End of second week of my new journey and another 2lbs gone.
I would like to say that I never want to see those 2lbs again. Like ever.
I'm really amazed at how "easy" this seems to be. I know I'll have bad days, plateaus, etc...but really so far it's really simple.
Took Boomer for a walk again tonight. Literally the 3rd time I've gone for a walk for the purpose of excercise in .... ya I can't remember. While 1/2 mile doesn't sound like a lot, toting around all this weight...it's hard. How sad is that. By the time I got back to my driveway, the muscles in my back right above my hips were burning. I mean, I didn't know if I was going to make it in the house. One of our neighbors passed me and I was trying not to make eye contact, in the fear that the expression on my face was so twisted and wrought with pain that they would avoid us from now on. .....moving on...
So based on my new HRM, I started my timer as I was walking out the door and checked my heart rate, then at every corner I checked it again, when we got back to the house, and then after "cooling down" for about 5 mins checked it again. It read that in 20mins I burned 150 calories. It took me about 12 mins to walk 1/2mile which put me at 2.5mph.
My goal this week is to walk that 1/2 mile at least 3 times. Really watch the food I put in my mouth...not only the calories but want to keep fat under 30%. I've been anywhere between 32-40% for the last 2wks. Surprisingly I've been on target with Carbs, but a little low on protein. I also want to watch Sodium.
What else.....
Oh! Besides that weird butt-back muscle that was killing me, which actually went away as soon as I stopped walking....by the way I don't know if it's because I am not walking correctly or the pain causes me to not walk correctly...I just noticed it tonight. My left foot, I seem to slam it on the ground there is no roll from heel to toe. When I tried to correct, it hurt worse. Hoping that I'm just waking up old muscles that haven't been used in awhile.
I do have the most painful muscles on the top of my thighs. OMG, from walking and squats I've been doing with WII. Geez! It hurts to sit, stand up, push around a chair on rollers!!! I hope they are better tomorrow...
Next weigh in is Monday the 7th
The old phrase no pain no gain should be no pain no loss...things will hurt that you never even knew you had...it's like it's the devil trying to get you to stop going to church....don't fall for it...you're going to get up some mornings crying from being sore but you'll work through it!!
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