Ok, im 90% sure of this… An ECG checks for electrical irregularities with your heart. IE if there are problems with the pump its self… I don’t THINK that the speed at which its going is going to cause any change in the ECG printout (other than less time between each pulse) So I wouldn’t worry about it from the point of view of you being nervous. Also a fail doesn’t mean a 100% fail… It usually means you have to go to a few specialists, and get their opinion etc…
The ECG, the docs report, and the Audio Gram all go to TC, where their docs get into a big circle and do their voodoo magic and make a license apperate out of the eather… I think the spell has something to do with the blood of students who don’t use right rudder on take off (if you ever get the chance to see this I would HIGHLY recommend it; there is a reason TCs phone numbers in Vancouver start with 666.
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But in more serious topics; you said you were 5’ 10” and 225. Now Im going to assume you are NOT a body builder and that weight is not muscle. That could eventually turn into a big problem down the road, and its something to get under control now. Your BMI is 32.3, anything over 29.9 is considered by the CDC to be obese.
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adu ... ulator.htm
now BMI is not a prefect indicator because a 6’ 300 lbs fat bastard would have the same rating as a 6’ 300 lbs wall of muscle; but for the vast majority of the obese population it works like a hot dam!
Its not a present topic but you will be a much happier person; and have a much better life;
I know getting into shape is a hard thing to do; but there comes a point that if you really want to do this as a career you will have to either decide to go healthy or not.
Personally I am a HUGE fan of crash dieting, and crash exercising. I am an impatient type and I don’t like pissing away time, when I decide to do something I am bloody well going to do it and not waste time fucking around. Im sure everyone in the health field will give me the Nth degree about how unhealthy this was; but I went from 207 to 139 in 2 months. That was a year ago; and I am presently 155 and have a body fat of 6%. Loosing weight is VERY simple… all you have to do is wake up one day and decide I don’t want to be fat.
Loosing fat is a matter of arithmetic. Energy in = Energy out …
IE if you eat 3000 cals a day, you will output 3000 cals a day 2200 will be burned, 800 will go into storage. If you put in 1000 cals a day the body will still burn 2200, 1000 from the food you ate, and 1200 from storage. The average adult male needs approx 2200 cals a day to maintain a constant weight. So the body burns 2200 to keep the heart pumping, to keep the body warm, to keep the brain firing, etc… One lbs of fat makes up about 3500 cals, so for every 3500 cal deficit you can cause you will loose one lbs.
SO how do you do it; Well the MOST important thing is to dedicate yourself to it; you CANNOT go into this ½ assed. Its all or nothing; get the headspace, then loose weight.
This is what I did, its probably not the healthy thing to do, and if you die as a result of doing what I told you to, don’t even THINK of trying to sue me, im an instructor anyway so I don’t have any money
Cut intake to say 100-150 cals a day, I made a point to make a hardboiled egg one of the meals for the day (@ approx 75 cal) The protein from the egg is important (see bellow.) Get a good multivitamin, and drink min 8L of COLD water a day; (where does the weight go? It gets turned into ammonia and C02, IE flush that ammonia) Find a stimulant IE ephedrine etc.. and run till you pass out…. At least twice……. A day….. Im dead serious if you are not waking up in the ditch in cold shakes with only 20% of your brain you aren’t pushing yourself hard enough… calculate your burn rate for other exercise too; I made a point to do at least a 500 cal bike ride, on top of running a day. Remember any cardio less than 20 min is pointless… it takes the body a good 20 min to burn off sugar stores and switch to emergency backup (IE fat) So think of a 23 min run as a 3 min run. so be sure to time everything over 20 min. Note, steady pace is key, if you start walking part of the run those numbers get messed up; it may take a while before you can do 10k in one stretch, but once you pull it off your going to be hooked
Points of interest:
1) Muscle mass requires a LOT of energy to maintain, as a result the body is hesitant to make it, and very quick to destroy it; you MUST do anaerobic (weights) as well; to build and maintain muscle mass thus increasing your daily burn rate.
2) Muscles need some protein to build/maintain, but its actually a really small amount, an egg a day will cut it just fine; powders are a waste of money, its all marketing…
3) Get into a mind set of burning everything, don’t wear a jacket, drink all your water at 1 degree, FORCE the body to burn more fuel for heat… Walk the LONG way around the hanger, pull the plane to the pumps etc…
4) DO NOT sleep!!!!!! You will feel VERY tiered; as the body tries to conserve energy by keeping you in bed; tell it to F-off and force yourself to wake up/stay up.
5) Once you hit starvation your brain is going to start to loose cohesiveness, so be prepared for it; concentration becomes harder, and you will have to try extra hard at your flying; DO NOT FLY SOLO WHEN PULLING THIS STUNT!!!!
6) Be sure you know what’s going on with your body… having a small piece of power bar in your pocket is also 100% required if you are still ½ catatonic from a run and need to drive… just be sure to only eat within your daily allocation, so just a small bite… A full bar is something like 300 cals, well over your daily allotment.
7) Give your friends/ fam a heads up; I did NOT tell some people and actually had people think I was doing heroin; IE constantly catatonic, crazy weight loss etc… reduce the social workload, tell them simply what you are doing so they don’t imagine things…
Once you go into starvation the body will become VERY efficient at extracting fuel from your food; so this brings up a very important point. Having ONE slice of pizza when the body is operating normally will do little damage. When you are going the crash rout you MUST NOT CHEAT, any tiny morsel of energy you give the body will be extracted more and more… normally one pass through the digestive system only removes about 8% of the total food energy avail, so do not give the body a chance to ruin the last 3 days of math….
9) Have a target; and shoot below it, IE I shot for 139; with the intention of stabilizing at 155. because of the high efficiency of the body after this little adventure you cant just go back to pizza and beer; you have to slowly over the course of 5 or so months come back up to a reasonable level of input… during this time you will put more weight on, IE if you want to hit 155, aim for something below it.
10) on the topic of running, this is by far the best exercise because of how much energy is burned, however if you are not a fit person you will soon find that your joints aren’t up to the daily punishment; if you get pain don’t push it, it will only get worse as the days go on; rather switch to another cardio that is less high impact; giving a day or two for the joints to heal up stronger; then get back too it. After a few cycles like this you will have the legs of a CHAMPION!
11) also on the topic of running, I found going at 2:00am was the perfect time; run when and where if you pass out you wont attract attention; Ideally have a friend that is willing to go with you, but you don’t want to run down a public street midday, pass out and find EMS staring over you… I found a rout that no one in their right mind would walk at night, perfect place if you pass out; no attention… Also don’t bring a wallet/cell/ nice shoes etc..
12) no drinking, alcohol will slow metabolism, you are fighting to raise your metabolism on top of your body trying to slow it; so go cold turkey for say 6 months…
Anywho hope that helps, its not for everyone, but it was the best thing I ever did for myself! Good luck
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Always appreciate the very kind comments.
