... "It's ALL angles", Part II

... Quantifiable PROOF/EVIDENCE of my IMPROVED "range-of-motion":

(This is "trigonometry".)

(FYI: I ACED the class "Algebra 2/Trig HONORS" as a sophomore in high school.

THEN, "Survey SAYS" I was TOO ADVANCED for "PRE-Cal."

So, I just skipped DIRECTLY into my FIRST year--of two distinct/different classes/courses--of Calculus.

Lying flat on my back in bed, with my arms at my sides--THAT will be my "resting/starting position".  Or. THAT is my "0 degree position".

SIMULTANEOUSLY, I can raise my STRAIGHTENED LEFT (INJURED/WEAKENED/LIMITED) arm to ~110 degrees.  I can raise/lift my STRAIGHTENED LEFT (INJURED/WEAKENED/LIMITED) leg to ~60 degrees.

KEEP GOIN', A.J.!

PHYSICAL-fitness UPDATE:

...

Being the LOMG-TIME "folkstyle"--NOT "freestyle"--wrestler that I am (ALL eight years of high school and college), I was curious as to what my weight was/is.

(... OR, you could just INFER that I'm KINDA feminine in that I link my self-worth to my "numerical output on a scale".)

REGARDLESS!  Interpret this as you see "fit":

(Pun intended.)

LAST TIME I checked my weight (I have NO IDEA WHEN!  I'll just estimate at ~four months ago.):

153.8 pounds = ~69.45 kilograms 

CURRENTLY, I "tipped the scale" at 

147.0 pounds = ~66.80 kilograms

(... So, YES, I'm losing weight.  BUT, muscle weighs 2.2 times MORE than fat.)

(... MY analysis:

My FOUR times per week workouts are helping me convert SOME of my FAT into MUSCLE-fiber.  "SHOUT-OUT" to "NeuroFit"!)

...

"It's ALL angles."

... (It's an inside-joke between my MAIN-trainer and me about how I--LOGICALLY--use my knowledge of trigonometry and physics to AID me in my workouts.) 

MORE later ...

... "MIND over MATTER."

... In lieu of yesterday's workout-cancellation, I kept--INTERNALLY--telling myself:

"Work TWICE as HARD today."

Apparently--STRANGELY, my muscles ACTUALLY "listened" to me (my brain).

... Over the last FIVE PLUS years, my "brain-muscle coordination" just doesN'T happen.

My ARM-trainer said that my strength, control, core AND range-of-motion have "DEFINITELY IMPROVED".

P.S. My nurse told me to "take it easy" to NOT "aggravate" my ALREADY "upset" stomach.

But, THANKFULLY, I know my limits.

...

... What's Step 2?!

... 

So, my best friend's step-dad SOMEWHAT recently stopped by my house for a short visit.  Naturally, I was playing the computer-game, "Minesweeper".  He--VERY ASTUTELY--remarked: "This game can be ADDICTIVE!"

... Yes, I admit.  "Field-PUZZLES" are my (METAPHORICAL) "DRUG".

(If "the first step" in recovery "is admitting you have a problem", then see subject.)

P.S. While typing my parenthetical remark, I JUST typed "iD" instead of "iF".  CLASSIC "Freudian-slip"!  (id, ego, superego)

... Or, was it SIMPLY/JUST a typo?)

... But, WHERE are my (adamantium) claws?

... 

So, recently my nurse commented:

"WOW!  The tube-site looks GREAT!  That's some QUICK healing!"

Also, my mom has commented on my "RIDICULOUS, SUPERSONIC hearing".

Finally, for the past several weeks, I've been becoming MORE INDEPENDENT.  

(YAY!)

I've--by myself--been applying my Axe deodorant--under BOTH arms!

Ergo, I'm a member of the "AXE Men".

(... For those of you who couldn't "put two and two together", I'm describing "Wolverine"--a member of the "X men".)

I'm hanging my head in SHAME.

...

( :( )

This afternoon I did NOT attend my workout at "NeuroFit", simply because I suffered from a SEVERE stomachache.

(That's the FIRST--hopefully, ONLY--time I've cancelled a training-"appointment".

(I'll just HAVE TO go TWICE as HARD tomorrow.)  

GREAT week last week!

... 

1) I ATE--via MOUTH--THREE times with NO PROBLEMS!

2) I got down on the mat--on the floor--ON MY BACK--and DEMONSTRATED the three 'jujitsu' ('ground-fighting') techniques I TAUGHT to my/A martial arts class.

3) My training at "NeuroFit"--my gym--is REALLY showing some POSITIVE results/affects!

(I'll go into GREATER detail later.

...)

Inevitability:

... So, EARLY this morning I went into the HOSPITAL to get my "G-tube" ("gastronomic-tube") (small plastic tube protruding from my stomach; used to "FEED" ME various nutriments and medications) REPLACED.  (A "G-tube" is  TYPICALLY "good" for ONLY ~ six months.  However, my LAST "G-tube" lasted ~ONE YEAR.)

Doctor's orders:

I just have to "take it easy for the next few days".

(NO swift, violent movements of my "trunk" for THREE days.)

((... THIS "throws a wrench" into my plans, 'cuz I was PLANNING ON demonstrating some jiujitsu (GROUND-fighting) techniques in my Karate-class teaching this Thursday evening (the THIRD day).))

...

(SIGH) Isn't it OBVIOUS?!

... 

The English LANGUAGE "bears" SO MANY contradictions!

... "I feel like I'm taking CRAZY-pills!"

--Mugatu, 'Zoolander'

So, I was prepping for my MATH-tutoring service, when I noted:

IF "two WRONGS don't make a RIGHT", HOW CAN "a double-NEGATIVE equal a POSITIVE?!

It seems as though only MATHEMATICS can UNSCRAMBLE this "MESS"!

Key 

"wrong" = NEGATIVE #

"right" = POSITIVE #

You see, it's VERY CIRCUMSTANTIAL, but ONLY in terms of the GIVEN/SPECIFIED/DESIGNATED "OPERATION".

In multiplication AND division, 

a NEGATIVE # ("WRONG") multiplied/divided by another NEGATIVE # ("WRONG") = a POSITIVE # ("RIGHT")

Math is a UNIVERSAL language.  Although the SPOKEN translation may differ, there's ONLY ONE WAY to interpret NUMBERS--which are written THE SAME WAY IN EVERY LANGUAGE (EVEN "pig-Latin")!

Ergo--Hence--Thus--Therefore--Concordantly--Conclusively--Obviously--Finally,

MATH/NUMBERS > speech.

... ALAS, I suffer from a "Traumatic Brain-Injury", so WHAT DO I KNOW?! 

Answer: A LOT!

"Tooting my own horn" aside, take ALL I say/post "with a grain of salt".

These are PURELY/ONLY my observations of/on LIFE.

(I am, admittedly, BIASED.)