I forced myself to go on a walk tonight, and I do mean forced. After work I went over to my mom and dad's house and made dinner for my dad's birthday, not that healthy of a meal (although I did cut down on my portions and did not have seconds, so that's a little win) and after I got home I just felt gross, but really tired and unmotivated. I already had the dogs on the leash from leaving my parents so I just grabbed my coat out of the car and took off before I could decide otherwise. I'm super glad I did, although I'm finding some sad things out about my walking abilities. I have no stamina, right now I am walking about 20 mins at a time for only about 1/2 a mile - I really want to increase this. I've mapped out a few routes around my house that are 1/2 mile and mile long, as well as routes with hills, etc. For now, I'm sticking with a flat, easy, 1/2 mile loop, and once I can walk that without feeling completely out of breath and sore I'll beef it up a bit. Poor Delilah needs some conditioning too, I have to drag her the last 1/4 of the loop.
So the plan for the rest of this week is another walk around the loop tomorrow morning, another loop on Saturday and then trying out Riverwalk (1mile) on Sunday.
I really need to make sure I'm stretching out before these walks because my legs are super sore.
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