Mrs. G's Journey to Better Health

For the month of August I set out to focus on walking 20-45mins with a distance of 1 to 2 miles, with the of walking intentionally at least 5-6 days out of 7.  I'm 17 days in and this is my record.   It takes roughly 66 days to establish a new habit. I'm pleased to say I'm 25% of the way there. In fact, I am starting to feel this habit change me. Today I was not able go for my walk at my preferred time. The day started to get hotter. It would have been easy to skip today, but I did not. I went for my walk. During my walk I saw one of the fire department helicopters. We currently have the Ranch 2 Fire burning up above Azusa. There are people being placed on alert for potential evacuations, the fire men and women are out there in this heat, wearing so many layers of clothing, getting a workout carrying hoses, and add to that the heat waves from the fire itself... they get up and do the work needed to be done. I shifted my mindset and got going on my walk. I have to keep at ...

It’s not my Day 1 but it is August’s Day 1 of 31. Started my day off with a new water bottle intended for my walks only, had my morning shake, took a walk and took my measurements ( 😕 ). It is what it is... Day 1 of 31 for August. In 31 days I will see and feel progress.  I have mastered drinking at least 64 oz of plain water, sleeping 7-8 hours a night, and logging everything (good or bad) so for the next 31 days, including today, I want to focus on walking 20-45mins with a distance of 1 to 2 miles; the goal is to walk intentionally at least 5-6 days out of 7.   It’s been hot in my neck of the woods with temperatures over 95F all week. Today is August 1st and, yes, it’s hot. I couldn’t start off Day 1 by not walking. So I wanted to get up early. Well, I did not get up as early as I wanted to, but I did get up earlier than I have been doing. That’s a win. Had my morning shake. That’s another win. I got me a new water bottle yesterday. I didn’t need one, but I got one spe...