"eye-spy something I should use" (more).These are my legs:
Why am I showing you my legs? Because these are what I should use more. I should get up out of this chair and use them, for goodness sake.
When we moved here (to a smaller town from the city), we assumed we'd be moving to a healthier lifestyle. This is not the case. We were both so much more fit and healthy in the city; walking everywhere, dashing here and there, making an effort to stay active.
Here, everything is so convenient that people have become so lazy. They complain if they can't get a car park right outside of where they are going, heaven help them if they have to walk more than 1 block. People drive to the beach, and it's only 2 blocks away. Once our neighbour drove to our house! And I recently discovered that the motor registry office has a drive through window, to save you parking your car, getting out and walking inside.
When we realised all this, we made a pact not to let ourselves become lazy. We park at the far end of carparks, we NEVER drive to the corner store or the beach, etc. Yet we still find ourselves moving and walking much less than before. Somedays I just crave activity.
I've never been a runner or jogger, but I spent so much of my life sitting in a chair, somedays I just can't stand the stagnation anymore, and nicely dressed I burst out of the house and sprint up the street.
But, that's rare. Hence, why I think I should use my legs more.
(Great topic this week from The Bird Bath)
5 comments:
Love those shoes!
GReat idea. Less driving, more walking, no drive through motor registry!
:)
Ah, great topic. Love the bit about the drive through window - that's hilarious. I should be using th old legs a lot more too! I thought once I had kids I'd walk everywhere, but I've gotten lazy in winter. Its always too cold/wet/slow to walk from A to B. Time to rug up, grab the umbrellas and get moving again!
Ugh... i'm convicted. However, I did try surfing this weekend and that was a serious workout =)
Here's to using our legs more!
I have the opposite experience...when I live in the city, in Sydney, I bus everywhere, or sometimes take the car. Things are always just a little too far to walk all the time. And the food is fancier and richer. When I am back home in Hawaii, I walk most places, or take the bike, and eat much simpler. I am sooo much healthier here. It's something I have noticed over and over again.
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