The score so far (Health & Fitness)
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2016 7:44 pm
I've been planning to do this little thread for over a week now and kept putting it off, so here goes. I want to report on my progress and I also have a couple of questions about something I'm doing on the treadmill that I thought was a good idea, so hope someone can tell me if it is/isn't. Putting this in Prison so if faqs has something to say, he can chime in.
Back in late August I mentioned I had an appointment with a cardiologist. She told me that she'd like me to lose 20 pounds (whoever created the BMI can bite me) and she wanted me to lose 2-3 pounds before the end of this month, October, when I see her for a follow up which would be 2 months out from the original appointment.
The score so far...
Weight: At the one month point, following the appointment, I'd already lost 5 pounds. I press on!
Treadmill: I now go faster, further and higher in a shorter period of time than when I started.
Attitude: I've gone to the gym every other day, except there are days when I take a 2-day break and when I do, I walk my long dirt driveway with my walking music. Definitely notice the difference in elevation when I do that! I've almost talked/proved myself out of the thought that I'm going to drop dead any second like some of my relatives. Still, they haunt me. I keep a record of the days I exercise and what type of exercise I did.
Question on treadmills: I started doing this earlier this week. Once I'm ready to go into the aerobic zone (which is in like 2 minutes now, instead of the original 10 minutes), I adjust the speed to where I need it to be and keep bumping up the incline until my hr is in the high end of the aerobic zone and I keep it there for a period of time, then cool down. But what I started doing this week was after the workout, lowering the speed to basically a normal walking pace and bumping up the incline super high with the thought that it would increase muscle strength. Does that make any sense? Does anyone else do that? Is it the right thing to do? Any suggestions on that?
If these posts bore you to death, believe me, most days I bore myself too. But I'm trying hard to be something I really am not so I have to obsess just a little bit to keep myself focused. Okay, it's a lot. It helps me to write about it and ask questions from those who are more experienced.
:-)
Back in late August I mentioned I had an appointment with a cardiologist. She told me that she'd like me to lose 20 pounds (whoever created the BMI can bite me) and she wanted me to lose 2-3 pounds before the end of this month, October, when I see her for a follow up which would be 2 months out from the original appointment.
The score so far...
Weight: At the one month point, following the appointment, I'd already lost 5 pounds. I press on!
Treadmill: I now go faster, further and higher in a shorter period of time than when I started.
Attitude: I've gone to the gym every other day, except there are days when I take a 2-day break and when I do, I walk my long dirt driveway with my walking music. Definitely notice the difference in elevation when I do that! I've almost talked/proved myself out of the thought that I'm going to drop dead any second like some of my relatives. Still, they haunt me. I keep a record of the days I exercise and what type of exercise I did.
Question on treadmills: I started doing this earlier this week. Once I'm ready to go into the aerobic zone (which is in like 2 minutes now, instead of the original 10 minutes), I adjust the speed to where I need it to be and keep bumping up the incline until my hr is in the high end of the aerobic zone and I keep it there for a period of time, then cool down. But what I started doing this week was after the workout, lowering the speed to basically a normal walking pace and bumping up the incline super high with the thought that it would increase muscle strength. Does that make any sense? Does anyone else do that? Is it the right thing to do? Any suggestions on that?
If these posts bore you to death, believe me, most days I bore myself too. But I'm trying hard to be something I really am not so I have to obsess just a little bit to keep myself focused. Okay, it's a lot. It helps me to write about it and ask questions from those who are more experienced.
:-)