One of the favorite things I have heard from a patient is: you’re a doctor, you don’t have to worry about blood pressure. Implying, of course, that doctor’s don’t struggle with their health.
I most certainly do struggle with fitness and health, like many other Americans with sedentary jobs and a proclivity to eat treats. One of my goals is to make sure that I get my 150 minutes a week of moderate exercise (or 75 minutes of high intensity exercise, which probably won’t happen). I will see for how long I am willing to document my progress Saturday to Friday.
I am starting with a winning week:
- Saturday: an 80 minute yoga class and a walk to and from the shops, which was another 52 minutes.
- Sunday: a walk with my husband after coffee but before breakfast for 67 minutes.
- Monday: walked part-way home (the easy part), for 41 minutes.
- Tuesday: left early, with the goal of exercising. But the weather was bad. Zero minutes exercising.
- Wednesday: walked to and from work, 94 minutes.
- Thursday: Long day at 2 hospitals, zero minutes exercising.
- Friday: Walked partway home (again, the easy part) for 30 minutes.
Total: 364 minutes. Big win!