Treadmill Day 18

Hours: 5

Distance: 13 kms

Effort: 2 out of 5.

So I’ve been miscalculating my distance because I’ve been doing (for example) 4.3 x my speed for 4 hours 30 minutes instead of 4.5 x my speed.

So when I thought I was at 11.61kms for doing 4 and a half hours, I was actually over 12kms! Hazzah!

Today I broke my record and got the distance and time I’ve been striving for since I began this adventure. I thought 5 hours was good time for each day- but it really comes down to what I have to do for that day instead of if I can keep going. Time goes a lot faster when I’m watching something in the background too, so I’ve been going through Downton Abbey Series 1 and 2.

Other things I’ve noticed:

1. The treadmill takes longer to warm up on cooler days, which means I have to clench the table while I walk to make sure I don’t fall when the treadmill slips beneath me. Once it warms up, usually about five or ten minutes in, it’s fine for the rest of the day.

2. I’ve figured out my eating patterns- and I’ve gotten in to the routine of eating every hour. I have cereal in the morning and then an hour later I have to have something small to keep myself going (usually fruit and yoghurt). Then lunch an hour or two later. If I don’t keep it up I get the drop in blood sugar/blood pressure and I get the shakes. It’s happened a couple of times now and I’ve noticed when it kicks in and why so it’s good to get a handle on that.

3. My week goes: eating well week days, eating what I want weekends. This is a cycle that’s been suggested to me before by many people but this has come up all because of the treadmill- and I’m forced to eat well on the weekdays. Trust me, I’ve tried my normal sugar binge sessions. On Monday night I had a really shitty night and had to crawl up in to bed and cry and I got all the packets of lollies in my house and put them next to me. Barely had a handful and I had to put them all back because I was done. It was bizarre.

Because I’m walking I don’t crave the sugar on the weekdays. Not like if I would have tried the same cycle without the constant walking. I have to make sure I had water and good food to keep me going. Then I have a few lollies at the end of the day but that’s about it. So writing about my experience in the post I wrote ‘for awesome fat people’ I stated just treadmill first and figure out your eating habits later. Don’t do it all at once. But I haven’t even had to make any conscious choices to change that, I just do it. Feels good.