2015 (part B) Resolutions

   The healthy eating and exercise vary.  Starting over for the second half of this year.  Well, things didn't get so bad as to say I am "starting over," but close.  There were a couple of months of illness and family emergencies, etc, that got in the way.  But right now the future looks clear, and I want to live it moving, not sitting in one place.

   I have walked every day this week.  Roughly half a mile Monday and Tuesday.  That is the distance around the block our house is on.  Yesterday I went to the gym to begin an interval training plan.  Week 1 starts with (warm-up walk 5 mins then)  (Jog for 30 seconds, walk for 90 seconds) 7 times.
After the 4th jog I considered stopping.  My breathing was off, and I just felt blah.  I did the 5th anyway.   I decided to not decide to quit until I KNEW I could not keep going.  When the time came for the 6th I could NOT handle jogging.  But,  I decided to keep walking rather than stop altogether.  I was able to jog again when the 7th would have started.  So, I walked 3:30 between 5 and 6.  That helped a lot.  I intended to do the same thing for the 7th, but ended up getting confused and jogged after only walking 3 mins.  No big deal.

Went home, relaxed, had some lunch, went back to the gym to walk in the pool for a few hours.

I LOVE walking in the pool.  First, there is the general fun that being at a poll always is.  Second, the water takes so much of the pressure off my knees that it is unreal.  6 years ago I needed a cane to walk across my living room, my arthritis was so bad.  But I could walk with no trouble in the pool.  That's how I got this exercise thing started (though it took a while to really get rolling.)

We stayed at the pool for 3 hours and I walked back and forth in the 25 meter lap pool for 3.5 kilometers.  I felt fine (physically) afterwards.  I felt AMAZING emotionally.  After the pool I had to drive 40 minutes to pick JD up from work and then 40 minutes back.  That had my muscles aching.  It didn't really get much better before bedtime and I had trouble getting comfortable enough to sleep.

This morning after I dropped him off I went to the gym.  My plan was to get a few miles on the elliptical bike, since that is low impact on my knees.  But they were both in use.  I hopped on  a treadmill for a slow walk workout (No jogging allowed, or even walking too fast!)  I figured I'd do a mile and then go.  I got to .8 miles when a bike became available.  I considered finishing my mile, but I was worried about losing the bike.  I went to the bike, got 2 miles in, then, before I left, hopped back on the treadmill and picked up the .2 miles I was short of my goal.

All in all I feel good today, the walking/biking helped with the left-over soreness from yesterday.  My only complaint is that I am tired, since I had trouble sleeping.  I will probably take a nap after lunch.

I may even get back in the pool after that.

His and Mine - I know which ones will wear out first.