In keeping with my word of the year….

I am looking at different parts of my life that might need a little help. One of those is health related. Daily walks.

After my surgery last summer and COVID during my recovery, I had to quit walking as much as I was accustomed to doing daily. I found that this was a really slippery slope for me. It really easy to skip my walk even after I was fully able to do it…I just didn’t want to do it. I made many excuses to myself. “I don’t have time” ” I’ll get sweaty and can’t shower” “The roads are really busy this time of day” …you name it, I likely thought it.

I have made a shift in my thinking and have been walking before work each morning. I get to work real early and walk laps in the athletic dome.

It’s usually really cold in there but at least there’s no wind.

I participate in a workplace challenge with a fun group through our Fitbit app. It’s fun to cheer each other on and get a little good peer pressure to get up and get moving.

And being the “gold star” girl that I am…getting little motivational badges is nice too.

I love having a fitness tracker. I know its not for everyone but it works really well for me. In fact. I just bought myself a new Fitbit for Christmas along with a pressure canner. I know, I’m just all kinds of wild and crazy. HA!

Not too shabby for a day at work. Truth be told, I am on my feet 95% of my day which is just fine with me. It’s sitting that gets me in trouble…

When I was on the actually Fitbit site on the computer today I noticed some stats that I had never seen before since I mostly just use my phone. I joined Fitbit in 2014 but hadn’t been a consistent user until 2017ish.

I’m completely blown away that I am approaching 9000 miles. That is crazy. I think I need to buy some new shoes!