walk 500 miles in two months

i have a bad case of psoriasis right now and it’s made a big, painful crack in my foot. so i can’t walk much and i’m on a lot of painkillers so i don’t want to do too much anyway. but anyway, that’s why i’ve stopped posting. i’ll try the goal again later.

i only did 5 miles today, but in my defense i’m really sore from not walking much the past few months. i’ll try to meet my goal tomorrow, but it depends on how i feel i suppose.

i’m pretty sore from yesterday, but i’m going to get in at least four miles today. i’m still pulling for eight, but my leg started to hurt last night when i was doing my last set. i’m off to try for four though and if i can do that, i’ll do another four tonight.

i did a total of eight miles today (one two mile session and two three mile sessions) and i feel pretty good. the last set got kind of boring because it was dark and i was waiting for a phone call that never came so i didn’r wear my headphones. tomorrow i’m going to try two four hour sessions. i think it’ll just be simpler that way. i’ll getting over sooner (since there will be less breaks in between walks) and feel better since i’ll only have to go down there twice. anyway, i’m feeling pretty good about this right now and i hope i can stick with it.

i thought about it and, realistically, i don’t have enough time in the day right now to do it all in one month, so i switched to two months. that means about eight miles a day, which is much more managable. the running is helping too. i did two miles in about 35 minutes. in less than half an hours i’m going to do at least two more miles, though i’m hoping i can do four so i only have two more to do this evening. my biggest problem is that i need to stop every couple of hours to pee. especially when i’ve been running (i also have to hold my boobs when i run because i can’t wear anything tight right now, like a sports bra, or my scar will be flat).

i’m hoping the walking/running will help me sleep better too. they say exercise is good for helping you sleep normally (as long as you don’t do it too close to when you want to sleep) and i’m sick of taking antihistimines to fall asleep (okay, i also take them because i itch from livinh in such a dry place right now, but i don’t like them because i alway feel hung over after i take them) and still not getting to bed till at least one am.

i’ll post at the end of each day with how much i did that day and the title will be the total i’ve gone to date. i’m hoping to be pretty consistant and even on days when i have other things i need to do i want to at least get in a couple of miles. once i build up a bit more stamina and can run farther and all that i hope to add a couple of extra miles to my daily total. mabee ten or twelve miles. sixteen a day would be great but it really depends on if i have the time for it. it’s too bad there’s no one else with this goal because i could really use some cheering on and someone to perhaps push me harder to stick with my goal. i guess i’ll just rely on friends and family and hope the push me the way i should be pushed.

only time on the treadmill counts on this because it’s the only way i can track it. all other walking is just extra. this is an effort to lose weight quickly and hopefully improve my blood sugar (i’m also trying to give up sweets).

if i walk about sixteen miles a day that brings me to about 500 miles in a month. there may be some days when i’ll have to do less, but for the most part i’m dedicated to doing this every day since i happen to have all the time in the world, save for appointments. i figure i’ll start breaking it up into four mile incrimates and then work up to two eight mile sessions a day. since i’m also working on running i’ll run some of it too which will, if nothing else, make the time go by faster.

anyway, i’m starting tomorrow and i’ll try to post pretty regularly so i can track my progress. and i fully admit that this goal was inspired by my vanity that i want to be even smaller than i am now. it’s still a good goal. but now i’m just going on because i like the sound of the keys hitting or something. i’m going to bed so i can start working on my goals tomorrow.