My Journey With Health And Fitness – Upping The Ante

This week I changed out my running shoes. I decided the best way to break them in would be to wear a pair the first day which would involve 2 good walks. The following day would be my interval training followed by another walk. I did that Mon/Tues with the first pair and then yesterday and today with the 2nd pair. I have to say that seemed to have worked well because both pair feel pretty comfortable. The old pairs I am now using for my ‘walking around’ shoes which is ok as they still have some wear left.

I decided it is time to up the ante and get back to the full routine I was doing a year ago. That has meant adding back in all my weight and core exercises. I have gone back to doing my ski-squats which I know helps with my weak hip flexor muscle in my bad leg. I then move on to weights to tone up my arms. I admit my arms are still pretty buff but they do need work. Finally it is the floor work where I do ab exercises along with bridges to help strengthen my core. I had found that I was simply running out of time to do these during the day so they fell by the wayside. However, since I am really not doing anything in the evenings right now I have discovered that after dinner is a perfect time to get in a 1/2 hour workout. Seems to be working so far and my goal is doing these exercises at least 5 days a week.

I also realized that I had stopped tracking some pretty important health issues and now is a good time to start doing it again. I am supposed to check my glucose levels once a week. However, for the past little while I was lucky if I got around to doing it every 2 weeks. I committed a couple weeks ago to get back into the routine and since I have been negligent with this and because my test strips are expiring soon I decided I would check every day. I am happy to report that my glucose has been within normal range every single test. As well, I had stopped measuring my blood pressure regularly so this week I have gone back to checking it every day. Again, so far every check has been normal (actually surprisingly good results) and so obviously everything I am doing right now is working.

The more I get back into my ultra-fitness routine the more I am realizing how much I have missed doing it. All I need is to see those good test results and that alone is keeping me motivated.