Monday and I've Given Up.

Well, I'm over it. I'm not going to do any more exercise for the rest of the month!

It's now half past eight and I've just done 15min ex bike, 5min stretching, 10min exbikr, 5min stretch then 20min on the exbike. So glad it's over.  Nothing else now 'til next month.

Weekend Moving.

Saturday was a nothing day.  I have reasons though!  We were going out and had to leave by a certain time and then we had visitors and I hadn't done the stuff that I was supposed to during the week so had to fit that in and the chickens had to be fed and I had to do Friday nights dishes... 
OK maybe excuses moreso than reasons but it still adds up to "I didn't do anything on Saturday."


Sunday though...
I spent 10min climbing up and down rocks before I went for a half hour walk in the early morning, had a 1/2hour stroll through a park area mid morning and then did 30min on the easy ex bike that night.

Starting Week 9.

Eight weeks ago I started with a plan to be fitter than I was by the following Friday, I was going to walk and/or ride the bike every day.  While my intentions were good and my actions OK, the results weren't as great as I was hoping for.

I started with walking to the corner and back, 3km and the first time I did it in 40minutes.  My aim was 35 but it didn't seem to matter how fast I thought I was walking I was only getting it down to 37 or 38, that 35 wasn't achieved.   I used to be able to do this walk in 35 minutes and it was a few years ago but I thought that I'd be able to get there again.  Not being able to, in what I thought was a reasonable time, took my enthusiasm away.
And the walk was boring.  I did see rabbits and birds most times and one time I saw a Bandicoot running along in the drain, it is a boring walk.  So I tried going around the block but that took the same amount of time and though it was more interesting I didn't keep it up. 
 
The ex bikes seem to be what I am mainly using now and I am doing that for longer so that must be working.
I am reading while I ride and I think that is the only thing that keeps me on it.  A boring book would have me off and doing gardening or something else pretty darn quick.

I sometimes think I should start recording the hours of mowing, mulching, raking grass and all the other day to day stuff that I do but I decided to only record the extra and that is how it will stay. 

Over the last 8 weeks there have only been a few days when I haven't done something.  I honestly thought that I would see some improvement with my weight or body shape but I can't.  I weigh the same as I did 8 weeks ago, my clothes fit the same.  I have a pair of jeans that I can get on and done up but they are too tight to wear anywhere.  I thought that they would fit better by now.  Am I still not doing enough?
I'm happy with what I eat and any change with that would not be sustainable so the moving is what I need to concentrate on.

I am now ready to start improving my flexibility and will try and find a starting point sometime this weekend.
I need to improve my strength as well but that is going to be harder and I need to think on it.  Using my arms and hands without a lot of care can put  me out of action for a few days. 

I know what I want to be able to do again.  Maybe I am too old now but I'm going to try.  Stay tuned!.

Friday. End of Week 8.

I am happy to say that I am fitter today than I was last week so the getting Fitter By Friday did happen.
I can ride the ex bike for a lot longer than the 20 minutes I started with and the tension is made harder for a time during each session.  I am happier with how this is going than I was with the walking results.
I am sweating more when on the bike though but I think that is because I am working harder on it.

Only did 20minutes this morning but am going out for another session now.  I'm hoping for at least another 20 this time but I'm having a lot of trouble with my hands today and may not be able to hold the book for this long but will have a go.  It's getting hot out there so I will put the fan on but go for a dip in the dam first.

Happy to say I managed 25mins then went for the dip in the dam.

Thursday 27th.

I've been slacking off but did do 35minutes on the old ex bike yesterday so getting better with that.  I haven't walked in ages and not sure why. I blame the heat but really I could walk before I do the chooks and gardens like I used to so that is an excuse not a reason.
I slept in this morning and it's suposed to be a hot one so I really need to get something in soon.  A read on the bike will happen when I get off of here.
So today will be at least 1x30min session on the bike.  Maybe 35min again, if I did it once I should do it again, aye.

