Start of Week 7.

If today is the start of week 7 that means that I have been trying to get fitter for 6 weeks. 
Am I?  Surely I must be fitter than when I started way back last year.

Today's walk took the same amount of time as it did wayyy back on day 1.  *Why is it so?* 
Obviously I haven't been doing enough to improve much at all so a few days of missing the walk sent me back to the start.  Most days, I honestly don't feel any better and am really thinking "what's the point"   Maybe add in a couple of swear words and a few tears there and you will see that I am not feeling as positive as I thought I was.

I thought that 40 minutes of moving every day after doing hardly anything would see me feeling great and being able to easily increase things.  That hasn't happened so it looks like I need to make more of an effort.

BUT, today is the start of a new week, I need to make sure I do the walk or 2 x 20min sessions on a bike each day.  As the minimum.  Ideally I will do more.  I want to be able to do more without aggravating the Fibro but it's a fine line, cross it and be out of action for days or play safe and see no improvement...

Todays walk is out of the way though and I know that I will get a bike session in later as I have a book to finish.

Here's to week 7!

Thursday, Friday.

Hmmmm, I don't think I did anything worth mentioning on Thursday and Friday I was out of the house all day and could should have taken kids for a walk...but didn't...Got home and still couldn't be fagged but Hubby was watching Jamie Oliver, the computer wasn't working, I don't like lights on at night so no reading and after sitting and watching Jamie for 5 minutes I figured I could be doing that on the ex bike so managed 25min there.
It could have been longer but I heard crows out near the chookpen and as I have some new chickens out there I had to get off and go check on them.

Really slacking off here, but today is the start of a new week so will see what I can do.  I have been for the corner and back walk...40minutes!!!!   And I started off walking fast, slowed down when the back started to hurt but I didn't think it was that slow.  Back to the beginning and it's all my own fault for not sticking to it.

This week WILL be better.

Tuesday, Wednesday.

I was out all day yesterday and though I did 20min on the hard ex bike early, before I left, I couldn't be bothered doing another lot when I got home.  So not really happy with myself about that but to make me feel worse I can't be bothered doing anything today either.
I have done10min on the hard ex bike but that was an effort and really all I want to do is go and have a sleep.
I know I need to do more if I want to see any improvement but because I'm not seeing it today I'm over it all.

Hopefully I'll feel better about it all later.

Weekend and Today.

Wow, I haven't posted my moving since Friday, how am I going to remember if I don't write it down every day.  I have been doing it, I know that.  No walks though...I'll try and remember:

Saturday. ??? See, too long ago.  Hard ex bike, hopefully twice but at least once ...And 35min *walk on the spot* type stuff.  Pretty sure I did do 2 lots of ex bike.
Sunday. 10min *walk on the spot* type stuff, 2 x 20min hard ex bike.
Monday. 15min *walk on the spot* type stuff this morning.  20min on hard ex bike and will do another one later.  Happy to say I did.  Well near enough anyway.  I did 5min then 15min on the easy ex bike.

Not home tomorrow so I will need to make more of an effort and make sure I do do something.

And Speaking Of Test Results...

I have the blood test results back and it seems that I am just a fat, unfit, sookylala that needs to suck things up and push myself more.  And keep spending money on tablets because I'll probably need them forever.  Now that sucks!!  I wanted them to find the problem and fix it for me.

I have been on Iron tablets for 12 months but 2 months ago this doctor doubled the dosage and put me on Nexium again as well.   The blood results were not too bad because of this but he says that if I want them to stay the same then to keep the dosage up for at least 6 months then have another test done then maybe cut them down then have another blood test at the end of the year and see if there is much difference.

Or start eating liver...Which I am going to think about.  If I could have that a few times a week I may not need the iron tablets but should stay on the Nexium?

Why the Nexium?  Well, it seems that I have *grade B reflux oesophagitis* but because I'm not getting heartburn or any other telling symptoms with it I don't know  when it is happening and the build up of acid  creates erosions and so my body is not absorbing enough iron because of this. Or something!

The first cause of Nexium was supposed to fix it, and probably did but this doctor seems to think that it will keep coming back and I should keep taking tablets to prevent it.  He says that the blood tests show that it came back then was fixed again with this latest course of Nexium.  He says that the if I had symptoms I could take something only then.. I'm not convinced that I need to take tablets as a preventative for ever but will for a few more months because *he* said to.  I'll read up about it and then have a think.  There might be an easier, less medication way.

In the meantime, I have no more excuses so why am I still in here and not out there moving...

Five Weeks Down.

So I have been doing something everyday now for just over 5 weeks.  If my maths is right.  But I think 5 weeks.  How do I feel?  Hmmm, hard one.  Sometimes, quite often, I think that it is all a waste of time.  I have the occasional day when I wake up and feel good but I did think that there would be more of them by now.

