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May 7, 2004
My Great Excuse not to Excercise
I knew there was something wrong with Curves (thanks, Neon!).
Actually, I've already been doing what the reporter recommends -- just plain walking. It's great! Pica and I have been walking at least an hour and usually an hour and a half every morning. Now that it's light outside, she wakes me up at 6:15 or so. Then I lazz around in bed disturbing Chris's REM for another half hour, and then we're (me and Pica -- Chris still in bed trying to resume REM) out the door by 7 (okay, that's just been this week -- but the walking part has been for longer). The iPod and the puppy definitely make it more interesting - I don't think I could stand the boredom otherwise. We found a spot behind the University of Portland where Pica can chase Canadian geese and I can walk up and down a hill in an attempt to make my stroll actual excercise. I do worry about getting raped, killed, and dumped sometimes (it's the kind of place that makes you expect to encounter dead bodies all the time) but besides that, it's beautiful, with long views of the bridges and hills and river etc. The other day in Weight Watchers (I'm doing that too -- I love it precisely because it challenges my self-defeating snobberies) they announced a new contest for people who walk the most miles (we're going to win!) and I wanted to know if the second place prize was mace and first place prize a gun. Anyway, I'm creeping myself out. Walking is lovely, and paranoia is bad.
Posted by mary at May 7, 2004 1:27 PM
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Maybe the stress from fearing murder or rape actually burns more calories! And if you scare yourself enough maybe you'll break into a full sprint to get away from noises in the bushes that sound like rapists. That could be a real workout! Anyway, get yourself some mace and maybe you could come up with a good exercise enhancing slogan for your walk like "I keep a quick pace when I'm armed with mace."
Posted by: Kathy at May 13, 2004 1:07 PM
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