Oh No! Not again...

This weather is really disheartening, its so windy out there that its blowing the fence down, but still i have to go for my usual 5 miles tonight.
Its been like this now for a couple of days, yesterday was bad too and i found it very difficult to make any real progress with the wind in my face for the first 2 miles, then on my way back i was being blown about like a rag doll, and it looks like its even windier today than yesterday..

When will this spring start showing its head, its nearly February. Sometimes dont you just long for some sunshine.

This weather is miserable at the best of times without having to go out in it every day.. But then you have to remember that its all worth it, and this weather wont last forever..

 So new developments, what have i noticed?

Well i suppose the main thing is that im starving all the time, i can eat, then an hour later im starving again. At first i thought i was coming down with a cold. You know how getting a cold can make you hungry sometimes, but then i thought, or rather i worked out how long i had been doing this, and it turns out its been 10 days non stop now, plus im dabbling with the weights again too and other things like press ups and sit ups.

So i got working it out how far i had walked in these past ten days and it works out about  50 miles. which is also roughly 5000 extra calories ive used up that i normally wouldn't have.

Im not a big eater, haven't been for a while now, so perhaps this accounts for my hunger all the time. I wonder if my base metabolic rate has rises too, this might account for what im eating not being enough to last me for more than an hour before im hungry again....

Best get some chocolate in i think....Purely medicinal you understand.........


Well its that time again, time for me to set off into this windy night... so as per i will update you when i get back. I really fancy breaking my steps record tonight, dont know if the weather will allow me to do that or not though, have to wait and see......

Update-----

 Im back, just having a well deserved bottle of water and a dry cream cracker for the salt..Was really sweating like a navvy this time, and luckily, for all it blowing my fence down and the outside loo door off its hinges, the wind actually died down for my little session so i gave it some tonight...

Time 1 hour 55 minutes and 14,500 steps  with ankle weights on too, burning 710.cals

Thats almost half the course longer than when i first started and in less time too, so im pleased with that tonight, helped of course because the wind had dropped right down and it was cool but not freezing...

Really felt the benefit too from these ankle weights, like i said before they arent too heavy but you will be surprised the extra effort you have to put in over the miles even though they are only about 1kg each (2lb bag of sugar for us who hate this metric nonsense)

had to laugh when i got back and took them off, i was walking about like id got springs in my shoes because they felt so light. Amazing how much difference these small weights makes and would probably do you good wearing them for an hour in the house or garden just pottering about just to strengthen your legs up a bit ..

All in all a very good session tonight, and its amazing how addictive this walking thing can get, although it does take more dedication in this weather than it would do in summer.

Roll on summer then........