This is a documentation of day 13 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Saturday, May 13, 2017 – Day 13I did Aikido in the morning  and burned up 561 calories in class.  I felt like my center of balance was low and I had huge output – on good knee days I feel … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 12 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Friday, May 12, 2017 – Day 12I did OTF in the morning with Sarah T.  Awesome class but was a soft from yesterdays test set.  I burned 817 calories.  I looked at the HR profile last night and it … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 11 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Thursday, May 11, 2017 – Day 11I did Aikido in the morning  and burned up 385 calories in class.  Back sore, knee swollen but Rob Benningfield (my chiro and ART) worked me over.  I did the 4:30 pm OTF class and … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 10 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Wednesday, May 10, 2017 – Day 10I did Aikido in the evening and burned up 265 calories in class.  Got hurt – back and knee, had to leave the mat early.I had 5 meals each in the 480 calorie range.  Because I … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 9 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Tuesday, May 9, 2017 – Day 9I did Aikido in the evening and burned up 406 calories in class.  Before that I had some kind of cold laser treatment on my knees and it was off the hook awesome!!!!!!!  Class started … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 8 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Monday, May 8, 2017 – Day 8Got my allergy shot and then I did OTF in the morning, got 9 splat points and burned 822 calories.I did 2 hours of Aikido in the evening and burned 266 calories – more test prep and … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 7 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Sunday, May 7, 2017 – Day 7I burned 896 calories.  Coach Kenzie is only 25 years old but she has a killer sense for music.  She plays this and this.  Indeed a mysteriously mature young lady with an obviously very advanced understanding of good … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 6 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Saturday, May 6, 2017 – Day 6I got to the dojo at 7:45 am (b/c I take Aliya to swim practice at 7) and spent a LONG TIME loosening up b/c I’m old and super fatigued right now.  I got … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 5 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Friday, May 5, 2017 – Day 5OTF at 6:30 am and burned 892 calories.  Now here’s the thing:  I don’t work out in the mornings simply because I like my sleep.  Case in point:  class started at 6:30, my time to leave … Read more

 This is a documentation of day 4 of 39 (I update the morning after a day is complete)Thursday, May 4, 2017 – Day 490 minutes of Aikido in the morning and burned 398 calories.OTF in the evening and burned 822 calories.I had 5 meals each in the 480 calorie range.For the day I burned 3,426 calories.I took in 2,767 calories.The … Read more