Gettin' Healthy

Last year my wife received a gift she would treasure forever: a pedometer (or, as Lori’s cousin Tate would say, “nometer.”

Over the next month or so, I had it built in my head that I could get one as well to help keep her in check. Okay fine, so I viewed it as more like a race than anything. What can I say? I’m competitive. My wife approved the purchase and on March 18th, I received the very same pedometer.

Since then, there have been days where I only netted 50 steps all day. Of course, there have been days when I have forgotten to wear the gadget altogether. Over the past 282 days, I have accomplished the following:

Walked 429.62 miles
Burned 1,497.2 grams of fat
Burned 26,387 calories
Accumulated 2,210 minutes of “aerobic walking time” (at least 10 minutes per “session”)

I walk 3,842 steps per day according to my fancy-schmancy ‘nometer. So here’s my problem: I wanted to walk one million steps by year’s end. My total so far is 941,343. In short, this means I need to average 8,380 steps per day over the next 7 days (including today). Every day the goal is not accomplished compounds the dilemma significantly. If I walk my daily average today, that would mean I would need to get 9,135 steps per day over the following 6 days in order to achieve my goal.

For your information, my daily record is 30,815 steps… but that was accomplished on May 22nd—when it was WARM.

Those who know me know that I am as stubborn as a mule when it comes to accomplishing things. So…here goes nothing! I’ll let you know how it goes.

And, by the way, a very Merry Christmas to all of you!