I figured I'd start a thread for us all do a weekly check in to keep each other updated on how our diet/lifestyle changes are going. I'll start in the next post. I'm going to start a format of: Exercise Diet Conclusions Goals You don't have to follow it. It's just an easy way for me to remember to include everything.
Exercise: My week started out good. I did a little under 2 miles walking on Monday. Tuesday morning, I woke up to a swollen foot and it hurt to step down on it. I tweaked a tendon in my foot again. This is the same spot I injured a couple years back and it's weak now so it re-injures in the snap of a finger. My best guess is my sneaker was tied a little to tight and didn't allow my foot to spread out completely when stepping down. If I'd stayed off it, I would be healed by now but I was running around all week for friends so I didn't get a chance to rest it like I should have. It still hurts 6 days later. I'm hoping the fact that I stayed off it all weekend gets me back to walking by Tuesday-Wednesday. You can see overall my stats suck for July. I really tanked over the last few weeks between the weather and from just being busy with bullshit stuff that keeps me from walking . This week was really bad due to the messed up foot. I really only have any 2 maybe 2.5 months of good walking weather before the snow starts coming down so I better step up my game. Diet: My diet has been even worse than my exercise. Between being on the road a lot eating convenience foods and not walking (which bums me out) my diet has been crap. I'm not even going to go into it but I need to turn it around. Conclusions: I backtracked on a lot of what I accomplished in May and June. I probably put back on a good 10 pounds plus picked back up a lot of my old bad habits of not eating well and slacking on exercise. Goals for Next Week: My primary goal for next week is to get my diet back on track. I'll start walking again as soon as my foot has healed enough; That will probably be mid-week. The biggest hurdle will be reining in the diet. Exercise is always fairly easy to fall back into as I enjoy getting out to walk. I'd also like to start maintaining a day schedule. I'm so much of a night owl though it's hard to keep on schedule when stuff isn't scheduled.
I am checkin in saying Hi. Just want to encourage you all, to keep up those good days, before long they will ,out number the not so good ones., by years end, you will have a big improvement over all. I myself well I have been firmly told by my doctor to keep taking my iron pills everyday. I have a habit, missing doses, I am also on blood pressure medication which sort of got a bump up so my diet is important as well. I am up and down with it. I can think more clearly, and have a lot more energy now then I have had in the past. He is a good doctor, I just need to follow what I have been prescribed. Do any of you fall off your meds once in a while ? share only if you choose to. My blood pressure is much better with the new added pill, getting rid of all that salt build up.
