Day 1 of training

I just returned from my first day of walking for my training.  I put on the infamous sports bra, jeans, my fancy sneakers with the appropriate socks and a LLS survivor t-shirt.  I figured people wouldn't feel inclined to run me over if they saw the word survivor written on my back.  Oh, I also put on my black adidas cap and sunglasses.  I like to be incognito while I work out. If I wore my pink cap everyone would have thought I was a breast cancer survivor and that irks me.  Women do get other cancers, but that rant is for another day.

I turned on my pedometer and off I went.  I gave hello waves to cars as they passed me by and I stopped briefly to googoo and gaagaa at a baby in a stroller.  What a beautiful day it is outside today!  Then my mind began to wander back to my morning filled with aggravation and a person angry with me because they think their taxes are too high.  To alleviate the stress, I decided to count the liquor bottles on the side of the road.  Here's my count for today,  5 liquor bottles, 1 Mtn dew, 1 Arizona iced tea, 1 energy drink and 1 condom.  If I wasn't such a germaphobe, I would have picked them up, all except the condom.  That's just nasty!  Maybe my husband will come for a walk with me over the weekend and we'll bring a garbage bag to get this mess cleaned up. 

Anyway,  thinking I had walked a good distance, I decided to head home.  I thought for sure I had walked off the 2 cupcakes I ate for breakfast. I know, I know, I should have had oatmeal or oat bran and that's just another thing I need to work on to succeed. I walked into my kitchen and took off the pedometer, thinking that I had to have walked at least a mile and a half.  The stupid thing said .68 miles.  Are you freaking kidding me!!  This thing must be broken or defective or something other than accurate.  Now I need to figure out another route to add more mileage.  Day one down and I need to be proud of myself for beginning this journey.  Maybe I should celebrate with a cupcake!  I'm only kidding, I'm having a protein shake.