Day 1 of week 1 of 12

I am being restrained. I have started my gradual reintroduction of exercise today and, as usual, after my walk I am feeling all 'up and at 'em'. But this time will be different. I will ignore the SuperWoman feelings and NOT do any more than is in the programme. I will NOT fail because I make my CFS kick in!

Week 1:

Day 1: walk 1 mile at a steady pace.

Well, I walked 0.8 mile in 14 minutes 30 seconds, 109kcals.

It felt absolutely fine, the equivalent of 4 miles and hour, apparently a brisk pace. It didn't feel all that brisk, breathing rate increased but not too much and I did make an effort up the hill. So I think I will throw caution to the wind and add power arms on Tuesday. See how that goes.

The 0.8 is because I live in the middle of nowhere and have mapped out the local routes. The short, circular route is 0.8 of a mile. I can't remember which tree I noted to make it a full mile :)

I must take my Polar watch in for a new battery - might make it easier to see how much I have really done.

Sunday is Day One

... of my gradual reintroduction to exercise.

I have 2 mini goals, cardio and muscular endurance.

Muscles will be done with resistance bands and my kickboxing bag.

Cardio will be powerwalking.

Tomorrow is walking, just 1 mile at a steady pace. So tonight I check I have my kit, HR monitor and route all sorted (I know I have but will check anyway). Must remember to dig out my journal too, it has the route distances in it.

I have only one thing to remember

Gradual is the key term. Do NOT push it! Well, not just yet :)