Comments on: Monday, Weathering Summer

By: katiebird

katiebird — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:33:54 +0000

{{catdog}} I’m so glad to see you — I’ve missed you VERY much.

I’m so sorry about your pneumonia and I hope you feel better soon. I know that it can drag on for a long time. I hope you aren’t too miserable.

At your new building can you walk around inside? Some buildings have halls that can be walked — or grounds that are sort of park-like….

I hope we can get our focus back together – you’ve always been an inspiration to me and I really need your help now!

By: katiebird

katiebird — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:28:29 +0000

Conda! I can’t believe I didn’t reply to your comment — I’ve been thinking about it ever since you wrote it though. I’m going to do the mall walking thing on hot days — there’s just no other choice for me.

If I don’t do that walking almost everything else drifts away — I use walking to focus my commitment.

(also posting here helps focus…..)

By: catdog

catdog — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:37:55 +0000

Home recovering from pneumonia– !!! No appetite for days, not good for recovery. Getting better, though.

But the serious problem is that I got transferred . Now, instead of having the option of walking 3 miles to work, I MUST drive 25 miles each way. Traffic is horrible much of the time.

On the plus side, I almost never go out to lunch so I’m saving money.

On the minus side, I’m outside almost never, and getting NO exercise. Also, the job is completely different from what I was doing. At least it was for 5 months. Now it’s changing again, and I’m not even sure what it is I’m supposed to be doing.

This is not good for weight stability, as you can imagine, so I have gained some.

The pneumonia has been helpful (no cloud without its silver lining) in that I get to start over again, so to speak.

So, will be around again from time to time….

By: Conda Douglas

Conda Douglas — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:33:18 +0000

As an exercise instructor and personal trainer, I’ve got a couple of ideas, Katie (which may not work for you, of course!). Is there any mall close by where you could walk inside? If not, you can just walk inside–march in place! You don’t NEED a treadmill. It’s useful to have a pedometer, but if not, time yourself! More boring than outside, but there’s air conditioning!