I decided to take a few days away from posting on Hive as I was concerned they were all pretty much the same, you know, here's Lola on the beach and look at the size of my cucumber.
By the way, it's this big now.
Instead of getting up and spending 30 - 45 minutes sat at the computer browsing this lovely place, I've spent it riding through the Moab Desert on my exercise bike.
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My exercise bike isn't anything fancy but it does allow me to connect it to my iPad using bluetooth and ride along with a trainer using the iFit app. My bike doesn't have all the fancy controls of the expensive bikes, they can tilt forwards and backwards as the angle of the road changes. Mine can just about manage changes in resistance but it can get a little confused with that at times. Even so, it helps make what can be a pretty boring activity that little bit more enjoyable.
I had a rest day yesterday after riding every day for a while and decided to go out for a C25K job this morning between the thunderstorms. It has been far too hot for me to run this week but it's lovely and fresh now we've had a good amount of rain. I managed to pause my watch half way through and got soaked but other than that it was all marvellous.
I've also been watching the calories and have just started some intermittent fasting. The weight has been coming off slowly but I want to accelerate it a little if only for a few weeks. I get significant back discomfort and sciatica when carrying extra weight which stops me being active, which is then counter productive to trying to be more active. I'm only eating between 11am and 7pm at the moment. So far I've found it has been easier to not eat before 11 than it has been to not eat after 7. Probably a sign of how much I've been snacking!