Well this morning I mixed it up a bit,

Started with a good 5 mins of stretching as I've been feeling tightness in the achilles, knees and hips. It felt good to warm them up and get them going.

I jumped on the treadmill and walked for 10 mins, starting slow at 2.2kms/hr and getting up to 4.8km/hr by 3 mins. After 10 mins I checked my pulse and it was at 155. I then jumped on the crosstrainer and did 10 mins there, at 21 kms/hr. I discovered today that if I leaned back a little I took the pressure off my achilles, worked my arms more and felt more resistance in my thighs and stomach, so I think that must have been a more correct position, it certainly felt better and like I was working it more. I then went back on the treadmill for another 10 mins, but this time at 5kms/hr and that felt really good. I really swung my arms to get them going and I felt it in my lungs. It was good. I finished with a slow down walk and then stretched out, which felt SOOO good. Everything really felt like it worked hard today.

I could feel the lactic acid building in my legs at one stage and I visualised it as a fat fog I needed work through. The last 3 minutes of the workout I wanted to slow down, but I noticed that the pace matched the beat of "you got to move it, move it. you got to move it, move it" and that got me through lol

The big news today is that it was weigh-in day. Week 1 done and dusted and I lost 3kgs!!
I'm wrapt! I know this is week 1, and its expected because of losing water weight etc but what a wonderful motivator. It makes the past weeks effort all worth it, but it also makes me want to do it all again. I'm guessing a more realistic weight loss will be around 1kg a week, so I'm not setting myself up for a fall next week, any loss will be fantastic and will all count on this journey.

K