Monday, Monday...

I talked to the therapist briefly on the phone and made an appointment for Wednesday. She seemed really nice, with a good sense of humor. When I bantered with her, she bantered back, in a professional sort of way, of course. I need that. I need to work with someone who sees the humor in what I’m sure is considered pretty serious business. All the same, while humor is good, it's going to be expensive...so therapy is not something I will be undertaking frivolously.

I got a heart rate monitor today, one without a chest strap, but had to take it back to the store after work as it wasn’t working properly…it wouldn’t read my heartbeat. So on the way home, I got a different one that seems to be working fine.

One reason I bought a HRM (other than the fact that I think it’s probably a good idea)…the treadmill at work has those handles that take your pulse and I wanted to compare to see how accurate they are. A more specific reason is for the last 5 times I’ve walked on the treadmill, my pulse goes up gradually as would be expected. Then about 4 minutes into workout, the machine shows my heartbeat taking a dramatic plunge to around 55 bpm. I don’t feel any different when it’s doing that, so I’m suspicious that it’s a just glitch in the machine, not anything with me, but I figured I’d double check.

So, since the first HRM I bought didn’t work, I had to workout tonight without it. There was someone on the treadmill in the workout room, so I put on my hooded sweatshirt and a scarf and took off on a 45 minute walk outside. It was great…the sunset was spectacular and I got back to my building before it got dark about 5:30. I’ll check out what the HRM says vs. what the treadmill says tomorrow.

For dinner tonight, we had mojito salmon from Trader Joe’s with salad and a little rice. Has anyone tried the new “Eating Right” brand low-fat ice cream cups from Safeway? I love the pomegranate flavor. It's really good, and only about 100 calories.

24 is almost over, and I’m about ready for bed now. I hope this post wasn't too boring...Have a good evening, bloggers!