Just loving my Garmin Forerunner 10 GPS monitor.  It has opened a whole new (old) world to me.  OLD because I used to power walk 5 miles a day, which dwindled to nothing.  Then after some hopeful - but unsuccessful - attempts after my knee surgery I finally gave up.  This now enables me to take short "meaningful" walks while providing excellent feedback and motivation.  I use the word meaningful because it was important to me to know my distance and even the best pedometers were crappy - so I was limited to walking routes that I could clock with the car.  Now I can walk wherever my nose takes me, and I can accurately measure the distance - but it's so much more than that - it records pace, which I love because I can see if I can beat my personal best.  It also records a ton of other stuff (elevation, fastest pace within the time, elapsed time, moving time, etc.).  I can also pause it as needed.  I also love that I upload the information and the GPS writes out a map of your route.  I print it out everyday and make notations to myself.  LOVE IT!

So what's the connection to Intuitive Eating?  I picked up a card from the "Association for Size Diversity and Health" that was in my counselor's office, and one of statements of the organization's goals is "Promoting individually appropriate, enjoyable, life-enhancing physical activity, rather than exercise that is focused on a goal of weight loss."  If you remember back about a year I jumped (literally) into swimming but finally gave that up because the pool hours were very inconvenient and an hour of swimming required 2 hours out of the office (showering, changing, driving back to the office, etc.).  So I had to find something convenient that I could fit into my day.  I knew it would be walking but I just was not successful after my surgery.

Somehow this Garmin has made it all possible. By being able to clock the route I can commit to a mile walk every single day (it usually comes out to a bit more actually).  I came back from my walk today feeling, for the first time, like my old self.  AND, when I am in the zone with activity I find that eating choices become so much easier.  It's as if my body COMMANDS me to eat well and healthily.  Eating well and exercising go hand-in-hand for me.  Always has.  And after having lost that mojo for so many years, it is SO nice to have it back.

Miriam