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Week of 8/20/2012 - 8/26/2012 Exercise Walking - 4 sessions / 15.45 General Walking - 7 days - 22.4 Stationary Bike - 2 sessions / 25 minutes Weight loss -  -1 lb Last week was a good week for me.  My walking continues to improve and I think I'm about as fast as I'm going to get with my limp.  The first biking session was a bit rough, but I thought that was just a shock in doing something different and it was because the 2nd session went much better.  I'm excited about that because while I'm not a big fan of the stationary biking it does diverse what exercises I'm able to do.  I also suspect that with the heat in Texas I might have to move some of my walking to the treadmill, which I'm even less of a fan of so I would just plan on spending more time in the stationary bike.  I would love to set up my trainer and road bike when we get to Texas but that will just depend on space.   This week and part of next week is going to pose some d...

Oops, just realized I missed last week, must be all the packing I'm doing.  So here are the quick stats for the past 2 weeks to get caught up Week of: 8/6/2012-8/12/2012 Exercise Walking - 3 sessions / 8.64 miles General Walking - 7 days / 12.61 miles Week of: 8/13/2012-8/19/2012 Exercise Walking - 4 sessions / 12.54 miles General Walking - 7 days / 22.91 miles Last week I had my 6 week follow-up appointment with the neurosurgeon and the good news was that I do not need to have additional follow-up appointments unless I start having problems.  I was also given the ok to start easing into biking and running "jogging".  I was so excited to hear that news that I thought I would start short jogging intervals into my daily walks this week.  Then I got to thinking that maybe it would be better to start out with biking instead, since that is less impact.  So today was my first stationary bike day.  I'm starting out with 10 minute sessions. ...

Traveling / being away from home always makes it tough to get your workouts in.  Week of: 7/30/2012-8/5/2012 Exercise Walking - 4 sessions / 9.5 miles General Walking - 7 days / 19.3 miles I didn't think I would get any pool time as most hotel pools are as big as a bathtub and I was correct, very small pool.  My workouts were on a treadmill, which still gives me some trouble.  My limp is getting better but it's still tough to walk on a treadmill.  No change at this point with the numbness in my leg / foot.  Disappointing, BUT, it's only been a little over 1 month since my surgery so no complaints here. The plane ride to TX (go to my other blog for info on that trip) was rough.  I thought it would be best to wear my compression sock and leave my shoe off however, I don't think that was helpful.  The ride home was better, I didn't wear the compression sock and left my shoe on. This week, I hope to get to the pool as I need additional workouts...