Confessions from an out of shape walker.

This week the health challenge is 

to increase aerobic exercise to 45 minutes,

3 times a week.

So, yesterday I walked up and down the hills of our neighborhood.

Pretty awesome views

(pictures taken via cell phone).

Lucky, I know.

Here's the confession:

1. I am so out of shape. 

Not a surprise if you know me.

Adding one thing each week to this challenge is perfect.

I know I wouldn't be able to do all at once.

I need that extra time.

I am determined to continue with this 12 week challenge

and then after it's all done

continue exercising and trying to be healthier.

If I had been walking the hills religiously

for all the nearly 11 years that we've lived here

I'd be in amazing shape.

It often hurts to walk hills for me

and I give up.

We sometimes drive somewhere else 

to walk on flatter terrain.

I will continue to walk the hills

(maybe not every time I walk)

because I think this will be really good for me.

If it doesn't kill me first.

2. The heavy breathing of walking up hills

is how I felt when I was trying to surf

(paddling, trying to stand up and the ever falling 

and fighting to get back up on the board).

If I can get better on hills

I hope to get better at surfing.

3. I feel my body and mind is falling apart.

I am hoping this health challenge helps them both.

4.. I won the worst parent of the year award yesterday.

We didn't pay for the year book at the beginning of the year

and they don't have anymore.

In my defense the first of the school year

was a crazy crazy time 

(the bike accident and everything else

that came with it and

the helping him to recover and 

all that came with that.

I may get one bonus point for

driving him to and from school 

for close to three months.

Another bonus point for taking him

to the InstaCare yesterday

to check his swollen finger 

that he just started complaining about

but injured it a couple of weeks ago.

Luckily it's not broken).

Still he doesn't get a yearbook

and I feel really bad about that.

5.  I don't want to watch American Idol this week.

The people I liked are gone

and they didn't even invite the winner from last year.

 The end

or on it goes.