Wednesday Workout (Cardiac Rehab Day 1)

 Today was my first day of Cardiac Rehab at the Advent Health Wellness Center here in Ocala.  You can read about why I am in Cardiac rehab here https://deborahsbitsandpieces.blogspot.com/2021/07/health-update.html

Last week I went for the initial evaluation where height and weight Blood Pressure and a few simple exercises were used for evaluation so a plan can be made and the doctor could sign off on it before I got started.  The exercise was simple do as many dumbbell curls as I could in 30 seconds-15, get up and sit down in a chair for 30 seconds-11 and walk 8 feet back to the starting point. All the while wearing a heart monitor, which I wear during my sessions.  

Today I arrived at Noon and before I knew it I was hooked up to a little heart monitor that I wore in a pouch around my neck.  Blood pressure was checked and then it was onto this beast of a machine.

Which wasn't a beast at all, it is a recumbent cross trainer and for thirty odd minutes I did a mix of legs/arms, just arms and then just legs.  I forgot to bring my little notebook to log what I am doing but I do remember.  I managed 15 minutes arms and legs moving together, than 9 minutes just moving the arms back and forth, and then 11 minutes just legs,  I was just starting to sweat when it was time to stop.   I am sure I am going to feel it later today and tomorrow but that's fine with me just moving more in a monitored environment has given me a confidence boost, I realize last week when I did a 30 minute walk at the park how nervous I was walking.  I go back on Friday for session number 2.

Tomorrow I will take a walk in one of the local parks to keep the momentum of movement so that once I am working out on a regular schedule again I will have worked through those beginning aches and pains.

On the nutrition note, for dinner last night and last Sunday I made baked salmon, a mix of broccoli and asparagus and half of steamed sweet potato.

Now this may look like a lot of food however it is 3 oz. of salmon baked with a little salt and pepper and olive oil.  1/2 of a small sweet potato (hard to find small) 1 cup of steamed broccoli/asparagus. It was so good. This season I have pushed aside brussel sprouts for asparagus which I can't seem to get enough of.  I still eat brussel sprouts just not as often.  Maybe next time I am going to try roasting the asparagus. 

I found a new to me magazine Saturday when I was checking out at the local Earth Fare store.  I came home and read it cover to cover. I liked it so much I subscribed to it along with a sister magazine,

titled Mantra Wellness which a friend passed me her old issue and an issue of Thrive magazine.

I think I had an older issue of Thrive I passed onto a friend a year or so ago, I believe Thrive is all Vegan recipes.

This year I let several magazine subscriptions run out several of which I didn't order and received as gifts. Woman's Day, Martha, Better Homes, Country Living, Real Simple which ends next month along with Good Housekeeping.  I have been reading these for ages and every few years I switch up the magazines I subscribe to.  I like magazines to carry along to appointments, the beach and to use in collage projects I do from time to time.