Au revoir gym membership, hello fitbit

Last time I sat down to write a post, I'd given up my gym membership, which was a very hard thing to do.  A different approach is necessary - small steps almost literally.

I've been working on getting to 10,000 steps every day.  It's tough in some respects because I'd prefer to be out on a track somewhere.  

My wife and I have taken our son out for his first couple of bushwalks.  These have been great - to spend time with family, introduce him to different parts of nature, and for me to take a stack of pictures.

It's not too difficult to get to 10,000 steps - except maybe for the awful weather we've had recently.  Between parking further away from work and taking a 20-30 minute detour to check my postbox, I've been getting close to or reaching 10,000.

I'm unfit though.  I've been able to do a few walks around the place.  They've been fairly short (8km - 11km) but it's been great to get out.  I've really missed it.

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Through gritted teeth, I stood on the scales and was surprised.  It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it was still pretty bad.  There's a tonne of work to do.

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Early in 2015, I walked the 50km version of the Canberra 100 (blog post here).  I wasn't able to do the event in 2016, due to the car accident and the new addition to my family.  I was a bit sad to see the event isn't being run in 2017 - I love a challenge and was already looking forward to training for and completing the event (I've forgotten the sore feet from 2015).  Family comes first but I'll have to find a similar event...