Tuesday

Ok Folks....I did something this morning I haven't done in years. I've been wanting to try it for a while. I walked 4.5 miles!!  (I've only been doing 1.5 miles at a time) Ever since my minor back surgery in January, subsequent back-aches here and there, heel issues, knee issues, I've been either chicken or too lazy to try pushing it.  This morning I had three things going for me:

1. It was a bit cooler. Still humid, but cooler and breezy. 

2. I tried Jack without his pinch collar. BIG mistake. He pulled the entire 1.5 mile loop I make with him. When we got home I dropped him off, got my IPOD and kept going. It was SO easy at first without a 60lb puppy dragging me along! 

3. I felt enormously guilty for not doing anything yesterday ( Monday) so I wanted to make up for it. 

I did it!!!

Now 7 hours later my knees and thighs are stiff and my back is a bit achy. Nothing major. I'll take my Motrin tonight and will be fine!  Once I get moving I'm ok. My heel isn't too bad. I feel like I can do this more often.

I would say I walked at a low to moderate pace...so that gives me between 5 and 7 points extra. I usually don't use them, but today at lunch I was ravenous. Ate at Alamo Cafe...fajita tacos, rice/bns/guac/pico/queso. I left quite a bit of beans/rice/queso. Probably was 18 points. Well probably less. Who knows! For dinner I had a baked potato w/ yogurt butter and green beans....w/ breakfast my total so far is 33 pts. With the activity points I'm ok. :)

This is Jack. He walks me every day!!