So Far So Good

So far, so good. My back is continuing to improve and I've been eating better so far this week. In the past, I was weighing myself every morning but I have changed that up. I weighed myself Monday and then I did again today. It appears I am down three pounds. I know that some of that is due to hormones which seem to affect my weight quite a bit. That's something that has changed as I got older. When I was younger, it didn't seem like I was bloating or retaining water. Now, however, that seems to be something that happens more and more.

I've been using the elliptical. Monday I just did a straight workout but today I tried to do some intervals. I increased the intensity for one minute and had a one minute rest where I decreased my intensity. I noticed that at the end of the workout that, while I went a little further in the same amount of time, the calories that I burned were fewer than when I did a straight workout.

I work in retail and Thursday is my delivery day. Think 40lb bags of pet food and litter. Lots of them. There is the lifting of them and then the walking to put them away. I wear an activity monitor and I ended up taking 13,291 steps (roughly 10.65 kms). That ends up equaling a pretty good workout in my books. 

Today, although I did plank pose, I also did some sit ups and some hip raises. I am working on increasing my back strength and toning my ass. I think that part of my back pain comes from having weak muscles and I want to change that if at all possible. Although I want to lose weight, my end goal is to get healthier and in better shape. That includes building strength in my back.

Here's hoping that things continue to go well. I know that over time there is going to be setbacks and this isn't the last time I will have to deal with a bad back. I just hope that when things start acting up again that they won't be as bad or that I will be able to get through it without losing everything I've worked for up until that point.