it was 5:45 am Italy time when I went to bed, and I never napped for a second.  I got a prodigious amount of work done on the flights, no movie, no bookreading.  Sent out over 400 emails, deleted over 1400 of same.  Nothing like an international trip for catching up on things – except sleep.

On Saturday, no exercise.  Just not possible, because my parents wanted to get out to dinner once I arrived, and did not want me to go off on a run.  But it was a day with 3.0 servings of veggies and 2.0 servings of fruit.  No dessert.

I slept 10.5 hours on Saturday night.  We visited for a couple more hours with my folks, then left to catch a flight back to Denver.  Sunday had 2.5 servings of fruit and 2.0 servings of veggies.  Once I got home I got a modest workout in before the conference calls started – 24 minutes on the bike, two sets of push-ups (40 and 20), 100 crunches, and some nice stretching.  Total minutes of 45.

I have to run to a meeting, it is Monday afternoon—hope all is well with all of you, keep up the good work, over 2000 of us working together!!!!!!!

KT

Greetings to the good people of DaVita,

KT here, on Friday, last day of vacation.  Work pollution has been modest, about 90 minutes of phone calls on most days, with one day pure.  I was hoping for 5 pure days, it is so healthy to get that every now and then, and it makes a huge difference to Denise, but it just has not been possible this week nor my partial week in Wisconsin earlier this summer.  We just happen to be working on some significant acquisitions, recruits, and compliance issues.  Remember our Compliance Commandments, including prescription decisions are ALWAYS the doctors’, and we never provide any economic benefit to a doctor for a referral, period, zero.  Life’s rich pageant, lucky I love my job and our Mission and our Village. 

Wednesday night I once again slept about 9 hours.  Wow.  For various reasons I could not head out and bike right away, and so did a 2 hour 1 minute bike ride, with 2600 feet of vertical, in the middle of the day and 100 degree heat.  Yikes.  But heat does not bother me as much as others, once I am concentrating on the task at hand.

I had 1 serving of fruit for breakfast, and 1 as a snack halfway thru my ride.   I had 1 serving of vegetables at lunch and another at dinner.  Not bad.  So that is the tale of the tape for yesterday, Thursday.

Last night I slept for 8.5 hours.  Funny to think that I will be back in the world of 6 hours per weeknight again in a few days.  Makes one wonder …

This morning we had some nephew/niece activities first thing, so once again the ride was in the middle of the hot hot day.  I was with my good friend, a “life uncle” to my kids(as opposed to a “blood uncle).  We did 90 minutes, including 1600 feet of vertical.  So far thru lunch I have had 2 serving of fruit (a peach and a banana) and one serving of veggies (tomatoes, incredibly fresh).

Tomorrow will be a rough day.  3 airports, lots of hours on planes, getting picked up at 7:15 am.  So no time for exercise, and bad environment for healthy food.  I will do my best.

As I am sure most of you are doing!  I look forward to catching up on many of your postings tomorrow on the plane – I hope many of you are making new friends, and establishing “health partnerships/buddies”, as we all strive to live healthier lives, one day and one step at a time.

One for All, … KT

Dear DaVitans!                 

Today is Wednesday, and it is a scorcher, about 100 degrees.  Same for yesterday. 

I will be brief, since I am promised to take an 8 year old into the pool after lunch, and he is sitting patiently next to me.  So far.  Yesterday Tuesday I woke up after 9 luxurious hours of sleep.  I had an apple for breakfast, 1.5 servings.  I waited a bit for one of my friends, and we were off.  The driveway is too steep with loose stone to take road bikes up, so we start by walking our bikes for 10 minutes or so to the top — which actually gets the blood flowing, because it was already quite hot at 9:30. 

Off we went for a 2 hour 45 minute ride!  It was not as grueling as the day before, because my friend rarely rides a bike, but it was a hot one.  we did about 2200 feet of ascent, and burned about 1400 calories, versus 1700 the day before.  The actual time was over 3 hours, because after 2 hours he needed to stop for a coke and an ice cream cone to get his energy back for the finish.  I had another apple at lunch, 1.5 servings more, and .5 servings of veggies.  Then we went off to see an  medieval city, where I must admit I succumbed to having one of those spectacular Italian gelatos.  Strawberry, raspberries, and lemon.  Wow.

Dinner had 1.5 servings of veggies, consisting of a very healthy salad and some healthy beans, I can’t remember the name.

Then another 8.5 hours of sleep before waking up today, Wednesday.  Denise and I went on an 80 minute hike, and had a good conversation catching up on many aspects of our life, as I have been working so much and traveling as well that we have not had good quiet time for a bit.  I will do an hour or two of work later today, but now it is play in the pool with an 8 year old, which will bring back fond memories of time with my little munchkins, now 23 and 21.

 I hope all of you are doing well today, encouraging each other, reaching out to some of the others in the campaign, 2000 teammates with arms locked together, helping each other lead healthier lives!
One for All  & All for One

KT

Yo DaVitans!

A strong day here – starting with 8.5 hours of sleep, which felt like a great gift.  I then started the day with a 2 hour and 20 minute absolutely beautiful ride through the hills of Tuscany.   A total of 2600 feet of ascent, and the pleasure of visiting 3 tiny hill towns with buildings dating back hundreds of years, with people still living in them.

I had 1.4 servings of fruit for breakfast, and .5 servings of veggies at lunch, tomatoes and asparagus, but not big helpings of either.  Time will tell on dinner, we are off in a minute.

Hope you all had a good day – short note from me because I had to do a couple hours of work just now, so have to turn my attention back to vacation.

One for All

KT