A little bit silly and a little bit sad.

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