Day 241: Movement

I think Saturday is the hardest day of the week to walk. Not only is it at the end of the week - the last day I get to walk, but it is the one day where no one has a schedule. Saturday is a huge temptation to sleep in and be a bum all day.

Today was no different; however, this is the first day I  was acutely aware that I did not move my body enough. In the afternoon I was feeling very restless and realized that I just needed to move - to walk, to dance, to stand in place....to do something that required movement.

I read somewhere recently that discussed  the idea that exercising in the morning than sitting the rest of the day was not healthy - it is healthier than sitting all day, but not as healthy as many of us (me included) believe. The article sited some research that showed people who move throughout the day are overall healthier than people who only sit or work out for a little bit and then sit the rest of the day. The interesting that I found in the article was the movement did not have to be "exercise" - chores, gardening, walking (whatever you wanted as long as you were not sitting) counted as physical movement.

This is good and bad. Good because I can know that as I clean, pull weeds and walk I am helping my overall health. Bad because most of my favorite activities are stationary: blogging, reading, writing...

Maybe I will set the timer for every hour and then make sure I move around for  5 minutes....hmmm....not a bad idea....

Happy walking!