Refitifying myself

Matblack · 16-03-2009, 09:56

I need to sort myself out, I've been promising I'll do it since I found out last year I was on the low end of being diabetic. Since then I've done nothing towards sorting myself out really and I can't really afford to keep putting it off.

Today I decided to make a small change to my lifestyle and leave the car at home and walk to work, I've avoided this up till now because work is on the other side of the valley that forms Maidstone and it up the longest steepest hill in town

. Anyway its only 2 miles (pretty much solidly uphill though) and it took me 30 minutes whhich is 4mph which isn't great but I'll be looking to improve on that day on day. I'm cutting out the alcohol for a while too and decreasing sugars and simple carbs in favor of complex carbs.

One good thing about my walk to work is it takes me pretty close to the local gym so after a couple of weeks I plan to drop into the gym on the way to work and do some weights and later (once I'm used to this walk) to add in some extra cardio too. I'm hoping the walk will just become part of my routine and not something I consider to be part of my fitness push.

Anyway I'll try to keep a rough log of whats happening even if its just 1) walked to work

MB

Stan_Lite · 16-03-2009, 10:00

Good for you Matt.

Now is a good time to start. Hopefully the better weather will be here soon and it'll be pleasant enough to walk most days.

As I said in my thread, I started doing exactly the same a few weeks ago and once I noticed it was making a difference, it spurred me on to take the next step and get a little more involved. Good luck with your effort and just take things at your own pace

Del Lardo · 16-03-2009, 10:10

Good start. Don't underestimate how much good the walking will do you.

Matblack · 16-03-2009, 10:26

Ahhh, a quick point

No weighing will be taking place for the foreseeable future, I become very obsessive with weighing, having been know to only weigh after my morning actvities and then possible 3 more times a day. Although this worked for me it did become a rod which I beat myself with on a few occasions. Until I start properly at the gym (BfL) I'll be using the jeans-o-meter only. Might weight once just to get a starting weight (and scare myself) but thats it

MB

cheets · 16-03-2009, 10:32

I started this months ago, started to bike it to college, been doing that since Jan and I can see my fitness level go from a fat **** to healthy, its up hill coming home so I get a good work out and I just jump on my bike and go for rides, gave up alcohol for Lent and its the best thing I have done, I am getting up early every day and stopped having late nights and feel generally much butter from it.

Matblack · 16-03-2009, 10:37

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Originally Posted by cheets

I started this months ago, started to bike it to college, been doing that since Jan and I can see my fitness level go from a fat **** to healthy, its up hill coming home so I get a good work out and I just jump on my bike and go for rides, gave up alcohol for Lent and its the best thing I have done, I am getting up early every day and stopped having late nights and feel generally much butter from it.

I was laying in bed last night thinking 'I wonder if I could bike the route', after walking it this morning I'm pretty sure that unless I was super fit it would be pretty much impossible. There are probably 2 short sections where I would be able to ride rather than have get off and push, coming home would be fun though

MB

Stan_Lite · 16-03-2009, 11:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matblack

I was laying in bed last night thinking 'I wonder if I could bike the route', after walking it this morning I'm pretty sure that unless I was super fit it would be pretty much impossible. There are probably 2 short sections where I would be able to ride rather than have get off and push, coming home would be fun though

MB

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I used to take my bike to the pub when I lived up in Shetland. It was great fun going there - all downhill but it was about a mile and a half uphill getting back. There was no way I was cycling a mile and a half uphill pished so I used to phone a taxi to pick me up and told them to send one of the minibus type ones so I could get the pushbike in

Haly · 16-03-2009, 12:08

Good luck with it MB

Will · 16-03-2009, 12:11

Good luck with it Mr B.

Blighter · 16-03-2009, 13:02

Walking to and from work is awesome. Really wakes me up and gets me going

Also gives you time to chill out and listen to some funny podcasts

I walk from Penenden Heath (Top of Boxley hill) down to Maidstone Barracks every day, then back in the evening, also walk from Greenhithe station to Bluewater so that's about a 7 mile trip each day.

16-03-2009, 09:56	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Refitifying myself I need to sort myself out, I've been promising I'll do it since I found out last year I was on the low end of being diabetic. Since then I've done nothing towards sorting myself out really and I can't really afford to keep putting it off. Today I decided to make a small change to my lifestyle and leave the car at home and walk to work, I've avoided this up till now because work is on the other side of the valley that forms Maidstone and it up the longest steepest hill in town . Anyway its only 2 miles (pretty much solidly uphill though) and it took me 30 minutes whhich is 4mph which isn't great but I'll be looking to improve on that day on day. I'm cutting out the alcohol for a while too and decreasing sugars and simple carbs in favor of complex carbs. One good thing about my walk to work is it takes me pretty close to the local gym so after a couple of weeks I plan to drop into the gym on the way to work and do some weights and later (once I'm used to this walk) to add in some extra cardio too. I'm hoping the walk will just become part of my routine and not something I consider to be part of my fitness push. Anyway I'll try to keep a rough log of whats happening even if its just 1) walked to work MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

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Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	Good for you Matt. Now is a good time to start. Hopefully the better weather will be here soon and it'll be pleasant enough to walk most days. As I said in my thread, I started doing exactly the same a few weeks ago and once I noticed it was making a difference, it spurred me on to take the next step and get a little more involved. Good luck with your effort and just take things at your own pace __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

16-03-2009, 10:26	#4
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Ahhh, a quick point No weighing will be taking place for the foreseeable future, I become very obsessive with weighing, having been know to only weigh after my morning actvities and then possible 3 more times a day. Although this worked for me it did become a rod which I beat myself with on a few occasions. Until I start properly at the gym (BfL) I'll be using the jeans-o-meter only. Might weight once just to get a starting weight (and scare myself) but thats it MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

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Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	Good luck with it MB __________________ Halycopter

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Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Good start. Don't underestimate how much good the walking will do you.

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cheets Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 442	I started this months ago, started to bike it to college, been doing that since Jan and I can see my fitness level go from a fat **** to healthy, its up hill coming home so I get a good work out and I just jump on my bike and go for rides, gave up alcohol for Lent and its the best thing I have done, I am getting up early every day and stopped having late nights and feel generally much butter from it.

16-03-2009, 13:02	#10
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	Walking to and from work is awesome. Really wakes me up and gets me going Also gives you time to chill out and listen to some funny podcasts I walk from Penenden Heath (Top of Boxley hill) down to Maidstone Barracks every day, then back in the evening, also walk from Greenhithe station to Bluewater so that's about a 7 mile trip each day. __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me