Challenging Feet

Before we left the UK I got Sarah a pedometer to measure how far we walk each day. Don’t worry, I didn’t pay for it. It was free from Walkers crisps (known as Lays in North America). It found its way into our suitcase and as I’ve put on a stone since moving here I decided to see if I do the 10,000 steps a day needed to lose weight. 300 steps before we left the flat was a good start and apparently I made 30 steps whilst driving to Montreal. I found that getting coins out of my pocket is equivalent to 7 steps and pulling my trousers up is 5 steps.

Even allowing for getting $10 worth of change from my pocket and pulling my trousers up and down thirty times, I completed my 10,000 steps in the Eaton shopping mall. What was I to do now? I couldn’t risk over exercising so I had to just stop! I suggested that Sarah carry me back to the hotel. Sarah politely suggested that I should slide my feet rather than stepping and in that way we made it back to the hotel.

I did 24,845 steps over the weekend.