Keep on keeping on

I am not setting any trends here, but I am good hopping on the bandwagon when someone else has a good idea. Sharon B and Karen are walking and posting their Pedometer readings on their blogs. I have been walking and swimming regularly since quitting work, but I shifted the balance from swimming a lot and walking a little to walking a lot and swimming a little. I go to the gym four to five days a week and I walk on the treadmill almost every time I am there, usually between forty five minutes and an hour.

I finally got a Pedometer a little over a week ago. I went through the usual trouble getting used to it and setting the sensitivity and accidentally resetting it several times. If you are looking for a pedometer, I would suggest one that has a cover or a recessed reset button. Anyway, I walked on the treadmill five days this week, even the day I had a sore back. I walked very slow with no incline and my arms at my sides instead of checking my heart rate. It actually made my back feel better. I am learning not to hit the reset button, I managed to go almost a week without doing it this time, but I do forget to wear the pedometer.



I am a little discouraged, because I have been exercising and watching what I eat for about three months and I keep losing and gaining the same six pounds. I weigh every day before I get on the treadmill, so that I can set it to calculate calories burned. It really is maddening. Nothing has been the same since I had the thyroid trouble, despite the fact that I take synthetic thyroid every day. That said, my husband swears he can see a difference.

Oh, well, enough of a rant.