Numb Toes

In my last post, I talked about the fact that using the elliptical ended up leading to numb toes on my left foot. I was hoping that by getting new shoes that I would be able to feel every one of my toes when I was done. Well, apparently that's not a thing I get to enjoy. The last couple of times that I have gone on the machine I have ended up temporarily losing feeling in parts of my feet.

It's not as bad, mind you, and the numbness goes away pretty quickly after I get off the machine. I do think the new shoes have made a big difference and now am going to try and pay more attention to where my feet are on the foot beds in case that's making a difference.

I've also found a new way to track what I am doing exercise-wise. I ended up getting a bullet journal which is basically a cool way of saying a book that has nothing but dots on each of the pages. What I like about it is that I can customize pages to record the things I want to keep track of. It makes the analog-lover in me sing with joy.

I have a weight loss tracking page.

I had a bit of a run in with some pizza and emotional eating so sadly, I have to wait a bit before I get back down to my start weight. But when I do I'm going to start using the weight loss tracker.

I also have a way to track my elliptical use, since at this point that seems to be the main component of my exercise strategy.

In each of the boxes, I am writing how many laps I did, when I did the workout and how long it took me to do it. This should make it easy for me to look back at what I'm doing and see my progress. And, of course, I've added in rewards at the end of 5 workouts.

I'm planning to increase my distance slowly over time. I learned from my sudden urge to go 8kms that I need to take it easy.

I'll show what the pages look like as I fill them in or if I add in any other workout type pages which I am planning to do. As it is, it's kind of neat to be able to have it recorded this way. I think that the positive reinforcement will help keep me in a fit frame of mind.