Morning walk - July 13, 2009

I didn't get up until 7am today. I looked for any excuse I could find to not go walking today. Blame it on the knee - nope, the knee wasn't hurting. Blame it on getting up late - nope, it still was only in the 60's. Blame it on picking up the wrong set of keys and having to go back into the house to get the right ones - nope, I could do that. I'm sure there were other things that I could have used as an excuse too (laundry, groceries, etc.). But in the end I talked myself into going for a walk and I'm glad that I did. My knee did just fine. The back of it hurt for a little while but after walking a bit it eased up. My back held up pretty good too. I thought I was going at a slower pace today but I came in just under 40 minutes again. I'm glad that I'm consistent with my walking.

There were a lot of people up there this morning and just as many dogs. They all were well behaved. On the way home I picked up my medicine for heartburn and a box of Cheerios. I had a bowl of Cheerios when I got home. I just took my morning meds so I'll probably fall asleep in a few minutes. I have an appointment with Marianne at noon today. I want to talk to her about me doing the right thing for my health. It's too easy for me to say 'yes' to junk food or not walking. I need to be able to do what is best for me and that is delaying the gratification. Being thinner and more healthy is far more of a reward than eating a candy bar. At least in theory it is. I've got to put that into practice though. These last 10 days I indulged myself at every opportunity. Honestly, I didn't want to keep saying 'no' to David and make his 10 days off miserable. So whatever he wanted I said 'sure'. That didn't help me out at all. I'm paying for it by not losing any weight and not feeling better during my walks. I know that will come but I feel like I wasted an opportunity this past week to be further along. It was a nice vacation. We did a lot of fun stuff but we also ate out too much and snacked too much and didn't walk nearly enough. But I'm getting back on track again today. Every day is a new opportunity for me to stay on track.

Anyway, it feels good to have my walk done even though I was looking for every excuse not to walk. I may not feel like walking but as long as I get out there and do it anyway, I'm doing okay.