Christie13
Progress-Strong Woman-Running-Maintenance-Tryouts
by , 03-18-2018 at 09:57 PM (2887 Views)
Things are going great for this sleeved lady. New job training is over and just completed my first week of no longer being in training. Loving it. My manager is very pleased with how well I picked up the job. She has been able to give me extra work and I have been able to accomplish it all with no issues. The girl who sits next to me was sleeved in August. Not by my surgeon. She told me about being sleeved within a week or so of me joining the team. I did not tell her I was sleeved. Just not sure I want everyone else on the team to know.
I just completed 3 months on my strength training plan. I can see definite improvement in my muscle tone. I am still working on the legs. They were my problem area. I can now do 6 pull ups in a row. I couldn't even get all the way up to do one in the beginning. I am pleased. Looking forward to what the next 3 months will bring. The guy who sits near me at work one day was like, "Is the gun show over?" He said it because I had put my hoodie back on. He then went on to tell me how impressive my biceps were, which lead to a conversation on strength training and my routine. I felt really proud.
My new shirt!
Look at those biceps. Unfortunately you can see my tummy skin when I flex.
Oh yeah!
Back view!
Strong back! My daughter laughed taking this one!
Had my health assessment at work. Happy to say that every single thing they tested for was optimal, ideal, very good...etc. EXCEPT...my cholesterol was right at the limit of 200. Last year this time it was 191. The weird thing is while my cholesterol went up a bit the sub categories got better. My HDL went from good to very good, my LDL went from near optimal to optimal, and my TC/HDL ratio got lower from 3.5 to 2.3 which is also better. So just need to work on ensuring that I keep the cholesterol in check. Despite my cholesterol being at the limit they said I was very healthy. They actually didn't even mention it but it is on my paperwork.
Today my hubby had to run a 5K to qualify to represent his age group for his work a the Corporate Cup in June. He smoked it. He won and will be running for his age group 40-49. While I was there I decided to go ahead and run the course while they were waiting to start. It was at a trail area. I had never been there and actually found it quite nice. I would go there again for a run. I hear this trail actually goes like 18 miles and they are looking to expand it. Here is a picture of us from before the run.
So I finally broke down and started tracking my food on My Fitness Pal. Thank you Ann2! I am not a tracker. It has never been my thing but I am trying really hard to make this a habit and priority. I want to be successful in maintenance and think this will be helpful. So far no issues maintaining but I am looking at the long term. I want to know exactly what I am putting in my body. At first I could not get my Apple watch to sync my workouts to it but finally 2 days ago I was successful. Initially it would only sync my steps for the first few weeks I started using it. Apparently I had to open my Apple health app and then sync it with the MFP. It never told me that before and when I tried looking it up online it did say Apple was the one watch that had issues syncing with it. So I wonder if that was a recent upgrade?? My hubby has a polar and was able to sync his workouts from day one.
This next week is going to be stressful as my daughter is trying out for the dance team. She doesn't think she has a good shot of making it and I am hoping she will because I know it will be hard if she doesn't. So pray for me that things go well and if she doesn't make it she is not too devastated. Hope you guys all have a wonderful week. I have been busy lately but hopefully things will calm down after tryouts. Big hugs!
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