I’ve been using Google Maps to plot out my two week trip to Scotland. I’m not renting a car, and I’m looking at the walking directions- half a mile in ten minutes? With a suitcase? Google, do you think I’m an athlete?
I need to improve my health. I’ve had reason to chat with my doctor several times recently. She’s a character. She tilts her head and looks at me like a difficult puzzle to solve, while her assistant is typing away at what seems to be a gripping novel. I’ve got ulcers, high blood pressure, obesity and I’m generally on the brink of disaster. She means well, but her advice on avoiding overeating is clueless. I don’t think my lack of weight loss is due to the amount of cream in my coffee or salad dressing on my salad, it’s the cookies. It’s definitely the cookies. She asked me if I ever got breathless or wheezing.
“Only when running up hill,” I replied.
“Oh, do you need an asthma inhaler?” she asked. I told her I would just avoid running up hills.
Anyway, on this trip there appear to be quite a lot of hills, walking many blocks through the city, and stairs in towers and castles and streets. I want to improve my level of fitness and hopefully lose some belly by the end of May.
My plan is to use the treadmill at maximum incline 3-4 times a week. do strength training twice a week, eat nutritious food, drink lots of water, and get out more on the weekends. I’ll keep track of progress and reward and encourage myself along the way. Hopefully the next time my doctor sees me she won’t look at me the same way I’ve been looking at the book “Rob Roy”: with perplexed dismay. They made a tower for this author? (it has 287 steps). Anyone know of a local place to train going up steps?
