The original plan was to get up early to run, because I had an 8am with Dr L and a 3pm with Dr W. I needed to get this done.
But I woke up feeling sick (bloated, heavy, clogged-feeling) and instead I stressed munched breakfast. I tried to go anyway, thinking 30 minutes is better than 0 minutes. To avoid that "all of the workout or none of the workout" thinking. But it just wasn't there. The motivation, the gut, or the energy.
I think the cabbage I'm eating is causing this. I made a few recipes over the weekend with cooked cabbage and broccoli, and I suspect the cabbage. It's back to my pre-FODMAP diet symptoms of just pain and heaviness in the gut. Don't even want to move or think.
So instead I leave at 7:15 from home, and in the end this was the better decision. The Hampton on-ramp I would have taken from the gym was near standstill for traffic. As it was, I barely made it to Dr L at 8am. Summary of appointment. He gave me the best explanation so far as to why running the cold is a bad idea. As always, I'll never recapture his detail here but I can paraphrase as best as possible. The cardiac is a "trainable" type of muscle, with the artery muscles are a "non-trainable" smooth muscle. As for me, I reported my mid back problems of tingling and fatigue. Turns out the mid back muscles were OK, but my lower mid back ones were compensating and causing the other problems. He again joked about how "someone so little can require such force to loosen up", or something to that effect. The hip is looking great, and I can train for the half marathon on the condition that my postural muscles maintain good health. He said if JeffH is OK with it, I can run it. I didn't point out that I wasn't working with JeffH at the moment.
Off to lab, where I tried to find closer parking but failed. Oh, and on the way back to lab instead of waiting on traffic I stopped at WF and got potatoes, choc chips (?), and yogurt, and walnuts. Oh and rice. Munch food. But I needed something else in my stomach that was nutritional yet not fiberous. But these foods don't really fill me up. Anyway. Off to lab, still feeling sick and out of sorts.
I did the maths, and realized that if I walked out the door at 1pm I would have time for a 45 min run before my 3pm with Dr W. Success!! And I saw JP on a bike on my way out the door, I didn't have time to stop and she was intervalling.
Summary of appt with Dr W. My BP was 80/56 but if I'm not symtomatic it's OK. And it's not really that different from my usual 100/60 and 90/60. It just sounds worse. I can exercise outdoors down to 30F, but do what I can indoors. We just have to find out what I can tolerate. And as for the bruising, she can change me to Plavix which is a less aggressive anti-platelet. I wasn't so much complaining or looking for a change, as long as the bruising and lumps I'm getting aren't unexpected or out of line. To be sure she ordered a CBC (next day came back all normal).
Then home to get dog and some food then off to Illinois for that lingering jewelry sale. Good to get that clog off my list. Once home I stuck to the TRE goals, didn't eat anymore to let the stomach rest, got 10' mins of strength in, played with dog. And went to bed at a good time.
Since MLK weekend, I've been sleeping in the guest room. SO noted it was warmer in there. He's right! And I'm listening to his radio as white noise, yay for bitter talk radio. And also since that weekend the phone has been kicked out of the bedroom and into the bathroom. I can not believe how often I think of picking it up "just to check something". Ugh. Awful, But breaking it!
My stomach in pain, swollen, heavy, and took some meds to see if it helped.
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