... "STEADY, GRADUAL improvement":

... I've noticed a MINOR increase in my STRENGTH (It's ALWAYS been "SOLID!").

However, I've developed a GREATER, "MORE SIGNIFICANT/NOTICEABLE" increase in my ENDURANCE, FLEXIBILITY and RANGE-OF-MOTION. 

...

GREAT workout!

... 

EVERY workout (ARMS or LEGS) lately has been QUITE BENEFICIAL!

I'm FINALLY applying what my trainers say to EVERY aspect of my DAILY "movements"!  

(WOW!  My trainers ACTUALLY DO know about what they're talking!  (It's "frowned upon" to conclude a sentence with a preposition--"about".)

(... Was my remark about the GREAT/HELPFUL advice from my trainers CONDESCENDING?!)

(... That was NOT my intention!  But, my trainers have witnessed my steady, GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT!) 

(SIGH)

...

"Most people will not know ANYTHING besides what they see with THEIR OWN two eyes."

(--Nightcrawler, 'X2: X-Men United')

THIS explains the ILLOGICAL "reasoning"(?) of SO MANY DOUBTERS/"CONFUSED 'HATERS'" that confront me.

I really like tomatoes.

...

Right after my UNFORTUNATE, TRAUMATIC accident, ALL my doctors AND their MEDICAL associates CONCLUDED that I'd spend "THE REST" of my "SHORT life as a 'VEGETABLE'".

Now, I DON'T know--'cuz I was in a coma, but it wouldn't SURPRISE me if one of them stood over my body and quoted the film, 'The Bone Collector':

"What kind of 'vegetable' do you wanna be, Mr. (Kaynatma)?

Acarrot?

... How 'bout a ZUCCHINI?! 

..."

(To explain the subject, I believe that people debate about whether tomatoes are FRUITS or "VEGETABLES".)

... PSYCHE!

... Actually, today was a GREAT day!

1) I did some FABULOUS things in my workout at "Neuro-Fit":

-- I CONTINUED my LEFT (SERIOUSLY injured) LEG-raising.

-- While kneeling on a CUSHIONED "table"--with my arms/elbows leaning/resting on a small table to maintain BALANCE, I--mostly PAINLESSLY--shifted my weight from knee-to-knee.

-- I maintained GREAT POSTURE throughout my THREE HUNDRED SECONDS "walking"/stepping on the "I-care".

2) In my Speech-Therapy, I SUCCESSFULLY multitasked:

I ATE--feeding myself via hand-fork-mouth--~eight ounces (~half a pound) of grilled chicken, WHILE I won at Scrabble.

3) Using the weight-shifting strategies I learned at "Neuro-Fit", I SUCCESSFULLY stood up--ON MY OWN--as my caregiver "spotted me"--TWO different times.

: (

... So, my caregiver saw my interpretation of my "output"/"production" today, and he started singing, 

'You Had a Bad Day' (by Daniel Powter):

"Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to gray
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You fall into pieces every time
And I don't need no carryin' on

Because you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You hurry back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Will you need a blue sky holiday? 
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You hurry back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

(Oooh... a holiday...)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I'm not wrong

(Yeah...)

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day"

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... BACK TO (PAINLESS) IMPROVEMENT:

... 

My (only ONCE-a-week) arm-training workout at my house with my MAIN trainer proved that my NON-responsive "messaging" was merely/only a TEMPORARY fluke.

My trainer noted that my endurance has IMPROVED.

YAY!

((My "improvement" is/was apparent in my LEG-training at "NeuroFit".

Instead of my USUAL three to three-and-a-half minute "treks" on the "I-care" (stepping/walking machine), I maintained the energy/stamina for a TEN-minute "STEP-dance".))

"They can't ALL be winners."

...

During my last trip to my SPECTACULAR gym--"NeuroFit"--my LEFT/injured leg was NOT "processing" the "messages" from my brain.  

So, it was NOT properly moving as I wanted.

Thankfully, I experienced NO PAIN.

WHEW!

My life "REVOLVES" around SPORTS.

...

"Let your MESS be your MESSAGE."

(--Robin Roberts in her acceptance-speech of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2013 ESPYs)

"That JUST happened!"

... me, after I win in Connect Four

... ACTUALLY, I just returned home from ONE of my gyms, where I practiced three of my Jiujitsu techniques that I plan to TEACH this Thursday.

... The REMARKABLE/NOTABLE part is that I was LYING ON THE MAT, ON THE GROUND.  I PHYSICALLY DEMONSTRATED the THREE 'GROUND-FIGHTING' TECHNIQUES I will TEACH this coming Thursday.

(Since the class lasts TWO HOURS, I SHOULD devise/design MORE.)

So, I MUST THINK ...

"BACK-HANDED compliment":

... 

(My blog is NOT meant as a "podium" to "BAD-mouth" people!  

But, this event was SO GREAT that I HAD TO explain!)

A few days ago, one of my--two--nurses leaned over to "feed me"--via my "g-tube", and it metaphorically "HIT ME"!

CONTRARY to what my doctors have told me (I am steadily losing more and MORE respect for those in the medical profession.), I could 

SMELL

her!

I couldn't identify the EXACT smell.  (PERHAPS my IN-ability to ascertain the PRECISE source of said aroma/STENCH is due to my FIVE YEARS and FIVE DAYS of IN-activity.)

But, I CAN say (I JUST VERBALIZED IT ... THREE TIMES!) it was RATHER unpleasant.  (It was almost "musty" maybe.)

To lighten the mood, I ALMOST quoted 'Anchorman': 

"It STINGS the nostrils."

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product CONDEMNATION

I try to do AS MUCH AS I CAN ... ON MY OWN.

So, it "boggles my ("Traumatically-Injured") MIND" how/why the designer(S) of the toothpaste-tube for  are Sebsodyne "back-ASS-wards"!

... To UN-screw the lid, I must go AGAINST the COMMON saying:

"Righty-TIGHTY.  Lefty-LOOSEY."

(It's NOT "Kosher".)

BOTTOM LINE:  As an ENGINEER, I do NOT approve of this design-concept.

"Green Eggs & Ham"

... (That's a book by LEGENDARY author Dr. Seuss.) 

... Okay, FINE!  There was no ham.

Also, the eggs were NOT "GREEN".)

But, yesterday I fed myself--BY MOUTH--~3/4 of a three-egg omelet.

That's an IMPROVEMENT from the three-egg omelet I SPLIT with my mom.

Ergo, that's

3 eggs x 0.5 ("split") = ~1.5 eggs

3 eggs x ~75% ("~3/4") = ~9/4 eggs = ~2 1/4 eggs = ~2.25 eggs 

So, that's 

1.5 eggs + 2.25 eggs = ~3.75 eggs = ~3 3/4 eggs   .

"Hungry, Hungry Hippos"

... 

1) GREAT game!  (It's GENIUS!)

2) I'm NOT STRIKINGLY OBESE!

3) I've been feeding myself--via mouth--MORE and MORE!

(EVENTUALLY, "Practice makes perfect."