Welp, Jeff Bezos, who definitely needs more money, made more money off of me today. I had a patient cancel and so I spent that time (and some time tonight) buying more stuff on Amazon. Mostly for my kids, but I did buy myself a new swimsuit as well as some baby shower gifts. With all these new toys on their way, this probably means I should do a major clean out of the kids' play room, which, let's not kid ourselves, absolutely won't be happening, and then I'll be massively overwhelmed by all their crap and will just keep the doors shut to that room for forever. Okay, great. Creating more problems for myself. Like that's a new thing. Next!
Today I had the overwhelming joy of being the doc on call at one of the hospitals. Because it was not very busy at the beginning of my shift, I went outside for a long walk. How long, you as the very enamored reader ask? Long enough for the sun to set and for me to document it but fall victim to Google Photos not wanting to upload them to prove to you that I can walk for a long time. During my walk tonight, I listened to some OB/GYN podcasts so I can stay up on the literature and be the best doctor ever. Then I did two peloton outdoor walks. For those of you who haven't joined the Peloton cult, you should. I bought a peloton tread in April. I wanted to use it to get more steps in and be a little more motivated to move my body and let me tell you, it's working. I rarely do a live workout (read: I did one once), but I do the recorded workouts and these workouts push me way harder than I would ever push myself. If I were to do the treadmill on my own, I'd up the incline and then walk for an hour at a modest speed. Doing a treadmill workout with the Peloton, the incline is up and down and all around and we're slow walking and power walking and hiking, etc. I've even started doing some runs, which I really haven't done since medical school (I honestly can't remember if I did any running in residency). Their app also has lots of stuff you can do off their exercise equipment, like their outdoor series. The outdoor series has an instructor telling you what to do and it pushes me harder. I will do power walks outside now and I have officially stopped giving a fuck about whether or not people who have the distinct pleasure of watching me power walk think that it's weird. It's a decent way to get a humble little workout in when I'm not at home or at the gym with equipment. So, go me.
Tonight's outdoor walks I did with coaching by Alex Toussaint and Joslyn Thompson Rule. Alex had some pretty legit motivational things to say during his walk, but also his playlist was killer and he kept the pace up. Joslyn was way easier with her walk, but she has kicked my butt before. I have already bookmarked more outdoor walks with Alex because I really liked his style.
I'm off! Perhaps tomorrow you can have some photos and we can start talking about my toe touching goal. P.S. I packed my food for my shift, so one could say I'm killing it with food packing even though it's the worst task in the world.
