Exercise Support Thread Part 1

[Chart]

 
Thanks NarcKiddo
 

[Lakelynn]

But I of course will do it regardless because high-functioning anxiety ahoy. Even when I'm covered head-to-toe in my own sweat, I'll still try...

Beautiful attitude! 

[Lakelynn]

all I've managed is going back to bed...

You'll be ready when you're ready. No sweat.

[Lakelynn]

I'm keeping on keeping on.

This is the only way to get over those obstacles. Your lungs will respond eventually. Keep the faith.

[Lakelynn]

Today I went to my new gym, got on the treadmill,  cranked up the incline to 5 and steadily increased the speed to 3.0. I stayed with it, burned 165 calories , spent 50 minutes of heart zone time (125+) -over all.

I added some leg extensions, 20 reps at 40 pounds, and found a way to lower the padded bar around my ankles. Not bad for a maiden voyage. There's a large bag in the front passenger side with my purple mat, lace up ankle brace, 3 different colored elastic bands and looped cotton webbing for stretching those hamstrings.

The gym is within 2 miles of home, so proximity makes the difference.

[Chart]

Very cool Lakelynn. Thank you for your post. I am at this very moment procrastinating my morning exercises. You've inspired me to "bouge mes fesses".

[dollyvee]

Well done, Lakelynn 

[NarcKiddo]

Well done, Lakelynn!

I did a boxing session today for the first time in months. We went slowly and carefully and my coach stopped me as soon as my heart rate recovery started slowing. So it ended up just being 8 rounds of 1 minute on/1 minute rest and then we went for a walk. It's important I have someone to help rein me back because something like boxing I find such fun that it's easy to ignore any distress signals in the moment. Plus, of course, something so primal as a fight (even simulated) would probably damp down distress signals because in an actual fight you just have to keep going as long as you have to/can.

It is a big step forward, though, and I need to ramp up my lung function which has not improved at all in the last 6 weeks and is way lower than before the pneumonia. I can function perfectly well on a daily basis, but I want to get the baseline back up because if I should get a lung problem again I now don't really have any room for regression.

[Lakelynn]

I need to ramp up my lung function

You can do it. It happens when you do it slowly. I'm glad to hear you did your 8/1 on, 8/1 off. Going for a walk afterward is a wonderful way to tell your body, "It's gonna be OKAY."

"bouge mes fesses".

LOVE IT!

Well done, Lakelynn 

Thank you dollyvee I can't live without my cheerleaders.

[Chart]

Very cool NarcKiddo !
 

[Lakelynn]

166 calories, 32 minutes, incline 6, speed: 2.7-2.9  heart rate 131-145 Precor treadmill plus stretches, banded walking and some balance ball time.

Heart rate zones:
moderate: 98-113 bpm
vigorous; 114-133 bpm
peak: 134+ bpm


intense activity 24 minutes per Fitibit
moderate activity 1 hour 20 minutes per Fitbit

Don't worry, I haven't gone off the deep end. My Fitbit premium subscription is over in 2 days. I won't care soon.

[dollyvee]

Hi Lakelynn,

I don't think you've gone off the deep end. I think you found a new interest/hobby and are learning something new. I posted a while ago to another member when talking about calories that sometimes we need this "rigid" framework to understand what's going on. I look at it as the scientific method in a way: I want to lose weight but I'm not losing weight. So, have I aligned my calories, am I eating enough protein etc? Tracking this allowed me to see when something was wrong and I wasn't losing weight, and that it didn't have anything to do with me "being bad" and not eating properly (this is another rabbit hole of self perpetuated beliefs I picked up from my family that affects/ed how I felt about myself, but gradually lessened as I did the above). So, we're not going to fault you for finding the optimum heart rate to know what's working for you on an exercise support thread.

I also think cheerleaders are good because, in the end, it's going to be consistency that gets you where you want to go. There's going to be days when you don't feel like doing it and you need to find that thing that makes what you're doing work for you and do it in a way that you connect with and get some enjoyment from it. I think people celebrating help that.

dolly
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I am going to the gym today reluctantly because I have had another virus flare up and some chronic fatigue along with it (the two are connected). So, I will take it easy. I have moved into a non-moldy apartment and I think my body is saying, let's get rid of this garbage now, which is sort of wreaking havoc on my body. Hopefully, that's what's going on and I can say goodbye to this stuff in my body.

[NarcKiddo]

My mantra is "what can be measured can be managed" and I have an obscene amount of data relating to my health and exercise, gathered since 2016. So I say "Good for you, Lakelynn!".

Dollyvee - you're very wise to be taking it easy. I'm glad you have moved away from the mouldy environment.

[Lakelynn]

have an obscene amount of data relating to my health and exercise, gathered since 2016. So I say "Good for you, Lakelynn!".

Thank you for this NarcKiddo, I was a little shy about it. I never thought I would care, but surprisingly, I do. And now that my Fitbit Premium free trial is ending, I'm on the fence about rushing to make screenshots of all my sleep data. But I tried this process before and I ended up being disgusted. You're supposed to export in certain file formats, I tried it and it's garbage.

Oh well. The most I can say is, I made it to the treadmill today, worked up a sweat, got my heartrate up and burned some calories. Afterward leg extensions and those suckers BURN. First 40 pounds, then 30, then 20. 10 reps each. I'd better see some increased muscle on my scale soon! 

Dear Chart, I hope that you'll forgive me, but I felt a twinge from your comment. 

[Chart]

Lakelynn, I'm so sorry. I truly meant it as humor. I honestly hesitated to make the joke on your comment not knowing 100% if it would be received in the spirit I intended. I'm very glad you've told me how it made you feel. I've removed it, I apologize again. I hope I didn't cause too much stress.