Starting on the first of May, I started keeping a “daily log” in this blog of how much I’m walking and/or running (aka jogging). Each day on the last entry for that day I put the daily log in square brackets at the bottom of the entry – see below for today’s. I’m trying to increase my motivation and consistency. So I’m keeping data, here in this blog, the same way as I keep other sorts of daily banalities. Living the public, transparent lifestyle, out there on the internets.
The results are “just in time”: today, I learned I’m borderline hypertensive, because of my blood pressure, which was taken during my drug screening / health checkup that I had to get for the provincial education office (which I’d been procrastinating on).
I found it depressing – I walked 120 kilometers in the month of May, and jogged another 49, for a total 169. Combine that with the fact that I spend most of my working day on my feet (in the classroom) and that I almost always use the stairs (7 floors at home, 5 floors at work), and I don’t think I’m really that sedentary.
And yet… and yet… my weight is frozen with the extra “Yeonggwang 5 kilos” I picked up in 2010, and here I find I have high blood pressure. What’s going on? What am I doing wrong? I don’t think my diet is that irresponsible, either – I’m semi-vegetarian, I’m mostly avoiding alcohol… Well, just plain arghh.
Here’s a graph of my data. You can see how I get lazy each weekend – I knew this, and even accept it – it’s part of the routine I’m trying to establish for myself.
Here’s the data, in summary. Can you tell I used to work as a data analyst?
|
date |
walking |
running |
total |
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|
|
1 |
7 |
1 |
8 |
|
|
|
2 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
|
3 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
4 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
5 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
7 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
|
8 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
9 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
|
10 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
11 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
12 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
13 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
14 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
15 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
|
16 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
|
|
|
17 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
18 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
19 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
|
20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
|
21 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
|
|
|
22 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
|
23 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
|
|
24 |
4 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
|
25 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
|
26 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
27 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
|
|
|
28 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
|
29 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
|
|
|
30 |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|
|
|
31 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
120 |
49 |
169 |
|
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[Daily log: walking, 5 km; running, 1 km]
