Day 2 done

Walked the dog this morning again but today my knees and ankle were really sore.

I am still planning to walk every morning this month. I have decided to start off slowly in order to try and avoid more injuries.

Started Training Again

I started training again this morning. I got up at 6am and went walking for 45 minutes with my dog.

My knees felt good and the walk was good all in all I struggled a little starting off but after I warmed up it was fine.

Also took my car to clean so did 2 x 15 minute walks as well.

All Clear

Had my last physio session today and was allowed to cycle on the exercise bike. I asked him if I ok to use my exercise bike and he said that I can but only on a low resistance and only on the exercise bike.

I have a return to my doctor on thursday so I will find out if I need more physio and if I can start going back to the gym soon.

Fit by 41 1/2

Due to working loads and tearing my acls in both knees I havent been able to loose any substantial weight so I have decided to push my goal date 6 months forward.

I am now able to walk pain free so will start walking every morning before work and I am planning to also do a upper body curcuit while I am rehabing the knees.

I got up at 6am this morning but due to a stomach bug I picked up new years eve I decided that it was better to wait another day to fully recover from the bug before I start exercising.

Loosely my plan for January is:

Weekdays

5:30 - 6:00 - Hand Bike
6:00 - 6:30 - Walk with dog
6:30 - 7:00 - Upperbody Circuit
7:00 - 7:30 - Stretching

Weekends

6:00 - 6:30 - Walk with dog
6:30 - 8:30 - Mountain biking

I have found that historically  I need to train in the mornings as my work regularily means that I miss training, also if I am also much lazier in the evenings!

Added to the exercise I have decided to stop drinking Coca Cola as much of my weight gain is due to drinking at least 2l of coke a day and all of the extra calories it brings.

I havent had a drink of coke this year (3 days) so not doing too badly.

stuff attived

The workout stuff arrived yesterday. Will start working out tomorrow.

good news

Found out this week that my knee ligament on the inside of the knee is only lightly torn. Should be about 6 weeks until I can get back to playing basketball. I start physio next week. The pain in the knee is lessening every day so hopefully I will be back ssoner rather than later.

I bought a hand bike last week and a situp machine as well that should be here monday or tuesday so i can start exercising without stressing my knee at all. I have also cleared out the garage to start working out once the equipment arrives. I have put on 6kgs over the last week and a half as i havent been able to exercise at all.

New Road Block

Hit a new road block this week! Was playing basketball this week and manged to slip and wreck my knee (probably ligament damage) and dislocate my thumb!!!!!!

I am looking into training that I can do while I am out of action. Looking on the internet if I have damaged te ligaments it could be at least 6 months before I can play basketball again so I am planning for the worst.

I am seeing the doctor next week so I find out more then.

While I am waiting I have been looking on the net ande found a mini exercise bike / hand bike that I am going to buy to see if I can use this once my thumb is better. I am also walking as much as possable on my crutches to get as much of an upperbody workout as possable.

I am going to plan an upper body only training program to try and keep the weight off.