Finally swam last night, still ten clicks lower than "normal" but it was a pretty nice swim, no interruptions, no pain, can't really complain and I know I've got more in me. 823 strokes, 10.4 METs, average heart rate in upper 130s. Watch says 11 minutes in warm up, 19 in cardio, so I went and looked at the actual log. Held the lower heart rate for a good bit, then must have changed things up somehow, maybe harder pulls. Interesting anyways.
Steps yesterday have to be off. Went to the beach with the dogs, ran them up and down the shore, then went to Costco and it's saying 2.5 miles for the day with 6.5K steps. That's not right, should be at least 3, but who knows, could be running back and forth in place confused it. Not gonna sweat it.
Told dogs when we got to the beach that they needed to promise to stay out of the water. Yeah, like that happened. Three wet dogs within five minutes. Strategy was to go down the beach where they couldn't hear me and forget about the water. Big dude is limping at little this morning, will watch him and keep him relatively still for a couple of days. Also will check in with vet. We met horses up close for the first time with no fence. My little red one is fearless and considered leaving me for a larger pack. Shepherds do what shepherds so, act with caution and tell everyone around them by barking incessantly. both.of.them. No pics up close because I needed to hold the big dogs. All in all a good day and I'm so glad I live here even though it makes me nuts sometimes.
Back is better. Still can't lift heavy things, that's fine. I'll make do. Pretty good sleep once I used the TENS and took an ibuprofen in the middle of the night. Not sure if it was the throwing, the swimming or both. It does feel good to be more active overall. Ended up ditching the towel around my waist in the middle of the night.
Pics as promised. It was good to feel more normal again. Enjoy the day!
WEIGHT 163.7 lb
BMI 33.1
FAT MASS 68.7 lb
LEAN MASS 95.0 lb
WATER MASS 66.7 lb
BONE MASS 4.8 lb
MUSCLE MASS 90.1 lb
