I have read Jane's blog for some time so the book was a must have. I may never make anything out of it but Jane has delivered what I think is a fresh approach to looking at quilts. She shares her inspiration for each piece and I read it all - until 2:00am on the day it was delivered.
Now on to the exercise thing. A very strange week. Tuesday was 30 minutes on the treadmill for 2.79kms - everything felt fine.
Wednesday a session with Tamera and I'm liking her more and more each week. Having a female trainer for me is working as she seems to think differently from the boys so has me doing things I did not think were possible. As you all know I have an aversion to the floor but that did not stop her from incorporating lots of stretches into the workout - all performed whilst standing. And who would have thought I could do push-ups - well I can - they're called wall push-ups. Again standing up and fairly obviously using the wall rather than the floor. I have lots to learn and will continue to look forward to my sessions for a long time to come.
Thursday evening back on the treadmill for 30 minutes and 2.82kms.
Not so bad so far. Last night I was doing my usual 30 minutes on the treadmill. I started to huff and puff badly at about 3 minutes and from that time my heart rate just sky rocketed. I have no idea why and had to dramatically reduce my speed but I can tell you I have never felt so bad - not even when I first started out. I was breathless when I finished and it took about 20 minutes to get my breathing back under control. Hopefully a one off thing will know more in the morning when I try it again.
This morning was measurement day and again weird. Everything feels a tiny bit looser but the overall measurements were 3.5 cm bigger than a fortnight ago. Hopefully just the way I measured.
Off to the gym this morning for a 30 minute weight session and no ill effects. The best thing though was when a total stranger came up to me and said how much different I looked from when she last saw me several weeks ago. Now the weight loss and measurements mean this shouldn't have happened but you know what, I'll take it.
I always reward myself when something good likes this happens. Is it worth an I pad? Maybe!
2 comments:
yes definitely worth an eye pad.........take it easy with the exercise if you get puffed bad again.......
woops to be so mean to apple I meant I pad............lol
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