Wednesday, Thursday.

I am waking up tired again and yesterday it was after 6 before I woke and once again by the time I did all my early morning jobs and have a coffee, I couldn't be bothered going anywhere.  I rode the ex bike a few time throughout the day but nowhere near long enough.

Today is Thursday and I know I should but so far I haven't done anything.  I will get on the ex bike later as I have a really good book to read so that should get some minutes up but I need to wake earlier and get a walk in.

I *don't do * alarms and leaving the curtains and window open hasn't worked the last few mornings so tonight I will tell myself more often to wake at 5 and get up.  That usually works.

I feel lousy though, tired and in a can't be bothered mood.  Blood results come back next week so fingers crossed for that.

Monday, Tuesday.

It's been hot here so I haven't been walking or biking. I did intend to but by the time I water everything and then check on all the chooks and set up sprinklers and give them all clean water, it's getting onto 7am and I can't be bothered.  I know 7 is still early for some people, most I know are not even out of bed by then but for me it is way past coffee time, then I need breakfast...
And though it night sound like I have been a real SA and not done anything I have been on the ex bike. 
Monday - 10min + 10min + 20min so 40 min all up.
Tuesday - 20min so far today but I will do at least another one of those but I will get on it whenever I do some reading.  There will be at least 40min.

I've started to do more reading and usually sit outside under a tree with the book but over the last couple of days I have been sitting on the ex bike while I read and it doesn't get as boring or seem to take as long.  It is something that I should have been doing for the last 6 months but never thought to.  I have found though that I can't do much more than 23min before my knees start hurting so for the time being I will stick to the shorter blocks.

What I need is...a laptop so that I can use that while peddling away.  That would get lots of cycling in...

Week 4.

Yesterday was the start of week 4 which means that I have only been doing this *get fitter thing* for 3 weeks.  It seems like a lot longer.  I must be fitter than when I started.  I am heavier that when I started.  I am still not enjoying it like I thought I would, I thought it would be a lot easier to get back into.

I have another week before I am suposed to go for my blood tests but I am going to give the doctor a call tomorrow and see if I can get a form to have them done next week.  That way I should have the results back by the new year and it will give me a better idea if I am still just fat and unfit or if I am still too low in iron and so will have to try some other treatment.  I'm taking twice the amount of iron than I was a few months ago and really, I don't feel  much better for it.

I'll keep up with what I am doing for the rest of this month but I think that I will need to try something else come January.
Does anyone know how long it will be before I see any benifit?  Do I need to do more to reap the rewards?   I thought I'd feel better after a couple of weeks and than as I felt better I would start to do more...That's not happening though and I am wanting to stop.  I wont but...
Doing what I am, even though it isn't much, has to be better than doing nothing and I do know that I need to do more, I just want to feel that what I am doing is helping.

So whinge over for now, I will get on the ex bike and finish reading my book, then lunch, then back out to finish the mowing.

Tomorow I will walk around the block, that might be more exciting than just to the corner and back.

Saturday, Sunday.

Saturday, I walked to the corner and back.  It's been a few days since I have done this and I really didn't want to.  It wasn't fun but I managed to get back here in 37minutes.  I need to try something different as I kept thinking that it was a waste of time and tried to hurry but couldn't.  I need to find something that will be fun and that I will look forward to doing. 

This morning was very windy so I couldn't ride anywhere and didn't want to go out in it to walk.  So, so far today I have only done 15 minutes on the ex bike.  I will do more later, after I finish mowing the lawns.

Thursday, Friday.

Thursday.  Bikeride, around the block.  Then a bit, 15min, on the ex bike that night.
Friday.  Bikeride around the block plus extra up to the bridge and back.  Also did around 15 min walking on the spot sorta stuff inside.

So still something every day but maybe it's nearly time to up what I am doing.  It's been 3 weeks now so I supose i have to do more sometime.

So Far This Week.

I have been doing something each day but I am not sure if it is doing me much good yet. 

So far this week:
Sunday...Walked to corner and back - 37minutes.
Monday.  everything hurt but a 17 min walk, 10min on the ex bike then another 10min walk.
Tuesday.  Couldn't really be bothered but did an *inside* walk for 25min then later on 15min on the ex bike.
Wed. Rode around the block, about 20min.  10min on the ex bike.

There have been days when I didn't want to do anything but I did so I *suppose* that I am pleased with myself for that.  I would like to start enjoying it all a bit more though.  These are things that I used to really like doing so I am hoping that they will become easier and more fun soon.

Saturday.

No walk today.  No bikeride either.  Bad Me.

I woke at 5 but couldn't be fagged getting up and dozed off again.  Woke at 6 and got up but had a coffee straight away instead of going for the walk.  Then the chickens needed feeding and watering, the gardens needed water as well...

Come 10 oclock I ended up doing 20minutes on the exercise bike while reading a magazine.  Good me.

Week 3.

Today is the start of week 3 and my only goal is to do something, anything, every day.

I'm not going to try for any 35minutes walks.  If I walk the 3km to the corner and back and it takes me 40min that will be OK.

I did do something every day last week but there were days that I really didn't want to.  I dare say this week will be the same.

I am wanting the next blood test to see where I am with the iron but they wont do it until early January when the course of tablets is finished. 
And now I have other things I need to see her about. 
To be well and fit, that's all I'm trying for.

Thursday, Friday.

I did walk yesterday.  There was no enjoyment in it whatsoever.  I hurt, I didn't want to, everything ached, I didn't want to...It took 39 minutes.

Today...I didn't walk.  I woke feeling tired, my foot was so sore...I went for a bike ride instead.  Man that was harder than it should have been.  I haven't ridden for awhile though, not since our holiday in GreenHead where we rode everywhere for hours at a time.  This morning...my legs were sore, I was puffing more than I do when I walk.  Hands were sore and pins and needly.  I wouldn't say it was fun but I am glad that I did it.

Wednesday.

The times that I have written down make it look like the walk was done in 35minutes so you'd think I'd be happy with that and leave it alone but no...I gotta think it through and decide that that can't be right.
When I got back there was still around 20 seconds to go to get to the top of the clock which meant that it was probably closer to 5:26 than the 5:25 I wrote down.  If the same thing happened when I left then there is nearly a minute to be added on.  This probably happens every day so all my walks could be up to a minute longer than I think.  Am I being too picky?  Yes I am!!

Not about this bit though.  This morning I weighed myself and I am more than a kilo heavier than what I was before I started... but I am walking every day...THAT is what is important.