Monday good Monday: 32,283 Steps!

I had a fantastic Monday!  Today will not be as stellar exercise-wise because it is my day to volunteer at the school.  I help out in the Knight's computer lab after I have lunch with him on Tuesdays.  I am also going to take a group picture of his class for the yearbook.  Our annual Silent Auction is also coming up and I volunteered to make some calls for that.  I co-chaired it last year and it about killed me.  I backed way off this year.  I am making some calls and coordinating the room parents.

Pounds lost:  3

Goal: lose 50

Pounds to go: 47

Miles walked/run: 7 

7 miles and 950 calories!

Wow - it feels good to make it to the gym again!  I went a few times when the kids were home for Christmas break, but I didn't have any intense days like today.  I went for 7 miles and 950 calories!  Woo hoo! 

I was going to race home, shower, and then take Duke for a haircut, but since we passed by the place on the way home, we stopped as we passed it. I stayed down wind. 

Happy to get 7 miles and 2 more hours!  I'm already over 20,000 steps for the day and it is only 1:15.  Woo hoo!  It is laundry day too so there will be lots of running around delivering clothes to the kids' rooms.   But first, a shower!

Sunday Steps and a New Ticker

Steps for Sunday: 17022.

Duke and I are heading to the gym today so I should be able to get into the mid-20000 low 30000 today.

I am going to add a new ticker to see how many steps I walk this year.  A good goal: 15000 steps per day.  366x15000= 5,490,000.

Up one pound today - Princess made cookies and I ate some.  Carbs are not my friend.  If I am serious about this weight loss thing, I have to pay closer attention to them.

Goal: lose 50

Pounds to go: 49

Days 3 and 4

Holding my own.  Weekends are a bit rough but I am still down 2 pounds and I am fighting for them!

Friday stes: 13801
Saturday steps:  14395
Sunday Steps:  TBA

Day 2 of the D Word

Today is day two of the dreaded D word: diet.  I am somewhat of an analytical person and prone to beating dead horses so I am am not going to wax poetic about lifestyle change and all of that.  Making change is a day-by-day every day, choice-by-choice every-choice-matters type of thing.  To be successful, you have to simply pay attention and be persistant.  Yesterday was good - down 2 pounds, and yep I know that it is just water weight but it still makes me happy so don't remind me.  I'm not doing anything fancy - just journaling what I eat, making better decisions, and running when I can.  The kids are back in school this week.  I was able to walk around the upstairs track while Princess had basketball last night for an hour.  Yippee! 

Goal: lose 50                     Pounds to go: 48

Hours worked out:  1     Miles walked/run: 4 

Steps Stepped:  25664

Happy New Year!

New Year, new goals.  I have been back into running for about a month and a half, although I am sure I lost some ground with the kids home for Christmas break.  I was at week four of the C25K program.  My goal is to never have to start over with this program again and actually keep up with my running.

I have added a little ticker at the top of the blog.  I am going to exercise for 300 hours this year.  That does not seem too bad considering I ususally spend 1.5 hours at the gym each visit. I may add steps too.

I am also going to add a weight loss ticker. 50 pounds is a good goal for me.  Honestly I would feel a lot better even losing 10-20.

The kids are at home for two more days.  I will head back to the gym on Thursday and Friday.  :)

Vision:  Liking myself in pictures again.

Weight goal:  -50 pounds    Weight loss:  0 pounds

I'm back!

Whew!  It's been a while but I am heading back to the gym again today.  I was co-chair of our annual school festival this fall.  In all honesty, I felt like I was working full time again.  It was fun and now it is over and I am going to be making up for lost time.

Week #1 - walk for 5 minutes, run for 60 seconds, walk for 90 seconds for at least 20 minutes.

I am hoping to get 4 miles in.