Each week I have been logging my exercise. Mostly this is an exercise for myself; it has, on occasion, prompted me to get up and move (“for the blog”).
It is also meant for encouragement, in case a busy reader wants to know how other people get their recommended exercise; I don’t think it’s easy to get enough exercise these days, and I think it does people a disservice to imply that it is. Our lives are busy, and yet, you have to take care of your health.
Each week I have been logging my exercise. Mostly this is an exercise for myself; it has, on occasion, prompted me to get up and move (“for the blog”). It is also meant for encouragement, in case a busy reader wants to know how other people get their recommended exercise; I don’t think it’s easy, and I think it does people a disservice to imply that it is. Our lives are busy.
Due to a technical glitch (aka: not finishing the post before leaving home), I did not post last Friday. I will therefore post on two weeks of progress this time.
Each week I have been logging my exercise. Mostly this is an exercise for myself; it has, on occasion, prompted me to get up and move (“for the blog”). It is also meant for encouragement, in case a busy reader wants to know how other people get their recommended exercise; I don’t think it’s easy, and I think it does people a disservice to imply that it is. Our lives are busy.
And yet, you have to take care of your health. It’s not any easier if you are the doctor rather than the patient.
I was so proud of getting back on track with blogging. All I had to do Thursday night was put a photo in here and press publish. And then the power went out.
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 was doing well enough that in February I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week, which remains a challenge.
The last 2 weeks, I did walk part way home most days of the week, but didn’t quite meet my 150 minute challenge. As for the strength training, that didn’t happen at all. I was very excited to start exercising again this week. As I was off the ACP (Amercian College of Physicians) meeting, I was pretty sure I’d be walking plenty: in the convention center, for sure, if not also around the City of Brotherly Love.
William Penn looks out from the top of city hall. It was clearly a morning for indoor exercise.
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 was doing well enough for a few weeks that I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week; but then I backslid like crazy. I did turn things around, but long hours in the hospital can make things challenging.
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 was doing well enough that I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week; but then I backslid like crazy. I did turn things around, but the strength training remains a challenge.
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 was doing well enough that I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week; but then I backslid like crazy.
This week I make a comeback, with a huge improvement in my time spent exercising. I think the longer days have a lot to do with this, and also my embarrassment as I kept documenting weeks with less and less time spent exercising.
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 was doing well enough that I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week; I totally backslid after a tough two weeks (bad weather, draining rotation in the hospital).
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 was doing well enough that I added a second goal of 60 minutes of strength training a week; I’m still working my way up to that part of the goal.
