A little bit silly and a little bit sad.

WolffEarl

These are some of the thoughts that occurred to me whilst walking at the dog park for 50 minutes.

-Once upon a time I would be walking in the meadows hunting for frogs and grasshoppers.
-Now I record walking as "walking, brisk pace, 30 minutes"

-Once I would play for hours on the soccer filed after school with friends of mine.
-Now it would be "cardio workout, teamsport, moderate activity, 750 calories.

-Once I would drink water form the garden hose when thirsty.
-Now I record it as 2 glasses of water, Hydration levels good.

-Once I would grab an apple from a farmer's orchard and devour it without a thought.
-Now I contemplate its 14 g of sugar, its 88 calories and 4 g of fibre, faithfully recorded.

-Once I would help my neigbhour move his furniture.
-Now I still do, but it becomes moderate circuit training, logged under cardio.

So it struck me as funny (silly) how I record the most natural of activities (walking) as exercise. How long before "Walking to fridge and back, 10 times" will be an option under exercise.
The part that struck me as sad how I am here (feeling somewhat underfit and overweight) not because life is unfair BUT because my life is too good, too rich, too easy. Wow, what an odd problem to have. Here we are struggling most of our lives to make a "better life" for ourselves and our clan and then life turns around and reminds us that we can (and do) have it too good. How easy the road to excess. So next time I think about how tough it is to lose that weight or do that extra mile, I should remind myself that I could just as easily have the problem of nothing to eat or only scraps to eat or needing to run just to escape some danger, conflict or horror.
On that note, happy Easter everyone.
P.s. And yes, I recorded those 50 walking minutes, it might be silly but...

Earl

karenjoy

Brilliant post, and very true

Vpirwannab

What a wonderful post! I think most all of us can relate. Thank you for sharing!

bayles1

Exactly that...happy easter.

Becky1971

Good stuff!

It helps me a lot to keep in mind that struggling with weight loss is easy compared to what so many people are going through. So when I get all mad and want to throw a 2 year old fit over how unfair it is that I can't eat what I want when I want, I think about how it could be lots worse.

Mustangsally1000

Great post! Thanks for the thoughts..Things to be grateful for on this Easter Sunday!

Bigmomma0u812

I love this post... so true.

HaleyAlli

Awesome thoughts, thanks!

larisadixon

great post

arewethereyet

Some of the stuff......no a lot of the stuff.......my trainer has me do reminds me of being 8 yrs old again. Jumping rope, hopping, stepping up on a step, jumping down the other side, throwing a ball, catching a ball, lifting a big stick over my head and running........oh and walking on a balance beam type thingy.........seriously, I wish I was a kid again for a day. I bet it would be fun!

broadsword7

Brilliantly put, thanks for posting!

pcteck2

Thanks for the reminder to be grateful for the many blessings I enjoy.

arezou_vancouver

so true E

chuckyp

Good post. It's also a good reminder that there's more to food than Calories consumed and more to exercise than Calories burned. There is an enjoyment factor to both food and exercise. While it's the enjoyment factor of food that leads a lot of people to be overweight in the first place, It makes me sad to see people feel so guilty when they have a burger or a few slices of pizza instead of a plain chicken breast with brown rice and steamed veggies like they have every other day. Be healthy, but be balanced and enjoy life!

cherifrog

Earl, you're amazing!! I totally do the same thing!! I also bought a pedometer so I can see how many steps I take at work....is that sad or what???? :P

ChunkyMonkey207

Love it!! Very true....Happy Easter! ~Amanda

countdowntotarget

I had this thought exactly a few weeks back - Ive taken up running and initially I got so bogged down with eat this then, do this training at this milage with this effort with these shoes etc I got myself so confused - you lose sight of the fact that running is the most natural thing in the world and kids run for the enjoyment and run as fast as they can, for as long as they can, get breathless, red in the face with a HUGE grin - because they enjoy it - sometimes we feel the need to pigeon hole everything that we forget the vitality of youth - (or is that just me wanting to be a big kid again ??)

beatlemom

LOVE it ! Happy Easter!

godblessourhome

The part that struck me as sad how I am here (feeling somewhat underfit and overweight) not because life is unfair BUT because my life is too good, too rich, too easy. ...How easy the road to excess.

these two sentences stood out for me. great post!

6heatherb6

Thanks:flowerforyou:

SusieB01

I want to echo everyone else on here and say Thanks! Another interesting thing along those lines is that when we were young we didn't think of exercise as something we had to do, or sweating as work (as in work up a sweat), but both were something we wanted to do because it was fun!

Delicate

I feel so bad logging silly exercises, however I put myself as basic and sedetary and log anything extra, as it find it alot easier (when i put myself down as x days exercise i didnt know to log huge sections).

I think its better to make it easier on ourselves although usually have a mega grin on while exercising, i think its the drugs

sad but so true !

Bridgetc140

Love it!

oddyogi

Speaking of which, I need to go log all the cleaning I did today...

TourThePast

Well said!

natisinvincible

Very true! just shows what we take for granted..the good things in life can have a negative effect on our health, if life was hard for us and we needed to work hard to eat then we would be fit and healthy, it is sad that we count the exercise we do when it should be natural and not a big deal

pixietoes

I love the thoughts you have. Covert Bailey used to say "you don't need a diet and exercise program, you just need to follow an 8 year old around and do everything he does" and of course he was right. But that's not really a practical expectation for most of us these days.

Thank you for sharing your heart and mind so openly. You make a great dent in this universe of ours, never doubt it.

katie9730

Haha, I loved this post. Happy Easter.