Yesterday I did a quick weigh-in before getting ready for work and I am back up to 107kgs so I need to get serious about exercising more as for the last couple of weeks the only exercise I have done is my shoulder rehab weights 2x a week which is not enough! I also need to cut out fizzy drinks as I have been drinking 2-3l a day again which will have caused a fair bit of the weight gain over the last couple of weeks! I am stopping drinking fizzy drinks other than fizzy water from today and I am also going to start exercising more regularly as well!
This morning I started my new morning routine. I woke up about 6am and got dresses and went for a walk along the 2 tunnels to get some sunlight first thing and get some early morning exercise to shake off the stiffness from sitting in the office yesterday!
I walked 1.50 miles in 26 minutes and did 3198 steps according to my phone. My fitbit says 4229 steps so a fair bit higher than the phone. Speaking on the fitbit I left it charging on Sunday and forgot to put it back on yesterday so I missed my step count for the last couple of days.
While working I have been thinking about my day and the amount of time I have to get some exercise during the day and I have decided that I am going to make a concerted effort to take my lunch hour and exercise during that hour as well! This means that I don’t have to cram all of my exercise in first thing in the morning and will ultimately lead to a better daily routine that takes less effort to stick to and will mean that I will burn more calories throughout the day as I will be elevating my heart-rate etc throughout the day not just early in the morning and then being sedentary for the rest of the day!
My plan is to wake up at 5:45-6am every morning and walk for about an hour before work then at 12ish I will stop work and go for a quick bike ride up the 2 tunnels and back before eating breakfast, After work I will go to the track for an hour or so and then do my weights when I get home then I am done for the day and can relax for an hour or so before bed!
This plan means that I am working out for 45minutes in the morning, 45 minutes at lunch time and about 2 hours in the evening so a good 3/5 hours or so a day 4 days a week.
I will take Mondays as my rest day so I will only walk or ride to work, walk at lunch time and walk or ride home so it will be a light recovery day. At the weekend I will wake up at the same time and walk in the morning and then maybe ride a bike in the afternoon and that will be me for the week.
I have decided to wait a week or so to start walking on the under desk treadmill while I am working until I get used to the new routine but once I am used to it I will start to add walking during the day too so that I am more active and burn more calories as well!
*** Update***
I have decided that I would be better to get my weights sessions done at lunch time to make sure that I do them instead of leaving them until the end of the day as I had planned. So my week days will go as follows:
AM – Walk
Lunch – Weights
PM – BMX track