Day 5.

coffee
egg and veg slice
pear
coffee
pear
salad.x 2 cups
egg and veg slice.
kefir fruit smoothie.  So nice!
bread and cheese.  no reason, it was there...I wanted to.  Wish I hadn't.
And again!! bread and cheese.   This is now out in the shed freezer.
kefir fruit smoothie. 
coffee
chicken and veg.
milo


Mid afternoon and I still hadn't walked or ridden.  Tired again and should have had a sleep instead of the bread and cheese.  Need to make more of an effort but keep thinking "what's the point"  The point is, I want to get fitter so I can climb a mountain!    Five PM and still no moving as such.  A bit of gardening but not enough...
OK, Done finally!  A slow 35minutes but I'm taking the 5 points for it.
All up today, 34points.  So much for 37 x 5 days, that's not going to happen this week now but is something to aim for in week 2.

Eight Week Challenge.

I spoke too soon about being better.  I thought I was so went out for the day on Saturday, did too much and was sick again on the Sunday.  Still not well this morning BUT...instead of moping around playing the *poor me, too sick, not well, can't do* card I woke up determined to get a bit more positive.    So I signed up for an 8 week challenge with some like minded people and it starts today.

The challenge is based on a points system, we get so many points for doing different things, like 5pt for 30min exercise, 3pt if we drink 2 litres water, points if we eat 3 serves of vegetables more if we eat 5, points for fruit...stuff like that, with a maximum point value for this week being 240.   One of the things is to keep a food diary, that will give me 5 points for the day so I will use this blog to do that. 

So as well as being fitter by Friday I will also see how many points I can get by the end of Sunday.  

I am putting my chart on the fridge so it will be seen and can be filled in as I go.  There are no excuses now.

I might fall short on the exercise points this week but I have something to work towards with other people doing the same so we can encourage and support each other.  

I think it will be fun.

It will be fun!

October Goal.

I'm thinking that because I'm not doing enough I need to set some walking goals and get it down in writing so it sticks in me head.   There is no way that I will be able to walk up Bluff Knoll next year if I don't start getting real about it all pretty darn soon. So:
Before the end of this month I WILL walk up to the weir. 

Probably not from here though...I will ride into T's place and use that as my starting point.  For the first one anyway.  Eventually I will walk all the way from here. 

I think this walk is a bit further than 5km, all up hill.  I did drive it last week to see how far it was but then drove somewhere else and forgot to write it down.

I know it can be done...I have seen people doing it.  The only difference between me and them, that I can see, is they are younger, fitter, thinner and actually doing it.
I bet before they started that they thought they couldn't.  I bet their first time was hard on their legs. I bet they enjoy it now...

I have even seen kids riding up this hill.  OK, we all know that kids can do just about anything, 45 years ago I probably could have ridden up this hill, no hands and with a blindfold on...OK, maybe not the blindfold...My point?  Other people are doing it and there is no reason that I can't do it too. 

Seven Months...Start the countdown.

Seven months.  That sounds like a long time doesn't it.  Plenty of time for anything.  Lots of time to do stuff, go places, get lots achieved.
But this year 8 months have gone already and I haven't done a lot.  Haven't been to lots of places, have achieved nothing.   So where do I get off thinking that I can do it all in 7 months. 

But I took on the challenge and it would be a bit sad if I pulled out without giving it a proper shot.  Right?  Right!

Week 1.   I need to start regular walking again.  Yep, I've had a couple of weeks to get used to the idea, to tell everyone about it, to think that I really should start... but have I.  No, no I haven't.  SlackA*** challenge accepter here people.  Or I was anyway.  No more.  Today I walked and tomorrow I will walk.  Monday, I will walk.  And I now have a stepper that I will use a few times a day most days this week.

The countdown has started.  Who wants to set themselves a challenge and count down with me?

Sunday Bikeride

 One of my goals for this month was to ride over to our closest town.  It isn't that far if you go along the main road  but I was planning on going out the back way and knew that was further.  I have done it before, a long time ago.
Fit daughter was in town this weekend so I asked her if she wanted to do this ride with me, she said maybe so we did.

She gets here this afternoon, my bike is ready to go but she needs to use her fathers so we pull that out of the shed, check the helmet for spiders, tyres need pumping up so I pull the compressor out, change the end over and connect it to the tyre...green stuff comes out the valve..Hmmm, try again, more green stuff and the tyre is going flat.   OK, maybe we can't go.  Hang on.  I get up and go turn the compressor on, pump up the trye and we're ready to go.
A quick tip...If you are going to use the compresser turn it on!!

Finally w're off.   We go out the back way, ride, ride, ride, get to the corner where we're suposed to turn but decide to keep going to see where that road goes.  Find out it goes nowhere so turn around and come back to our corner then up the hill to the hall.  We have reached our destination.  Yay.  A quick drink then back on our bikes ready to come home.  Took a different route through an old pine plantation, hit a horrible loose sand downhill rough road bit...reach the road we need, ride ride ride...less than an hour and a half, more than 20km from home to home. 

We were both sore and glad to get back but it was fun and I hope we do it again.  Next time we might con the other daughter in coming with us...