I'm back at Curves and will be posting my progress. I guess when I think millions of unknown people will read it, I will be more likely to follow though. That will have to wait till Monday though, because I forgot to write down my measurements. :)
Things I have done this week:
Thursday - water aerobics. I LOVE THIS. I really do. It was the hottest day of the week, and yet, it felt good to be in the pool and I worked hard but didn't feel "killed" as I would have in this heat in a gym. This is definitely a Tuesday, Thursday activity. How I will keep it up in during the school year is going to be tricky, but I'm going to try.
Friday - Curves. Toning and strengthening. I got my pulse up to 20 beats/10 sec. It is still a bit low for most effective burning of calories, but it was higher than it was on Wednesday.
Today - Walked 45 mins on the track with a friend. I think we got in about 2 miles. Getting my walk in is going to be the hardest thing to do between the pool and curves, but I think if I walk before the pool, I should be okay. My walking partner is going to let me borrow an old runners watch that will beep at me for when I need to change my pace from walking to running. I love this idea because I don't have to think, I just have to do.
The next part of the puzzle is working out my diet. I'm hypothyroidic (is that even a word?) which means I have to take a synthetic hormone to up my levels and hopefully get my metabolism jump started. I have two big issues going right now. Is the increase weight due to being sedentary, created mostly by the decrease in the hormone I needed from my thyroid, OR is it the synthetic hormone that is keeping the weight on?
Whatever the reason, I do feel more hungry and I am cutting back on breads and higher fat foods. I have started to research which foods are best and be careful about "diet plans" to make sure they are thyroid friendly.
To be continued. :)
Things I have done this week:
Thursday - water aerobics. I LOVE THIS. I really do. It was the hottest day of the week, and yet, it felt good to be in the pool and I worked hard but didn't feel "killed" as I would have in this heat in a gym. This is definitely a Tuesday, Thursday activity. How I will keep it up in during the school year is going to be tricky, but I'm going to try.
Friday - Curves. Toning and strengthening. I got my pulse up to 20 beats/10 sec. It is still a bit low for most effective burning of calories, but it was higher than it was on Wednesday.
Today - Walked 45 mins on the track with a friend. I think we got in about 2 miles. Getting my walk in is going to be the hardest thing to do between the pool and curves, but I think if I walk before the pool, I should be okay. My walking partner is going to let me borrow an old runners watch that will beep at me for when I need to change my pace from walking to running. I love this idea because I don't have to think, I just have to do.
The next part of the puzzle is working out my diet. I'm hypothyroidic (is that even a word?) which means I have to take a synthetic hormone to up my levels and hopefully get my metabolism jump started. I have two big issues going right now. Is the increase weight due to being sedentary, created mostly by the decrease in the hormone I needed from my thyroid, OR is it the synthetic hormone that is keeping the weight on?
Whatever the reason, I do feel more hungry and I am cutting back on breads and higher fat foods. I have started to research which foods are best and be careful about "diet plans" to make sure they are thyroid friendly.
To be continued. :)
