Excited and just can't stop thinking about it.

Hi y'all. I've been on MFP for about 6 weeks now. I work in an office all day and most of the time I'm semi-restricted to my desk because I have to be available to catch service calls (HVAC repair), so I don't get a lot of walking in during the day. Most evenings I'm just so happy to get home and out of Atlanta traffic that I'm not motivated to work out beyond the occasional Wii game.

Well, yesterday the weather was just gorge! It was about 74* when I got home, so I changed clothes quickly (before I lost the notion) and decided to take our Husky for a walk. The walk was 2 miles (1 up and 1 back). I had always wanted to do it, but I was afraid because the walk is down a busy street with lost of auto and pedestrian traffic. I'm out of shape and I was just afraid of walking so far that I would be too tired to walk back, or that I would be winded or people would see me and think, "wow, look at her, she can barely make it". But, for some reason I was more excited than afraid. I strapped Zeus' hiking pack on and hit the pavement.

Let me tell you all, I was so pumped during this walk. I was walking extra fast or anything like that, but just keeping a nice steady pace with the dog. It was nice.

When I finished.....I was so proud of myself. It was like I had gotten energized! Now I'm craving that feeling again. It was like some kind of natural high. I liked looking on my FitBit and seeing I had finally met the 10K in a day goal, as well as floors, cals & active minutes. I was proud of myself and I still am. I did it!!!!! It's not as hard as it seems once you get into it.

I'm not posting this to get recognition or kudos. I think I'm posting it so that I and others like me (sedentary) can realize that "getting moving" is not the burden we sometimes make it out to be. For the new folks like me, that don't go to the gym, or work out on the regular, just try walking - walking your dog or something - just get moving! You'll see, it really can get fun, and when you see those stats and they say things like "good job", "best in a day" or "champ", it makes you want to continue on! I'm rooting for y'all. You can do it too!