Logging can be important

I've mentioned before that I'm not a big fan of keeping a food log or journal.  I won't write down any of the poor food choices I make, so the log is useless.  However, I've discovered that keeping an exercise log is helpful to me. 

Today I was feeling a bit down because I didn't get to walk on the treadmill this morning.  I did do five minutes of stair climbing, however, so I signed into Extrapounds to log that.  I discovered that I hadn't logged my 22-minute walk from yesterday.  I was feeling bad because I thought that I hadn't exercised yesterday, but looking at the log jogged my memory. 

This happens to me a lot.  With food I tend to block out all the bad things I've eaten and I feel pretty good about myself in that area.  With exercise, I do the opposite.  I forget the little 10-minute walk here and the 15-minute walk there.  Pretty soon I'm down on myself for not exercising enough and I quit altogether.  Another bad habit that I have to break! 

LynnAnne asked me in the comments if I was getting bored with treadmill walking.  No, I like walking on the treadmill and I feel good about my session immediately after I get off.  Then I start thinking about all the areas I need to tighten up and I'm afraid I won't be able to do that with walking alone.  It just doesn't give me that "butt burn" that I associate with a hard workout.  The stair climbing does give me that feeling, so I am working it in.  Other than that, I need to remember that my back and knees won't let me do anything else until I lose more weight.