Delayed muscle soreness
Tuesday, 16 August 2022 14:52![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elusivekI was rendered almost immobile yesterday. Well. Saturday, I did get to Starbucks. I did catch up with the finance log of the shelter I volunteer at. I didn't go shopping though, but as the evening crept up, I thought it was a good chance to go running. So I did a 5km run. I wanted to push myself in the last 1km and so managed to actually complete the 5km in 40minutes (personal best 5 years ago was 30minutes, but I've slacked off since, and it's been averaging at 45minutes whenever I did go run).
Sunday I was feeling okay and went to the "fair" (it was just something like a shopping festival to stimulate the economy. Went to see my friend there), went to M&S but didn't get what I had wanted to get because they have now implemented a no actually trying-on bras (but their sales associate would happily provide fitting suggestions). They were fine with you buying it and trying it on at home, but I don't see the difference to trying them on there. But anyway. I didn't want the hassle of taking them home, trying them on and then finding out they don't fit so I have to return them. I need to ask around to find out where they still allow fittings.
Then yesterday (Monday) my legs felt sore. I was confused. I ran on Saturday, I thought the soreness would have started on Sunday, but Sunday I was well, and I felt well enough that I did one set of HIIT workouts. Oh boy. Yesterday I walked like an old man LOL. I decided to do some yoga and stretching last night, but after flicking around the Nike app, I ended up doing another set of HIIT but focusing on abs (so hopefully giving my legs a break) and luckily, today I'm feeling heaps better. If the weather is good when I get off work today I'm going for a run.
I've noticed the same thing as from 5 years ago when I was running half-way seriously. With exercise, I don't feel bouts of sudden hunger, and so I snack less. Hoping to get back to that. I'm back to 72KG which 5 years ago was what prompted me to start exercising to lose some weight and I managed to reach to 62KG. But thanks to the appendicitis in 2017/2018 or so I stopped exercising and now I'm back to the 70s. It's not morbid, but the thing about being Caucasian in Asia is... at the doctor's doing an overall body check the verdict for me is "obese" because my BMI is "on the high end for Asians"... and even after telling the doctor "but I'm not Asian" they do not budge. Boo.
That and I'm starting to find it difficult to stuff my bum in some of my trousers LOL.
Sunday I was feeling okay and went to the "fair" (it was just something like a shopping festival to stimulate the economy. Went to see my friend there), went to M&S but didn't get what I had wanted to get because they have now implemented a no actually trying-on bras (but their sales associate would happily provide fitting suggestions). They were fine with you buying it and trying it on at home, but I don't see the difference to trying them on there. But anyway. I didn't want the hassle of taking them home, trying them on and then finding out they don't fit so I have to return them. I need to ask around to find out where they still allow fittings.
Then yesterday (Monday) my legs felt sore. I was confused. I ran on Saturday, I thought the soreness would have started on Sunday, but Sunday I was well, and I felt well enough that I did one set of HIIT workouts. Oh boy. Yesterday I walked like an old man LOL. I decided to do some yoga and stretching last night, but after flicking around the Nike app, I ended up doing another set of HIIT but focusing on abs (so hopefully giving my legs a break) and luckily, today I'm feeling heaps better. If the weather is good when I get off work today I'm going for a run.
I've noticed the same thing as from 5 years ago when I was running half-way seriously. With exercise, I don't feel bouts of sudden hunger, and so I snack less. Hoping to get back to that. I'm back to 72KG which 5 years ago was what prompted me to start exercising to lose some weight and I managed to reach to 62KG. But thanks to the appendicitis in 2017/2018 or so I stopped exercising and now I'm back to the 70s. It's not morbid, but the thing about being Caucasian in Asia is... at the doctor's doing an overall body check the verdict for me is "obese" because my BMI is "on the high end for Asians"... and even after telling the doctor "but I'm not Asian" they do not budge. Boo.
That and I'm starting to find it difficult to stuff my bum in some of my trousers LOL.
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Date: 2022-08-16 10:43 (UTC)https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106268439