One of the youngsters pulled a box out from under the bed over the weekend. In it she found a pile of old photos we’d kept… as you do.
A couple of them provoked some interest because they were of me around 15 years ago. Dunno about the kids, but I could hardly recognise myself. Confident smile, snazzy dress… and oh so thin and fit looking!! Was that *really* me?? Gawd I’ve changed since being in Oz… and not for the better!!
In fact most of the deterioration seems to have taken place over the past few years. Only 7 years ago or so I was still able to walk all round Kings Canyon carrying the daughter *on my back* in a carry chair!! I don’t think I’d make it up the first of the slopes by myself now without assistance.
The cause? Well clearly overeating… but more to the point… I think it’s the computer!! I was still reasonably fit up until the time I did my Masters… but the rot set in when I had to spend 3 months in front of my computer (the old Amstrad :D) writing my thesis. Since then I’ve taken to spending more and more time online and less and less time in ‘real life’ doing real stuff… and getting some exercise at the same time!
While I was in the Polytechnic of Central London, better known and loved as PCL but renamed rather pomously “The University of Westminster”, I was actually quite fit. Each day, come rain or shine, I walked back and fore to college… some 40 – 50 mins *fast paced* striding and carrying my books and files along with me. Now… if I walk to the shops I feel as if I’ve done a 20 kilometre yomp!!
The answer to the weight problem is clearly *not* just dieting… I need to actually *get out there* so to this end… I’m off 🙂 For starters I’ll walk to the local shops, buy dinner, then walk back (of course)… then maybe go for a swim. Anything to just start moving again.
Will I stop all this online activity?? Probably not… but it *will* have to be curtailed severely. What I’m going to do though will have to wait for another post… the dogs and I are off… again 🙂
The pedometer says I’ve done around 3,500 steps so far… I think anything less than 15,000 a day isn’t going to be enough to help get me fit, or lose weight… so let’s go!! Tra 😀
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