Getting off my ass, slowly -- then sitting back down
On Friday I signed up for Fitocracy and attempted this workout. I got through one circuit of it and felt like I wanted to die, which should be a clue as to how out of shape I am.
The real problem I'm having, though, is the fact that holy hells, do they mean it when they say that statins cause muscle weakness. Two days later--with a 40-minute easy walk my only other exercise--I am still in tremendous amounts of pain in my legs. Walking downstairs, sitting down, anything that involves bending at the knee, is sheer torment. I was thinking I'd take another stab at the workout today, but no way.
I've been on the statins for about a month now, so tomorrow I call the doctor and say, hey, yeah, this is untenable. And also maybe you should check my liver function at this point like you said you were going to.
I just hate that the two things I'm doing to get healthier conflict so much >.<
In other news, um.
- Went to contradictacat's going-away party last night; the late hour it went to + commute + daylight savings time meant I was going to sleep around 4am this morning :(
- Went bra shopping today. Exciting. Or not. But necessary, since I had become the woman with only one bra.
- sosososo nice to have a weekend where I don't have to do much of anything. Other than the aforementioned things, I've been reading, playing games, poking at some Cracks editing/refining work, and various internet goofery
- Rye & Thyme, where I had dinner last Wednesday (it is, incidentally, where the Monument Grill used to be), is AMAZING. I may go again tonight.
The real problem I'm having, though, is the fact that holy hells, do they mean it when they say that statins cause muscle weakness. Two days later--with a 40-minute easy walk my only other exercise--I am still in tremendous amounts of pain in my legs. Walking downstairs, sitting down, anything that involves bending at the knee, is sheer torment. I was thinking I'd take another stab at the workout today, but no way.
I've been on the statins for about a month now, so tomorrow I call the doctor and say, hey, yeah, this is untenable. And also maybe you should check my liver function at this point like you said you were going to.
I just hate that the two things I'm doing to get healthier conflict so much >.<
In other news, um.
- Went to contradictacat's going-away party last night; the late hour it went to + commute + daylight savings time meant I was going to sleep around 4am this morning :(
- Went bra shopping today. Exciting. Or not. But necessary, since I had become the woman with only one bra.
- sosososo nice to have a weekend where I don't have to do much of anything. Other than the aforementioned things, I've been reading, playing games, poking at some Cracks editing/refining work, and various internet goofery
- Rye & Thyme, where I had dinner last Wednesday (it is, incidentally, where the Monument Grill used to be), is AMAZING. I may go again tonight.