Throwback Thursday: A Peek into My Work Stairs Climbing Diary

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The relentless rants about increasing physical activity whilst at work led to my sweet and sour relationship with the stairs that connect the 10 floors of the District Hospital I worked as a General Practice Specialty Registrar and opening of this imaginary diary. Some days I flew up the landings to the 8th floor where I worked, sprinting like I had been training for the olympics. Other days, especially after having a heavy lunch, I would find myself plodding slowly and panting like I had ran the London marathon the previous day. The shinning and inviting doors of the lifts had to be avoided at all cost and every calorie that could be burnt had to be utilised towards the endless journey of general wellbeing. Whatever the case was, there were always other members of staff climbing as well, either speeding past me and silently exposing the fact that I had to do more to increase my fitness levels or, taking it one step at a time and demonstrating that showing up at all was a win in it's own right, no matter the amount of extra calories burnt on the upward trip to whatever ward/office.

By: Microsoft image creator from Designer

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