"I must say thank god for nerddette she could talk under water and I know she could cause she talks while climbing Everest every morning."
Yes the walking is great. We started about three weeks ago - apparently it takes a month to make a habit of it. People tell me I've already lost weight; I wouldn't know because I don't own bathroom scales and never will. I do however feel my clothes are less tight and I have heaps more energy.
I think ms-do asked me jokingly one day "do you want to join me walking in the mornings?" and was surprised when I responded in the affirmative. We started walking around my neighbourhood but it was as flat as Paris Hilton's chest and not doing a great deal so we changed tack and started walking around ms-do's area.
As described in her entry, there are about 7 or 8 killer hills. We measured the distance in the car the other day and it was around 5 kilometres but really that doesn't do justice to the Everest climbs. I've often pondered how much I would have to lobby the council to install a chair lift on that last one.
Walking (read: climbing) in the mornings has changed my life in a number of ways. My whole daily timetable has changed. I'm up at 5.15am and, conscious of the need to get up I go to bed around 11pm. This also matches what I do in the evenings. I am over the internet! So many hours spent surfing and chatting and wasting time over at least six years now. There is more to life than that. I still love my ADSL connection and have no intentions of changing that, but now I only use it for my diary, my email and contributing to forums.
I never expected to lose weight when I decided to start walking with ms-do. It appears to be happening, and I guess that's a good thing, but if it stopped going away I would still walk. The fresh morning air, the opportunity to talk non-stop for an hour, the invigoration of the blood pumping through my muscles when I get back ... it's all part of feeling better about myself and my life. I feel as though I'm taking an active role in making my life better.
I was called the other day by a Market Research company who asked, amongst other things obviously, "How often do you exercise?" I was able to say "Five Hours a Week!" I nearly screamed it down the phone to the poor guy, but it still felt good. Three weeks ago I would have had to mumble.. um never?
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