I want eventually to build up a detailed library of my favourite local walking and cycling routes to feature on this site. This information will be featured on subpages of the walking or cycling pages. I will include maps, gps files in GPX format, and altitude profiles. The idea is that anybody could come to [...]
A big aim of writing this blog is to motivate me to sort out my weight and fitness problems. That seems to be working because I’m being much more attentive to what I eat and drink, and I’m making more effort to exercise. Even though I currently have a small readership, I still feel that [...]
Nothing much to say here other than to report that I did a vigorous 45 minute session on my exercise bike this evening.
I started this year weighing 220.0 pounds (15 stone 10.0 pounds, 99.8 kg). Last week, I weighed 218.5 pounds (15 stone 8.5 pounds, 99.1 kg). This week, I weigh 217.3 pounds (15 stone 7.3 pounds, 98.6 kg). That’s a loss last week of of 1.2 pounds, or 0.5 kg. Total weight loss so far is [...]
Whoopee – another sunny day! It was pretty windy but it was fairly mild again. I was just thinking that I fancied walking round Hardcastle Crags when Lisa rang and asked me if I, er, fancied walking round Hardcastle Crags! Great minds think alike… Hardcastle Crags is a lovely wooded valley just to the north [...]
I haven’t had much exercise for a couple of days, other than strolling round the local shops a couple of times. I had other plans, but they were scuppered on Thursday by insomnia. I regularly used to suffer from insomnia but I hadn’t had it for quite a while. I made the mistake of starting [...]
The weather conditions were quite good today – mild, dry, not much wind, and plenty of nice sunny spells. I was tempted to go for my first bike ride of 2009 but my walking partner Lisa rang to suggest going for another walk. We don’t normally do as much walking as we have been doing [...]
I had intended to do a session on the exercise bike yesterday, but I left it until late afternoon and then I received 2 unexpected long phone calls back to back. After that I was hungry, so I ended up having a meal instead. That’s the second time in two weeks that something like that [...]