doctor's advice worth taking?

An attitude is contagious.

Is yours worth catching?

I went to my doctor this morning because I was in so much pain that it woke me at 5 a.m.  I saw him at 8:30 a.m. (I have a wonderful walk-in clinic that opens at 8 a.m.) and he said that "a lot of your problems would improve greatly if you started walking 20 minutes a day". 
I explained to him that I am "terminally lazy and motivationally challenged".  He said that at least I knew what my true problems were, unlike most of his patients, and sent me on my way.

I do plan on trying to do this.  I think if I even give it a half-hearted try that I might see improvement.  He offered to write me a prescription for it so that I would treat it like I do taking my medication.  If I don't do it every day on a regular basis that it isn't going to give me as much benefit.  I wanted to tell him that I take pain medication on a regular basis (prescribed, no less) and that it doesn't really give me a lot of benefit.....

I do admit that, among all the other folders I have started for various other projects, I did start an exercise folder.  One of the things I really think would get me to do this on a regular basis is to get a treadmill.  I always use the excuse that "walking is great for the warmer months, but what about Winter?".....  Unlike most people, I do not feel my treadmill would become a clothes rack or something other less glamorous.....  A treadmill is like most things in my life though, "how does it feel to want?".

Still, we will see how this goes.  I asked my Higher Powers to give me a place to start with this exercise thing.  Sometimes you have to be careful what you ask for.

Blessed Be,
Kim