Today has not been a great day for me. I woke up feeling light-headed and a bit "spacey" and thought it must have been hunger. I had breakfast and went to my first class, on fast foods and chain restaurants. We went over the major chains, and I now have a good idea of where to eat and what to order. Again I can share the info with you when I get back. Went to the gym for a "Strong Limbs" class using the large rubber ball, and then off to the pool. I was ok for the first 10 minutes but I didn't have the strength today to stay in the deep end, my arm really ached, and I struggled with the exercises.
When I arrived at the "Awareness Training through Mindful Meditation," a friend who is diabetic, said I didn't look right and he thought my blood sugar might be low, so I took a blood test there in the room using his equipment (he did change the needle) and my glucose level was at 103, almost normal, the lowest it has been since I arrived here. I will get tested tomorrow morning to see what the number is. The doctor leading the class insisted that I run down to the clinic to be checked out. I did and my blood pressure with a bit high, but ok though I still felt a bit light-headed. When I got back, the room was very quite and everyone was sitting with their eyes closed. It reminded me of the quiet meditation we have done at the beginning of EV retreats with Sudie and Sue.
After lunch, I went to a cooking demo, done by the head chef. She made a pan seared fish (tilapia), spiced carrot soup with cilantro, and a cranberry pecan salad with raspberry vinaigrette. I have the recipes. We have had those dishes in the dining room over the past few days, so it was fascinating to see how they were healthily prepared. I finished out the day going to two more classes, a pain management class (very appropriate!) and a class on Arthritis taught by the director of the Diet Center. In the first class, we again did some quiet meditation as a way to ease pain, and lo and behold, by arm felt much better when we were done.
I decided to can the exercise I had planned for after dinner and came home. I plan to go to be early tonight as soon as Sudie and I Skype.
The answer to the question from last night (I bet you thought I would forget) is through our breathing. One reason we breath hard when exercising is to help expel the by-products of the fat we are burning up and of course to replenish the oxygen we have used up. I though that was a real revelation!
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You could also have lost enough fluid to have your essential electrolytes like sodium and potassium out of wack. If you get leg cramps it is quite likely the culprit.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to give you a little more info about the gowearfit. It costs about $160 and then $14 a month or so upload the data in PGH. It also monitors sleep and steps and has a function for calorie counting. So you know if you've burnt 3000 calories in a day, you want a 750 calorie defecit but you also want a piece of chocolate cake it will help you figure out how deterimental the cake would be. I have been virtually hiking the A.T. using it, but need to look at past data to see if I am out of VA yet. Week 2 is history! Time flies.