Just because I am a doctor, and encourage patients every day to exercise, doesn’t mean that I don’t have my own issues with getting sufficient exercise. Long hours, tiring days, family obligations, illness: they are all stumbling blocks, no matter what your occupation.
I have been recording my exercise weekly, mostly to keep myself accountable for reaching my goal (sometimes this works, sometimes I miss). If anyone reads this, I hope they will take this as encouragement to keep going, acknowledgement that it isn’t always easy.
As a reminder, my goal 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 had wanted to work on strength training, but that fell by the wayside after several attempts to do this on my own. In September, I made arrangements to work with a trainer, as my last ditch attempt to incorporate this into my fitness regimen. We met again, and will be meeting weekly (barring work emergencies) for a bit.
- Saturday: A nice evening walk, 45 minutes.
- Sunday: Went to a party and walked home, 40 minutes.
- Monday: Walked part-way home, 27 minutes.
- Tuesday: Walked part-way home, 26 minutes.
- Wednesday: Worked out with the trainer for 30 minutes, then walked around the business district: 19 minutes.
- Thursday: No exercise today.
- Friday: Walked part-way home, 21 minutes.
Total: 178 minutes walking, and 30 minutes strength training. Verdict: Coming along. I’ll see how things go when I go back to supervising in the hospital…