If I can find the nerve to do it, I will post weight and measurements tonight, because I forgot the paper that has my measurements on it. I know my hips are the largest portion of my body. I was so bummed last night too when I took them. My THIGH Is larger than some people's waist! My THIGH! *sigh* That was rather heart wrenching.
My workout last night kicked my ass, too. I had been doing this "weight loss" course on the treadmill. Essentially staying same incline, I just did a slower pace for the "rest" section and a higher pace at the "work" section. So I was doing 2.5 mph walking for rest, 3.2 mph for work. I decided to change it up and do a set speed on one of the other courses that changed incline periodically. I set it at 2.5 mph to start and at first, I was like "I don't think this is gonna give me a workout."
HA!
By ten minutes into the 30 minute workout, I was definitely feeling it. It was making me work for it. Each incline was 1.5 minutes long, and by the time I got to the end, I was ready for the 0 incline. And to push myself further, I did the first 30 seconds "normally" then I upped the speed to 3.5 mph for the last minute and jogged for a minute straight. Now, for me, being so overweight plus just getting back into working out? That was a feat. Especially after already feeling just how much that workout kicked my ass. So I think I am going to start going through each "course" of the treadmill doing the set speed and then trying to jog the last minute. Eventually I want to increase the length of jogging and/or the intensity of the incline.
I thought about adding in weights as well last night, but I am going to hold off on that until either next week or the week after. Monday starts dancing again and that's gonna be fun. Alida's mom is back in the hospital, so if she's still there on Monday and Alida and Dem can't make it, I'll still use the space to practice the choreo I do know, because I want to teach at least one of the choreo routines I know to Roo. Roo won't be at dance on Monday because she's having dinner with JT, but that's cool. I'm gonna do something special the following Monday since that'll also be Roo's birthday.
L & C might make it, but if they can't, dance, dance, dance to the music I go. And I think I am going to start watching the weather for the mornings. I might start taking Anubis for an early morning walk to get my body jumpstarted and that way I can start to intensify working out by doing a morning workout as well as one at night. We'll see how things go.
I might post food later tonight, or later today, depending. Starting to use SparkPeople.com again to track food. I need to add in exercise as well.
I am mildly concerned that my sleep patterns have adjusted to the CPAP machine and causing it to be a moot point. A couple times last night I woke to find my mouth was open. I have a full mask so I should be getting the full effect and that shouldn't happen. I need to clean the machine and perhaps get a different set of pillows to see if that helps. Maybe get some sinus medicine as well, because I could be having sinus issues that are causing blockage, which would lead to my mouth opening. However, my throat is not quite as dry as it was, so I don't think I am snoring.
I can definitely feel the difference, though, when I use the machine at night vs. when I don't. I had a bad sinus night the night before, so I had it on for an hour before I took it off for the night and I woke up feeling on the tired side. I wore it all night and despite the waking up issues, I feel a bit better than yesterday. So unless it's just a night of "No, can't do it at all", I need to make myself wear the thing every single night.
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