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i don't know why my doctors think i'm not active. i think i'm more active than the majority of sedentary computer/desk job people--i just get exhausted from being active. more exhausted than is normal... i walk every day (a minimum of a mile, usually two) that i can stand up without falling back down. in winter, it's cold, so that walk is a brisk walk. if i get decent sleep, those standing-up-without-blacking-out days are every day. if i can't sleep, i don't walk anywhere--the bathroom is about all i can handle.

today, i walked downtown with

moonphyre. we hopped the trolley to the corner, walked down to see

xiane. we wandered around the academical village. then we walked home via downtown (easily two miles right there). i'm getting ready to walk downtown and back, though i'd really like to die. ;)

must see mercury... must see mercury. it's most easily seen from the bridge over the tracks. over here, there are houses and trees in the way.

had fun chatting with brian today. he wouldn't let me feed him supper, though, he had to go do stuff. i'm eating broccoli (well, ate it already) with butter and garlic and homemade lentil soup. i cheated on the soup--used canned lentils and boxed broth. it's still good, especially with parmesan garlic pita chips.

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I have a question--if you miss your daily walks or swimming or whatnot, do you end up feeling even more exhausted when you are able to get back to your routine?

Doctors...*hrumph* you know how I feel about most of them most of the time.

I have to slowly grade back up if I get to sick to do stuff for awhile. If I jump right back in, I'll end up worse off. I take lots more breaks after missing a session, too.

Sometimes, though, I crash for no reason and will suddenly take breaks more when I've been doing well, otherwise. It's a cycle, but one I know pretty well by now.

Is your walking primarily built into your day (utilitarian, for transportation), for leisure (hiking in the mountains), or for exercise (ohp, time to go for my daily walk because it's good for me)? I'm just curious; I loved living in Madison where I could (and had to) walk everywhere. It's frustrating now having to build walking time into my day. I'm just curious what your experience is.

All of the above. I walk to get to downtown so I don't have to park (or because I'm too brainfoggy to drive). I walk because I love looking at plants and the sky and because this is a dog-friendly town and the dogs are people-friendly, too. ;) I also walk because I know I need to be active.

Since we *do* have a car and I *can* ask boy for a ride if I'm feeling woozy or running late, I consider even the utilitarian walking to be leisure.

Honestly, the hardest thing about walking is not being able to run. I used to run for miles and miles. I miss that freedom and strength. I know my strengths lie elsewhere now, but the feel of the wind in my hair as my feet carried me over fields is a hard thing to let go.

My doctor pretty much seems to think I'm a fat lazy dumbass even though I walk a mile or two a day, too. I guess you have to run marathons to count as active. :P