So.... I have been taking and recording my BP readings 2-3 times daily. I go to the health club 5 days a week, and I have reduced my red meat intake to almost nothing. I have increased my consumption of nuts, berries, brown rice, fish, shrimp, seaweed, kelp, rice crackers, low sodium soy sause, wheat cook cereal, vegetables, daily salads, avocados, olives and olive oil. Some yogurt, tofu, and cheese. I tried the soy milk, that didn’t work for me to well, I never was much of a milk drinker, and will probably have to find a calcium substitute now that I do not chew on bones regularly.
My routine at the health club for the last month has been to walk on the tread mill for 2 miles, and spend about 1/2 hour working on the upper body machines.
Last weekend I bought a good pair of running shoes and Monday I tried them out on the tread mill. I had been walking about a 17-20 minute mile, but I finally started jogging. One lap fast walk, one lap jog and so on thru the 8 laps to make the 2 miles.
I got my 2 mile down to 15 minute miles. I noticed my calorie burn almost doubled during the jogs. So my new goal is to get to full jog for the 2-mile a day routine.
I feel quite a bit more pep in my step, and feel I will be ready for spring to get back into hiking. Also I am checking out recumbent bikes, I have a mountain bike, but I think I would enjoy and as a result get out more if I had a recumbent bike.
All this talk about food got me munching on my nut/dried fruit bowl..bettr get back to work lunch is over.
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