Back to square one

It's been over a year since I posted here, and in all that time I've only done a handful of semi-serious walks. This is not good - my fitness has gone downhill badly, and my weight has gone up accordingly. So it's time to bite the bullet and start all over again. I have bought a pedometer, although I'm not sure it's counting my steps correctly, and I still have to find out how long my pace is so it can translate steps into approximately correct distance. My objective for now is go out during the day, every day it doesn't rain, and walk around the block. I've done that twice so far this week.