And they have these dishes like chicken, whatever, on some kind of mash. And it’s just this mash of junk that they put underneath the meat. And there’s a sock that has lost its owner. What do you do with one sock?

I mean, you know, I could take it home, wash it, and give it to Goodwill, but it’s one sock. Maybe somebody’s missing a sock and would go there and try to find it. And maybe you buy a pair, you know, to fill in for that sock. Now you’ve got another sock, another orphan sock, all by its lonesome.

Welcome to Running a Fever. My name is Michael Davis. This is a show about fitness, diet, and medicine. My goal is to live a long, healthy, happy, active life right up to the very end.

It’s all about living long and loving life. Loving life today for sure. Howdy. But yeah, I’m loving life today.

It’s a beautiful day at Lake Fayetteville. And it’s a nice 80 degrees, non-oppressive, sometimes 80s. I don’t like the temperatures in the 80s, but I’m the kind of guy who likes it cooler. But 80 is not too bad today.

Not much of a breeze yet. See how that progresses. And I’m just going to go ahead and start. Anyway, I’m not going to tell you what time of year it is because, well, several reasons.

One, if you know what region I’m in, you probably wouldn’t believe it. Two, if you’re at the same latitudes, you may be jealous. And three, you may have no concept whatsoever. Like, for example, if you’re in Mauritius, you know, does it really matter?

I don’t know. I don’t know what the weather is like in Mauritius, but I assume it’s different from what it is here. But let’s just say it’s a nice day. A lot of empty trees, no leaves, hardly any leaves at all.

So I’m walking through this forest. That should give you some idea what time of year it is. But it’s still lovely. It’s lovely to be out in nature, even though there’s a helicopter flying overhead.

The sounds of the road are drifting away slowly as I walk on the south side of Lake Fayetteville. Yeah, you’d figure a lot of people would be out today. There are a bunch of cars in the parking lot. Already seen several people; more are coming.

Howdy. For a moment, I thought it was fog on the water. But it’s not, it’s just reflections of the sky. Howdy.

Half a mile. Anyway, slight reprieve here. I canceled my Factor subscription. Here’s the deal. I mean, the food wasn’t bad. It’s not bad food, it’s just, for me, it’s just way too bland, and they have these dishes like chicken whatever on some kind of mash, and it’s just this mash of junk that they put underneath the meat. And then there’s a kind of limitation. A very slow-moving child on a bicycle, probably because his parent is behind him.

And it suffers from another reason I don’t like the Factor: it’s sort of the same fate as all meals do when you treat them as, you know, different items and microwave them. It’s just all one mush, you know. Number three: this isn’t really a reason to cancel, but it’s just annoying that they say, “yeah, it’s two minutes in the microwave.” And it’s really more like six minutes.

So you’re just constantly trying to figure out how long it’s going to take. to cook, so actually getting a lot of sun today. I think it doesn’t help that the trees have no leaves; the sun’s coming through. I mean, it’s beautiful, not complaining about it, just saying.

.91 miles 18 minutes need to pick up the pace 19 minutes 55 seconds per mile duration 19 minutes 55 seconds you’ve completed one mile hard rate 103 beats per minute pretty good pace actually 1.4 miles in 29 minutes pretty darn good. The building I saw was not much of a surprise, actually, because I was coming up on Veterans Park. And I have turned around. Veterans Park, of course, is right on the edge of the you know, very developed area. So we’ll see if I can keep up the pace on the way back. And if I can, it’ll be a pretty good day.

Kind of surprised I haven’t really set out to push myself that much. Just wanted to get out here and get some steps in, get some time in, get some heart rate in. And at the one-mile point, I only had 103 beats per minute. But still not bad.

I mean, I’ve got a resting heart rate of around 50. So getting above 100 is pretty good. You know, that 113 number is only based on age, only based on age, nothing else. Hello.

And there’s a sock. Sock has lost its owner. What do you do with one sock? I mean, you know, I could take it home, wash it, and give it to Goodwill, but it’s one sock.

You know, I suppose it’s, you know, maybe somebody’s missing a sock, would go there and try to find a sock. And maybe you buy a pair, you know, to fill in for that sock. Now you’ve got another sock, another orphan sock, all by its lonesome. Howdy.

