Living ~400lbs

Category: Walking

  • Hm. Not sure if this is good or bad…

    On the one hand, going a week without a walk isn’t something I’m thrilled with.  Being inconsistent with exercise is part of how I’ve screwed up my knees in the past. On the other hand, it IS nice that when I finally went for a walk this evening (at 10pm, after work, hoping it would…

  • As if the Biggest Loser wasn’t bad enough…

    Now VH1 is doing a version where you not only have to take off work during filming (if your employer allows it) and follow questionable weight-loss procedures but you also have to pay to $10,000 participate! Most people who have trouble losing weight suffer from a lack of motivation. Now twelve overweight teams enter a…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] Surviving crunch mode so far. Hanging out with a friend tonight. Tomorrow is Friday.   ;) I walked up the ramp to our seats at the stadium last weekend instead of taking the elevator. Vitty10 put 2 of my posts on her Fat Acceptance Greatest Hits ;)

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Upcoming 3-day weekend. 2) Being able to ask for help. 3) Taking time for breakfast. 4) I do have clothes that fit and know where to buy more if I need them (and I caught up on Fatcast yesterday). 5) Exercise is continuing to mean that walking is just walking,…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] This Thursday I’m especially thankful for: Interesting conversations about OA, trusting medical practitioners, and fat acceptance. Figuring out how to update a friend’s website despite no prior experience in the content management system it’s setup with or the language the site is using. Exercising regularly isn’t hurting.  I realize this may be…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] Things I am thankful for this week: Lesley of Fatshionista is in Newsweek, and it’s being read. Went to the Sounders game with the man of the house on Saturday, parked 1/2 mile from the stadium (cheaper parking) and had no problems with the walking. The game was fun, too! Survived…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Thus far this year’s allergy season isn’t bothering me as much as last years. Yay allergy meds! 2) The man of the house brought me a home-cooked dinner at work. Stuffed chicken breasts, salad, and garlic toast. Yum! 3) Continuing exercise is relaxing and “hey I can do more”, not…

  • An “Oh!” Moment

    Today I was reflecting on the history of my knee/leg problems, starting with injuring my right leg and knee when I started an exercise program in July of 07.  I attributed this to starting with a more strenuous program than I could handle. Why did I start an exercise program in July of 07?  Because:…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1)   I’m much better at managing long hours at work than I used to be. 2)  The daily walk is getting easier. 3)  I’ve really been appreciating the toaster oven at work for heating things like burritos and pizza. 4)  Tax refund arrived. 5)  The man of the house, for…

  • Sometimes Exercise isn’t Fun

    Monday’s walk, for example. I started off creaky and achy and it got worse.  No sudden sharp pain, nothing bad enough to tell me that I had injured myself.  Just an collection of uncomfortable aches and pains that I felt wimpy to complain about and yet couldn’t stop myself from complaining about. I sped up…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Shared laughter and delight. 2) A friend dropping off Seanan McGuire’s new book, A Local Habitation. 3) I’m continuing to go for short walks every day, supplemented with leg lifts and extra stairs.  It’s not getting easier fast, but it’s not getting harder, either. 4) Amazon had chocolate-covered cashewson sale.…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1)  I did one of my shorter walking routes at work yesterday.  A little over a third of a mile, but longer than I walked yesterday and Tuesday.  Kept reminding myself to keep my stride short (long strides irritate my hip) and that I’m supposed to be easing back into…

  • What’s Up With You?

    Hi y’all. Feel like it’s been a while since I had a real post. So. Still here. Still fat. What’s changed: Started walking again. The hip pain I referenced about 10 days ago?  Still here.  Still decreasing, thank heavens, but still here.  I took nearly two weeks off from walking every day.  I have begun…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) The cold I had that kept me out of work for a week and low energy for another?  Mostly gone! 2) Getting to be the able-bodied one this weekend.  A friend was visiting who’d injured his back, so I was doing the lifting, opening doors, going into the grocery store…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Walking more regularly has been improving my ability to walk.  I walked a lot more today than usual, without pain. 2) Getting over the cold that kept me out of work last week.  I may still cough, but I do have energy now. 3) I did let being sick…

  • Thankful Thursday

    [a not-always-weekly exercise in gratitude] 1) Orange-mango-banana smoothies, or at least the one I had on the way home today.  I seem to be coming down with something — headache, a bit of a sore throat, some coughing and sneezing, very little appetite.  I left work a bit early because I was feeling worse.  Partway…

  • One Little Commitment

    Just one.  I’m not a person for New Year’s Resolutions, and yet … I seem to have made a commitment to myself.  And to my knees.  It’s just one thing, it only takes about 30-60 minutes a day, and yet it seems to have completely eaten my brain. What is it? Going.  For a walk.  Every.  Day. Not…