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Any of you wear a pedometer? I've been doing it for better than 10 years now. My current one is quite accurate, and doesn't have to be worn on the belt. I slip it into a watch pocket if I have one, or a buttoned back pocket if not. They won't record very short or gliding movements like dancing, but they seem great for walking or running.
I am getting very good at estimating how far a trip has been. If I am mostly around home in the morning, with maybe a few trips down to the trash or recycling bins I'll usually be below 1000. By day's end I want to have 10,000 or more. Yesterday I did over 20,000, which for my stride is over 10 miles. And none of it was "taking a walk"-rather just preferring to walk on my errands and explorations. I am tending to buy only one day's food at a time (other than things like pop, condiments, TP, etc), so just scoring food get's me out quite a bit. Yesterday I went to Trader Joe and packed back wine and olive oil and mayo and nuts. Then later I walked halfway downtown doing this and that errand, then bussed the rest of the way. Walked around down there, went to my bank, bought a gift at Macy's, then hiked down into the South Lake Union area to get a grass fed steak for dinner. By then I was thirsty and so I walked back to Pine St and stopped at the Bauhaus for water and a double short decaf Americano. I sat at a west window next to a couple of cute Chinese girls and watched the tree on top of the space needle light up in the gloom.
I would have bussed from there, but by now I was encouraged by how much I had walked, so I hiked on up the rest of the way to home, making one short stop for a bottle of diet pop, and one for some pork rinds.
Whatever work I need to do I tend to do early. Then the rest of my day is free for entertaining myself and using up excess energy so I can have a good shot at sleeping well. Last night I really did that.
I bought a large capacity external frame pack at a yard sale last fall, and I use that to haul back specials like "Seltzer 12 Packs, Buy 2, Get One Free". I still need my car for social life and easy access to my kids and granddaughter, but if I solve that I will go car-free.
Ha
I am getting very good at estimating how far a trip has been. If I am mostly around home in the morning, with maybe a few trips down to the trash or recycling bins I'll usually be below 1000. By day's end I want to have 10,000 or more. Yesterday I did over 20,000, which for my stride is over 10 miles. And none of it was "taking a walk"-rather just preferring to walk on my errands and explorations. I am tending to buy only one day's food at a time (other than things like pop, condiments, TP, etc), so just scoring food get's me out quite a bit. Yesterday I went to Trader Joe and packed back wine and olive oil and mayo and nuts. Then later I walked halfway downtown doing this and that errand, then bussed the rest of the way. Walked around down there, went to my bank, bought a gift at Macy's, then hiked down into the South Lake Union area to get a grass fed steak for dinner. By then I was thirsty and so I walked back to Pine St and stopped at the Bauhaus for water and a double short decaf Americano. I sat at a west window next to a couple of cute Chinese girls and watched the tree on top of the space needle light up in the gloom.
I would have bussed from there, but by now I was encouraged by how much I had walked, so I hiked on up the rest of the way to home, making one short stop for a bottle of diet pop, and one for some pork rinds.
Whatever work I need to do I tend to do early. Then the rest of my day is free for entertaining myself and using up excess energy so I can have a good shot at sleeping well. Last night I really did that.
I bought a large capacity external frame pack at a yard sale last fall, and I use that to haul back specials like "Seltzer 12 Packs, Buy 2, Get One Free". I still need my car for social life and easy access to my kids and granddaughter, but if I solve that I will go car-free.
Ha