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I now have a brown inhaler to use morning and evening whether I need it or not, as a preventative measure, plus I am now carrying my Ventolin and spacer to the pool with me and keeping it by the side of the pool in an opaque swimming bag.
Day 1 Sunday - 60 mins cardio workout
Day 2 Monday - 60 mins cardio workout
Day 3 Tuesday - ill (asthma attack Monday night)
Day 4 Wednesday - 50 mins cardio workout.
Weds - Woke up still hurting all over. Legs so stiff could barely walk or dress myself. Took paracetamol. Entered pool 8.45; exercised till 9.35. Felt very fit and so was very exuberant for the first ten minutes of wild jiving to wild music (including The Wait by the Pretenders - try dancing to it yourself and see what I mean!) then (unusually) flagged and could not continue at that high level of workout. So I slowed it down a bit and was less vigorous in my movements, while still maintaining an increased heart rate and never staying still at all. At 50 minutes a wave of exhaustion came over me and I started to feel anxious about my ability to stand up long enough to go through the showering, drying and dressing process. So I got out. Managed to stand up through the whole process, which took 30 minutes, taxi home. I now feel absolutely fine, not tired at all, but pleasantly relaxed.
Have not eaten since last evening. Having a pint of tea now, and in an hour or so I will have some slices of roast pork (alone, no carbs). I am defrosting two salmon fillets for dinner later.
My friend Paul says that I am doing this 60 minutes of cardio for 7 days experiment deliberately to "prove" that exercise does not help weight loss. Yes I have demanded an apology because not only is it stupid it is also an insult to me.
If I were to lose, say, 5lb by next Monday, I would be so happy and excited that I would continue to go daily until I have lost 100lb. If no weight loss, I will continue in my usual routine of going only once or twice a week, as I have for twelve years.
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