Walking Tour

19Jul10

I had a bit of a slow weekend.  It was spent trying to recover my energy from what I presume was the Botox shots that had drained it.  Since we had promised the kids a movie on Thursday, we were going to try both Saturday and Sunday to go, but I still wasn’t up to it – we had very disappointed kids, so we decided to take them today and keep them home one day from day camp.  They thought this was a great idea.  I tried to workout both Saturday and Sunday as well, but has lousy luck (although I probably shouldn’t blame luck in this, it was mostly my body).  My legs just wouldn’t work – I swear I was asking them to go one place and they’d go another, I had foot cramps, I was tired, and I swear my whole body was pouting.  I texted my sister last night – she is amazing and has lost about 70 lbs in the last year.  She said that I should focus on what I do and not what I don’t accomplish.  Even if I walk a sixteenth of a mile, I should celebrate the burning of those 12 calories and not berate myself for fatty eating too much cake.  She is a wise, wise woman. 

Anyhoo, I and the hubby took the kids to the movie today and planned to do some walking around the mall while we were at it.  I gladly strapped on my pedometer to see how many steps I would get in, just to have an idea.  Dr. Oz says we should aim for 10,000 steps per day – that’s not going to happen anytime soon, but I’d like to know just where I stand.  (so to speak).  We saw the movie, ate lunch and did some shopping.  My back was killing me – and I mean I had to get someone to take off my shoes when we got home because I couldn’t bend over to do it.  I’m so tired right now I can barely type.  We left the house at 11:00 a.m. and left the mall at 4:45, granted we had some sitting time (and plenty of it) but we had to have walked for at least an hour in there somewhere, right?  I peeled off my pedometer when we got home and found the number 219 on it.  I’ve walked 219 steps today.  How long do I have to go to do 10,000 steps?  OMG, I don’t even want to think about it.  The amount of breakthrough medication (ie, pain medication I have to take to bridge the gap between my regular dose and the pain I’m feeling when I’m active – endorsed by my doc of course, but within limits) I’d have to take is just frightening me. 

I’m hoping something is wrong with my pedometer, and maybe I didn’t do it right.  I’m going shopping again tomorrow as a precursor to the doctor’s appointment I have in the afternoon.  I will skip the Wii Fit workout because I will have an active enough day to fill all my requirements for activity, but I’m going to be wearing that pedometer and maybe re-read the directions.

Be well.

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