Testing new things.


 Today I thought I might try something a bit different. Instead of using the Samsung Health application I used Strava this time to log the treadmill. I did not like that it was indoor run instead of treadmill work out but it seems to be the same thing. The way it worked with the watch was also different but one thing I found very helpful was the button on the watch pauses the exercise instead of bringing up the pause menu but still running the timer. This part is very helpful to me bacause I end up having to pause my treadmill often to take calls and deal with other things as they come up. 

The other thing I dont quite like about strava is it does not do the breakdown as well as the Samsung app, at least the free version I don't know how the paid version is but the free one is lacking in that. My breakdown was walking at 4.0 for the first 5 minutes then run for 5 minutes and repeat. I did this for the first hour but the second hour my knee was hurting so I ended up walking at 4.0 for most of that except two runs for 5 minutes. I would like to test the Strava app more tomorrow but I think I will be using the Samsung app and just have that push the information to Strava to see if that gives me the info I am looking for as well as post to Strava. 

As for the mentioned knee pain I was struggling at the end of the 2 hours because of that but I finished and decided I needed to figure out how to fix the pain. I looked up a few stretches to do and found a bunch to try. I started with the basic sit on the floor and try to touch your toes for a seconds. It helped a bit so I am going to find more streches and add them in. 

I have also been realizing that my emotions are a bit off after all the exercising and dieting which seemed very odd to me at first but I started reading a lot about that and it turns out that that can be normal. After this particular work out I was the normal tired and then I started getting angry for no reason. I was very on edge and upset with every little thing then I had dinner and things started to get better. I am going to have to make sure to keep up with making sure that I have enough to eat before and after exercising to keep my emotions in check. 

I am off to continue the journey! Have a wonderful day and thank you for reading!

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