Update on the Journey


I have been keeping up on the journey but the blogging has been lacking. I had stuff going on this weekend and finding the time to sit down and write has been difficult. I have been able to keep on the diet portion of things but I am not seeing weight loss at all anymore. I am not exactly sure why that is at the moment but my guess is that I am lazy logging my calories. I am not using a scale and just estimating things and I think that ends up with me eating more calories than my budget for the day. I don't really want to go overboard and scale everything out but I think I am going to get that in order so that I can see wieght loss agian. The odd thing with this is my pants are fitting better and better still so I do know that I am accomplishing my main task but to not see numbers go down is a bit upsetting even though I see progress in the waist line size.


The weather is finally getting good so I think I will be able to add more things to the list very soon but for now I have been running/walking on the treadmill still. After I got over my cold I started to add the runs back in with the walking. With hope this week will pan out to be a good one where I can go for a bike ride and not just staying inside on the treadmill. I have been happy with the progress in my stamina on the treadmill at least. I have been able to run for longer intervals than I have in the past. I also have had a bit less knee and back pain in general. I did not mention this in any prior blog posts but my lower back and left knee get stiff and hurt if I sit too long or walk too long. I thought that it was just something about getting older but my thought now is that it is more along the lines of a thing I did to myself by not exercising enough years ago. I did talk to my DR about it but it is not bad enough for much further testing yet. It is mostly just annoying rather than painful. Either way the journey is helping with the pain and it is not something I expected to happen. 


I am off to get some sunlight while the day is still nice out! Have a wonderful day and thank you for reading! 

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