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Rated: 18+ · Book · Scientific · #2262478
Just stuff I thought of while getting a little exercise.
The doctor was serious. "You are getting too lazy for a 78 year-old. Watch your diet, then do some exercise to burn off a hundred calories every day."
A writer's life is sitting in a chair. I can't stand just exercising, pumping iron, push-ups. So, I had to come up with something interesting while getting a little exercise.
Our neighborhood has 23 McMansions on 1 acre lots. It's about one mile round trip to walk past them all. At my normal gait, it takes about 25 minutes. MtFitnessPal says 25 minutes at 3.5 mph is worth 129 calories. So that's what I'll do... but at first it might be a little boring.
But 25 minutes, doing a mindless task, allows the mind to wonder. Maybe I can make it into a mindless blog.
Boring
March 31, 2022 at 9:46pm
I had my six month followup appointment today. The doctor said, "Boring... your blood work is boring... your BMI is approaching optimum... your pants are down 2 sizes... BP Sys and Dia are kissing normal... you are on track with Maderna shots and boosters... boring. No Gout or kidney stones... boring. Don't you ever do anything risky? Break a bone? Fall down stairs? Anything?" "Nope... or, maybe... once shoveling snow, but everybody falls shoveling snow." "Hurt... [Read more]
Fickle Snow
March 25, 2022 at 10:52pm
Yesterday I started my walk just as the snow started. Temp was about 29°F, but no wind. Soft, fuzzy, flakes, most were maybe a half inch big, and less than a foot apart. The sky was bright, clouded, but as the snow fell past the distant, dark evergreens, I could see what the term 'countless' means. The scene was mesmerizing. Half an hour later, when I returned home, the walk and driveway way were just starting to turn white. By morning there was four inches built up. It took 90 min... [Read more]


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