Did 45:00 on the recumbent bike this evening. "Strength program;" level 10; 14.5mi; 137 AvgHR This workout was a good one and challenged me a fair bit. Still somewhat sore from yesterday's run but feeling pretty good. One thing, though, is that when I'm biking, my toes don't seem to get good circulation. After about 25-30 mins I can feel them falling asleep some. After the 45:00, I stand up and I get the tingling feeling in them like they're getting the blood flowing back to them. On my runs, I'll get that sometimes, and I try to wiggle my toes a little more between steps which kind of helps. I've also tried different lacing techniques to keep the toe box as open as possible. Doesn't really help much. I'm not really sure it's the shoes since on the bike, I barely tie them on at all and it doesn't matter which shoes I use. Anyways, I'll have to work to figure out what that is. The light clicked on for me today re: my weight gain, though! About 3 weeks ago my doc switched one of my medications. She said that a typical side effect was gaining "a couple of pounds" since it tends to make you more hungry. But, she said, "since you're a pretty skinny guy anyways you probably won't notice if you gain an extra 2-3 lbs. every 6 months or so." She said most people take it at bedtime so they sleep through the hours it makes you the most hungry. I've taken it at night, and hadn't really given it a second thought since I figured with my eating habits (generally good) and exercise, I probably won't gain much at all. In retrospect, I've noticed I eat more during the day (a lot more all last week on the vacation). I've noticed my belly had gotten rounder (felt like bloating, though), and a little more "back fat" bouncing around on my runs, but I don't weigh myself very often or consistently, so I didn't have a clue until yesterday and I was shocked to see the numbers! So, I've got to be more conscious about my eating and make sure I get my exercise in, that's for sure!
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