Start exercising again

I really hate that the fitness center isn’t open on Friday evenings. I need to get a better schedule but the only option is going during the morning or afternoon on Friday because there are no weekend hours _ I’d also like to start swimming at least once a week ^^

My foot is feeling better, probably just from being used continuously. I can still feel it sometimes but it’s definitely better. My back was killing me yesterday but I finally ended up going to the fitness center and signing up so that I can get strength training into my routine. I think I’ve been plateauing on my workouts so it will be nice to mix it up.

My foot is being lame again, feels kind of stiff after my walk tonight. Hopefully it will go away _{_} I’ve been trying to get back into varying my intensity in regular intervals during my walks, getting the heart rate up and then resting, repeat. Didn’t need to do that yesterday night, though, because I was down at Wittenberg (my college) and I took a walk around campus. Absolutely beautiful and the many hills make for a great workout. Anyway, even with the intensity changing, I’m afraid that I’m going to plateau, although I feel great right now, due to the combined change in my diet and regular exercise. Regardless, I think it’s a good idea to add more variety to my workouts and I want to throw some strength training into the mix, need to build my biceps back up to a respectable level. Will help with my metabolism, as well. Trevathan showed me this program called P90x, although he said there is a P90 program which is less intense. The program apparently has a cult following on youtube, with many people showing off before and after videos. It looks pretty comprehensive and definitely something I could into because it incorporates yoga as well as various other types of exercise. thumbs up

Instead of walking yesterday, I decided to push mow (actual rotary mower, no motors here) the front lawn since it needed it. Unfortunately, the grass had been growing for a little over a week and was far too thick to cut effectively. It sure did make for a good workout, though :)

I’ve begun to take walks on a daily basis, usually just around the school next to my house, lots of pavement/sidewalk for me to just mosey across. Maybe once a week I’ll start going to the park, had a nice, cathartic walk at Indian Point on Friday :) Anyway, I’d like to do more than just walking but I don’t want to spend the exorbitant amount of money for a fitness center pass. Beth said we should be exercise partners and I agreed, just keep checking on each others’ progress and making sure we’re not slacking. She sent me some links for exercises that you can do in your own home and so I’d like to start giving some of those a shot ^^

This ecology class has been making me walk a lot, going to parks and such. It’s rather enjoyable but today my previously broken foot started to bother me. I guess I have another week until it’s technically supposed to be good to go, so I hope this intermittent pain goes away by then. Otherwise I may have to call the doctor and see what he thinks I should do :( Stupid bones and breaking

Still waiting on my foot to heal before I do anything too crazy. I’ve been so busy studying anyway that I can’t do much else. I really hope that my foot isn’t going to be a problem, the bone feels slightly different in my broken foot as opposed to my regular foot =/ Really don’t want to have complications later on :(