Back again

Well thanks to a lovely little virus issue with my computer I've fallen a little off track lately.

No computer meant no online calorie counter, no blog entries and no motivation. It wasn't too bad at first but as the weeks went by I got more and more sidetracked and before I knew it I had gone and bought chocolate.

Well, the puter is back and working and for the last week I've been gyming or hiking everyday and have been keeping within my allocated calories. The scales this morning had me at 81.9kgs and so since I started I've lost 3.3kgs which for those of you still using antiquated forms of measurements is just over 7 pounds. The goal the dietician gave me was to lose 2kgs a month so I've kept up with that :)

My hours have changed at work this week and I've really been looking forward to the opportunites that presents. I only work three half days a week, Mon to Wed and so this week I headed to the gym before work which has been handy because I found after a busy day at work my motivation for gyming was quite low. It was so easy to just head straight home after work and so now this gets it out of the way beforehand.

Last time when I lost quite a bit of weight I was walking rather a lot. I would walk the dogs and also head out for walks on the weekend down by the river. As summer got progressively hotter I stopped going for those walks but kept going to the gym. Now I know I wasn't eating as healthily as I should have been but I noticed a huge difference in the amount of weight I lost when gyming and walking as opposed to gyming alone. Just gyming didn't shed anywhere near as many kilos as the walking did.
The experts always say that walking is one of the best fat burning exercises and so I've made a commitment to myself to get out there and walk more.

The fact of the matter is that I absolutely love hiking and so I've been skipping the river more and more and heading out bush for some lovely bush walks. The hikes I've been going on include lots of climbing up rocks and down rocks and up hills and down hills and so they're doing a heck of a lot more for me than just walking around the river which is relatively flat.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I'm really enjoying the hikes and wish I'd gotten back into it sooner. I don't know what it is - I've always loved exploring and so maybe heading out into the middle of nowhere inspires a kind of wanderlust in me. But it's just nice to do something you enjoy and to know that it's really good for you.

On a final note in case no one was aware, a few of us girls from the forum have gotten together and started a joint blog to help keep us motivated in our individual health challenges.
The Shrinking Violets
Check it out sometime.