I scheduled today as an off day from my training for the virtual 5K, so I didn't do a walk/jog, but I wasn't a total slacker, and actually ending up doing more than I'd planned.
This morning I got on the recumbent bike for 30 min, then later took the dogs for a walk for just under 30 min. I have three of them now and it's really hard to get a good walk in when they're stopping to sniff or pee (and never at the same time), so I took each of them separately today. Walking one at a time allowed for much more forward motion, rather than all over the road. It worked out much better and I think I'll continue that, at least part of the time.
Since starting back up with watching my food intake and exercising more, I haven't really felt hungry at all, which has been a blessing. Today, for some reason, I did feel hungry, and I'm not sure what's going on there. I sipped water all day and will get my 8 full glasses in before it's over, so it's not dehydration.
To try to combat the hunger, I decided to get in another walk this evening, and even grabbed my 3 lb hand weights to see how that would work out. It didn't. I started off ok, but they're a bit too big to walk and swing my arms properly because they either hit each other if I swung to the front, or they hit my side. I ended up dropping them after two minutes or so into the walk, then picked them up on the way back. It wasn't so much the weight (although 3 lbs is probably too much to start with), but the actual size. I think I'll look for some 1 or 1.5 lb hand weights to see if they might work better.
I'm still hungry, but since my day off from training turned out to not be much of an off day at all, I think I've earned a little snack while sipping the two remaining cups of water I need today. I'm still within my calorie count for the day, so now just need to decide which to have -- peanut butter on celery, almonds, pistachios, or a hunk of cheddar cheese.
~ Marie Anne
This morning I got on the recumbent bike for 30 min, then later took the dogs for a walk for just under 30 min. I have three of them now and it's really hard to get a good walk in when they're stopping to sniff or pee (and never at the same time), so I took each of them separately today. Walking one at a time allowed for much more forward motion, rather than all over the road. It worked out much better and I think I'll continue that, at least part of the time.
Since starting back up with watching my food intake and exercising more, I haven't really felt hungry at all, which has been a blessing. Today, for some reason, I did feel hungry, and I'm not sure what's going on there. I sipped water all day and will get my 8 full glasses in before it's over, so it's not dehydration.
I'm still hungry, but since my day off from training turned out to not be much of an off day at all, I think I've earned a little snack while sipping the two remaining cups of water I need today. I'm still within my calorie count for the day, so now just need to decide which to have -- peanut butter on celery, almonds, pistachios, or a hunk of cheddar cheese.
~ Marie Anne
Pistachios. Always pistachios. ;-)
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