{"id":111,"date":"2011-12-20T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2011\/12\/tricks-to-slow-me-down-even-as-i-need-to-step-it-up\/"},"modified":"2011-12-20T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T10:06:00","slug":"tricks-to-slow-me-down-even-as-i-need-to-step-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2011\/12\/tricks-to-slow-me-down-even-as-i-need-to-step-it-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Tricks to Slow Me down, even as I need to Step it Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\u201cSlow down!\u201d \u00a0Ren whined as we walked the mile downtown.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cNope, I got to walk fast\u2013this is my exercise for today.\u201d I picked up the pace even more.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Thursday was my physical. \u00a0Can you believe my PCP called me on a Saturday to chastise me for being overdue on my physical, mammogram, and pap smear? \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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I warned her as soon as I walked in that I\u2019ve put on weight in the past 2 months.\u00a0 <\/span>She even let me strip naked. \u00a0But there I was\u20133 pounds heavier naked than a year ago clothed. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sigh.<\/span><\/div>\n
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She grilled me about my eating, drinking and exercise. \u00a0Which I believe are all at healthy levels.\u00a0 <\/span>Finally, she poked me in the stomach, pointed out how I was protruding, and said \u201cThis is metabolic\u2013you need to exercise more.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat? \u00a0<\/span>I already exercise 5-6 times a week, how can I exercise more?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cYou need to exercise 7 days a week.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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You\u2019ve got to be kidding. \u00a07 days a week???<\/span><\/div>\n
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She conceded that a couple of those days could be walks, but stuck to her guns that I need to move my body every day.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019m fighting my body\u2019s proclivity for Type II diabetes, and one of the key ways is keeping my weight down.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I debated whether or not to tell Scott. \u00a0I knew that telling him means he\u2019ll hold it over me until the day I die. \u00a0But the chances that I\u2019d self-motivate 7 days a week of exercise are slim to none. \u00a0So I told him.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sure enough, Saturday he asked me what I was going to do.\u00a0 <\/span>I couldn\u2019t go to my favorite spin class because we were going to the mall. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m going to walk.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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After the mall, he said, \u201cWhen are you going to walk?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cSometime. . .\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cYou should go now and take Ren to the hardware store to see if they have a wheel for his history project.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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So off we went. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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I felt annoyed on many levels:<\/span><\/div>\n

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1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>This was my future\u2013taking an extraneous walk every day just because I have to<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>I was cold. \u00a0I wore my light black leather jacket instead of warm red coat because I was wearing red pants and I didn\u2019t want to look like a candy cane.\u00a0 So I was also vain.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ren was lollygagging along<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>We were looking for a wheel for a school project I didn\u2019t believe was doable<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ren whined incessantly about walking and how fast I was going.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>To slow me down, he kept grabbing my hand, or pulling on my arm, or leaning on my shoulder<\/span><\/div>\n

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On the way back, after indeed, not finding a wheel for this school project that I was now doubly convinced wasn\u2019t doable, Ren, with even less motivation to walk fast, lollygagged even more. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cSlow down!\u201d he kept begging.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cNope!\u201d I speed-walked on. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Now the kid really started grabbing me\u2013pulling on my shoulder, my arms, anything to get me to slow down. \u00a0Which made me more annoyed and made me speed up even more. \u00a0\u201cStop grabbing me!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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But he wouldn\u2019t stop. \u00a0We bickered back and forth, and finally he put his hand on my shoulder, holding me back and said, \u201cI\u2019m praying for you\u2013you have to let me put my hand on your shoulder!\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be kidding\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cNo, I\u2019m praying. . . \u00a0God,\u201d he looked up in the sky, \u201cPlease make Mom walk slower.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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What does it say about me that I still tried to shake him off of me so I could go faster?<\/span><\/div>\n
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But he was relentless. \u00a0He grabbed my shoulder again, \u201cI\u2019m still praying! \u00a0God. . . \u00a0PLEASE make Mom go slower.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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He giggled. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t help it. \u00a0Even with my annoyance, I laughed too.\u00a0 <\/span>And laughter can really help break a funk.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ever the budding thespian who wants his glory, he said, \u201cAre you going to blog about this?\u201d\n

So here it is Ren.\u00a0 <\/span>A blog about you praying for me to slow down.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n

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Amen \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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