Lose Weight 26

victory

Yes thanks KPC put on another post as a thread and they came up with loads for me, quiche, slow ham on the bone, cold salads with chicken, part baked french sticks from lidls at 39p, jacket potatoes etc so thanks:D

dmv yikes, let's hope your hol goes without an incident;)

Chucking it down with rain today so no going out here, little one catching up on primeaval, he tries to act like he is not scared:rotfl::D other one still rotting in bed, far too early for a teenager this hour:D

x_raphael_xx

Ouch DMV! Hope you feel better by the time your hol starts!

Got my Garmin yesterday, so went out for a run with it. Also took it on a bike ride thru the woods with C today. Very pleased with it!

Missy™

OK here comes not exactly the most structured week's worth of exercise! It was a good week though

[Day] [Activity] [Duration h:mm:ss] [cal burn]
Mon Road cycling 0:18:49 105
Mon Run 0:26:26 222
Mon Road cycling 0:40:33 226
Tue Mountain biking 1:11:15 392
Tue Run 1:00:00 420
Wed Inline skating 0:30:00 171
Wed Hike 1:00:00 323
Thu Run 1:55:11 821
Fri Hike 1:55:00 537
Fri Pilates for Abs 0:24:00 0
Fri Cross trainer 0:40:00 199
Sat Run 0:40:00 307
Sat Exercise bike 0:30:00 160
Sun Road cycling 0:40:48 193

Total 11hr 52mins, 4074 calories, 8 different activities.

Have fun with your Garmin Raph!

Hope you're feeling better today dmv... ouch...

x_raphael_xx

Missy, don't you ever rest!!

grannynise

I think Thursday counted as a rest day in Missy-world. :eek:

I'm goingto have a little lie down now I've read what you've done this week, Missy.

Missy™

LOL Thursday was my hardest day I think Granny! Today was the rest, 40 mins easy road cycling on the flat & absolutely nothing else

We've been chatting about 'rest days' over on the exercise thread and I think we seem to agree rest days don't have to be completely sedentary, as long as they aren't strenuous. Be interested to hear what others think?

bails

'Completely sedentary' is only something you can achieve if you are seriously ill Missy; I'm sure your normal day-to-day activities are far more than that! As you know, I personally think that real rest days are very important and there is lots of evidence out there to support that. Here's a link which may be useful in helping you decide if you're in danger of doing too much (SO hard to see when you're in it, as you know I know only too well). I thought the heart rate tests looked interesting. Hope it helps x

x_raphael_xx

I suppose you know your own body Missy, you'd know if you were pushing to hard, you'd be constantly tired and run down.

I've been told that rest days are good because muscles only improve when resting.
When you are exercising the muscle fibres break down, and when you rest they repair themselves stronger.

Missy™

I'm absolutely not questioning the importance of rest, I include rest and gentler days every week (following harder days with easier ones). Last week I also halved my efforts for a whole easier week, which I plan to do regularly every 4-6 weeks during the summer

When my rest day falls on a day when I'm doing absolutely nothing else, like today, I would have thought going out on my bike for 40 mins would be OK? That is less activity than walking round the shops for an hour, for example That's what I was getting at really?

Vixstar

Been missing this week. I've been taking part in an annual sporting competition though unfortunately only as a reserve. The other downside is the fact I have been to 2 bbqs and out for a curry with people from work and the rest of the time I'm fairly sure my eating hasn't been that restrained (so much for my own personal boot camp week!). Felt awful after the curry, really too full but I definitely didn't eat what I would've considered a huge amount, I really must remember when out and about that I can only manage smaller portions nowadays - definitely eyes being bigger than stomach!
Anyway I'm going to be able to up my activity this week as I'm no longer going to be involved in the twice daily training sessions. Looking forward to circuits, swimming, spinning and running again and eating sensibly. I will get rid of those last 7lbs even if I can't quite maintain at that level.

Ooops a rambling post to make up for no post this week.