I remember that during January I thought June was so far away. June was my big month because once I go to 3.1 miles a day, I am not going to increase the exercise distance each month. It felt ages away and now I can see that in one more week I will be welcoming June. I can see that I exercised for 3.0 miles for 20 consecutive days already. I am flabbergasted. I have exercised for 555 miles (actually more since nike didn’t function properly on a few days.) This is more exercise than I’ve done in all my years prior combined. I am proud of that.
Though I won’t lie. It’s still no fun. I just do it cause I am committed and not because I look forward to it in any way. I’ve also been taking walks in the afternoon which makes sure that I am taking at least 10,000 steps each day. I went to see a nutritionist this week so I am starting to create meal plans next week to make sure I can add some more protein into my daily food intake. I am going to work on it.
As with most things, this is a lifelong journey. It’s about forming new habits, valuing my heath and respecting myself enough to take care of my body. I already work on my soul and my body deserves it, too.
and here’s this week’s card:
Healthy for Life is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
Awesome progress, Karen! It’s so amazing how those miles add up, and this is a great card to show that all. 🙂