It’s 9:45pm.

Dark.

13°C with a wind chill factor of maybe -4°C. So roughly 9°C. Brrr…

Been up since 5:30am. Left the house for work at 6am.

When I arrive home at 8:45pm…the only thing I want to do is take a hot shower and curl up in front of the TV. Or go to bed.

So instead of that, I lassoed the dogs, strapped on a head lamp, and nick up to the soccer fields for my second C25K session this week.

5min brisk walk…90 secs jog…120 secs walk…repeat for 20 mins.

And because this combination doesn’t squeeze evenly into the full 25 mins, I decide to run the last 2½ minutes.

Add to that a 10min cool down walk home.

Cold? Yah!

Tired? Yah huh!

Did it anyway! You bet!!!

Why? Because I made a committment to myself…to my family…and to my friends that I would follow through this time. I made a committment that I would finish what I started.

Today’s measurements and activities look like this.

What did you eat today? Naff all. I left the house so damn early, I missed breakfast. Had a coffee when I got to town. 2 in fact.

Grabbed a chicken/salad roll for lunch and a glass of water. Need to have more water.

Dinner was a left over beef & capsicum wrap from some office catering on the way out the door as I headed for home.
Exercises? Week 2 session 2 of “Couch to 5k” program today. Felt great! 25mins walk(120sec)/run(90sec) intervals (2½ min run at end)
How’s the weight looking? 104.9kg (down overall by 4.7kg)
…and what’s your BMI? 30.98
How do you feel today? I felt great!
Waist 117cm
Chest 112cm

So you can see that things are still on the decline…except for my chest for some weird reason. My moobs look like they’re disappearing. Weird that the ruler is saying different.

Anyhoo…my BMI is under 31 for the first time in a long time. Most likely down that far because I ate bugger all today, but…

FYI…my Avg Heart Rate for my exercise was 138. When you consider my initial 2 min walk showed an Avg HR of 134, for 35 mins walk/jog, that’s an improvement! Peaked at 181…yowzers! And I burned up 515 Cal.

Does exercising when you haven’t done so for years take dedication?

Bloody oath it does.

And I’m giving every shred of dedication I possibly can.

What are you doing to better your life?

FatDadSlim

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