Day 122: Fitness improving

I woke up a little sore today from my walk yesterday, but in a good way. 30 minutes after that I was walking off in the not so dark morning with my trusty mother. Was a little stiff around the hills but it ended up being a cracking walk that finished with 9 flights of stairs.

In all 1 hour 50 minutes of serious exercise up and down hills. Not bad any time, but a good effort before I go into work.

If I keep this up, and don't go silly with the food, the weight will fall off.

Day 121: Walk after work

Well, I walked Sun, Tue and now Wed afternoon. So not around the hill, but after work. I did do some hill work - probably 20 minutes or so up and down stairs I found in Kangaroo Point. No, not the cruel stairs I used when training for Kokoda. The friendly stairs I have found at the top of the cruel stairs.

Had a bit of a twinge in my calf going up the stairs, which is a shit, but there were no blowouts.

Ate some roasted veges during the day.

Day 119: Cracker around the hill

I had yesterday off, but I had the best sleep of my life last night and just walked around the hill for 1 hour 45 minutes then walked up and down the stairs of the school across the road 8 times.

I feel great.

Jeeze that sleep is important. One thing about drinking I didn't know is that even a small amount can throw your sleep off. I noticed the difference after about 3 or 4 days, which is incredible, just as others noticed my increased fitness around the hills within 7 days.

Anyway, after my huge walk Sunday, and shoddy sleep Sunday night, I was tired last night and went to bed before 8.30. I pretty well slept until 4.50 when I got up to go for my walk.

All fired up to try and lose some weight this week. I think I'm back in the groove exercise wise and just need to try a little harder with the food.

I feel positive though and that's the main thing.

Day 118: 12.6kg in 17 weeks

ok, well, that's ok. My goal now is to knock off 12.5 kg in the next 12 weeks to make for a 25kg loss.

Want to exercise daily, not eat shit, and not be a guts.

This week would love to knock off a solid kilo.

Can't ask for more than that really.

Day 117: 17 Weeks

Well bit of a milestone today in that I did the big walk.

May not sound like much, but it is over 3.5 hours around Mt Cootha, up and down hills in the bush.

Big effort. Just got back distressed me a little, but all my training to date meant I was in pretty good nick.

I want to do this at least once per week, preferably twice.

you can't go wrong after doing a massive walk like this.

Day 115: So far so good

Well, just so you don't think I've got it on easy street with the grog, without temptation, I did have another flash lunch on the river yesterday at one of the best joints in town, with beautiful wine and beer for all that wanted it.

To be honest, I didn't get a pang at all. Not really. Not until they started talking about beer in great detail, but really I didn't feel as though I missed out. That passes.

And I was able to go back to work and be productive, and drive home, and think about going for another walk in 10 minutes around the hill (I know I can...............).

So it's been a pretty good week so far, with walks Sun, Mon, Tue, Thur and hopefully in 10 minutes Fri. Food wise I haven't been munching my soup as much as I would have liked - hopefully I will have that tonight.

I have been feeling better. Whether or not it is actually happening I feel as though I'm losing weight, although my belt is on the 2nd last hole and a month ago it was on the last hole and I dreamt of ditching it for a smaller one altogether. Something to work towards!

I got another comment that I looked younger and my skin was better off the turps which of course was great. I never thought about my skin before. I wonder if I should be using skin products? I never would have said that when I was younger, but who wants to look old? Noone really. It's cool till you are about 30 then it's a bit crap. Then 15 years later it's really crap. The only problem is the web and shops are full of bullshit about skin products. I wonder if any of them actually do anything for you?

I'm 35 now. How old do I look? Well, I don't look like a fit 25 year old, let's put it that way. I think how fit you look really affects how old you look. A fat, drunk slob looks like crap any which way, whereas if someone stays in good nick then they catch people's eye even if they are a bit older.

Anyway, I had best put my shoes on and get out the fucking door if I'm going to do this. That's what you have to do, put your shoes off and get out the fucking door. You never regret it.

Day 114: Feeling fine

Well I feel great today. Walked around the hill again (takes about 1 hour 45 minutes) and then followed it with 7 goes at the stairs near my house, so a really good exercise effort there. Had yesterday off but have exercised Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday now and feeling better for it.

Want to go for a big walk on the weekend. That will sort me out. And need to start using my backpack.