These boots were made for walking

 No. Not walking all over anyone. Just been going on daily walks, most days, twice a day. According to the 'step app' I put on my android I have walked 52km. 

I used to be able to walk forever even with my bad, prone to bursitis knees. I mean when I was with homeless-ex we used to take long walks from home to Akhavan  for instance which is 4.3 km each way. Or when we climbed up the Mont du Lac des Cygnes in Grand Jardins Provincial park which is 8.5 km both ways. 

Or before I had pneumonia in fall 2016, that summer I'd gone down and back up Egypt falls in Cape Breton, which was super steep. Took 20 minutes to go down and 40 to go back up. Had also done a 4 hour trail in Mauricie Park. The only problems I had is I have to stop periodically to catch my breath when going up hill. 

The last few times there was trails or places I could walk... it had to be soft flat surfaces. At the islands provincial park in Fundy I couldn't walk on the rocky terrain my knees couldn't handle it. 

I need to get sleeves for walking for my knees. I need to keep walking to get my energy levels back. Since having covid I rarely have much energy. Which means I was conserving it to get through work. 

I actually needed a month of doing little. I needed the rest. But doing little exacerbated the arthritis. I'm hoping twice daily walks will also help with that. 

I'm finally retired I do want to enjoy life. 

Active in pregnancy is healthy

I couldn't believe that a pregnant woman who was jogging,  was called a selfish cow, by another woman. People have some weird ideas about pregnancy and what women should do while pregnant. 

The saying about eating for two is a fallacy. My OBGYN used to say don't eat for two, eat twice as well. Also in all the books I've read, it says that if you were active and exercised regularly before pregnancy you should continue to do so while pregnant, with some exceptions such as contact sports like hockey. But sports like jogging, with your doctors blessing is a big help while pregnant. 

Other weird misconceptions is that if you're petite, you won't be able to give birth to a normal sized child. I beg to differ. Despite being all of 5' nothing and weighing about 98 lbs when I first got pregnant, I was able to deliver a 7lb baby girl as my first and a 9lb 10 ounces baby girl as my second. I delivered both vaginally without any complications, epidural or forceps. 

Then there was the idea that I wouldn't be able to breastfeed my children because I didn't have large breasts. Well after giving birth I had much bigger breasts and they provided sufficient nourishment to both of my daughters the first few months of their lives, along with healthy antibodies. 

Another misconception, as long as you breastfeed, you won't get pregnant. Well it might be true for some women, but in my case, although I breastfeed both daughters, I had my period again 3 months after the birth of my first.  The down side to this is that the days where my period was heavy I hardly had any milk to feed my baby.