Exercising Off and On Again

Yesterday, began 3 weeks of having no appointments except one for a PET/CT scan to determine growth/non growth of my two cancers, specifically targeting the Melanoma.  So, my visits to the gym, M-F will be basically uninterrupted.  I usually arrive there shortly after noon when there are very few people around, I suppose because it is lunchtime for most of them.

My routine lasts a little over an hour where I start on the stationary bike for 20 minutes then move to the strength machines for my shoulders, arms, upper and lower back, and end with a 20 minutes walk on the treadmill at a speed of 2.5 which I will increase to 3 eventually as my endurance builds.  According to the machines and my estimates, I burn about 150 calories with this routine which is not much but it helps to keep me below the 2000 calorie intake limits I have set for myself.

My workout not only strengthens my endurance and tones my muscles but my heart is also strengthen which was the main purpose of going to the gym about a decade ago.

Amazingly, I have lived past my heart attack and past the two cancers that have attacked me for over 10 years....  2008 it was first detected but 2007 is when I started with all my tests to find out what the hell was wrong with me and why I had lost over 30 pounds in 4-6 weeks.

Recently, I have not felt like exercising due to extreme fatigue which I had attributed to the cancer meds but come to find out that it was a malfunctioning thyroid that was causing those sensations and when I started taking meds, my fatigued disappeared.  However, my thyroid has worsened so my meds have increased and it is still causing my body to be less than 100%...

ANY DAY ABOVE GROUND IS A GOOD DAY...