A LongTime

Well it's been a long time since my last post, but that is not to say that things have not been occurring. Back in May I started to focus on the ever popular 10,000 steps per day. A very arbitrary figure and a thing that seems to attract a few more people to exercise or at least more movement, which is a positive thing. I set out tondo 10,000 steps per day as recorded on my Google Fit app attached to my phone. In June I ammended this to 12,000 steps on work days and 20,000 steps if it was not a work day. As of today 29th June I am averaging 120,000 steps per week. 

Walking alone cannot bring about the health outcomes that I am seeking. Focusing on my habitual eating patterns and changing things  what I am consuming will  better for me and in turn better for the planet. An example of this is the not eating bread at home any longer. By not purchasing a loaf of bread that I will pig out on at home has been a good move. I have not given up bread but merely removed buying it for use at home. 

I have been using my new Oyster card to get to walks that I would not normally be able to do which has opened up a whole new arena of nature and wildlife. 

The things that I do must be sustainable or otherwise it will be pointless. Statistics clearly show that the cessation of any diet or health regime leads to putting back the weight with added interest. Not only that but when fat is lost an amount of lean tissue is liatvas well, which is normally muscle. So in the evenr of weight loss and then gain the muscle will be lost unless resistance training is implemented.

The no drinking is going well and at the moment I don't want to drink again. It's taken nearly 6 months to really start feeling the benefits of no booze. A clearer head all day, feeling alert and having more energy. It's amazing when people start a new diet or give something bad up and half an hour later they are saying "wow, I feel so much better", or "I have so much energy to do so much more now". Personally I think this premature exhalations are a placebic reaction as I strongly feel that the abuse the body has taken through poor nutrition, booze and lack of exercise takes a few months before the real changes can be felt.

I am now sitting in a Cafe at a train station waiting for a friend to do a long walk. Every time I hope that my friendship actually is something good but each time, along with other people this person will be late. My OCD in lateness finds this abhorrent and totally disrespectful. If it was the occasional 10 or 15 minutes late it's not an issue, I will have to deal with it. However the constant every time or most times is not acceptable. Sometimes it is well over an hour late and I am supposed to be OK with this, well I am not. The person said 11:30 but I know it will be closer to 12:00 and probably after, but it's ok, I am 60 and worth it,.

Well I will say I will write more Andi but it will depend on my laziness and if I can be asked to write anything that nobody reads. But I will never be late as I am not that much of a fucker.