Baby Steps

February 11, 2015
Baby Steps
Currently, walking is the only physical activity I can consistently do without overly fatiguing myself. I use a FitBit to track my daily steps. In my current condition, 5,000 steps seems to be the magic number. I need to push myself to get there over the course of the day, but it doesn’t wipe me out that I have no energy left to begin the next day. My goal is to slowly add to this number each week as I become healthier, stronger and lose weight.

As I stated, I have to push myself throughout the day to get to this number. I am not yet to the point physically where I can just head out and rack up 5,000 steps in one jaunt. In this condition, in one big push, I can reach 2,000 steps in a single effort, but then I am out of breath and need to rest.

Yesterday was an especially cold day and I knew I was not going to get a 2,000 step push outside. But I also knew that I needed to get all of my steps in. This made me very aware of all of my movements.

Throughout the day I just kept stepping and moving. If I was waiting for something in the microwave, I circled the kitchen. At least once an hour I simply got up and walked throughout my house for a few minutes at a time. I developed a little figure eight pattern around some things and through a couple of rooms and off I went. I was very aware of my posture, I felt strong and I felt alive. And I amused the pets in the process.

It became a very productive day. The more I moved, the more I wanted to do, and I felt in control. It was awesome. And before the day was over, I had accumulated 6,700 steps. Yay for baby steps!

So I started thinking how all of these little steps add up. And not just my physical steps. Everything I am doing as I transform myself and my life, these are all steps, building blocks for future success.

Steps don’t just represent distance moved, steps are also the components of a staircase. All of my efforts, the nutritious eating plan, the consistent devotional and bible study time, my sincere prayer, and this blog, this exercise of getting to know and understand my self better, these are all steps, the stairs to my personal staircase. I am rising to new heights and standards. And I have some pretty lofty expectations.

I am excited for my adventure, my climb to a new and vital life. And it all starts with baby steps.