After reading a fitness article in a magazine a couple of weeks ago, I learned that you’re supposed to walk 10,000 steps each day. So out of curiosity I went on amazon and bought a nice pedometer so I could keep track of my steps. I was a little afraid of what I would discover since I am a cube jockey and pretty much sit on my ass watching my thighs expand all day long.
I started monitoring my steps on Monday. I was pleasantly surprised for the first few days, clocking in an average of about 6,500 steps. Not quite enough, but not too embarrassingly low. But then Thursday and Friday rolled around…
Ugh.
Thursday I clocked a whopping 1594 steps, and Friday even less! Thursday was rainy, so I was unable to take a nice stroll on my break at work, and Friday… I don’t know. I have no excuse – I just didn’t go out. So now I feel like a blimp just because I know I walked 10% as much as I should have. Of course I also neglected to do anything inside either, like the bike or some cardio boxing.
September 7th, 2010 at 12:56
You are too obsessed with your weight…you aren’t even remotely fat or even chubby.