Beginning afresh for the umpteenth time...

Day 10: I record a further loss of 1lb since yesterday, which is amazing considering all I have done exercise wise is walk about a bit. I didn't even particularly have a good day with eating - I did have a bit too much cheese and was fully expecting to be heavier than day 8. Still, a nice surprise!

I've decided that for the next couple of weeks the aim will be to maintain my weight (and not go silly and eat everything in sight) because of my damaged feet and lack of exercise bike. My feet are much better this morning but I don't want to risk doing a long walk for another couple of days at least.

In good news column though, I have found an exercise bike a friend of a friend is selling - worth over £400 and selling for £75, bargain! I should be getting that in a couple of fridays' time.

Until then, I'll do my best to maintain this weight.
 
Day 21:

I have now secured the exercise bike. Its a Reebok b5.5e, its insanely complicated for what it does. I'm not exactly impressed with the build quality, but it should do me a turn.

It has numerous programmes designed to achieve various types of exercise - there is a fat burning programme that I tried first. The resistance is too much! I couldnt even get past 6 minutes, it was wearing my legs out.

I think it might be more prudent to use the timer countdown programme and manually set the resistance for now, given that otherwise I wont be able to use the unit for long enough to have any effect.

I begin a regime tomorrow that includes a toning weights set 3 days a week.
 
Sounds good and I agree with the reducing the resistance. You can do yourself an injury if you work too hard at too high a resistance. It's probably a good idea to set it just at a level where you feel your legs are just working, rather than spinning. YOu can set it higher when your legs get stronger.
 
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