Why I Don't Go To The Gym....

I have always said that I get plenty of exercise just going about my normal chores.

You see, I live in a family of exercise enthusiasts.

I, on the other hand, prefer to get my exercise doing functional activities...

like farm chores.

Exercising for the sake of exercising is boring to me.

I would much rather have an accomplishment at the end of my exercise...

another task completed.

That is why I was thrilled to open my Christmas present from Hubbs this year...

to find a Fitbit.

This little device on my wrist not only tells me what time it is,

but it also confirms that I walk a lot of miles in a day's time.

It has read-outs for heart rate, steps taken, stairs climbed, miles traveled by foot,

calories burned and hours slept.

By the time I finished the mid-afternoon chores, I had already taken 13, 758 steps...

walked 5.9 miles, burned over 2000 calories (which doesn't include the calories burned

while shoveling manure, or cleaning out goat houses...because I wasn't walking at the time)

and climbed 25 flights of stairs.

I rest my case!

Hubbs also gave me this wonderful cast iron tomato pot...

functional and beautiful!!

"Great gifts, Hubbs!!"

And.... fresh off the needles...