2022-02-18 | Health.
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asher553I was having some challenges with mood over the past few weeks - general isolation and uncertainty, exacerbated by nearly two years of lockdowns, finally starting to take a toll. But I've been fighting back by staying involved in social groups, taking daily walks outdoors, and taking up knitting again.
The outdoor walks are helping a lot, I think. I live next to a park, which has a nice elliptical walkway that makes a good walking / running track, and I've been using that regularly since I started working from home.
But going out and walking around the same park track every day, pleasant though it is, started to get old. I felt like an inmate exercising in the prison yard.
So now I'm making it a point to get off the grounds and walk around the neighborhood, and that's been making a big difference in my mood. It's also helping me gear up for the spring and summer, when I hope to get back to running outdoors on a regular basis.
And I've even started losing weight. I've been hovering around 185 lbs for months, but I'm now thinking I might see the low side of 180 before much longer. Started tracking my calories this month, too, and even bought a food scale for that purpose, and I've been using it daily.
Cashews are my downfall. An ounce of cashews is 160 calories, according to the label, and 28 grams isn't a very big handful. So I really have to ration myself. But I do love me some cashews.
The outdoor walks are helping a lot, I think. I live next to a park, which has a nice elliptical walkway that makes a good walking / running track, and I've been using that regularly since I started working from home.
But going out and walking around the same park track every day, pleasant though it is, started to get old. I felt like an inmate exercising in the prison yard.
So now I'm making it a point to get off the grounds and walk around the neighborhood, and that's been making a big difference in my mood. It's also helping me gear up for the spring and summer, when I hope to get back to running outdoors on a regular basis.
And I've even started losing weight. I've been hovering around 185 lbs for months, but I'm now thinking I might see the low side of 180 before much longer. Started tracking my calories this month, too, and even bought a food scale for that purpose, and I've been using it daily.
Cashews are my downfall. An ounce of cashews is 160 calories, according to the label, and 28 grams isn't a very big handful. So I really have to ration myself. But I do love me some cashews.
