Determined Walking Week

  • Although I've been 100% OP with the food part of the programme, my walking has been a bit hit and miss.

    I'd dearly love to lose 2lbs more by 30/06, which would mean a stone off, and the only way I can see to make that more possible is to focus on the walking.

    Day #1 (today)

    Didn't get time before work.
    Worked at home part of the day but too hot to walk.

    Late afternoon:
    Me: I should take that walk now. I'll take the Jack Russell.
    Meh: It's still hot.
    Me: I can't go later (after church tonight is too late to be walking without a purpose round here).
    Meh: You could have a pass today, start tomorrow.
    Me: No. I'm going. Where's the dog?
    Meh: What if you meet a dangerous dog? One dog's died this month already, you don't want to lose another one.
    Me: Why should I? I've never met so much a lippy poodle, never mind a dangerous dog.
    Meh: Well, it's that kind of area. (It is, kind of).
    Me: We're going.
    Meh: Don't say I didn't warn you.

    Darn it, if 10 minutes into the walk, we didn't meet a Rottweiler, whose youthful owners asked if mine was on the lead. Yes. I asked if it was OK if we went past (it was two lads, about 11 sitting on their steps holding, rather tightly, a large dog by its collar). I explained my dog was little and old. They said it was OK but for the next 100 yards or so, all I could hear was them going, Stay..... No..... Stay....

    I swear, sometimes I think I'm in an episode of the Truman Show, and people suck ideas out of my head and then make them happen. I've lived here 18 months and not met a single worrying dog.

    Anyway, all was good and we got home. It was only 20 minutes in the end but my endorphins are bouncing.

    Day #1, complete.
  • I am so proud of you my friend! Way to work it
  • good going! You have made a start now your on your way i myself have only just started walking... Thurs an friday last week - felt great! Missed yesterday, back on track today yay!
  • Good Job for going on your walk. Keep it up!
  • Yippee you did it - hopefully next time will be less adventerous! lol
  • Thanks guys!. Got today's in early, before it got too hot. 40 minutes this time, and dragging a shopping trolley behind me on the way home. I'm estimating but I think my shopping weighed about 15lbs (had a couple of reams of paper in there, as well as groceries). With the heat and the hill and the weight, I did have to stop and take on some water a couple of times.
    It's incredible to think that only 4 weeks ago, I was carrying most of that weight around, on my person..... wow.

    Anyway. Day #2, complete.
  • Walking her way to onderland... Good going!