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| The Botanical Garden Trail |
Hi Everyone!
Yup…late
again…and I just need to get my butt in gear to post on Sunday. Today, my dear
husband had a goodbye party for a colleague that he wanted me to attend. Since
I don’t get invited to these things very much because of all the cut backs, I
was happy to go. This one was put on by individuals and therefore cost nothing
to the groups who employed everyone. Little more on that later.
The
weather has been very humid, which is very bad for me. I have to be careful
because I overheat and sweat. A lot. So much in fact, I’ve come close to
passing out. Any time I exert myself too much, I get wet. Today at the party I
mentioned above, I came in and was doing fine with minimal sweating. Within
twenty minutes of being in a non-air conditioned room, I was dripping. Within
thirty, I had to find a chair or risk passing out. Humidity is not my friend
and I’ve been this way all my life.
On
most days, it isn’t a problem because the temp is in the 80s and the humidity
doesn’t get over 40%. That’s good. But this last week, the temperature soared
as did the humidity. Most days there wasn’t a cloud in the sky but the last two
have produced some thunderstorms in the area, so the heat wave has been broken
with the temp going down but the humidity climbing. I am so not looking forward
to this next week.
During
this hot summer days, we try and do as much inside as we can. During the day,
we catch up on reading in the afternoons and try to get all shopping done
before noon. Most of the time we’re successful but occasionally we realize we
have forgotten something and zoom off to get an item in the afternoon. I get
water at every stop and keep the afternoon walking to a minimum if possible.
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| Praterstern's Hauptallee |
Our
longer walks are done in the evening and some of them have lasted a couple of
hours as I try to get a certain number of steps every day. Yes, I have a FitBit
Charge HR that is my lifelong companion and it keeps track of my walking. It’s
one of the things I’ve had since I got here as I knew with my increased
activity, I’d finally lose some of the extra weight I’ve been carrying around
for years. That first year, I lost over 50 pounds and now I’m at around the
sixty pound mark. I had a couple of hospitalizations that have made it slow
going these past two years. Then last year my father passed away and I wasn’t thinking
anything much but about numbers.
And
if you all don’t know about a FitBit it’s all based upon the fact that everyone
should walk a minimum of 10,000 steps a day. I started with a regular pedometer
then graduated to a FitBit Flex that automatically recorded my steps. I’ve
finally got what’s called a Charge HR that tracks just about everything. That’s
all I did combined with just watching what I ate. Nothing fancy believe me as I’d
never kept to it. I want the freedom to choose and do currently with the way I’m
going about weight loss. But no matter what is happening in my life, I can do
numbers. I have maintained a food diary for over a year and have been counting
my steps daily since 2012. That’s without missing a day. The only times I had
off were the personal things already mentioned. If I can do it, anyone can.
Vienna
is perfect for the walking dieter. That has been my main form of exercise and I’ve
been recently upping it since weight-loss wise, I’m at a standstill. Frankly, I
just want to be healthier and if nothing else, this place has made me that, all
without doing anything out of the ordinary.
The
places one can walk here are absolutely amazing. At first, I would huff and
puff and threaten to kill my husband with every step. I’d cry if it was too hot
in the summer. Now, I’m only grumpy if I get the humidity headache. No headache
will find me slogging along to get my steps in or see something new.
I’m
always amazed to see something here I’ve never seen before. Like on Sunday, we
went to see the movie Jurassic World. Loved it by the way and I’m a die-hard
fan of the series. Anyway, I was low on steps and suggested we needed to walk
home. The theater is two separate train rides away from our flat, so it’s
definitely a bit away.
My
husband decided to go a way I’d never been before. We went past some restaurants
that I want to go back to and we also discovered that Pup Harry has been on
that walk before. The DH thought it was me. LOL! Still, it was a wonderful look
at the backstreets of Vienna that I normally don’t get to see. I enjoyed it
very much and if it were daytime, I would have taken some pictures.
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| Amazing Schonbrunn Garden |
One
last thing this week, if you follow me on Facebook, you’ll note that Pup Harry
had some trauma this week. On Saturday, he turned into a snarky terrier when the
DH wanted to look at his paw. We had to muzzle him and perform minor surgery as
we took a nearly half-inch thorn out of it. We aren’t sure how much was
actually embedded in between his toes as it was covered in hair but we know it
was some. Still his relief was palatable when we pulled it out. He’s happily on
the mend.
Our
pictures this week are of some of the places we walk to like the Botanical
Garden, Praterstern and Schonbrunn. Yes, it really is that lovely at all those
places.
Hope
you enjoyed this little look into Austria and beyond. See you all next week!
Lynn
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