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Self care- walking and cycling

DeterminedSenior Contributor25 June 2018, 4:21 pm AEST

Self care- walking and cycling

There used to be a thread around exercise but I couldn't find it so starting a new one.

Recently my GP has been lecturing me about more exercise in order to loose some weight reduce my blood pressure and get some other stress related ailments under control. Now is a good time for me to start as I have just started a 4 week study break from uni.

My goal is to do minimum 30 mins (target 1 hour) per day 5 days a week of either walking or cycling. Posting here as a form of accountability. I cant use the weather as an excuse as we have both a treadmill and an indoor cycle trainer 😁

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DeterminedSenior Contributor01 Oct 2018, 2:10 pm AEST

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Had a big melt down in our house this afternoon (over tv reception) so I went for a long walk. I needed to get out of the house before I joined the party with all the screaming and yelling of profanities. Managed just short of 7km. If I had seen how close I was before I stopped the counter I would have kept going to round it up. It great having mum and dad inlaw so close now. I can just walk out and not have to worry about the children.

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Unknown userMember05 Oct 2018, 8:27 pm AEST

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DeterminedSenior Contributor05 Nov 2018, 10:51 am AEDT

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Love the pics @Former-Member

Here is my take on midlife crisis cycling lol

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DeterminedSenior Contributor05 Nov 2018, 10:59 am AEDT

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My goal for exercise post todays exam is

1. 20-30 min walk after dinner each evening.

2. Darling wants to go for an hour(ish) bike ride each morning before the children get up.

One of the benefits of having mum and dad so close by.

Feeling 😍😁 that she actually wants to ride with me. (Was too 'uncool' previously due to external influences).

Feeling 😲😨 about the 5am starts lol.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor13 Nov 2018, 10:38 pm AEDT

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LoL @Former-Member your post has put this thread back at the top of my feed and reminded me of the blood promise I made after my exam.

Well I managed 2 nights lol.

Darling has however flagged another attempt at a 5am bike ride tomorrow though so see how that goes.

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DeterminedSenior Contributor14 Nov 2018, 9:33 pm AEDT

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LOL @Former-Member that would be a fail... again -
Darling had returned from the school run before I woke this morning.
You would understand how sad that is if you heard how noisy our morning routine is (Little people generated not adults)

(me that is 🙂 )

Alarm set to try again for tomorrow morning

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Unknown userMember14 Nov 2018, 10:53 pm AEDT

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@Determined you were obviously in need of the rest 😀.

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