It's always more fun to exercise with other people. When I go running alone (in the real world, not on the treadmill) it's very easy to simply give up on running pretty quickly. After a few hundred yards I "take a break," then I walk for a while before running a little more, and start the cycle all over again. Running alone creates an easy excuse to stop. When you've got others to work out with there's someone else to help keep you on track.
I bring this up, because at lunch I ended up walking with a couple people from work. Normally I take a short, relatively easy walk. Today, with a couple other people pushing me I stretched out both the distance and speed at lunchtime. At the same time I didn't really notice the change, because I had other people with me pushing that higher pace. The same experience has been true in much of my other exercise and training. As long as I have other people to work out with, I am a lot more likely to put in some form of effort.
Food today: egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (300 calories), turkey sandwich on wheat bread (500 calories), a small bag of chips as a snack after lunch (160 calories), penne and sauce for dinner (900 calories), and a fresh-baked sourdough roll as a snack after dinner (200 calories). Exercise was the longer lunchtime walk (calling it 150 calories, though it was probably more) and an hour on the treadmill (842 calories).
Daily Food Total: 2060
Exercise: 992
Points Earned: 1932
Total Points Earned: 146807
Points to go: 53193
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