Weight Loss and Exercise #8

Hi Tart Cherry Jam,

I actually do have an Orangetheory near me. It’s in the town about 15 minutes away from where I live and work. Maybe I can stop in one day and ask about it. I never looked into something like that because I thought the exercise would be too intense but if the trainer is willing to modify things on an individual basis I would definitely try it out.

I didn't work out today. I wonder if I'll lose weight in a couple weeks.

They will give you a free session to try. Orangetheory has three rows of equipment: treadmills, water rowers, and the floor (with dumbbells, benches, TRX, mats and BOSU balls). They have classes that use all three, and if you sign up for one such class, I recommend starting on the treads to get warmed up before proceeding to strength training. They also have classes where you do all treads or all strength.

The coach will definitely modify the exercises for you if you ask. For example, I cannot do pushups on the floor, so I do them with a TRX instead, per the modification from the trainer.

I highly recommend them as a medium price point alternative to personal training.

Thank you for the info, Tart Cherry Jam. I will definitely look into it and try a free session.

I did good food wise. I'm trying to stick to easy on my stomach foods like jello and PB&J. for lunch I had 2 cups of bone broth and added in diced celery. I also had a twice baked potato and a bottle of coconut water.

I got a bunch of frozen pizzas which are decent on my stomach especially when its cold

I ate a yogurt and fruit salad for lunch. Will eat boiled eggs after my nail appointment

I only did a set of Kegels and a few calf stretches today. I miss my walks. On Tuesday I will see the podiatrist again and have a foot X-ray. I hope I have improved and soon will be able to resume walking.

I lost 7lbs my first week of Zep. (I know it was probably just water) but today my face looks a little more round and my cheeks a little more puffy than the norm. I wonder if I’m eating too much sodium but according to the app I’m using-I’m not.

My mom thinks I'll lose weight after my surgery because I need to reintroeuce foode very carefully and change how I eat so my stomach doesn't get effed up again.

Two sets of Kegels, quite a few calf stretches, and a long full body stretching session today.

In about 2 weeks things will be all effed up for who knows how long. So why not live like Larrry (spongebob reference) right now. I'm just eating half of a small pizza and a canolli.

Just a couple of calf stretches today and nothing else. Finally stepp d on the scale and, as I feared, the scale confirmed that I had regained several pounds. I cannot wait for the stress fracture to heal, so that I could resume walking and elliptical and strength training on my feet, too.

I am so glad to report that my stress fracture has healed. The podiatrist explained how having tight calves predisposes me to stress fractures in the foot. Now I understand why I need to do calf stretches daily. I am building a habit doing them each time I close the door of my microwave or put the electric kettle on.

I had personal training today and warmed up for it on the recumbent elliptical for 17 minutes. Tomorrow I will go for a walk while wearing the 12 lb weighted vest. So happy to be back to normal. And, lesson learned.

Great news Tart Cherry, I didn’t know that about tight calves either.

I wasn’t sure if I should ditch the long run this week as the event is a week and a half away but decided to go out and do what I felt. I actually felt strong and steady and the weather was on my side, just a gentle southern breeze not like last week’s harsher north wind. I got over 13 miles in and tested out my charity T-shirt too which was okay.

Some life challenges this week and my head’s been all over the place but the run and going into the zone helped me this morning.

I've been busy all morning. I did 4 minutes of crunches, and 2 or 3 minutes of weight lifting. Then I cleaned my room for about an hour.

I've had 3 things of yogurt and one pudding today. It seeme like thats what works out the best right now.