Eat, limp, take pills, have surgery

A reader of USAToday says that when she complained of knee pain to her doctor, he said, "If you take the Cadillac body off of the Volkswagen frame, your knee won't hurt." Yikes. In this victim-knows-best world, that could get you sued. But instead, Ivory Dorsey of Georgia lost 30 pounds. She says losing weight is inconvenient and intentional. Gaining it is convenient and unintentional. Wellness, she says, is a conscious choice. She knew her choices. Eat, limp, take pills, then have surgery, or lose the weight.

I promised myself 30 minutes a day of exercise exactly 3 weeks ago, and most days I've exceeded that. I didn't adjust my promise (I never set goals) because exceeding is better than not meeting. I'm not the least bit puzzled about why I've put on 15 pounds the last two years, even though I retired six years ago. It's 1) broadband connection keeps me sitting longer than when I worked, 2) lack of regular exercise, and 3) eating more of just about everything, even healthy stuff.

And surprise, surprise. Not a single pound has come off even with walking 2 miles a day. It certainly comes easier than it goes, doesn't it?

I'm walking with a group of ladies who blog--from around the country and Europe. It's nice to have company. However, when they are other bloggers, no one needs to rearrange a schedule, or find a special location that easy for all. I've also loaded my tape player/radio and my cd player with new batteries. Today I'm starting the book about planets, by Dava Sobel who also wrote Galileo's Daughter.

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