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.
This week, I was feeling better, but my Fitbit went on the fritz (it needed a new battery). I have lots of guesstimates of how long I walked this week. Luckily, or unluckily, I still wasn’t back to my usual state of health, so the numbers (and errors) are small.
- Saturday: I went out for a little (nothing as vigorous as exercise) and was exhausted coming home. No exercise today.
- Sunday: I think I’m still recovering from whatever I had. It’s another lazy day spent indoors. I’m starting to think about starting up exercise this week, but plan to take it pretty easy. No exercise today either.
- Monday: I walked over to the coffee shop, slowly. 9 minutes walking.
- Tuesday: I worked, no exercise.
- Wednesday: My Fitbit battery croaked, so I am now guessing as far as counting my exercise. I took a short walk, probably 10 minutes.
- Thursday: Today was all work, no exercise. Again.
- Friday: The Fitbit still isn’t working. I had to do a lot of walking between buildings today. Based on prior experience, I’d guess I walked for 20 minutes over the day.
Total: 39 minutes walking , no yoga. As far as reaching my goal of 150 minutes per week of exercise, I’d say this week was another failure. In terms of my health, I was feeling much better, so I am less worried about missing my goal. I’m away next week, so I expect to meet my goal and even surpass it.