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Today's walk
Apr. 8th, 2009 06:58 pm2.2 miles, 45 minutes. Legs cramping and very sore.
One thing about walking outdoors rather than on a treadmill; when you're a mile away from home, when you can't call for a ride home, when the nearest building is half a mile back the way you came, the urge to stop walking is quite easily suppressed...
EDIT: An hour later, my feet are blistering just behind the toes, and my heartrate is still elevated. Don't think I'll be walking that far again for a little while, anyway.
Oh, and forgot to mention- ended up not buying Hydroxycut, or any of the other diet pills Wal-Mart had. Every single one of 'em had caffeine, which does me wrong. (One tablet of Hydroxycut, for example, contains the caffeine contained in two cups of coffee... and you're supposed to take TWO before every meal.) What gets me is, the listed effects of all these diet pills- appetite suppression, elevated metabolism, increased circulation- they're all side effects of amphetamines, of which caffeine is pretty much the only legal variety.
And all the other herbs and additives they pitch as being part of the mix? Considering the amount of caffeine involved, I'm willing to bet they don't do a damn thing. It's all the caffeine... and, were I inclined to risk an aneurism and take the damn things, No-Doz is cheaper.
One thing about walking outdoors rather than on a treadmill; when you're a mile away from home, when you can't call for a ride home, when the nearest building is half a mile back the way you came, the urge to stop walking is quite easily suppressed...
EDIT: An hour later, my feet are blistering just behind the toes, and my heartrate is still elevated. Don't think I'll be walking that far again for a little while, anyway.
Oh, and forgot to mention- ended up not buying Hydroxycut, or any of the other diet pills Wal-Mart had. Every single one of 'em had caffeine, which does me wrong. (One tablet of Hydroxycut, for example, contains the caffeine contained in two cups of coffee... and you're supposed to take TWO before every meal.) What gets me is, the listed effects of all these diet pills- appetite suppression, elevated metabolism, increased circulation- they're all side effects of amphetamines, of which caffeine is pretty much the only legal variety.
And all the other herbs and additives they pitch as being part of the mix? Considering the amount of caffeine involved, I'm willing to bet they don't do a damn thing. It's all the caffeine... and, were I inclined to risk an aneurism and take the damn things, No-Doz is cheaper.
