{"id":62,"date":"2021-04-26T17:33:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T21:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2021-04-26T17:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T21:33:18","slug":"100-days-of-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/?p=62","title":{"rendered":"100 Days of Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In September, I decided to start exercising regularly. Again. And keep at it. Last time I managed to exercise regularly was something like 2008-2010, or around there, before I got bronchitis. I&#8217;ve tried lots since, but always skipped weeks because of vacations or holidays or summers, and never managed to make a habit of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, though, I was annoyed enough, and tired enough of feeling uncomfortable, that I was determined. I decided to exercise 2-4 days a week&#8211;depending on grocery shopping, days off, appointments, etc. So mostly 3 or 4 days. And I decided, at least to start with, I would post a pic to facebook, and number they days I exercised. I originally thought I&#8217;d do that the first month or so, but I found it encouraging, so kept posting. Plus, I included comments about what all&#8217;s been going on here, which I&#8217;m generally bad about talking to anyone unless they&#8217;re right in front of me, or initiate conversation themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, I got to 100 days of exercising on the treadmill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3512-769x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/?attachment_id=64\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3512-769x1024.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3512-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3512-768x1022.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3512-1154x1536.jpeg 1154w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3512-1539x2048.jpeg 1539w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_3512-scaled.jpeg 1923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Day 1&#8211;taken while walking on the treadmill<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-769x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"65\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/?attachment_id=65\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-769x1024.jpeg 769w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-768x1022.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-1154x1536.jpeg 1154w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-1539x2048.jpeg 1539w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_6551-scaled.jpeg 1923w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Day 100&#8211;taken after the treadmill stopped<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since September, my bloodwork has improved&#8211;except my triglycerides, which have always been an issue&#8211;my endurance is better, and my resting heart rate is lower. I did lose a little  weight (and no, it&#8217;s really not something you can tell by looking, those pics aren&#8217;t a good comparison for that), but that was overall just what I&#8217;d gained last year, not much more.  And really, weight loss isn&#8217;t the main goal, aside from getting back to feeling comfortable in my body, it&#8217;s more of a side effect bonus. It won&#8217;t really happen until I add in exercise that&#8217;ll strengthen muscles, because experience tells me that&#8217;s where I start to see any actual difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0006-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0006-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0006-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0006-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_0006.png 1136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Last year to April 10 this year. The gain is March through September, then drop, then the up and down is from weighing after work\/lunch on Mondays and before food on weekends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I will add in strength exercises, once my room has enough floor space, which will hopefully be before the weather gets too warm, since heat\/humidity will keep me out of the basement, and my room will have AC. And sometime in the future, I wanna get a ballet barre and a bit more room in the basement, cause I miss moving in ways that are more fun and feel less like work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s not 101, because grocery shopping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September, I decided to start exercising regularly. Again. And keep at it. Last time I managed to exercise regularly was something like 2008-2010, or around there, before I got bronchitis. I&#8217;ve tried lots since, but always skipped weeks because of vacations or holidays or summers, and never managed to make a habit of it. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/?p=62\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;100 Days of Exercise&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-62","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-randomness","tag-exercise"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorpalunicorn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}