I was chatting with my friend Bob last night and this morning and I finally convinced myself to get busy and take some action regarding getting and staying fit. I weigh too darn much, my waistline has expanded to the point I have nearly new clothes that don’t fit me and it’s a pretty easy to prove fact that just sitting at the leyboard hour after hour is doing nothing good for my cardi-vascular health.
I’m not a gym person and I don’t have much interest in swimming (there’s no place nearby for that anyway) and other structured forms of exercise, so I’m falling back on two old standbys.
First I will walk in my neighborhood each and every morning that weather permits … which is most mornings. Today was no exception. I went out at 8:55 and walked fairly briskly to the park nearby on Zeus Street, around the corner wher it joins Fuse Street where I took this picture (picture will follow, there’s a technical issue right now) of a building project underway. This is the same owner as a project also close by that I featured in the past … how building decently constructed multi-family housing seemed a good idea to me as a long term investment and a legacy to live on for family after one is gone. I’ll try to get more info on this particular project, it’s being well constructed … much more steel thna usual and I hear a rumor it’s almost all rented out already at prices well above the typical rental for a single house and lot.
I then proceeded down to Ampere Street and walked back home along Network Road. Got back in the house about 9:28 … turns out it was alittle farther than I would have guess … 1,75 km and according to my online calculator here it burned 200 calories.
It was cool, breezy and pretty much cloded over this morning, most days I will need to do this walk well befor 9 as it will be too hot then.
Later, just before I wrote this post I did 50 steps on my stepper that I keep next to the computer desk, I’m going to try to make sure I do at least 100 steps a day for a while and then ramp that up a bit. Stepping is easy for me, a lot of people don’t like it, but I enjoy it.
OK that’s the A to Z (Athena to Zeus) news for today, now on to bigger adventures.
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Hi Dave, Sounds like a good plan and one we should all be doing. If I walk though, I have to get out there earlier before it gets too hot and sunny for me!
You won’t feel it is too hot and sunny intil about 9 or 10 am today or the past couple days … it’sdown to about 18 .. almost cool enough that I’ll need socks and a long sleeve shirt.
Way to go, Dave. I haven’t exercised now for a looong time. Am feeling the sluggishness, and all the guilt. I hate running, walking and all that – so boring for me. What I really like are aerobic classes – but that is a ferry ride away for me. Used to do this 5-6 days a week in Vancouver, and it gets addicting, and is a real good stress-reliever. Here, at least it is an air-conditioned room – you should try it. More and more men now are doing it – and you can work at your own pace. Good to meet others too
That’s one of the advantages of being a foreigner ove rbeing in your home country. To me, so many things are new, every day. I really hate walking and exercise … maybe no ‘hate’ but I don’t like them … and I can’t deal with gyms and other commercial health paces. But a walk does have many benefots and you have to agree it desn’t require much in the way of equipment or prep time.