I want to ride my bicycle

So after the fun and games of having to pay repeatedly to get a brand new bike to work properly, and practice aplenty to learn to ride again I gave my office/home route a go on Saturday.  Suffice to say, I was a much healthier teenager than I ever gave myself credit for.  My legs felt like lead by the time I got home, and it was certainly a good workout (but equally certainly more fun than sitting on an exercise bike).

The route I took Saturday was 1.9m each way, although that took me along several main roads I'd prefer to avoid.  I've figured out a route this morning that will avoid all the major roads and is 2.3m each way.  That'll put me at just under 5 miles a day on biking.  Should certainly make a difference, right?

Spent some time over the weekend talking to my Police friend about diet and got some input from him on some changes to make.  He's of the opinion that my gym difficulties are down to energy levels & carbs rather than protein/recovery, so I've shuffled a few things around and changed up a few bits so shall see how it goes.  He's also suggested I downsize what I do at the gym, break it down into less of a marathon session(s) while I'm still finding my way.

My goal is a simple one, to be able to maintain a regular exercise routine while cycling to and from work without dying.  The latter will just come with time.  The former is needing some tweaking, but I WILL get there.

My eating changes are conflicting a little with Weight Watchers, but I'll just have to wing it.  I ended Sunday some 22 points short of my daily allowance, which isn't ideal, but what can I do? What they call "normal" or "maintenance" allowance is 26 points a day, and I still had 22 points to use at 11pm while feeling quite full from the days consumption.  I get the impression Weight Watchers was never intended to be used in conjunction with an exercise/healthy lifestyle, they work on the assumption you're still going to be eating regular/unhealthy food, and just teach you portion control.

Shall see on Wednesday.  I intend to hit the gym tonight, but a slightly trimmer session. 

Normal session:
15 minutes walk/jog warmup
3 x 20 minutes cardio (selection of bike, hand bike, vario, cross trainer, rower, ski machine of death)
15 minutes walk cooldown
800-850 calories burned as a goal

Today I shall do:
15 minutes walk/jog
2 x 15 minutes cardio (with at least one being cross trainer, since it burns 8000000 times more calories)
15 minutes walk cooldown

That'll limit me to an hour.  On top of my cycle commute it should be good enough.  My swimming shorts finally arrived too, so the next step is 5am wake-up to swim before work.

Oh, can't remember if I mentioned before.  New surgery date of the 25th, so my aim is to really get things going properly before then, since I'll be knocked out for two weeks following that.