June 16th, 2020

Yesterday was my second day of the 12 week body transformation program I am doing.

This photo was taken alongside our camp.

Today I did part of my fitness assessment. 

Instead of doing the 400-meter jog, planned as my 'final burst', for the day I did a timed one-kilometre run. 

This was supposed to be timed on a flat surface and done at the same place ever four weeks, and I am in the mountains, there is nowhere flat in Tarra Valley or surroundings, so I took the last timed trial I did as my starting entry level.  I recorded 8.8 minutes for 1 kilometre last November, on the flat, pushing myself as hard as I possibly could.

I also did my ‘’how many push ups could I do in one-minute test and I disappointed myself by collapsing in a heap after 15 push ups from the knees and 35 seconds 

The caravan step and those adjustable weights were my primary exercise equipment for day two.

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That is Reg, beside the campfire at our camp, eating the Thai Curry, I cooked as our evening meal, yesterday. It was delicious and HOT.

With Reg and Indigo relaxing today beside Tarra River and our caravan home, I did three sets of fifty step ups on to those caravan steps in the photo, holding those weights.  Reg was most impressed, reminding me that a few years ago I could not have stepped onto those steps without holding on to the door handle and hauling myself up to them, or asking for help.

I also told myself that if I thought three sets of 50 step ups and down, were hard to do, I would need to be fit enough to do 2,500 of those step ups if I was to be fit enough to climb to the top of the Pinnacle in the Grampians Victoria, ever again :-). Wouldn't that be a thrill to achieve once more?

I did the series of upper and lower body weight exercises; I have been doing on alternate days, since last May, I just upped the intensity a little, doing three sets of eight each.

Day's Healthy Menu

300 to 350 Calorie Breakfast.
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Half a large banana, 1/3 punnet blueberries, 8 strawberries, 30 gram of Aldi organic Muesli, 100 gram of low fat, unsweetened, live culture, natural Greek style, yogurt.

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100 to 150 Calorie Snacks x two, Morning and afternoon tea: 
Morning Snack was: -Fresh summer harvest juicy white flesh, peach and a few sesame seeds and the skim milk powder I add to my morning coffees. 
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Afternoon snack, (see photo) was a mixed salad with my favorite measured quantity, Paul Newman, Classic Salad Dressing on it and the skim milk in my afternoon cup of teas.

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