Labour weekend - wonderful! And more opportunity to include some exercise into my daily life. I was in Alexandra for the weekend: great weather, great company, great food, great wine.....But, also great bike riding. We had 2 good bike rides plus a 2 hour walk. The food we ate was mostly healthy but we did have the odd treat such as home-made lemon slice.
During last week, I don't think that I was able to get out at lunchtime for a walk at all. There is always something else happening including lunchtime presentations or training sessions of some sort.
I am not sure that I will achieve the goals I set for myself but there are three weeks to go so there is still hope!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Spring in2it! Week 6
Another week with very little activity, I'm disappointed to report. It was very busy at work & there were lunchtime meetings/presentations that I went to which prevented me from having lunchtime walks! Why didn't I walk in the evenings? There were things happening then too! Meeting on Wednesday night, my birthday on Thursday night, and on Friday I had the day off & went to Christchurch for the weekend.
I did have a lovely walk on Saturday morning in a wetlands area in Burwood where there is a lot of flax (harakeke) and new plantings of kahikatea and kowhai. There is a lot of birdlife there - it is now a sanctuary for birds as well. So about a 50minute walk.
Does walking around shopping malls for several hours count as exercise? That is probably debatable. I think that I probably ate a lot and had a few wines as well. Oh dear!
Greater effort required this week!
I did have a lovely walk on Saturday morning in a wetlands area in Burwood where there is a lot of flax (harakeke) and new plantings of kahikatea and kowhai. There is a lot of birdlife there - it is now a sanctuary for birds as well. So about a 50minute walk.
Does walking around shopping malls for several hours count as exercise? That is probably debatable. I think that I probably ate a lot and had a few wines as well. Oh dear!
Greater effort required this week!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Spring in2it! Week 5
As I reflect on last week's attempts to continue with a programme of exercise, I am not sure that I did so well. I remember having a couple of walks in the evening and only a couple of lunch time walks. My pilates class was not on last week either, so probably have only had minimal exercise.
On Saturday & Sunday I spent time at my son's place - he works on a dairy farm on the Taieri - where I helped him catch up on some housework!! Although this was not exercise as such, I worked for some hours non-stop cleaning very actively so think that I am quite justified in attributing some of this time as 'exercise' on my daily diary.
If I want to achieve my goals, I will have to be really proactive this week. Watch this space!!
On Saturday & Sunday I spent time at my son's place - he works on a dairy farm on the Taieri - where I helped him catch up on some housework!! Although this was not exercise as such, I worked for some hours non-stop cleaning very actively so think that I am quite justified in attributing some of this time as 'exercise' on my daily diary.
If I want to achieve my goals, I will have to be really proactive this week. Watch this space!!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Spring in2it! Week 4
The weeks are going quickly and here we are almost half way through the 10 week challenge. I had Week 4 off work, Annual Leave. The first few days were spent catching up with household chores that are neglected when working fulltime. You know, the spring cleaning stuff: washing curtains, windows, cleaning out wardrobes, drawers, tossing out clothes that no longer fit (!!).... Eventually, we (that is, my husband John & I) headed off to Alexandra on Wednesday 30 September. I have a caravan at the Alexandra Holiday Park. We quickly unpacked and hopped on our bikes & rode along the rail trail to Clyde. That is only about 11km from the Camping Ground so it is an easy bike ride. On Thursday we had a longer bike ride - the weather was perfect for cycling - again along the rail trail. This time we rode to Chatto Creek which is approx. 17kms from the camping ground. It was such a magic day -snow on the mountains, blue sky, everything looking lush & green, birds singing - I smiled all the way along the trail! We stopped at the Chatto Creek tavern for a toasted sandwich - and a cold lager! Does that count towards my fluid intake??? Down hill all the way back to Alex.
Managed to fit in a couple of short walks over the next couple of days so hopefully this will have helped. Have come back to work feeling refreshed, batteries charged and with a desire to make a greater effort to have a 30 minute walk each day. We'll see what happens!
Managed to fit in a couple of short walks over the next couple of days so hopefully this will have helped. Have come back to work feeling refreshed, batteries charged and with a desire to make a greater effort to have a 30 minute walk each day. We'll see what happens!
Spring in2it! Week 3
Week 3 seems like ages ago! It was a very busy week at work as I was constantly aware that I had the next week off work (Annual Leave) - hence lunchtime walks didn't happen! I did keep up my fluid intake to a reasonable leavel and always eat fruit for lunch & my vegies at tea time so am happy that some parts of the programme were under control.
I am not sure how my 'team mates' are going so probably need to touch base with them as well.
I am not sure how my 'team mates' are going so probably need to touch base with them as well.
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