Working Out Again - Swimming!

We are back to working out here... "We" this time, and not just me. IsraeliDad decided to join me in my weight loss/getting fit efforts. He will be working on the getting fit part mostly (he doesn't have a lot of excess weight to lose anyway). It's so much more fun working out together.

We go to the gym together essentially. Driving over, exercising for an hour and a half and then going back home.

We plan on adding swimming now, so we can alternate between the pool and the gym. One small obstacle in the way - I don't really know how to swim. I can paddle away pretty much, without sinking usually, but that's about it. So, today I took my first swimming lesson. It lasted for 45 minutes. My main achievement is slightly embarrassing... I can now put my head underwater and blow bubbles :p Ok, ok, I did a little more than that. I actually got the basics of swimming together, but still need a lot of practice and some more guidance.

I'm taking another lesson next week, but will be practicing tomorrow already. One thing I can already see is that I am exhausted! I am signing off for a nap now...

Pushing in some exercise

Had a bad weekend, eating-wise. Not only did we have an Italian style Bar Mitzva feast, but I also joined in on some of the mini-parties with all the guests around, essentially binging on chocolate and salted sunflower seeds. Smokers sometime mention social smoking as a problem, well, I had a social eating problem there.

The problem is that once I begin, it's hard to stop. In for a penny, in for a pound... unfortunately these are real pounds added on here :p Yesterday was slightly better, as I did go to the gym. I have to say, I find that sticking to a gym routine is the only thing that actually helps me keep my eating in order. I plan on going today as well.

The leg injury is still there and it is very limiting. Yesterday for example, I had my husband drive me to the gym, instead of walking. At the gym I did a 15 minutes walk on the treadmill. At that point the pain was increasing too much, so I stopped. I did manage to squeeze some hi-intensity uphill walking minutes, which was real nice. Then I went for some machine training, lifting and pushing some weights, arms workout with sit-ups for my tummy and finally some thigh exercise on some other machines. That took about 15 minutes. Next, I had 35 minutes on the bike, pedaling away and maintaining my target heartbeat rate through out (that's 135-140 bpm).

Now, today I wonder what to do. I think I'll go to the gym, but I realize that I might be aggravating things, exercising one day after the other. Now, I AM trying to get a hold of a sports physician and have a professional look at this. Until then, I will try to balance the pain with the pleasure ;)

Well, it's May already

I haven't blogged here in a long while. Depressing really, considering that when I last blogged I was writing about an injury which I still suffer from. My training routine has taken a major hit and I can see now how it's lasting for months and months. I'm not sure what to do at this point, really. I find it very hard to keep down the food intake when I'm not training, especially the sweets. It seems like sports balances out my sugar cravings or something. I do still go to the gym, but not as often, maybe 2-3 times a week. When I do go, I can't walk for more than 20 minutes without my calf hurting. It actually hurts before too, but then it gets bad enough to stop me from walking. I then switch to the bicycle, but I find it hard to do those for more than half an hour tops. I guess you could say that one hour of working out 2-3 times a week isn't bad. I think it is. It doesn't help me lose weight - it simply isn't enough for my needs.

I keep feeling like I have to be careful with it too, that it's borderline as it is with my leg and that the injury simply isn't getting better.

A depressing post, I guess, sorry about that. I really am frustrated about it all, sigh.