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Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

This is fascinating.

There is no competitive judo in the heart of Toronto, or anywhere near where I live, save for a practice once a week at U of T that is coached by a former national champion who trained in Japan. One practice a week does not a competitive judoka make, so I'll be commuting an hour up to North York to take classes twice a week with a sensei from the ( Read more... )

I can't wait for judo to start. I'm training hard. I have to work around whatever is wrong with my left knee, but I'm doing wall squats with weight and walking lunges. The only thing I can do for cardio is swimming, but at least that's something. Hopefully the knee will hold up to the rigours of judo, whenever it starts. It feels great to be ( Read more... )

 On my walk to school there is an ad for vitamin water. It says "if poutine is part of your routine____try it".

Vitamin water is ridiculous. It is food coloring, sythetic flavoring, synthetic sweetener (either a stevia derivative or high-fructose corn syrup), mixed with some vitamins. Why is it so bloody popular? And how can they get away with ( Read more... )

I went into surgery thinking that the best possible outcome would be my surgeon finding something structurally wrong with my knee that could be repaired. (This seemed doubtful because nothing that could be fixed showed up on the MRI and MRIs are 93% accurate.) I was under the impression that such a repair would still mean that my knee would never ( Read more... )

Joanne left on a five-day tourist adventure in New York this morning.

I miss her already. 

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The cartilage in your knees is like the cushioning in your shoes, except when you wear out your cartilage, there is nothing that can be done to replace it. The cartilage in my right knee is worn out. The surgeon says it is doubtful that any surgery is going to ameliorate the swelling or alleviate the pain. All signs seem to point to osteo-arthritis ( Read more... )