My Journey With Weight Loss – My First Week Of Hard Training

This is the time of year when I really enjoy a morning run at the beach. Today was just the perfect day to get to admire the beauty of where I live. The weather was reasonably mild, the sun was out, the tide was high and the water was peaceful. Even the long train didn’t disturb me today as I did a nice 8k run. As the weather has warmed up I bought some new running shorts yesterday. While I did have several pair they did not have pockets meaning I have to wear a running belt to carry my phone and quite frankly later in the day when I am out walking and the temperature is rising that belt is not very comfortable.

Last week was my first week getting back to hard work to try an lose a few pounds. So how did I do? Well, I walked/ran a total of 197k steps. Moreover, I walked/ran 132 km. My Fitbit also calculates what the changes in elevation equates to in flights of stairs climbed and apparently I did 380. And, I burned an average of 2,511 calories a day. This all looks impressive but I have done better before though I am pretty happy with these stats.

Now I want to make it clear, I am not pushing myself to risk of injury. I keep a very strict running schedule, there is no extra running just to try and burn more calories. Longer runs are always followed by an easy 6k run the next day to allow my body time to recover. I have carefully monitored my recovery status all week to ensure I am not over doing things. What I have added is a lot of walking which isn’t such a bad things as it once again gives me the opportunity to find new things in my city.

The one problem that has come up again is the amount of time all of this takes. It is a good thing that I am retired because there is no way if I was working that I would have time for this. Even now, with the volunteer work I do, it can be challenging. I just have to be diligent in keeping to a schedule and finding flexibility in workout times when I need to.

All in all it was a pretty good week.