I had surgery about a week and half ago, to remove my right Fallopian tube due to an ectopic pregnancy. I have gone into detail about my feelings on this in my non-fitness blog on Wordpress (aquacoloredglasses.wordpress.com), so I will not repeat them here. Suffice it to say, I feel very lucky to be alive, and though it will take me a little time to get back to up speed in the fitness department, I intend to use this opportunity to get in much better shape before attempting the pregnancy thing again.
The doctor told me to take it easy for two weeks following surgery, and I am trying to do that. I have had a major rash covering my front torso and legs, likely due to the latex used during surgery, so I'm recovering from that as well. It gets worse when I'm hot...so I definitely need to wait until that goes away before I go get all sweaty working out. I think the new year is a perfect time to start.
I am currently 179.2 pounds. This is after A) Thanksgiving, B) 8 weeks of pregnancy, C) Hanukkah dinner with my in-laws, and D) my office Christmas party...so I am THRILLED with that weight. Seriously, so happy.
I still have a membership to the Emory gym, but we have recently moved further away from it, which will make it a good deal harder to go. On the upside, though, we now live in a nice big neighborhood, with plenty of space for walking and bike-riding. I do want to go to the gym for their yoga and pilates classes, though...I think those would be a nice way to be healthier in a holistic way.
I will be walking and running around my neighborhood, and I would like to have a pretty rigorous schedule for increasing intensity. For the first 2 weeks, I want to JUST walk 3 miles. Then, I'll add in a little bit of running, when I can. I'll do that for 2 weeks or until I'm comfortable increasing it...and I'll continue to increase my running until I'm running most of the 3 miles. Then, I'll switch to 4 miles. I'll walk/run as much as is comfortable at first, and then I'll increase my running again. I plan to increase steadily and methodically, but I want to push myself. I'm not going to lose weight if I don't push myself a little.
I think my plan will look like this, to start out:
Sunday: biking around the neighborhood - 1 hour
Monday: gym at 4:30 for strength training (arms/core), 6:00 hatha yoga class, 7:00 pilates class
Tuesday: walking/running, 3 miles
Wednesday: gym at 4:30 for strength training (legs/core), 6:00 hatha yoga class, 7:00 pilates class
Thursday: walking/running, 3 miles
Friday: nothing
Saturday: walking/running, 3 miles
I think this is a good, easy schedule, that still has me working out enough to make some serious changes. I'm not doing the same thing for 2 days in a row, which I like. Also, it gives me enough workouts in a week that, if I have to miss one for one reason or another, it won't really hurt anything.
I also need to eat better, I know that. I've really been trying to be good about it...but between the pregnancy and the holiday stuff and traveling, it has been ROUGH. So, I'm going to try to include vegetables in at least 2 meals per day, and to eat more fruit. I've also been really into the carbonated water lately, which I think is good...I've been increasing my fluid intake, anyway. Also, I want to eat less meat, if any. I don't like eating meat anymore, bleh.
Ok, let's do this! I need to stay motivated! I'm not doing weight loss rewards...this is more about getting holistically healthy, with weight loss as a bonus. This is going to be more about sticking to the plan, than about numbers. I'm not sure what I could do as a weekly reward yet...I think I may put $10 into a yarn fund for every week that I follow the plan, and then at the end of a month I can only spend that money if I have stuck to the plan for the whole month. Maybe it will be for more than yarn...I could do books too, or dresses. : ) Let's just make it a FUNd...a fund, for fun.
Hooray!
