I had my check up with the cardiologist this morning. Apparently my heart is very strong and shows no sign of heart disease. So my heart is the best thing I have going for me! Hurrah! He says however that I do have something called Metabolic syndrome (or Syndrome X). Here is an article that tells us more about it. http://healthtools.aarp.org/adamcontent/metabolic-syndrome So all of this part is nothing new to me, except that it does have a name. Who knew?
My goal is a short walk daily and to build up to bigger things...no 8 mile bike ride for me yet! I'd lost a pound since I was at this doctor last month, so that was a "happy" as the doctor said. I think one of you said that slow and steady wins the race , so that's what I'll need to be doing.
I have a quote by my mirror that says "Life is a marathon, not a sprint". That little reminder first thing in the morning helps me keep my goals in mind for the day. Challenge: use a post-it note and put an inspiring quote up where you will see it every morning.
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ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear everything is ok. Keep doing "slow and steady" exercises and someday we'll all go for a bike ride! :-)
ReplyDeleteCindy, I love your idea of inspirational quotes in frequent places. I find I already do this but with notes for Tim in the mornings (like on Chloe's changing table or a post it on his phone) I'll have to put some quotes around too.
From my track days I remember we had to "train for the marathon to be able to sprint better." The times when I was running the 800 I would have to train longer for that one, which made my 400 times much better. So we need to train for the marathon so our sprints are better.
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