A few of life's mysteries solved

Mystery #1 Why was I so sore that I was practically paralyzed yesterday? I've been walking virtually every day since about the middle of January so what did I do to myself Thursday night to induce such pain? Answer: Instead of breaking up my walks and into two 30 or 40 minutes sessions (one at lunch and one after work) I walked all 70 minutes in one shot. And I had no idea how far I was walking until I drove my route in my car today and clocked it on the odometer. Umm...two laps around my subdivision takes me 70-75 minutes and it's a little over four miles. I had no clue! This is a big deal for me because as I said, until I started Weight Watchers in the middle of January 2005, I weighed a little over 300 pounds and was the Czarina of Couch Potatoes. Now I've lost 28.5 pounds and I'm getting ready to walk in the Tour de Foot. Woo-hoo!

Mystery #2 Why am I not afraid to walk by myself at ungodly hours of the morning? Answer: This answer came to me as I was walking around my neighborhood at 7 am this morning. I am not as concerned as some of my family and friends about me meeting with foul play while I'm out walking for two reasons:
a) I have been lulled into a false sense of security because I live in a fairly rural area
b) I'm fat

When was the last time you heard of a fat woman being kidnapped? Scary, mysterious men in vans just keep on driving when they see me out walking. Considering I outweigh 99% of potential kidnappers, they'd have to be out of their minds to try and take me on.

And speaking of kidnappings and being out of your mind, I'm glad that bride to be from Georgia turned up alive and well in New Mexico but, holy smokes what the fuck was she thinking? Sure calling off the wedding would be painful and messy but you don't make a bad situation worse by fleeing west and concocting some half assed story about being kidnapped! Maybe we should cut her some slack because any woman who allowed 8 bridal showers, 14 bridesmaids and 600 wedding guests is clearly out of her mind.

In other news, the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 last night. Bummer.

Ouchy today

I hate exercising just for the sake of exercising. Hate it. It seems pointless even though I know it's good for me and will help my weight loss efforts. And God knows I have a lot of weight to lose! I'm an intelligent woman and I know all the benefits of exercise but I gotta tell ya, that does nothing to motivate me.

So being the very task oriented person that I am, I figured if I registered for an event, such as a one mile walk, I would have something to "train" for and that would motivate me. That and the fact that I'm not going to piss away the registration fee by not showing up and if I show up, I'm damn well going to walk and I don't want to finish last.

Which is why I'm ouchy today. I did the one mile Shakespeare Shuffle walk in under 20 mintues earlier this month. No problem. So I got cocky and registered for the 5K Tour de Foot and I have about a week left to get ready for it. And totally overdid it last night. Everything from my waist down hurts today.

The only thing making me feel remotely better is the fact that I'm down another pound this week!