Hi, all,

I was on my first walking workout this morning since being diagnosed with high blood pressure and my doctor telling me to start walking/weight bearing exercises to try to get my bp under control or she'd have to put me on meds. She said she'd much rather I get it under control with diet and exercise than prescribe something because of the two long-term commitments, I'd have a much higher quality of life with the diet and exercise route.

How much do I love my new doctor? She's also a cyclist and loves that I've taken it up, but she said I need weight-bearing exercise to tackle the flab in addition to the cardio that cycling provides.

So as I was walking today, I was thinking I needed to make a journal of some kind so I can record these workouts. I was keeping an Excel spreadsheeet with my first cycling workouts, but I didn't keep up with it because I'd have to remember to do it when I got home, which wasn't always straight away, so it's not up to date.

I was thinking I needed to keep a notebook in the Rav so that when I finish packing up the bike, I could record the workout data right away - time, distance, notes on how I'm feelign that day, and so on. What I want to know, though, from those of you who may already be doing this, is what do you record? Here's what I'm thinking so far:

Date of workout
Exercise (cycling, walking, others as I get fitter)
Time elapsed
Distance traveled
Weather/other conditions (if I've got a cold or something)
Notes about how I feel upon finishing

Do you record intensity? If so, how do you gauge it?

Thanks, all!

Roxy