Walkabout

Ok, for the last two weeks? or so, maybe 3? I've been back to my walking. I can't really call it power walking, because I'm not in that kind of shape, and still adjusting to life with less than a full set of lungs. And I live a mile in sky, on the top of a mountain. Anyway, I'm not nearly walking enough yet, not even close to being in the kind of shape I was before I lost the chunk of lung. But I try to get out there and get in that road work, twice a week at the very least.

I walk down my driveway to the street, turn uphill, and start peddling. By the time I reach the summit, I feel like I'm going to pass out, missing this lung. It's a steep climb, of about a quarter mile. Where it levels out, is back outside my house, ironically. Then there's another climb, maybe a football field in length, then it's down hill for nearly a half a mile. It's an easy walk by this point, then another steep climb about another football field plus in length. Then it mostly levels out back to my house, and up the driveway again. All total, EXACTLY a mile! That's not remarkable if you know anything about civil engineering, it's normally a mile around the block.

What you discover from this, is that all circles you travel have just as much up, as they do down to them (after all it's a closed loop). Mine has the hardest up, at the start. And going that way, is almost a sock to the system at the moment. If I really haven't the time, I'll make it just that short route of about a quarter mile. Feeling that a little road work, is better than none. But I do need to add another day into it, I'm just not comfortable doing that yet. And being in the middle of winter isn't helping.

Frankly, I've never felt so out of shape in my entire life! And doing this only proves it. The weight loss is starting, but it's slow. I'm still eating too many calories per day, honestly. However, I've started moderating my portions of dinner again. Which would work, if I weren't snacking. My brother is to blame. He gets home from work VERY late now, so trying to time that, to dinner, causes snacking, and once you start, it's like a ball rolling down hill, when you're hungry!