Exercising More
I've decided that I'm going to try and slow down my weight loss goals and exercise more instead of going for the intense weight loss that I was trying to do before. I was trying to go for the fastest weight loss rather than a more moderate pace. I've been doing more exercise this week, and managed to log over 300 minutes this week. In a normal month I would try for 250 a week (to get to the 1,000 a month). I think tomorrow is going to be a forced rest day to let my body catch up with all the exercise I've been doling out on it. Then on Sunday I'm going to try and start jogging again. Slowly at first, but I want to be able to speed up my mile time. It's funny... the other day when I went for my walk I thought I was doing it fast, walking to the fast songs fast. Then I slowed down for the slower songs and actually got a 2 minute slower time than me doing the same walk at a constant pace today. Well, pretty constant. I do walk a bit faster on the fast songs, but I didn't get any of the ones that I got the other day. It wasn't a beautiful day today, but after work the pavement called to me.
It's now summer in Miami. The humidity came today. The temperature was only in the low 80's but it felt hotter than that. Yesterday it was 78 when I went for my walk and today it was 81 and I came home so much sweatier today than I did yesterday. And I was in the gym, on the bike yesterday which is one of the hardest things for me. I don't know why, but I'm just not good at riding a bike anymore. My quads are dead. I used to have killer quads and could bike up nice hills, but now I can't even bike on flat land. I know I need to fix this, so I've been trying to work on the quad machine and ride the bike at the gym when I can. I want to get a bike since I love the feeling of riding a bike, with the wind in my hair and all that, but it's no fun when you are biking 2 miles an hour and struggling with every pedal. Still, I can walk, and walking is free. I don't have a bike, so I don't have to worry about that for now. I would like to get one eventually when I can actually use it.
I managed to make it into work today. I slept okay last night... I woke up a bunch of times in the middle of the night and had to take a klonopin, but I made it in. The girl I've been working with finally taught me some new stuff, and it was great. I was able to help her out so much with the work she hates to do. It was all stuff on the computer, so I was in heaven. I love working on the computer, so it was great for me. Maybe we can work something out where I do the computer stuff and she does the appointments. I don't know. I don't know what she would prefer. I had some bumps in the way, but I managed to learn pretty fast. Most of the bumps were minor, and the one thing that I did mess up that was a pain was something the computer did on it's own, not my fault. So I shouldn't say I messed it up, but the thing that was messed up under my watch. At the end of the day they had me writing out referrals, which I don't like doing. I don't like writing much, but it's better than being on hold lol. Oh, and I got a couple free pens today. I love pens.
Mood today was good.... I didn't want to get out of bed when I woke up because of the klonopin, but I got up and had a couple cups of coffee and a Mt. Dew and I was fine. More than fine, since I still had enough energy when I got home to go for a walk. I've been burning too many calories for my intake, so I went on Spark People and raised my calorie burn as well. So now I have a higher calorie minimum that I need to meet (I think it's 1,250) and so I have to be pushed even harder to eat more. I'm trying to avoid ana at all costs, and so I think with me redoing my goals to slower weight loss, more calories and all that I can avoid it. I got on the scale this morning and it said 216.5 and I wasn't too happy with that number (yesterday I was 215.5) but I have to accept it. I know I didn't gain 3 pounds of fat by eating in my calorie range, so it has to be water weight. I've been drinking a lot more water than normal lately (today I think I'm going to hit 12 cups of water) and I haven't been pooping a lot. I hope I get everything balanced out soon... I want to start losing weight again. Food today was good... I need to eat something small to get into my calorie range (I'm thinking about some sliced turkey), so I should make it. I had my regular breakfast and dinner, and mac and cheese for lunch. I'm doing good on my challenge to eat lunch every day so far. This weekend is going to be the test of it, though!
It's now summer in Miami. The humidity came today. The temperature was only in the low 80's but it felt hotter than that. Yesterday it was 78 when I went for my walk and today it was 81 and I came home so much sweatier today than I did yesterday. And I was in the gym, on the bike yesterday which is one of the hardest things for me. I don't know why, but I'm just not good at riding a bike anymore. My quads are dead. I used to have killer quads and could bike up nice hills, but now I can't even bike on flat land. I know I need to fix this, so I've been trying to work on the quad machine and ride the bike at the gym when I can. I want to get a bike since I love the feeling of riding a bike, with the wind in my hair and all that, but it's no fun when you are biking 2 miles an hour and struggling with every pedal. Still, I can walk, and walking is free. I don't have a bike, so I don't have to worry about that for now. I would like to get one eventually when I can actually use it.
I managed to make it into work today. I slept okay last night... I woke up a bunch of times in the middle of the night and had to take a klonopin, but I made it in. The girl I've been working with finally taught me some new stuff, and it was great. I was able to help her out so much with the work she hates to do. It was all stuff on the computer, so I was in heaven. I love working on the computer, so it was great for me. Maybe we can work something out where I do the computer stuff and she does the appointments. I don't know. I don't know what she would prefer. I had some bumps in the way, but I managed to learn pretty fast. Most of the bumps were minor, and the one thing that I did mess up that was a pain was something the computer did on it's own, not my fault. So I shouldn't say I messed it up, but the thing that was messed up under my watch. At the end of the day they had me writing out referrals, which I don't like doing. I don't like writing much, but it's better than being on hold lol. Oh, and I got a couple free pens today. I love pens.
Mood today was good.... I didn't want to get out of bed when I woke up because of the klonopin, but I got up and had a couple cups of coffee and a Mt. Dew and I was fine. More than fine, since I still had enough energy when I got home to go for a walk. I've been burning too many calories for my intake, so I went on Spark People and raised my calorie burn as well. So now I have a higher calorie minimum that I need to meet (I think it's 1,250) and so I have to be pushed even harder to eat more. I'm trying to avoid ana at all costs, and so I think with me redoing my goals to slower weight loss, more calories and all that I can avoid it. I got on the scale this morning and it said 216.5 and I wasn't too happy with that number (yesterday I was 215.5) but I have to accept it. I know I didn't gain 3 pounds of fat by eating in my calorie range, so it has to be water weight. I've been drinking a lot more water than normal lately (today I think I'm going to hit 12 cups of water) and I haven't been pooping a lot. I hope I get everything balanced out soon... I want to start losing weight again. Food today was good... I need to eat something small to get into my calorie range (I'm thinking about some sliced turkey), so I should make it. I had my regular breakfast and dinner, and mac and cheese for lunch. I'm doing good on my challenge to eat lunch every day so far. This weekend is going to be the test of it, though!
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I really like your goal \"Get Healthy\" I read once to let the body recover for a day between exercise. So you could do upper body one day and lower body the next while the upper recovers. Core exercises are the only ones you can do every day. Walking also.
Enjoy your weekend.
great goal!! i think between exercising and watching what you eat you will achieve the results you want. the speed and the bike will come with time.
You have a great goal. it was smart to back on sparks people and up your exercise. I can\'t believe it only raised you 50 cal. a day. Good luck with balancing out everything.
Your day at work sounds productive.