The Walking Retread
Sorry for the play on the TV show name but it seemed appropriate for today's discussion. As I have talked about some in past blogs, one of the things I get to do a lot of is walk. I normally walk 5 miles (total-3 at the site and 2 in town to the bus station) one way each time I go to the site. I normally get to walk 2-4 hours around town depending on where all I have to go and that is a trip I make every day when the Doctor does not have me on restrictions. All this walking has had some really great benefits. I have lost a significant amount of weight-how much I have no clue as I have not looked for or seen any scales to weigh myself with. I can tell you my current blue jeans have about a 3 inch gap in the front from jeans to stomach. One of the things I was not expecting to happen as quickly as it did, was that all this walking has worn out my shoe treads. Both shoes have some pretty heavy damage but my hikers were showing the worst of it. ...