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November 4 Exercise? Yes! (3km walk in 26mins) In budget? Yes Tracking? Yes Short walk in the drizzle. Glad to get out. My wife has permission to throw me out of the house to walk once a day. Need to walk for my mental health as much as my physical health.

November 3 Exercise? Yes! (3km walk in 26mins) In budget? Yes Tracking? Yes Internet outage last night, could only post next day. Nice to be back. Thank you for all the welcome back messages. My wife and I had lunch with friends (we consider these friends family). First time we have been able to do that legitimately in…

November 2 Exercise? Yes! (5km walk in 43mins) In budget? Yes Tracking? Yes Back from a long hiatus. Hope to be sharing more in the near future.

Hi. Short introduction. I used to be a regular here, but life took a turn and I had to take some time away. I'm a 52yo father of one and husband to a lovely wife. I am also amid a major depressive episode at present. I find I need things like UAC to keep me in touch. Having some daily goals helps me. Look forward to…

This is just an FYI for when I post more here. I am currently battling an episode of MDD (major depressive disorder). I am on medication for it and having sessions with a psychologists. It will likely be a long road to recovery for me. Some of my posts may be overly self critical. If so, please pull me up on it. Short post…

June 1 Exercised: No (no walk, rain most of the day) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Coldest and wettest start to June here since 1943. Between work and weather was unable to get out to walk. Keeping Austin (our 9 week old german shepherd pup) indoors all day was a trying exercise. Unfortunately his barking stresses my daughter…

May 31 Exercised: No (expected though) Tracked: No Budget: No Visited my parents today. First time in over 4 months. So good to catch up with them again. Easing of COVID restrictions meant family visits are now permitted. They are 90 minutes away by car, and we usually see them at least every month when they are home…

May 30 Exercised: No (don't ask :) ) Tracked: Yes Budget: No I thought weekends were supposed to be rest days. Another 4:00am start with puppy, sleep till 9:00, frantically get a drone flyable (only one), then to field by midday. First flight, broke an arm of the drone. 20 mins to replace arm, then 2 flights later had a…

@dsgoingtodoit. Thank you for the tips. I am in Melbourne AUS. This the first dog in our family. We know we know very little about raising and training dogs and are happy to receive any advice and help we can get. Austin is fed at least twice a day. He also gets a lot of "treats" during training to sit, stay, drop, bring,…

May 29 Exercised: Yes (5km in 37 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: No Thank you for all the messages yesterday. Was really well appreciated. Busy day today. 4:00am start with puppy, sleep till 8:00, puppy walk, then work, then psychologist appointment, my walk and then dinner with friends (who is also a dog trainer),…

UAC is probably one of the best kept secrets on MFP. It is a fabulous supportive community around the deceptively toughest challenge on MPF. Anyone can keep up an exercise routine for a week or two or do a massive catch-up to keep in the game. It is MUCH harder to do something positive for your health every day. UAC is…

May 28 Exercised: Yes (7.5km in 64 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Maybe Managed to get a walk in before dark. Days are getting shorter here in Melbourne. I will not be in the May winners circle. (not a surprise)

May 17 Exercised: Yes (7.5km in 63 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Long walk finished on dusk. Poor sleep last night (restless leg syndrome), so slept another 4 hours in the middle of the day. Medication really knocking me about. Yesterday did the same walk, but was really hard to get motivated to move and was a…

May 15 Exercised: Yes (3km in 22 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Short walk right on dusk. Yesterday I managed 5km in 37 mins. Sorry to not post yesterday. Started a new anti-depressant yesterday and it is already making me very tired. Taking doses now only immediately before sleep. NSV. I am still posting. I am…

@RangerRickL. Sorry I missed posting on the 14th. I started on a new anti-depressant (mirtazapine) at 8:00pm. By 9:30pm I was unable to stay awake. It is still knocking me around. Will persist for a week before making a final decision to keep taking or try yet another one. This is the 3rd to try. The first, the side…

May 13 Exercised: Yes (5km in 37 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Fast walk again. Needed. Keeps me sane.

@Hollis100. Good find. Also true that 1/4 pound (or 100g or so) is carbon in carbon dioxide. The other 1/4 pound is water vapor (expiration as opposed to perspiration or urination). Exhaled air is warmer and more humid that the inhaled air. Respiration is crucial to weight loss. Fat in the body is generally metabolised…

@KCJen. You are always welcome here. This is irrespective of the number of pass days. The purpose of UAC is forming healthy habits and support in forming those habit. We all mes up at times. UAC is here to help you get back on track again. Tomorrow is always another day. Work on making that day count.

May 12 Exercised: Yes (5km in 37 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Another quick time for my 5km walk. Was pushing hard due to not being able to walk yesterday. Yesterday was a bad mental day for me. Today was better. In Victoria COVID restrictions are being eased slightly as of midnight. This will allow my daughter…

May 10 Exercised: Yes (5km in 37 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Managed to miss the rain for my walk. Quick time for the 5km. One of my fastest. Good Mothers day. Late night and forgot to post. Take away Japanese banquet (cannot eat in due to restrictions).

May 9 Exercised: Yes (no - rain - pass day) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Wet day Saturday, did not get out to walk. Could not bring myself to do bodyweight either. Mothers Day in Australia tomorrow.

May 8 Exercised: Yes (7.5km walk in 60 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Biggest news of the day for me is that the blockage in the artery in my eye seems to have cleared. The ophthalmologist was unable to see the arterial blockage. Also, the shadow over my peripheral vision in my right eye is much fainter than ever…

May 7 Exercised: Yes (7.5km walk in 61 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Fastest walk to date on the 7.5km trail. 60 mins, 40 seconds. Would be nice to beat 60 mins. Returned holter monitor this morning. All seemed fine in first look at a data. Will find out full results in a couple of weeks at the TIA clinic.…

Working on that. btw. contraindications are not side effects, they are actually medications that actively clash. The 3rd AD has no contraindications against the other medications I an taking (asprin, statins). I am likely to start the 3rd AD in a couple of weeks (once the current AD is fully out of my system). The reported…

May 6 Exercised: Yes (7.5km walk in 62 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Faster walk today. Wearing holter monitor. They did not ask for a max heart rate test, but they got one anyway. Echocardiogram today. They did also check for hole in heart too (bubble test), no hole. Nothing serious found yet. They are trying to…

May 5 Exercised: Yes (7.5km walk in 65 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Better day today than yesterday. Nice weather. Good to get out. Echocardiogram tomorrow morning and then 24 hour heart monitoring with a holter monitor. Looking for the source of the branch arterial occlusion (mini-stroke) in my right eye that…

May 4 Exercised: No (unintentional pass day) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes No internet yesterday and most of today. 38 hour scheduled outage that we were never informed about. Also, there is no mobile coverage in the house, so alternate forms of connectivity were also unavailable. Unable to go anywhere (government COVID…

May 2 Exercised: Yes (20 mins bodyweight) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Weather has been bad (raining) here for the last 4 days. No walking. In fact wettest start to the year on record for Melbourne. Even though I have not reported in for a few days, I have been tracking and doing exercise (except May 1, not enough energy to do…

April 25 Exercised: Yes (7.5km in 75 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Earlier walk, 10 minute stop off to chat to another walker. He encouraged me to look into competitive race walking (senior or masters level). However I walk primarily to keep in shape. If I made it competitive, then the change in mindset could be…

April 25 Exercised: Yes (7.5km in 75 mins - hills) Tracked: Yes Budget: Yes Earlier walk, 10 minute stop off to chat to another walker. He encouraged me to look into competitive race walking (senior or masters level). However I walk primarily to keep in shape. If I made it competitive, then the change in mindset could be…