Chasing away Chubby

A wake up call…again

Posted lodyangel on July 7th, 2009 | Filed under General, exercise

As many of you who are my facebook friends know…My Mom is in the hospital.  On the 4th of July we were at my Sisters house like we always are and her and Dad left about 9:30.  She told my eldest sister that her chest was hurting. She thought it was from the smoke bombs that people were throwing.  Tina gave her 2 baby aspirin and told her to call us if her chest was still hurting later. I got home after 11:00.  I talked to her about 3 times in between 11:00 and 12:30.  Did she ever say that her chest was still hurting???  NO.  So Sunday morning I got up and went over to see her and Dad met me on the sidewalk and told me Mom still wasn’t feeling well.  I went in and asked her if she was stillhaving chest pain and she said it was.  Itold her she needed to go to the hospital.  She said “I’ll go tomorrow if it is still hurting.  ” (Stubborn old lady!) So I said “I don’t know how many articles I have read about women whose chest hurt and they ignored it and they dropped dead. ” She still refused so I said “I’m calling Tina!  She’ll make you go.”  I called Tina (Sis1) who was dying her hair and she called Tonya (Sis2) and Tonya took her to the ER.  All her tests came back good.  But they kept her in the hospital overnight.  She thought she would get to go home yesterday but her Doctor kept her in the hospital until today.  She had her stress test today.  We are still waiting for the results.  If her heart looks good she will get to go home if she has any clogged arteries then they will send her to a hopsital in LExington.  So I am praying that her tests will come back good! 

The Docs do not think she had a heartattack Saturday night to Sunday though.  So YAY for that.

So here we all are talking about losing weight and eating better.  Afterall if Mom has heart problems, then we all have that increased risk.  I am going to town tonight to buy Mom and Dad lots of heart healthier butter and Mrs. Dash seasonings.  And I’m getting myself some too!  I already have some of those things but have been slacking lately.  I’m done with being a slacker!!  I have been looking at my body with pure disgust lately, but I have been powerless to do anything abut it. So starting today I am doing 1 hour of exercise a day. I am going to run here when I get off of here (30 mins) and then I am going to do some Denise Austin exercise ball workouts (35 mins).  Then take a shower and fix the kiddies lunch and take them swimming this afternoon.   I am watching one of the kids Mom usually watches, as well as my bunch.  Should be fun.

Well ladies off to finish what I need to do.  Have  a great day and keep my Mom in your prayers today!!

UPDATE:

I ran/ walked for 30 mins.  It was good.  Even though I probably shouldn’t have been abIe to run so long, my brain knows it can, thus I can.   My right knee protested some, but overall I think I did well.  My heartrate got up to 95%.  I don’t know if that is right or not.  I was not gasping for air, and could talk if I wanted to so I do not know if that is right.  Maybe that means 95% of my targeted heart rate instead of maximum heart rate.  Need to find my heart rate monitor watch instruction booklet!  I walked for 5 mins, ran for 5, walked for 3, ran for 8, walked for 3, ran for 5, walked for 12 mins.  I walked for 12 because I couldn’t get my heartrate back down. I usually will walk until I get it down to the 60%+.  I never got it below 71%…even after walking for 12 mins!! Which means I am in a lot worse shape then I thought I was.  :(  Total Run/walk time 42 mins.  Calories burned 351.

Did 18 mins of Denise Austin Ball core complete.  Burned another 175 calories!!  Heartrate got off the scale on this one.  I’m gonna find the instruction book for this thing!76

Total calorie burn for the day 526!!!