Mrs. G's Journey to Better Health

For the past few days Garmin has been having problems so I was not accurately tracking and logging my walk. I knew the distance but the time was approximate. Today was I wasn't sure if my Garmin tracker would work, but I started it up and went for my walk. Well, my normal path was altered so I had to approximate the distance. When trying to establish a new healthy habit, or any new habit for that matter, it takes on average 66 days. I may not be exact on how far I walked or how long it took, but I sure do know I have walked 7 out of past 8 days. Just because I missed one day, it's no reason to throw in the towel. In the long run... in 66 days, missing a day or two won't matter because I WILL have established a new healthy habit. One component needed to loose weight is more movement. I need to move more. I am not ready for strenuous exercise but I can walk. I do not have to sprint, run, or jog, I just need to move more. Walking is perfect for me right now. Knowing exactly ho

Today I did not feel like going out for a walk. I felt like everything is an uphill battle and I can't seem to get any traction. It's hot, my knee is bugging me, I'm not loosing any weight, I'm tired...*sigh* I reluctantly got up and went for my walk in a grumpy mood. It took my a few minutes to find earbuds and sync them to my phone. By this time, it didn't matter, I was going to go for my walk even if I had to drag my feet the whole way. I got my fitness tracker set and hit "go." I didn't know what I wanted to listen to. Music? Not really. I started the next episode of Doug Wood's podcast, but it was over an hour long and I was not going to walk for over an hour. I could start it and finish it later? Nawh. It would leave me with a feeling of not completing something else. Ugh. My goal was a mile. I checked the episode times, scanned my options and decided Rob Du Haime's episode #25 was an acceptable length, 31minutes. On my walk I got to he