Apparently

it takes me longer to recuperate from a workout than I thought it would. An hour later, actually. My feet still hurt quite a bit, even though I was in my diabetic New Balances. Maybe I should follow my podiatrist's advice after all. I told him about our little exercise room and he suggested the bike would be easier on my feet. It also did better for me on cardio (I only walked at about 2.3 miles/hour while on the treadmill, and 14 or 15 mph on the bike, but I got my breathing and heart rate up more with the bike). I never even broke a sweat on the walk, but didn't feel comfortable raising the speed above 2.5 mph. I do need to take my inhaler with me--I was wheezing with each breath there at the end and coughing a little bit, almost going into an asthma attack (mine is exercise induced). So I must remember to take that with me.

Anyway, I'm going to eat and then finish putting things back into closets, then clean off the dining room table and couch, and put some things away in the kitchen, and then go from there.

Well

I spent 10 minutes on the treadmill, once I untangled the emergency stop magnet and clip and put it back in place so it would work (I did this for both of them, because, well, I thought someone else might have trouble starting one like I did). Also, I went for 10 minutes on the stationary bike. Yay! My one load of laundry is finished--I had it on delicate, but took out the hand washable ones early, two of which had sequins, and stayed to monitor, especially as someone put quarters into our pair of dryers but didn't choose the lower one, so when I checked mine and hit delicate again, it loaded the time onto mine, and 83 minutes on delicate will shrink just about anything, I suspect. :) Towards the end, it let me put it up to medium/permanent press, as it had been a mixed load and included jeans and Capri pants that take a little while longer than normal to dry.

So, next on the agenda, now that I've had something like four glasses of water in quick succession, is to put things back into the closet and generally straighten up. But first I think I'm going to stretch my back and feet out for a few minutes. I will say the exercise application Samsung Health apparently chose some sort of music playlist from the ones I play the most or something, because it has picked out a diverse group of tracks but they're all ones I like a lot, without (so far) replicating any band or singer, even though the music's been playing long after the exercise was finished. So I think I'll listen to a bit of music and just relax for a few minutes, give my neck and lower back a chance to recuperate, and then go from there. I'll resume household chores about 3 pm.

Sore

I pedalled about three miles/fifteen minutes this time, but at a higher tension. My back did not like this. On the other hand, I've lost 6.5 lbs in the last couple of weeks. So I'll keep pedalling. The nice thing is that it was pouring rain outside and I didn't have to get wet.  :-)

Exercised for 20 minutes on the stationary bike just now

At 15 mph, about 5 miles, and I was inspired to go the extra 5 minutes past my planned workout because my phone's cardiovascular workout application randomly plays music from my collection and just as I was about to stop 'Give Me Something to Sing About' from Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Once More, With Feeling album came on. I should work out to that more often. :)

I did yoga earlier today, did the bike (on an off-day, I'm supposed to do it Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, so it was extra, but I figure I should since I didn't do anything yesterday), and at some point this evening I plan on taking at least a bit of a walk. It's sunny and beautiful right now, but 82 and humid, so I'll let it cool off a bit.

:)

It's a start

10 minutes, 2.8 miles, 15 miles an hour, after adjusting the seat and handlebars in such a way that my back and knees didn't hurt like they did before. My butt though, well, I'll have to get used to it. The plan is to get on it every other day (except Sundays), so Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, adding 5 mins per day. On Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, the plan is to start the day out with yoga. And I'd like to add walking in there as well, now that my feet are doing better, and if that makes them worse, start doing both yoga and biking each day other than Sunday. Think that isn't too ambitious?

Yay, I'm free!!!

Don't get me wrong, I do like my job a great deal, but it's nice that I don't have to go back for FOUR whole days. Sometimes you just have to get away for a bit, you know?

My phone is telling me it's time to get on the exercise bike. I am eyeing it warily, but I think I'll try. :)