Goals

I was given some goals on my first visit with the doctor and I would like to mention a couple of them. They are both daily goals - drink 128 oz of water and walk at least 5,000 steps every day. I thought wow, who can drink that much water every day but the 5,000 steps shouldn't be too hard. So the next day, I put on the pedometer and started drinking my water. By the time I was getting ready to go home from work, I think I had taken in all my water for the day but when I looked at the pedometer I was shocked. I didn't even have 2,000 steps logged and it was 5pm! I guess I shouldn't have been too shocked because I have a desk job, but still, only 2,000 steps. So now I realize why my backside is "kind of big" as my sweet niece told me a while back; I sit on it all day. Now my niece just didn't volunteer her opinion, I asked for it and she was just being honest. Anyway, since I am very good at following instructions, I now have to do some kind of exercise every day to reach my goal of 5,000 steps. Whatever it takes to make positive changes. Everyone should wear a pedometer once and just see how many steps they take in an average day, it is very enlightening. So far, I have met both goals every day since the first day and I plan to keep it up.