Accountability

Well, it turns out that telling you all that I am going to get up at 7am and go for a walk actually keeps me accountable!

Who would have thought?!

I cannot begin to describe how hard it was for me to get out of bed this morning... I kept trying to tell myself that I promised to go for a walk, and if I didn't actually go, it just wouldn't happen... followed by, its ok, go back to sleep, you need sleep, it's only walking and you can go for a walk later...

So, at 7:09am I got up and out of bed and got ready, so that I was out the door at 7:20am. I tell you, the first few steps were the hardest!! By the time I got out of bed and got ready, I then had to convince myself to actually leave the house!

But, leave the house I did.  My goal was 15 minutes, but while I was walking I decided I would aim for 20 minutes.  I am not sure if I am just not walking anymore, or what was wrong, but I had some pain in my left leg, and the right side of my right foot was also in a fair bit of pain... From memory I usually have these kinds of issues the first time I exercise in a while, so hopefully tomorrow I will be right to go and will be able to walk more.

Initially I had a time goal in mind (I reverted back to 15 minutes) and then I turned it into a distance goal, so I walked to the end of the block, turned around and walked back.  I am hoping to be able to walk the full 5km that I have mapped out.

In the end, I had:

• Walked for 18 minutes
• Burned 183 calories
• Walked for 1.75km