Today has been bloody good. Other than a little sun burn, i'm pleased with what i've achieved today. Started off with a swim this morning. Down the local pool, i had it all to myself at 7.30. Hard to believe it's still school holidays. I'd only got up one lap (25m) and i decided i'd make it a proper cardio sesh. Now i know it may not seem like much to most of you, but i thought 800m would do me. So off i went. Now, i have one of the most inefficient swimming techniques you'll ever see, so was a tad slow. We all know i'm still unfit, so i made myself a compromise - swim 100m, have 1 min rest. It was thoroughly enjoyable, both being in the water, and the feeling of working towards something good.
Had plenty to do at my house today, 3 trips to the dump, and still more to come. Plenty of lifting and walking and a little yard work. I'm not going to count this as any form of exercise towards my goals, but i'm sure it's not going to hurt any.
This arvo, despite having been for a swim this morning, i thought i'd continue working towards my fitness goal of a 9.0 on the beep test. So set up RunKeeper for another trial run, and off i set on my short route. Only metres from the driveway this arv, the ladys' voice piped up and stated to me that i'd just run 10 mins for a distance of only 1.98km.......pace 5.07min/km. Still loving the app, but after just two runs, i've noticed it's slight inaccuracy. Yesterday, running the exact some course, i'd run 2.20km coming up the street. Oh well, i'll keep using it as it at least times my run correctly - i can work the rest out over time and average out all the distances it gives me.
Meal-wise.....Thursday is another fast day. So have only just had a few almonds in the last hour, and am looking forward to a dinner of 2 fried eggs, veges, and a large fillet of barra. Should be bloody good. So you all have some idea of what it's like fasting, well i'm certainly no more hungry than i usually am. Possibly even less. Sometimes it crosses my mind around lunch time that i'm yet to eat, or could go a steak, but i think thats just my taste buds letting me know they want a different taste than water.
Looking to get down the pool again in the morning, then yard work again. Friday is a good day, i can start planning what i feel like eating and/or drinking on the Saturday. Got a couple of meat pies on the mind. :)
Looks like a productive day. Well done. Pleased to hear you working on getting your house up to scratch. Still concerned about your fasting approach though.
ReplyDeleteHey Pete, I'm really enjoying your updates - good on you for sticking with it. It is no doubt hard work hey but results are worth it - good for the soul :-) I'm on a little fitness trek myself - aiming for a 5km run event on Anzac day. I agree bout run keeper - it is a little inaccurate. Maybe consider investing in a HR monitor - a basic one will tell you calories burnt and time spent etc ( I have a basic one) or Nath's got one with an inbuilt GPS which he swears by. It is good to track your calories burnt cause then you just need to make sure calories in are less then calories out. I use a another free app - myfitnesspal which has alot of food already loaded in terms of calories. It think guys need to stick with 1800 per day for weight loss - maybe then you won't need to do the whole fasting thing - not sure if you are following a specific program!!! Anyway enough rambling from me - good on you and I look forward to your ongoing updates. :)
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