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Before I started walking pre-dawn this was my view<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n For years my husband begged me to walk. He tried every motivation possible. \u201cIt\u2019s healthy and we want to grow old and be grandparents\u201d, \u201cWe\u2019re going to California on vacation and we\u2019ll be doing lots of walking\u201d, \u201cLet\u2019s be a good example to the kids\u201d, and the list goes on. He\u2019d try to get me to go to the park and walk on Saturday morning, sometimes I did \u2013 but almost always begrudgingly. We\u2019d take the kids to the park and let them ride bikes while we walked. I\u2019d do it, but never enjoyed it. <\/p>\n Three years ago I fell and completely tore the ACL in my right knee. It was painful and a long recovery. I chose not to have surgery as I am not a tennis player, athletic, or under 30. I wish I could say the change came then, but it didn\u2019t. I did start going to the YMCA to work out from time to time, but not much. <\/p>\n A year ago, for some reason I\u2019m still not sure of, things changed. I decided to lose weight and started using MyFitnessPal<\/a> \u2013 an app I could track my calorie intake and exercise on my newly purchased iPhone. I started going to the YMCA regularly that summer and slowly started walking. Then I took a full-time position at Guilford College and working out became challenging for my schedule. I started walking early in the morning before everyone got started in the house \u2013that meant getting up at 5:30 and heading out with the dog. An interesting thing happened \u2013 I discovered I liked it. <\/p>\n I like walking while it is still dark. The birds are loud and the stars bright. I\u2019ve started using the MapMyWalk<\/a> app and it tracks my route, measures distance, pace, and calories burned. It helps motivate me. Amazingly, I am now contemplating walking in a 5K this fall. All those seeds my husband planted years ago are finally starting to bloom. Thanks sweetie.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Before I started walking pre-dawn this was my view For years my husband begged me to walk. He tried every motivation possible. \u201cIt\u2019s healthy and we want to grow old and be grandparents\u201d, \u201cWe\u2019re going to California on vacation and we\u2019ll be doing lots of walking\u201d, \u201cLet\u2019s be a good example to the kids\u201d, and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7zbKo-Id","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sheilascribbles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}