It adds up….
Last week after obsessing over my out of control Peanut M&M habit, I decided to face the music and step on my scale. To my surprise I had not gained weight. I’d lost some. This was confusing, and didn’t exactly curb my M&M intake. Since I’ve been wondering how much walking I do with the dogs during the day, I strapped the Garmin on Monday morning and wore it for the majority of our walks. At the end of the day, I’d logged 3 hours and 27 minutes, though some of this was spent standing while they were sniffing. The total distance was 7.37 miles. There was one long walk with Friday of nearly 4 miles. The rest was the around the block type walks we take throughout the day, or “business trips” as we refer to them. On a typical day, Friday’s walk could be anywhere from 1 to 6 miles, so this was a pretty good indication that I’m logging at least 5 miles on most days.
I attended my niece Stacey’s 40th birthday party last night. She looked fabulous for any age, but extra fabulous for 40. I’m 15 months away from turning 50. If I have the will power to give up the darn M&Ms, I could be fit and a little fabulous at 50. If you’ve got to be 50, you should be fit and a little fabulous, don’t you think?