I fell off the Zumba bandwagon a while back. I don’t remember how I got derailed but it can happen so easily – an illness, a business trip, a husband who plays Over-The-Hill soccer at the same time as my favorite class…
I’m very task- and goal-oriented so whatever tasks or deadlines I have looming are what gets my attention. By the time I get through the critical stuff, it’s 2 a.m. and a little late for Zumba. Luckily, my company is starting a walking challenge, and my office has a team. We’ve each committed to walking a certain number of steps each day from June 7th to August 1st (coincidentally, my birthday), and we will log our progress online. I signed up for 10,000 steps and I received my official company-issued pedometer today. I’ll be interested to see how many steps I walk on a regular day…obviously not enough.
I like to be as efficient as possible, even though this is out of my control most of the time these days. I’m always at the mercy of someone else’s needs, so I have to be even more efficient if that’s possible.
To get the most out of walking, I took the advice of a couple of my friends and bought a pair of Skechers Shape Ups. They look a little like orthopedic sneakers, and they made me feel kind of drunk at first, but I wore them all day today and I definitely felt different muscles in use. I wasn’t sure they’d be for me because of my past foot problems, but when I heard that my friend’s foot doctor recommended them, I was all in.
I got mine at DSW ($99) and they had quite a selection. I’ll be very interested to see the results of 8 weeks of 10,000 steps per day wearing Shape Ups. If nothing else, I wore them all day and my feet don’t hurt so I give them two thumbs up. Joe Montana likes them too.
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