Yesterday, I only did 5 minutes on my treadmill.  I’m on the last legs of a case of the flu and I had a bit of a coughing fit, so I stopped.

By the way, I bought this treadmill about a year ago and have used it three times up until yeasterday.  I had wanted one for ages and just knew that if I had a treadmill, I would get fit.  As soon as I had it home, the feeling of needing a treadmill left me.  I’ve been in a LOT of trouble from my better half for getting it and not using it.

Today is a different story.  This morning I did 45 minutes on it.  Actually watched most of Dr. Phil while walking.  I was surprised how fast the time went.  I warmed up and cooled down at an easy speed each end of the 45 mins.  The rest of the time, I sped it up to as fast as I could walk for two minutes every tem minutes.  I worked up a sweat by the end of the walk but felt real good.

Then I did about ten minutes working on building the muscles in my arms with a couple of 5kg weights.  That was enough for my first workout.

In the room with my treadmill, I have a small selection of dumbbells and one barbell with several weights to swap between them.   I’ve probably used them for a total of about 5 mins before today.  There’s also a stationary exercise bike.  I used that for about 30 mins the first day I got it (18 months ago) and it made a particular part of my anatomy go numb. (well, that was my excuse).  I’ve got to get a nice, big sheepskin cover for the seat.

At same time as when I bought the bike, I also bought a skipping rope.  It looked easy when I saw schoolgirls or someone in a gym use one.  Mine doesn’t work.  Keeps hitting my legs.  I’m going to give it another try when my weight drops a bit.

Evening meal time was worrying me.  We all eat together at the table and I didn’t know how I was going to stick to the beginning of my eating plan.  I’ve only got to look at a chip (fries) and it ends up in my mouth.  I talked about what I wanted to do and have come up with a plan.

I will minimise (or delete) sugar and breads.  My main food will be vegies, fruit, berries and nuts.  For the first month, I will not be eating after 5pm.  I’m doing this because I know it helps lose weight and I don’t want a full stomach when I go to bed.

When the family sits down to eat each evening, I will jump on the treadmill while drinking water.

Oh, the shock part….  I weighed myself yesterday morning and I weighed 92.8kg (204.5 pounds) which is about 3kgs more than I thought I weighed.  Oh well, it’ll be gone soon.

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