Fitness Log #198 And Friday Firsts

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over 3 years, and plan to continue doing so.

I started the Friday Firsts sections as a way of keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. Things seem to be settling down, but I will keep it for now–more as a way to be aware and thankful of what is happening in my life.

Friday Firsts

This week’s firsts:

  1. I had the pleasure of working with one of my favorite resident teams in years.
  2. For the first time since 2019, I ate a meal with my team (masks were off in the team room!)
Woman playing a lute, with pipes, a violin and her music on a table. A song bird stands on the chair behind her, organ pipes line the wall to her left.
A woman in a long white dress holds a large sketchbook in her lap as she sits in an empty studio. In the window behind her, a couple stands on the balcony of a distand building
A woman reading with a book on her lap
We had an all-female team with all the talents…

Fitness Log

The goal is to get 150 minutes of moderate exercise, of which (ideally) 60 minutes should build strength (yoga counts); if I am working in the hospital, my goal is just 90 minutes, which is a more realistic stretch during those busy days.

How did I do?

  • Saturday:  No exercise today.
  • Sunday:  Walked part-way home, 20 minutes.
  • Monday: No exercise today.
  • Tuesday: Walked part-way home, 20 minutes.
  • Wednesday: Considered walking home, but the weather was not cooperating.
  • Thursday: A long frustrating day, no exercise.
  • Friday: Walked part-way home from work today, 20 minutes.

Total: 60 minutes walking, so definitely not at goal. But more than last week, and I’m done with hospital work for a few months (so no excuses going forward!)