Another cold and windy day. Very beautiful but that cold wind ruined some of the enjoyment of being outdoors during breaks today.

I very much wanted today to be a day of walking outdoors but had nearly decided that it really would be too uncomfortable, also because I was a bit stiff as well with aching knees.

BUT then I decided that my mantra for February should be "When in doubt, do it!" so I drove home and with double layers and a scarf three times around my neck and lower face I started walking. I told myself that I would at least endure 15 minutes. I ended up doing 45. The first 30 my right knee kept complaining (not in a dangerous way), then after 30 minutes I think it gave up and I felt nothing more LOL. Then as usual my right foot' toes cramped up as they always do for a strange reason. They do that when I walk on different surfaces and in different shoes. BUT I COMPLETED THE WALK :-) and was very happy about that.

Julia asked me whether I had any results so I decided to put that in a blog entry by itself.

Since New Year
* Weight down
* Increased general muscular strength
* Less back pain
* Arm much stronger
* Able to do more cardio and at higher intensity
* Able to do more kinds of exercises, more sets and more weight each set
* Increased flexibility
* Into a habit of going straight from work to the gym or out walking.
* Into a habit of eating very healthy, lean, non processed food, lots of vegs and fish, whole grain carbs,
* very little salt
* very little artificial drinks mostly water with only a touch of nearly non kcal lemonade to camuflage the tiny clorine taste of all tap water. Also fruity teas. NO coffee. Always a literbottle close at hand.

Slept about 12hrs straight yesterday. Must have needed it! Anyway felt great today, had a morning shake and went to the gym. Did a total ab workout and 45min Spin Class. Good for 1220cals this morning! Up cooking meals for the rest of the week now. That'll keep me on track with my diet.

I was knocked out of commission on Friday & Monday due to illness - not sure what I caught but didn't even make it to school on Friday. Wednesday was another spin day. I found out we need to register before class to get in, even at 5:40 a.m. the class was full but one person was nice enough to let me take over their bike. I'm guessing I'll need to leave home no later than 4:40 a.m. to get there early enough to get signed up.
After school that same day I went straight to the gym to get in some lifting - it was a good day - made the legs into noodles in the a.m. and hit the upper body w/ the weights in the afternoon.