Stayin' Accountable

I made a new playlist about a week ago and it has really helped me with my treadmill sessions.  I had a regular walking schedule while we lived in Mongolia and friends who encouraged me to walk to various places (it was much easier than driving in many cases -- the traffic is so bad there).  In addition, our home had 60+ stairs so just simple tasks like laundry helped me get in some extra exercise without really planning to exercise (my favorite kind!).  However, once I returned to the US, I gave myself license to eat whatever I wanted (oops) since many of my favorite things were absent overseas and I missed them, a lot.  I also stopped exercising.  And started Netflix-ing.  Bad combination.  Very bad.  

When I went for my annual physical and stepped on the scale, it was pretty disappointing, but not surprising.  Now I am steadily working on exercising more and taking better care of myself.  By writing all this down, I hope to be more accountable.

These are the songs I listen to while walking -- they help me keep a comfortable pace of 3.0 miles per hour and they have a good beat for using the hand weights, too: