01gt4.6

No clue about my heart. I noticed it when I was doing P90x. My dad got me a heart rate monitor for Christmas and when I was doing the program, I checked my heart rate and it wouldn't register. I thought the HRM was defective so I went to bring it back. They didn't take returns on them so I kept it and called the manufacturer. They said it only reads up to a certain rate, after that it won't register. So I started checking it the old fashioned way. I had joined a gym and was on a recumbent bike and it registered 236 bmp. My friend that was next to me thought there was no way, it had to have been defective... so we switched bikes. The bike I was on was reading like 140 for him, his old bike that I was on was still reading over 200 for me.

I went to a cardiologist, he did a battery of tests. EKG, ECG and stress test. He said my heart was fine but something in my endocrine system (I think he said my blood work showed a hyper thyroid and iron was low, or maybe high, I can't remember). He said my endocrine system was causing my heart to beat fast. So he referred me to an endocrinologist. I saw him and give him my lab results. He said everything looked fine. He ordered more labs and a follow up. I went back, he confirmed my endocrine system was fine. So, once again I go back to my cardiologist, he said my heart was fine.

So with my cardiologist saying my heart was fine and my endocrinologist saying my endocrine system was fine. I did what every normal person would do. I wrote myself more life insurance.

I have quit doing 1/2 marathons and P90X. I don't do anything overly physical that would cause it to go crazy. I have noticed now that I wear my Fitbit all day, that it hasn't been super crazy. I just went for a walk and it got up to 136bpm. Although that's probably what most people get when they run, I'm not too alarmed with it. Like now, I stopped walking probably 20mins ago, been sitting here typing this and it's 101 bpm. I'd imagine by now, most people would be back down in the 80's.

01gt4.6

So with a fast heart rate, bad back (L5&S1) and a chip of bone floating around in my foot, I could sit back and chill. But that's what got my fat ass back up to my before weight. I'm motivated now, my back feels fine, my foot could be worse and my heart rate hasn't killed me. So I'm not going to let my bad cholesterol and bad heath do what nothing else could, right?

zootnarf

Hey, I'm actually making a weekend update! I finished the workweek strong and just need to stick to it all weekend.

This Week's Goals:
1) Calories under 1,400 (6 days): M-No (1,731), T-No (1,517), W-Yes (1,364), Th-Yes (1,286), F-Yes (1,372)
2) 10,000 steps (7 days): M-Yes (16,398), T-Yes (16,168), W-Yes (16,847), Th-Yes (15,650), F-Yes (19,673)
3) Log all food (7 days): M-Yes, T-Yes, W-Yes, Th-Yes, F-Yes
4) Stairs (3 days): M-No, T-No, W-YES!, Th-No, F-No
5) Strength band exercises (3 days): M-No, T-No, W-Yes, Th-No, F-No

zootnarf

So, for most (normal) people, the more they work out, the lower their resting heart rate gets (over time). Do you still find that to be true for you? I can only imagine that healthy behaviors can only improve your whole body situation, even one as weird as yours!

01gt4.6

Spot, congrats on the strong finish!! I've went so long without workout by out, so I don't know if that would be true for me.