Week 4 after my traumatic doctor's visits and week 5

So the rest of that week I couldn't do anything.  I became really motivated to continue getting healthy.  My health and my life obviously depend on it.  Eating was the only thing I could control until the beta blockers took effect and I could go back to the gym.  My wife is very supportive and helps me with eating and when I can encourages me to exercise.

My trainer emailed me back to say this next week, week five I should just do cardio.  That's not bad.  I can do that.  I would like to do more, but starting slowly isn't a bad thing...  I guess...  So I go into the gym on Tuesday and do my cardio.  My trainer insists that I wear the heart rate monitor that I discussed in an earlier post.  So My goal is to hit my cardio zone 130-150.  I don't try to put myself through much more, just trying to ease back into exercising.

I have classes on Wednesday so I never go into the gym on Wednesdays.  But then on Thursday I go back into the gym and try to push myself.  I would rather find out I need a higher dosage of beta blockers on my own time than when I'm paying my trainer.  When on the cardio machine, arch trainer, I slowly safely start to elevate the height and increase the resistance.  I work out on cardio for about 45 minutes not including the 7 minute warm up and 7 minute cool down.  I don't remember what exactly I got the elevation and resistance up to but I do know that I got my heart rate into the 170s a couple of times.  I was feeling good!  No nausea or passing out sensation!  I pretty much keep this up all week and go to the gym 5 times this week.

Also as always I play ultimate on Sunday.  I wear my heart rate monitor when I play now.  I am playing stronger and can run longer.  My heart rate during sprints can get into the low 180s and then I let it recover into the 130s or 140s.  My awesome heart rate monitor also tells me calories burned.  I burned over 1400 calories!  My calories burned during ultimate is in between 1400-1800.  I wish I could play daily!

Weight loss is going good, heart rate recovery time is getting better.  I no longer need to sit on the steps to tie my shoes.  I am making progress on getting healthy!

I'm told I need to put in pictures and video...  Here's my attempt.  This is ultimate frisbee...  Although at almost 280lbs I'm not nearly this good!

Here is the cardio machine that I use: