Day 29 ... Disaster

vomiting

gastro

sweating

pain

 

gazumps exercise

Wait... Wait ... WEIGHT!! Day 27 and 28

I just realised today is day 28!!!  One month since beginning this blog.  

What a shame it isn't going to be of earth shattering significance.

Some days get a little busier than others and require a little adjusting of the original plan.  There has been illness with Loved Ones and meetings with Fav Reles, broken fridges, waiting for repairmen... blah blah blah ... 

Insignificant, but activities which take precedence over the exercise regime .. or COULD!!  But they didn't!!  YAY!

Yesterday was filled to the brim so I ploughed on with the Resistance Bands that evening and seem to be getting some uncoodinated benefit from them.

Today's rain has deterred me from venturing onto the road as I have no wish to re live the early 'wet weather walk'.  

Since my new PREVENTION Mag had a timely arrival I managed 40mins of their fab weight exercises and a few 'band' ones.

I don't have an anxiety about not walking whilst I am at least doing SOMETHING.

What have I learnt by exercising for a month??  

#  Some days you just have to DO it.

#  I am fitter than the dog.

#  I have drive and determination - at least for 28 days.

#  I will never be able to do a Forest Gump and walk across the country.

#  Not to wear my white bra.

#  Pain doesn't stop you ... just annoys you.

#  I walk slower than most people but faster than some!

#  There is magic to be seen and heard once you are out there.

#  You DO feel better afterwards.

#  It is easier to eat less than to walk off something of same calorific value.

#  Keeping a blog is a great motivation to do SOMETHING ... even if you are talking to yourself.

# My husband has a great sense of 'rescue'.

#  Not to look in the mirror... just enjoy how you 'feel'.

Day 25 and 26... A Little Bit Of Support...

Yesterday seemed to whizz by in a flurry of 'must do' around the home necessities & odds & ends I just WANT to do... so the day disappeared quickly amid pruning shrubs, scrubbing bathrooms, washing kitchen floor & juggling food from a disfunctioning fridge.  The Granddaughter and Daughter arrived so .... there was a little 'dancing' to under 3yr old tunes... when they left, if was time for the Husband and I to head off to the movies.  So ... at some late hour I picked up the Resistance Elastic and for half an hour struggled to avoid my elbows being snapped and broken when doing said exercises.  It does require some practice and fine tuning.

This morning I was woken early by the 'bipping' alarm of the malfunctioning fridge so resigned myself to no sleep in.  Since I was skulking around the house in the early hours I could only dress for the walk in whatever was downstairs, so as not to disturb The Sleeping Husband.

Hence ... I had to wear the 'bad' bra.  

My 'supportive' sensible bras were soaking in the wash and upon a rummage, I found a little white one I wear when movie watching... NOT moving.  i didn't think a great deal about it, just plonked it on under the black singlet, harnessed up The Dog and off I went.

Decided on a totally UPHILL venture this morn as it seemed coolish ... not so.

By the time I had made my way up Pacific and towards Bynya, I was absolutely dripping wet.  My lower back was wet into my shorts! 

And the bra??  Good Grief.

The straps on this particular one are elasticised and therefore allow a 'bounce".

I actually had to alter my walking style on some parts of the trek & I can tell you - downhill was VERY TRICKY at a fast past.  Thank goodness I didn't meet TOO many people.  When I did, I was stop and pat The Dog til they past.

75mins later, dripping wet and dragging The Dog through the gate... I found The Husband cooking eggs and bacon on the barby, papers on the table and the jug boiled for the cuppa.

Ahh  ... THAT's support. x

 

Day 24... It Seemed A Good Idea At The Time...

My walk today encompasses a few things I have previously mentioned... 

# When an idea pops into my head, I have to fulfil it no matter what.  eg.. Since it was Friday & therefore 'takeaway' night - I don't have to cook.  This frees up a fair bit of time. Also The Hubby is engrossed in the footy & I am hardly likely to be missed. So my scathingly brilliant idea was to WALK to Avalon to collect a DVD & walk home.  Hubby was a little shocked and concerned about my ability to manage this; lectured me on 'stretching', requested I call him on my arrival at the video store so he could come and collect me, told me I was doing well and looking trimmer. (He Lied I Think).

# I had to resort to the original Army SHorts of walk No 1.  SHock and Horror when I put them on and they were TIGHT!!!  How could they be???  And don't give me any drivel about 'building up muscle" ..  then I remembered they had been put through the dryer and no doubt, being cotton, had tightened up a little.  Surely.....  Hopefully.

#  I was also walking into the holiday traffic once more with car loads of holidayers, weekenders, hoons, buses and no pathways.  

I took off at 6pm and was amazingly sprightly.  Happy thoughts and no near misses, all the way in to Avalon.  I went at a steady fast pace, but just before arriving at the video store quite a severe pain set up in the left hip area of my original walks.  Bugger.  I think this had been exacerbated by the jumping dancing of the parents night from Kindy.

Interestingly, the shorts were not 'skritching' as in theie original walk. Mmmmm.

Quickly choosing a movie, grabbing the dog I headed homeward bound.

Steady pain, lower back ache ... but otherwise happy to be walking amongst young people on skateboards, couples dressed for dinner, hoons hooning ...  until passing Careel Bay.

Oh. It all hurt a little too much.  I refused to slow down.  The Dog DID slow down to a 'drag' once more.  Darkness had descended and I was heading for the uphill bit past the mud flats ...  when ... 'toot'  'toot' ...  THE HUSBAND ONCE AGAIN CAME TO THE RESCUE!!!!

yay.  1hr 40mins.

I was so happy... I even listened to his lecture about stretching!!

What a Man. xx

Day 22 and 23... A Little Bit of Resistence...

	Resistance Elastics are so named because they are able to be resisted.
	Dumb Bells are also appropriately named. resistance   • noun 1 the action of resisting. 2 (also resistance movement)  3 the impeding effect exerted by one material thing on another. 4 the ability not to be affected by something

Day 21 ... Mind Games

Had a busy day, then unthinkingly, when all left ... I automatically put on the shorts and shoes!!

Found that a little incredible.

So off I went - I gave The Dog another chance - and headed up hill.

My mind wandered today ... free to roam where ever ... so it ducked into crevasses which hadn't been poked into for quite a while.

I thought of my brother ... gone ten years now, of my mother and my sister ... lost to me for some time.

I thought of friends from many years gone by.  Some I should track down and some who have let me go...
 I thought of The Son and his overseas trip with His Lady...  Of The Husband's aging parents and the connections with my children ...

Peaceful meanderings ...  all over the place.

Funny how the brain does that.  

Day 20 ... Trading In the Dog

Honest to goodness - the dog has to go!!  What a pathetic effort she puts in day after day after day. 

The Husband has great sympathy for her "ooohhh, it's very humid."  or "Oooh, it's such a hot day." or "She's black!"

Do White dogs go faster??

I swear... I will trade her in for a greyhound.

I must admit she does perform better in the cool early hours.  But I want choice of when to walk.  I mean, really, this is the only thing I do for myself WHEN I want to!!  All those years of fitting things in around family, dinner, school, work...

I refuse to accommodate THE DOG!

I went for a great walk today up over the hills, past the beach, round the golf course and then felt SO sorry for the dog I was toting behind me, I walked the rest of the way home IN Pittwater so she could cool down.

If she bumps into any little doggy friends I wonder if she tells them about the "drag" she went on today.