Ugh! I hate cold weather and missing the gym
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
It's cool, here in Iowa, today; lower 60's, but last night was in the 50's, and the clouds rolled in, threatening rain all day..I woke up with every joint and muscle in my body aching, especially my bad hip...and on gym day, of all days..Plus, for various things that had come up (illness one day, car problems, another), we had not been to the gym for about 2 1/2 weeks..Now, granted, we're only able to go twice a week, but that's when I do my strength, on the cybex machines..If you take a look at my fitness tracker, today, you see it kicked my butt, big time! I usually do alot more machines than that, and not having been able to go, and the weather being what it is, I wound up only being able to do one set after a couple machines..Hurt like hell, but I was determined I was going to do something..I can already tell that this winter isn't going to be any different than last winter; for me to be able to do this, I'm gonna have to dig out the pain meds..Some say not to use pain meds, because that's how you gauge whether you're doing too much or not..Well, during certain weather conditions, or when my fibro is acting up, if I didn't take pain meds, it'd be easy to gauge-zilch, nada, nothing..As I sit, typing this, every muscle in my back and even my feet are spazzing, but I'll be damned if it's going to put me down..It may slow me down (as usual), and I may not be able to do a full workout, but I'll at least get something in..Still bummed me out, that I had gotten up to 3 sets, and today, after a couple machines, I had to knock it down to 1, but I still managed to do the same amount of reps, barely, but I got them ..lol
I guess the pacing is adding up; I've noticed that my leg isn't swelling as much, and my weight isn't flucuating as badly..Matter of fact, I weighed when we came home, this afternoon, and I weighed what my tracker showed..Usually, by the afternoon, I show a gain of at least 3lbs, sometimes more..Now, I know I'm gonna be nosey and weigh in the morning, even though I should wait until Friday, so just hope today wasn't a fluke LOL