From KT July 18, 2014
Yo DaVita !!!
Good evening, it’s Thursday night, about 9:30 pm.
I am exhausted, so this will be short. I am surprised I am so tired – the Board meeting started at 8, and I did about 30 minutes of email work before that. We met until 2:30, going thru our overall enterprise strategy, and then in sequence the individual strategies for US Kidney Care, HealthCare Partners, DVA RX, and International. We had very high quality discussions.
After the Board meeting I had meetings and conference calls, but only until 5 pm. At that point I went out for a road bike ride. I did my classic route, where I coast down to the valley floor (which takes about 13 minutes), then pedal the 5 miles and 2000 feet of vertical back up. Very good workout, very efficient. But my time was unusually slow today, 55:05, a full 5 to 8 minutes slower than usual. My legs were just dead, I guess. Or my brain.
On the Colorful Choices front, I had one serving of fruit at breakfast. I had 1.5 servings of vegetables at lunch. I had 1 serving at night.
I have some bad news I have forgotten to include previously. After my two weeks on the road, I weighed myself the other day. 197 pounds, I am going the wrong way !!
Tomorrow I will persever.
All the best, KT
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Maria Stasios said,
July 18, 2014 @ 8:05 am
I feel your pain; I’m a “first-timer” for Tour DaVita coming up — I’ve ridden over 250 miles since June 18 (ok ok, I know I’ll do that in 3 days there!), and have not lost a single LB !! What’s up with that?
Hopefully we’ll both hit the other direction soon!
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Toya Johnson said,
July 18, 2014 @ 8:22 am
KT never beat yourself up, we are all on the colorful choices for the ultimate goal of being healthy…. as long as you get the scale going in the right direction, today is just today and you can always start a jump start tomorrow… keep up the great work!!!!
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Andrea said,
July 18, 2014 @ 9:57 am
you’re not going the wrong way :). Muscle weighs more than fat. You’re building muscle. That’s a good thing! If you still need to lose weight, it’ll come off slowly. keep it up!
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Vic Diesta said,
July 18, 2014 @ 10:52 am
The rigors of your work is more mental than physical. I applaud you for having the time to exercise. I for one is very much inspired on how you give importance having a healthy life style. I thank you for starting this initiative of eating healthy. I followed you last year, and I lost at least 10 lbs, which was I consider a great accomplishment in my part. I have a full serving of greens during lunch, and had ran 10 miles yesterday. God Bless.
Vic
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Gracie Leos said,
July 21, 2014 @ 8:21 am
Hi,
Don’t forget muscle weighs more than fat, so never be discourged when you look at the scale. If your cloths fit better then you know you’re on the right path. Do your best forget the rest!
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From KT - July 24, 2014 said,
July 24, 2014 @ 11:48 am
Maria Stasios said
I feel your pain; I’m a “first-timer” for Tour DaVita coming up — I’ve ridden over 250 miles since June 18 (ok ok, I know I’ll do that in 3 days there!), and have not lost a single LB !! What’s up with that?
Hopefully we’ll both hit the other direction soon! Maria, no doubt you are adding so much muscle, that is why …. kt
Toya Johnson said,
KT never beat yourself up, we are all on the colorful choices for the ultimate goal of being healthy…. as long as you get the scale going in the right direction, today is just today and you can always start a jump start tomorrow… keep up the great work!!!!
I know I have dropped a little more in the last 24 hours. Reading messages from tm’s helps a lot!!!!!
Andrea said,
you’re not going the wrong way :). Muscle weighs more than fat. You’re building muscle. That’s a good thing! If you still need to lose weight, it’ll come off slowly. keep it up!
I have a shoulder injury that has prevented me from doing push-ups and curls for the last year. I hate what that is doing to my strength, and am experimenting with some “strap” exercises to see if I can come up with an alternative. kt
Vic Diesta said,
The rigors of your work is more mental than physical. I applaud you for having the time to exercise. I for one is very much inspired on how you give importance having a healthy life style. I thank you for starting this initiative of eating healthy. I followed you last year, and I lost at least 10 lbs, which was I consider a great accomplishment in my part. I have a full serving of greens during lunch, and had ran 10 miles yesterday. God Bless.
Vic
10 LBS Vic that is awesome – you are the inspiration!!!!! kt
Gracie Leos said,
Hi,
Don’t forget muscle weighs more than fat, so never be discourged when you look at the scale. If your cloths fit better then you know you’re on the right path. Do your best forget the rest!
Unfortunately I know I was not adding muscle …. But it is a nice thought! kt
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