No really, I was. Not that it was really a skinniness problem. It was more of a modesty problem. Turns out when you run in pants that are too big for you, they fall down.
I remedied the situation last night. My niece and I went shopping and she helped me pick out some clearance shorts from TJ Maxx (cause really, I've got no reason to pay for overpriced exercise clothes). She slobbered on the hangers of the ones she liked. The good news is I can go running again. The bad news is I can go running again.
I also acquired a pedometer last night. I think this is the fourth pedometer I've owned in the past six years.
Pedometer 1: Purchased for a college health class. I had to record my steps for two weeks. Steps generally ranged from 6,000 to 17,000 (with no obvious reason why I got so few one day and so many the next day since both days I was running all over campus). I was wearing it one day, after the assignment was completed, and then I wasn't anymore. I believe it fell into the couple of inches of snow covering the ground. I didn't try to find it. On a scale from 1 to Not Accurate this pedometer fell somewhere in the middle.
Pedometer 2: Purchased a couple years after pedometer 1. I was going to be healthy. This pedometer was slightly more accurate than the first one. I wore it for a little while. I don't know what happened to it.
Pedometer 3: Free from BYU. We gave pedometers to the students that were assisting with our international conference. The student with the most steps over the course of the 4-day conference won a prize. I didn't wear mine. I was too busy managing a conference. However, experiments revealed I wasn't missing out on much since this pedometer is a solid Not Accurate.
Pedometer 4: Purchased yesterday. On a scale from 1 to Not Accurate it's pretty accurate. Also, it is special so I can clip it anywhere and it still keeps track of my steps. This is important for days when I wear a dress.
The recommended number of steps a day is 10,000, or 70,000 a week. I'm going for 12,000 a day cause I'm just like that. The day is more than half over and I just topped 2,000. Office jobs. They sure kill your step count.
At least I'm consistent in being behind my goal counts. Steps, words—I treat them all the same.
NaNoWriMo
words I've written: 2505
words I should have written: 16,000
I have a lot of reasons for liking this post. Well done. Also, I have never owned a pedometer. Also I am having issues posting a comment to this blog post so hopefully that doesn't affect you negatively.
ReplyDeleteLooks like another Nanowrimo writing sess is in order! My word count is looking pretty weak as well.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a lot of awesome! I've never used a pedometer, but maybe you have inspired me to get one. I've always been wary of it, because I feel like when I see the number at the end of the day I will be disappointed in an "aw-that's-what-I-expected" way :( No good. I'll let you know if I change my mind. Keep steppin'!
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