Grilling

Richard Ha writes:

Next week I resume normal activities after undergoing a GreenLight laser procedure five weeks ago.

Just prior to the procedure, my resting heart rate was in the mid- to high-50 beats per minute. Two weeks afterward, when I was instructed to just rest, my resting heart rate climbed into the mid-60s.

When I'm out of shape it’s in the mid-70s. When I'm exercising sporadically, it's in the 60s. And when I'm in good shape it's in the mid-50's. That’s where I want it to be all the time.

I resumed light exercise two weeks ago and my resting heart rate is now in the low-60s. I expect to be in the 50s soon.

My hard-to-achieve goal is to drop into the 40s. But this will take intense short intervals of high heart rate training. My general rule is that when I'm running at a pace where I need to take a breath on every step, I'm close to 160 beats per minute. And I will need to do maybe three or four short intervals at this rate to get my heart rate below 50 beats per minute.

In the three weeks after the procedure, I gained five pounds. At my present weight of 202.7 pounds, I'm still up two pounds. But I hope to lose that in a few weeks.

Since we started eating more vegetables a few months ago, we've started grilling vegetables. I didn’t realize how tasty vegetables such as corn, eggplant, squash and tomatoes are when grilled with olive oil. In fact, that's what we're going to do right now.

When June and I went to visit our friend Judy in Santa Maria, we experienced how their social lives revolved around grilling. We had a nice relaxing time. We're thinking about how we can redesign our lives to do more of that.

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[HawaiiVacationGifts]

Hi Richard!
We love to grill also! What I did so we can grill veggies more often was to buy a George Forman Grill (family size). That way it is conveniently set up in your house, and it is not that hard to clean if you only cook vegetables on it. Meat with all of the fat drippings sticks more to the grill.

I also bought a new product, Pam for grilling -- high temperature formula. I used to use regular Pam which was okay. Do not buy a cheap spray on oil. I bought Western Family one time when my budget was tight, and it made the grill harder to clean. The grease was more baked on.
Cheryl