2.9, going down, slowing down. A little uphill here, but I think most of the way back is downhill. Very slight rise at the end. Pretty warm here now, sweating, which you’d expect on an 80-degree day.

Yeah, I don’t know if I reported on this. Dental Department. I got a pretty good report. My last cleaning. A little bit of bleeding, but not much at all.

And some various other things. I’ve been more diligent about brushing. I brush twice a day. Floss at night.

A little oral rinse after flossing, then brush with a high-fluoride toothpaste called ProGel 5000. And then in the morning, I brush with a regular toothpaste because with the high fluoride you leave it on, you don’t spit it out. I didn’t want to have that throughout the day. But that routine is really paying off.

I’ve been wearing my retainers at night. So, I mean, I can’t remember the last time I got a good report from the hygienist. It’s been forever, or the dentist. And as a result, I have a lot of money invested in my teeth.

And it’s another good reason to keep my gums in shape because the teeth, well, you know, your crowns can break and come off, but the implants, you can’t really do anything to them, but your gums surround those. And very important for your teeth to have gums. It’s also important for your cardiovascular health. Bleeding, bleeding obviously indicates that you’re open to the bloodstream. And that means that particles of the things you eat can get into your bloodstream and cause problems.

So I expect my cardiovascular health to be improved as well. And just so you know, if you’ve always had problems with the dentist and the hygienist, you’ve never gotten a good report, that can change. Takes some effort. Helps me go to bed early when I might target a time to go to bed in the first place. Because when I’m tired, I want to skip the flossing, brushing, rinsing, and all that.

I just want to get in bed. Get some sleep. Oh, 2.7, that’s good. We’re keeping the pace.

We’re almost two miles and probably going to hit about three miles today. In an hour or less, which will be back to where I want to be. as a baseline you know I mean I may want to go faster at some point. Howdy.

Interesting, I’m still going that fast, but my heart rate is down. Could be because of more downhill time, but I’m there for less effort, but I’m on an uphill right now. So I assume that data point is, could be an average. It could be an average; I don’t really know how it’s calculated.

It’s kind of assuming it was a spot point in time at that one-mile point, or actually 2 miles at this point, 2.04 miles. I don’t know, I think I’m gonna feel this in my legs tonight, probably, maybe tomorrow. A couple of social events tomorrow. Should probably have a factor meal tonight because I’ve got probably ten of them in my freezer. I’m gonna get four more on Sunday. That’s another thing, it’s, I mean, granted, I did sign up for the six meals, but I thought it was six meals every two weeks when I first signed up. The minimum is four.

Another Factor thing. If you want to mix in any other meals, it can be kind of difficult to do that on that plan. I think you can skip meals if you want, but you would have to go in and manually skip them. I went in today when I canceled my membership, my subscription. I also looked at my meals for Sunday, and it was too late to change them. changed the one for January but not for Sunday and i couldn’t cancel that one i guess because it’s already being prepared and shipped and all that. Not totally off the meal plan thing. I think if it were configured differently, you know, this is probably a lot like what TV dinners were like in the past. I think they go back to the 1950s, when TVs were a new novelty. And watching TV while you eat was a novelty as well. And they came in these aluminum trays.

And it was before microwaves were very popular, either, even if they existed. They certainly came along in the 60s, I would say. And probably by the 80s were ubiquitous. But when TV dinners started, they were definitely before the microwave age, and they were metal, obviously, non-microwavable.

And you just put the whole thing in the oven. Put it in the oven with aluminum foil over it, and cook the whole thing. Take it out. I could be wrong. I wasn’t around back then.

But I imagine it was similar to the factor thing, you know, where it’s just everything’s treated the same in the meal. And pretty bland as well. I mean, they have some, like, chili chicken and taco bowls and/or taco mash. There’s a lot of mash. A lot of mash, just junk.

2.7 miles an hour. Three people with black jackets and black helmets. Could be a gang, a scooter gang. 6.7 holding steady.

That’s pretty good. Pretty good. I like it. For today, that’s really good.

I’m happy about it. Happy about my performance today. Physically. I think my stride is maybe longer today, and that may have something to do with the speed.

I don’t feel like I’m taking a high frequency of steps. All right. So much for that trip. Thanks for listening.

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