A Thousand Is A Lot

TaDa!

today I have walked 1000 "exercise miles" in 2008 -- meaning purposeful exercising 'miles' - mostly with Leslie Sansone's WATP videos.

Actually, technically, I've walked a lot MORE than that -- my WalkerTracker stats say I've walked 4,548,745 steps in 2008, which would be equivalent, for me and my walking stride length, to 2082 miles. Ooops, and that's even before I put in today's morning exercise steps.

But I count my "walking miles" differently -- if I do a 5 mile WATP, I count it as 5 miles. If I walk around the house doing laundry, that counts for my total WalkerTracker Steps, but not for my "Walking Miles" ... if I take a walk around the block with the family in the evening, I don't count that as my "walking miles" (although I suppose I could!) ... if I do some wii runs with the kids or alone, I don't *usually* count them, unless they were purposefully in place of my normal WATP miles. But ALL of that goes into WalkerTracker -- in part because I really believe every step counts. Exercise is good and important, but walking in place while I fold laundry, or walking to the kitchen to get a glass of water, it all adds up. The more active we are in daily life, the better.

Which all is a lot of random babble more than you needed to know. The point, really, is that my little chart of mostly WATP morning exercise miles says 1000 today. And that makes me happy.

Also, today I'm 35 weeks along in this pregnancy! So ... maybe, if you're especially good, I'll have a belly pic for you today. No promises, though.