Sick, Slack, and Sad

(some people think alliteration is silly, superficial, and simpleminded, but I say they are stupid)

Things haven’t been going all that well this past week as far as the The Plan™ is concerned.  Firstly I came down quite ill on Tuesday.  That knocked me down for at least 3 days.  After that I just didn’t feel like walking, so ended up having a really slack week. I did have an idea to go for a 10 km walk around the river, but just didn’t.

When it comes to quitting I am generally considered a world champion.  If quitting were an Olympic event, I wouldn’t win – I would have quit before getting there.  So knowing this I could see the danger signs coming, so made sure I went out for a walk on Sunday afternoon.  I just did 4 km around home, and I did it without a pack, which surprised me how easy it was to walk without a weight on my back.  So I am starting to get back on The Plan™.

It has also come to my attention that I will probably have to lose around 50 kg before I can effectively do the Milford Track.  It has also come to my attention (due to a visit to the Doctor the other week) that I have put on 5 kg in the past 5 months.  Damn it!!  It is time to really get serious about this – next week (because everyone knows that diets that start next week are more effective).

So an update on the plan at the beginning of Week 12 of The Plan™ I have walked 200.8 km in 51 hours and 27 minutes, running at about 95% adherence to the plan.  That is low because of last week, so I will see what I can do this week to get that back up.

I’m also considering ways that I can get more exercise into my program; maybe some swimming, maybe starting to cycle to work again.  But I am a little reluctant to do too much and overdo it, causing the aforementioned “quit reflex” to kick in.  It is also why I haven’t attempted to change my diet considerably; I just wanted to focus on getting the walking habit underway; 12 weeks in it might be time.