I am still heavier than I was 6 weeks ago, I don't understand why that is.  I can't blame Christmas foods as we don't do Christmas so didn't have all the hams, fruit mince pies and other yummy stuff to eat.

It is not muscle and I don't think that there is any toning going on.  I have a pair of jeans that I can get on and do up but I wouldn't be able to wear them out anywhere.  These are what I am going by.  I will know by how they fit if I am losing any fat but as that is not the main aim I am just using them as a guide.  It would be nice to have them loose but I am not yet prepared to change my eating too much.  So I need to move more.

I was hoping to be doing the 3km, to the corner and back walk in 35min by now but it is not happening.  It took 37min yesterday and I thought that I was moving quite quick.  Obviously not quick enough. 

I was going to increase the distance of this walk once I was doing it in the 35min but if I can't get it down to that by the end of the month then I will walk further regardless. 

I have 3 weeks to chop 2min of this walk.  Here's hoping.  Maybe if I did it everyday...but it is kinda boring and if I walked every day then I might not bother riding...

What would you do?

Thursday, Friday.

Still doing it, aren't I a good girl

Yesterday I did the 3km walk, rode the bike AND did some time on the ex bike.
I had to take my van into the mechanics so I put the bike in so I could ride home then when it was ready I rode in, put the bike in the van and drove home.  Was only a short ride though, maybe 8min each way but it all adds up so, I suppose, I should look for ways of doing stuff like this more often.

Today I have only been on the ex bike, 3 times for 10min each session.
Actually, I'm not happy with that so I might go and do another lot.  Back soon...OK, add another 10min.
So 40minutes on the ex bike.  Now that wasn't so hard...

Tuesday, Wednesday,.

We were away overnight on Monday, at relations place and I was hoping to get a decent walk in on Mon evening but only managed a 5min stroll up a hill.  We car camped there so I was able to get up early and go for a decent walk.  Twenty minutes down to their fenceline then it took nearly half an hour to get back.  Back was uphill and I went off the track exploring a few times.  So happy with that.  Also did 10min on the easy ex bike last night.  And 10min swimming.  That was nice.

This morning though...up early...and nothing.  Just cannot get into it and it is now nearly 7 so getting too late for me to be walking.  I will get on the old ex bike later as I have a new book to read and maybe get on the new, easy one later this evening.

Blood results should be in today.  I need to ring and make an appointment so will do that later.

Sunday, Monday

Sunday.  Woke early and felt good so walked to the corner and back.  I haven't done this for a few days so was happy with it takiing 36minutes.

Monday.  Another earlish one so prepared for a walk.  The old dog that I have staying here was awake though and even though I tried to sneak away he must have seen me and I wasn't gone long when I turned around and he was following.  He is old, deaf and arthritic but he wanted to come so we went to the first corner then I took him back home.  It was getting later though and I had stuff to do so I pulled the old exersice bike out the shed and set it up out the back, grabbed me book and started on that.
The bike inside can't be tensioned at the moment, it needs looking at, but this old one can so I had it set so that it was doable but hard to pedal.
I was thinking that I would give it 10minutes.  The book I was reading is really interesting so after 10 min I though another 5 would be OK.  Legs were getting sore and after 18 I could feel the sweat starting to drip.  I made it to 20min so very pleased with that result.  It would not have happened with a boring book though and as I have the next one in this series the old bike might get used again.

We are doing an overnighter today so I should get a decent walk in later and again tomorrow morning.
http://iwannawander.blogspot.com/2011/01/were-doing-overnighter.html

Saturday, First Day Of The Year 2011.

It's the first of January, 2011, Happy New Year and all that stuff.

I woke after 6 again, didn't want to get up.  I felt the worst that I have all year.  haha, aren't I funny.

So tired and sore and it's only 10 oclock.  I have a good book to read though so that will give me something to do.

I have been having a lot of trouble with the computer, sometimes it wont turn on at all and I have been told that I need a new one so I am only on here now and then but I am going to keep doing something each day even if I can't document it at the time.

I have done 2 lots of 20min on the ex bike today so at least that is out of the way.  That only got done because I can read while I am on there so I may get another lot of 20min later but I'm not banking on it.

I do need to do more this year though, I feel that anything I did during December was a waste as it hasn't improved me at all.  It maybe has got me in a bit of a habit of doing something so that is good but fitness and healthwise, I don't feel any better.  That could just be the soreness today talking though, if I woke up feeling good then I would think that it was the exercise helping me feel like that...


I had blood taken on Wednesday, I am being checked for lots more than iron but I may have a reason for not improving.  But better than that, I may learn that I am just being a sookilala and to suck it up and walk further.Should find out next week sometime.  All these public holidays hold things up a bit.


New year though, we'll see how I go.  Anyone else trying to get themselves fit and healthy?  Let me know, we may be able to support each other.