I am getting puffed and sweating doing this ride and it is a real effort to get to the 30 min so it should be impoving something but after 7 weeks I am no lower in weight than I was 2 months ago. The jeans that I try on don't fit any better.
The aim is to get fitter and as I am doing more on this bike then that must be happening but I did honestly think that I would lose a few kilos in the process.

I'm going to really rethink things today and see what I really want to achieve.

Off to ride and read before breakfast.

Back to say I ended up managing 45min.  I was sweating like a pig at the end of it though.  Do pigs really sweat?  Had eggs and lentil and veg mush for breakfast.

I Don't Want To, You Can't Make Me.

Well!  I have had 2, well one and a half, days of eating crappy carbs and not doing anything and I feel like**** 
And why?  Because that's what I do.  I always seem to undo any good that I have done by not caring for a few days.  I feel bloated and *ick*   And because I feel so bad I can't be bothered and it's going to be hot and I don't want to so there!!!   Can you hear me stamping my foot and see the tantrun throwing ugly face?  lol.
Right, time to *built a bridge*, drink a cup of concrete* *toughen up*  *get over myself* blah, blah, blah...

"I Don't Want To, You Can't Make Me."  Sounds like a spoilt little 3 year old doesn't it?

So, my plan.

Eggs for breakfast, apple picked fresh off the tree later on, lentil and veg mush for lunch. I'll add some more veg to this as I put in too many chillies and it needs to be toned down a tad.
Thirty minutes on the bike while reading, soon before it gets too hot, and an attitude adjustment.

No Posting But Still Doing.

I haven't had the computer for awhile but even though I had no-where to report to I was still doing something every day. Mainly it was riding the hard ex bike and I have found that I can get to 30mins quite easily now.  Well, not really easily, I am puffing and sweating but the tension is up and it is a real effort.  It looks like things might fineally be paying off.  Mind you, if I didn't have a decent book to read while I was on there then I don't think it would be getting done for as long but I am usually doing 2 x 30min sessions a day so I am pleased with that.  I walked home from in town the other day even though Hubby was in there with his car so that was an extra again.

I do feel that if I counted all the mowing, digging, raking, mulching, etc then the hours of moving would be way up there but as all that is not *extra* I don't count it.  I am only counting the extra effort I put in to get fitter, not what I normally do anyway. 

So today is Monday of week 8.  I have not done anything yet but I will as I have started a new book and need to get it finished so I can get the next one read and get it back to the library.  I have a couple of movies out too so will get some walking on the spot type stuff done whle I watch those during the week.

It's raining here this morning and the hard ex bike is outside with a wet seat but I will go now and move it a bit so I can get a read and ride in.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

Well the walking around the block walk didn't last long.  I walked it on Monday but woke late yesterday, Tuesday, and so much to do I didn't feel that I should *waste* 40min on a walk.  But I had no qualms on getting on the hard ex bike and reading for 30.  I did 25min on the easy bike as well on both of these days.

Wednesday, up late again, not sure why I am sleeping until after 6 but I don't like it.  I will get on the hard ex bike later and as I can now manage 30min on that I will read and pedal and then do a session on the easy bike later.

Looks like my weight is settling down and I am no longer heavier than before I started but the jeans fit the same so I don't think I am toning anywhere.  I am able to do more time on the bikes though so that is an improvement.

Weekend Moving.

I walked, 40min, and did a 15min session on the hard ex bike yesterday.

This morning I woke later, it was nearly 6, felt OK but didn't want to walk to the corner and back, I think I am over that, for awhile anyway.  I still needed to walk though so I put on me shoes, grabbed a beanie as it was very windy and left to walk around the block.  This is a much more interesting walk, there are houses and animals to see and I thought that it was further than the corner walk but I was home in 40min so maybe it is around the same distance.  One day when I have the car out I will do a distance reading.  I have also done 20min on the hard ex bike

I will walk this walk again and as it is the same time I think it will replace the corner walk.  I wasn't doing it before as I thought it was a lot further and I wanted to start with the shorter one and move onto this one as I felt fitter.  If this is around the same time/distance then I don't know what the next *goal* will be.

I may get on the easy ex bike later.

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!