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 were supposed to be meeting weekly, until I was grounded (doctor’s orders) last week. Hopefully we can resume in a few weeks after a check up.
- Saturday: I went on a lovely walk for 54 minutes. I had such a good time, I wrote a blog post about it.
- Sunday: Today I met up with a friend. We walked to a museum, then to a coffee shop, then back. All told, 60 minutes of walking.
- Monday: The work day was long and then it was dark. No walking today.
- Tuesday: Same deal as Monday.
- Wednesday: Walked around the hospital complex, and then walked part-way home (before dark!). I was surprised to see a total of 51 minutes logged on my Fitbit.
- Thursday: I had an event to attend, which was on my way home. I got a lift from my usual spot. Total walked was 30 minutes.
- Friday: I walked part-way home, 21 minutes.
Total: 216 minutes walking. Verdict: Doing well.