Rain Rain Rain.....

Guess what? Its raining, not just raining a bit, but lashing it down and doesn't look like its going to stop anytime soon and im all but ready to go for my walking session. 

Now you would just think given the weather that i would just leave it for today, but the thing is i cant, i dont want to, i feel a compulsion to go. Which is a good thing. 

This is what you want really, to build any exercise program into such a routine that it becomes important to you. This is whats called a lifestyle change rather than just a fad, and its those life style changes that give you the most benefit and do you the most good simply because they remain long term and part of your life....

So it looks like im going to get wet then tonight so i best go and get ready.. 


Update......... Well im back, took me just under two hours to do 13,122 this time. which is good... That relates to 560cals burnt, 40.7g of body fat used in just that one walk. Now work that out over the week (3920cal), or the month (15,680cals) or the year(188,160) and all that soon adds up to a slimmer more fitter you.... 


So did i get wet? No not really, luckily it did stop after id been out about 5 minutes. Trouble is id got kitted up for the rain, two coats one being a plastic kagool type thing to keep me dry, so you can only imagine the state i got into when the rain stopped and it became very mild. 

Talk about sweating, thats full body sweating losing  pints and pints of fluid which is not good when you are exercising like that because with the fluid loss goes the salt too which your body needs and you can get quite funny headed if you lose too much salt like that.


So i got to tesco's, grabbed myself a bottle of water and grabbed a carry bag and stripped off, well my rain coat, hat and gloves anyway.  

Now you see the sense in aiming for something like Tesco's as a midway point. it can become very usefull for emergency supplies, like water or the toilet.

So Thats all Good tonight, went further than usual which is easy to do, you just take a detour which takes you a longer way around to the same destination, which is why tonight i did over 3,000 more steps than i need to, and the best thing is, because im kicking up the pace now with my fitness improving, i actually did it in the same time as i did the 10,000 when i first started. My aim is to eventually fit in 15,000 steps in a 2 hour period, when i can do that on a constant basis it will be time to put something else into the routine which will probably be the bike riding again, or jogging, although im not a big fan of jogging because of the joint damage it can cause specially if you are a bit older than 20.... or like me, a lot older than 20....................................