Two weeks into a career break - a delightful opportunity to spend time with the children, lose some weight and devote the mornings to exercise, and, after having let things go in the last 6 months I am doing well. A routine is being established- morning dog walk, starting slowly, an hour in the gym, on the treadmill and then a 20 minute walk to the shops, and back if shopping is not too heavy. Twice a week my 7 year old has swimming lessons, rather than sit and watch I am getting in the pool and doing laps- dragged along eldest daughter(12) and son (10) and while the former comfortably beat me kept pace with the 10 year old and did 20 lengths - room to improve though and working exercise in to daily life is a real benefit overall. feeling good.
On the treadmill am finding that gradually increasing tempo and incline for the first 50 minutes, then dropping both for 5 allows me to then operate at a higher incline and pace for the last 5 minutes- enjoying sweating through exercise again. Have even managed to attack several flights of stairs on my shopping walks - of course i approach seizing up but stop just before and find recovery is speedy. That seems to me to be a key -know when to rest, ease up and then carry on....................................
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Well done, Andy. It's about time you gave yourself a break, Annely and the children are so lucky to have you at home.
I'm so happy and proud for you, I on the other hand feel like an old lady with all the pills I'm on. I just need to find out where to get my next batch of thalidomide ! It's not allowed over the Austrian border, the G.P can't do it and the Oncologist won't so I'm holding out for the Hospice, hopefully cheaper as well as it was £400 month in Austria !
Anyway, enough of that. So looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks....
Steph
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