So it is your doctor that has you on this gym kick? I had high-ish blood pressure and triglycerides a few years ago, and was able to bring it down. I tried to exercise more at that time, but didn't. I also didn't lose any weight at that time, but I did get healthier, got my levels down, and calmed down. Here is how I did it: 1. eating less meat and splurging more on fish, 2. always keeping lots of tasty produce around at home and work, 3. cooking more, 4. deciding I don't care that much about work after all, 5. and just relaxing in general.
My current exercise kick actually stems from having more energy in general, and is less about health/weight loss, and more about fun, shockingly enough. I do have a heart rate monitor, but don't use it much. I'd still recommend it if you need to know how hard you are working, so you aren't tied down to the gym. I find the cardio stuff at the gym dead boring, and I've never mastered the art of reading while sweating. I sometimes take classes at the gym, and find the time goes easier with a group, but YMMV.
The chest strap thingy on the HRM is surprisingly comfortable, but the wristband is big and clunky, and gets gross when I sweat. Try to find a smaller model than my Omiron. (Polar has a women's model that is smallish.)
I have used it while running, walking, and biking. The gym still seems foreign to me; it seems odd to be expending so much energy with so little scenery change. I'd really rather run around Green Lake, walk to work, or bike to the store. It is summer, and you live in an interesting place! What a shame to spend it inside hooked up to a machine.
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Get a heart rate monitor, and get out of the gym.
Date: 2008-07-08 05:18 pm (UTC)So it is your doctor that has you on this gym kick? I had high-ish blood pressure and triglycerides a few years ago, and was able to bring it down. I tried to exercise more at that time, but didn't. I also didn't lose any weight at that time, but I did get healthier, got my levels down, and calmed down.
Here is how I did it:
1. eating less meat and splurging more on fish,
2. always keeping lots of tasty produce around at home and work,
3. cooking more,
4. deciding I don't care that much about work after all,
5. and just relaxing in general.
My current exercise kick actually stems from having more energy in general, and is less about health/weight loss, and more about fun, shockingly enough. I do have a heart rate monitor, but don't use it much. I'd still recommend it if you need to know how hard you are working, so you aren't tied down to the gym. I find the cardio stuff at the gym dead boring, and I've never mastered the art of reading while sweating. I sometimes take classes at the gym, and find the time goes easier with a group, but YMMV.
The chest strap thingy on the HRM is surprisingly comfortable, but the wristband is big and clunky, and gets gross when I sweat. Try to find a smaller model than my Omiron. (Polar has a women's model that is smallish.)
I have used it while running, walking, and biking. The gym still seems foreign to me; it seems odd to be expending so much energy with so little scenery change. I'd really rather run around Green Lake, walk to work, or bike to the store. It is summer, and you live in an interesting place! What a shame to spend it inside hooked up to a machine.