heart monitor

[Guest guest]

Can you tell us how you use the heart monitor w/out too much

trouble... I am interested in using one myself. I think it would

help when I decide to run outside. I have become such a control

freak with the the treadmill because I can see EXACTLY how far I have

gone etc etc etc... I used to LOVE to run outside, but now I don't

feel that I am getting a good enough workout...

Danna

-- In , " danitrish "

<daanne@p...> wrote:

> This happened to me too during C2. I found that I loved the energy

> I had after my cardio that I kept increasing the time spent doing

my

> cardio. But a funny thing happened. I was losing weight on the

> scale, but when I was weighed hydrostatically, I had actually

gained

> fat and lost muscle. It turns out that I was working so hard that

> my body was going into my muscle tissue to get glycogen to fuel my

> workouts. Soon after I purchased a heart rate monitor, learned how

> to use it and I am able to enjoy my cardio exercise without

> compromising my hard-earned muscle! Cardio is STILL my favorite

> part of my workout program...2 years later!

>

> DaAnne

>

>

> > Ok...I'm confessing to you guys...I LOVE CARDIO!!! What happened?

> > When I started I'd rather lift than do cardio. I'd rather take a

> > beating than do cardio...but now...I actually would rather do

> cardio.

> > I did NOT expect this kind of a change. I'm able to run the

> treadmill

> > now, not just drag myself along on it. It feels soooo good to get

> off

> > the treadmill, get in the shower with lukewarm water and stand

> under

> > it..ahhhhhhh, man that feels sooooo good! Just thought I'd let

you

> > guys know that more than just your body changes....changes come

in

> > all different areas, mentally--physically---emotionally

> > Tinkle

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

really good to hear that you have got yourself an empathetic endo and that things are moving along for you.

Just wanted to share my experience with you regarding heart monitors......

Before I was diagnosed hypo t I had a lot of chest pain, palpitations and feeling as if my heart was skipping. After diagnoses of hypo t I started levothyroxine and the symptoms actually got a lot worse. So bad at times that I ended up in A & E with heart monitors etc convinced that I was going to have a heart attack.

I was sent to the cardio department at my hospital and had the heart monitor stuck on. Whenever you feel that you are having a palpitation you press a little button so that it can record what is going on. Well, my readings came back as 'normal' even though I had several dodgy episodes whilst wearing the machine.The cardioligist was very nice but basically she said that I had a normal reading and it was psychological (!) The following week when I was at my GP's, I had an episode of palpitation and my doc got to witness it and take my pulse etc and he was pretty shocked and told me to go straight to the..... you guessed it, the hospital. By that time I had had enough of doctors and I changed to Armour and it all just stopped. Now I only get palpitations etc if I get stressed or upset and so I have just accepted them as part of my life and see them as a sort of barometer that is

telling me to slow down and chill out. I do think that it's good to go for these tests done just to make sure that nothing else is amiss (it was a big relief to me), I'm just saying, don't get too disappointed if you don't get specific results. And the sticky pads that hold the sensors on are a really hard to get off....... beware ! (baby lotion was quite good).

Anyway, as I said .... glad that things are moving forward in your recovery,

good energy to you, julia