walk three times a week

I walked today! I’m hoping I can keep it up!

Once the hubby is off to work I’m going to do a thirty minute walk around my apartment complex. I just hope it’s not a one time thing. I want to stick with it!

Since the beginning of May, I have been doing extraordinarily well on this goal. Well, since the real beginning of May was cloudy, snowy, and rainy, I suppose that should read the “middle of May”. I’ve been getting out and going for a walk two or three times a week for the past 3 weeks, even during the grey. I’m having a hard time working through the post-work laziness that hits me when I get home every day, but I really want to move past this goal and onto another one, and I think that with some new headphones (my current ones are broken), continued good weather, and a little extra kick in the pants, I can do this. Wish me luck!

walked today

Okay, so the previous week was a letdown (only two twenty-minute walks) but I did get out three times from November 2 to November 8. I don’t know why it’s so hard for me to do this goal. I think it’s partly because I enjoy using my free time to do things sitting down and not walking around. But I also think I have good intentions but then procrastinate, so when something goes wrong and I miss a day of walking, I don’t have the time to make it up. So I think if I shift my attitude to do some walking earlier in the week, then I won’t let myself down. And maybe I’ll even go walking more than three times? Anything can happen.

It’s not even Sunday and I’ve taken three walks of at least 20 minutes this week: 30 minutes on Tuesday, 25 minutes on Thursday, and 21 minutes today. I have to say, I’m not exactly loving it; walking is not my idea of fun times, particularly if it’s just around my neighborhood or up and down Whyte Ave. But it’s physical activity even if it is non-strenuous, and I am getting through more podcasts and books-on-tape than I normally would. So I guess I have that going for me.

I didn’t get walking much last week: a lot of my free time was taken up by the aftermath of a death in the family. So last week was a write-off. But I’ve already gotten one day under my belt for this week; I went for a 22-minute walk when I got home from work today, and I’m pretty sure I can fit two more walking sessions into the next five days. Pretty sure. Then again, I am a great procrastinator.

Aside from walking to work or practice, which doesn’t count, I probably walk zero times a week. Hell, I get regular exercise zero times a week. And since I don’t hate walking, exactly, this seems like a good place to start. The goal’s a little flexible, though, so I’m going to make a small change to it, in the body of this entry: walk for twenty minutes, three times a week.

(I’m adding this and two other fitness goals because they’re the ones I’m going to have the most problems with. Watching movies and making lists is easy; travelling and spending money aren’t as easy but are a breeze compared to tackling my pathological hatred for exercise, fitness, and physical activity. But my wife says she wants me to be alive for a long time, and considering my dad had his first heart attack at just over forty, I’d better smarten up. If it wasn’t for her, though, I’d probably just let things slip even more. Because I really hate exercising. I don’t know if I mentioned that…)

First one down. Just got back from a walk and now I’ll stretch so all done!

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