Day 6 & 7: A sense of accomplishment for a week well-biked

You may remember that I took day 2 off. Originally, I expected my one day off to be closer to day 7 and it turns out I missed getting on my bike again on day 6. But the difference is: I did exercise.


The birthday celebration with family was adjusted to Sunday afternoon and I was responsible for transporting the guest of honor. We enjoyed a delicious dinner after which I played video games with my very smart and handsome nephew, whose good grades earned him an impressive new piece of gaming software. He's 11.


He and I played with word puzzles, number games and Mario races on Nintendo DS. On his Wii, we competed in archery, ping pong, biking and bowling. I woke up sore the next morning. So, I can say without guilt that my week included six days of exercise even though one of those days did not involve a bike.


I am looking forward to weighing tomorrow and taking this week's photo as well as implementing goals for the new week. Although I am doing many other things for my health and fitness, I am choosing my goals because of their obvious heart health benefits. If I do nothing else, I will do the things I listed as goals.


Week 1's goal (expanded): I will increase my biking intensity to level 6 for 3 days as I continue to bike for at least 20 minutes for 6 of the next 7 days.
Week 2's goal: I will re-introduce olive oil and garlic into my daily diet.


To Do List:
1.  Notify my doctors that I have actually started my training. We discussed it previously.
2. Create a flier or postcard to give people about the Heart Walk and my personal training project. Some people who might be interested to know about this are not big internet users. They prefer paper. 
3. Investigate an eating plan for possible use (i.e.: Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Diet to Go, etc.).
4. Find and post links to sources of things I've been writing about in these blogs. This way readers can confirm for themselves what I've written to their own benefit. Isn't that what this is about: helping someone else? This isn't all for me.
5. Read through my "Walk off the Weight" publication from Prevention Magazine.


My official results for Day 7:



Time: 25 min.
Average Speed 12.8
Distance 5.0
Calories 131
Average Heart Rate 113
Watts: 50
Level: 5


Thanks for reading.


Do somthing beautiful for your heart today.


~ Cheryl ~