Exercise - Days 5,6 & 7

'BREAKING NEWS - ON FRIDAY A CAPETONIAN MAN WHO FOR REASONS UNYET DISCLOSED REFERS TO HIMSELF AS THE BAGGY CANTONA REMOVED A SPIN BIKE FROM HIS BAKKIE AND PUT IT INTO HIS GARAGE!'

Yes i finally chalked that off my to do list,

Friday exercise was an awesome landmark for all sorts of reasons but most off all it will be remembered for this email on a weight loss forum i am a member of received at 6pm from a runner and total stranger who refers to himself as MikeBuck:

'You did 3000 steps the first day, 6000 the second, 7500 the third, you should hit 10000 today!  That's all it is, moving forward each day.  Try to make 10000 you minimum.  It will make a huge difference!'

At that point i was on 7800 steps for the day.

For the next 30 minutes I then proceeded to wander around the house between a state of 'no I can't be bothered' and 'yes go out and have a walk show MikeBuck you are taking the weight loss seriously', i finally blurted out to Ryan 'hey pal do you want to come ride your bicycle with daddy?' the look on Ryans face was a picture of happiness and excitement as he has never heard me ask this question since Santa brought him his good boy two wheeled present last Christmas, so off we went.

We both missioned around our complex, Ryan on his bike and myself in trainers (i know) for over half an hour, Ryan spent all the time pointing out all the marked car parking spaces 'look daddy here is another one!' and we chatted about school and friends and stuff, and lo and behold i hit for the first time 10,000 steps with what i will say was the minimum of effort so thank you for the push MikeBuck!

Saturday afternoon spurred on by Fridays achievements i went out for another walk with Ryan and again hit 10,000 steps and on Sunday morning i made my greatest achievement to date and walked around the streets outside my complex for what could be the first time in the four years of living there! I stomped down to the gates, broke the threshold, took a left and proceeded to wander up and down the local streets for over 35 minutes eventually covering about 5km and burning a pleasing 540 calories, and to be honest with you I managed this with no physical discomfort at all, it was easy but so effective in so many ways!

Sunday was also the point i removed the dumbells from my passenger side footwell and re-homed them strategically in the corner of our bedroom.

So i am off, i am finally exercising, i am not breaking any international records but i am slowly setting personal bests, small goals which can be easily duplicated or even beaten.  Shannon is also very proud of me too which makes me so happy.