One step at a time

This week I started walking as much as possible. I've managed to walk 13 miles since Monday, hoping to complete 20 by the end of the week. Anna walked 9 with me, and she walked 2 1/2 miles on her own by walking part of the way home from school. We decided to take it one step at a time in order to get goals that we can accomplish. But I have to be honest, I am dead tired. My legs are killing me, but they feel strong and I feel less tired. I will keep you posted on whether or not I managed to accomplish my goal for this week.

10 miles walked in two days

Short post. Exhausted. Walked ten miles in two days. Yesterday I went back to my night time routine, 3 miles aprox. in 1 hour. Today I walked four miles in the morning and did my night time routine again. I'm getting too old for this. On the one hand, it is making every bone in my body hurt. But I feel great. How long can I keep this up?

Your mind can help you on your way

This is a short post just to make you think. If you are not right in your head, the rest will follow. Obviously, the opposite is also true. As a woman, I have very different jobs in my life. I am a mother, a sister, daughter, wife, friend, employee, etc. There are two things that are necessary to make progress in the decision to get healthy:
1) you need to be clear in your head about what you want to achieve. That includes short term goals and long term. In order to succeed you have to know exactly what you want and how to get it.
2) you need to have a clear head: if you have symptoms of depression, do something about it. If you have a stressful job, get another one or do yoga. If you have too many things in your plate, focus on one or two and delegate the rest.
My goal for this week is to eliminate more clutter in my life and in my head. That will help me concentrate on taking better care of myself.