I'm back on the wagon! Ok, that's a bad way to put it....I'm making a lifestyle change...again? Ugh. No matter how I word it I can't escape the pure fact that I've given up losing weight and getting healthy more times than I can count. I'm frustrated with my cycle and I want to keep it up this time.
I don't read a ton of blogs, but one that I enjoy is Babe before Baby and in this recent post she wrote about her weekly goal and then asked what ours was for the week. I could have listed a multitude of different goals...all of which I'm really trying to accomplish. But, since I didn't want to give a three page essay in her comments box, I chose the one that is making me feel the best so far. The goal is to walk at least three miles every day.
Three miles might not seem like much, but there are a couple of factors. A.) I have a back injury that I don't want to aggravate by over doing it. B.) I'm walking with a small dog and don't want to over do it for him! I'm also splitting the miles up into one mile jaunts to keep the impact down even more. I have read a couple of places that it doesn't matter when you get your work out in, as long as you get it done within the day.
I've been working on the daily walking for about five days now, but it has only been the last couple of days that I've gotten the three miles in. I'm not going to kill myself to get them in though, if we are gone for the day I'm not going to stuff three miles in at midnight and I'm going to listen to my body. I know the difference in ache and in pain, so if I feel pain I'll stop.
But I have to start somewhere. I gained seven pounds while I was on vacation and I am NOT pleased about that. Granted, I lost it all almost as soon as I got home, but still. No. Thank. You!
So...here's to my weekly goal!
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