Another week with Pedometer

Last week the daily goal was 3,500 steps, and I reached it 3 times (out of the 4 days I remembered to wear the silly thing!) I also went for an afternoon hike on Sunday, but again forgot the pedometer. So, I am attempting 4,000 a day this week. I did some work errands on foot after lunch today, so I have 1,000 steps to go. We'll see if every day goes this well.

Hope all is well with you!

Walking with a crowd

Anybody interested in walking a marathon (or half marathon) in Columbus, Ohio in October?
if so, please see both links and then let me know!!

http://www.columbusmarathon.com/

http://www.prevention.com/article/0,5778,s1-2-171-752-7796-1,00.html?cm_re=Walking-_-Team%20PVN-_-What%20is%20Team%20Prevention

We're exercise ninjas. Operating in stealth mode.

Congrats on your 6700 steps! Yay!

Phil and I hiked about 7 miles on medium to difficult terrain on Saturday. Kayaked on Monday.

We also tubed on Sunday but that's floating and not at all like exercise, unless you count a few brief bouts of paddling/kicking so as not to bump into logs in the river.

My weekly activity has been lame at best, but I intend to put down the ice cream bowl and get back to work!

Pedometer, hear me roar!

Last week my daily goal was 3000 steps. I made it 4 of the 5 days I kept track-- one day I managed 6700 steps! This week's goal is 3500. Of course, today I forgot to wear the darn thing... must still be on weekend attire, when I walked from chair to chair reading the Deathly Hallows.

Hope y'all are doing well.

Getting Back on Track

I love my friend Heather. I love that she likes to exercise, and to gossip while we do so. I think I got in two hours this weekend due to her, one on Friday night and one last night (Sunday). Having a graveyard near your house makes post-sunset walking fun, especially when you've been watching as much Buffy as I have :)

I started wearing my pedometer, even though it itches my hip and makes an annoying clicking noise. My daily goal to start is 3,000 steps. We'll see how I do this week.

Hope everyone had a good weekend!

Enjoying the last bits of freedom

This is my last week of vacation. I go back to work next Monday. I am already looking at the group fitness lists and planning which night classes to take. I worked out at the gym four days last week and walked one day. Not too bad. I even went to the gym on my birthday!! But then I went to a weekend celebration. People kept giving me drinks as it was a party to celebrate the 4th (my b-day) so lots of alcohol. Not to mention...when travelling, this gf girl does not have many options. I ate crappy foods all week. To pay my body back for the evils, I will be going to the gym six days this week. But I did buy another sports bra! Yay!
The results are slow in coming but they are there indeed. My love handles are getting smaller (notice I said smaller - not gone) and my biceps are visible. My tricep wave jiggle is also decreasing. I've lost at most...5lbs, but my clothes are fitting looser and I am feeling better.
Next baby goal - ten pounds and looser fitting clothes.
Ultimate goal - 20-25lbs and two-four dress sizes smaller. :)

Hope everyone is having a fun summer!

In a nutshell.

• Walked my booty off in D.C. at ALA. Oodles and oodles of miles, surely.
  
• Came home for a few days.
  
• Walked my booty off in Toronto on vacation. Not as many oodles of miles, but still bunches, at least.
  
• Came home for a few days.
  
• Kayaked.
  
• Walked.
  
• Rode my pretty new granny bike. So granny, in fact, that it has the awesome giant seat and is begging for a basket and bell. Also really comfortable which will motivate me to get out on it more.
  
  

So basically I've been inactive online but active elsewhere. Yay!

Little Something

I left the house a whole bunch this weekend. And it was too hot, yet I did get in a twenty minute walk yesterday. Not anywhere near the recent goals, but given two weeks on my butt, anything is a good thing. Likely not going again today cuz it's a heat index warning kinda day, making babies cry and all. But I'm going bowling tonight, and you are jealous, I can tell :)

Incredibly lazy

My excuses are crap, but I have them. Like how my boss has been in town, so I can't take one lunch break to walk and another to eat (given how I feel about food you can guess which break has been dropped). And yesterday it was really hot and really wet here-- I kept getting up from episodes of Buffy to check, and sure enough, it was still raining every time I looked. So yeah, these past few weeks have only really put a dent in my couch. But next week! Next week I will turn it around!

Biker Chick

Hi all!

I know, I know...I kinda fell off the planet a bit there, didn't I?

I went to ALA in Washington last week, and walked many, many miles between hotels and around the exhibit hall, but sadly didn't get to walk with Harmony, because I am a doofus.

(Cell. Charger. Bad. No. Phone. Oops.)

In any case, I have managed to ride my bike several times since I got home, and tonight I broke my latest mini-goal...three miles! I rode 3.3 miles in the lovely dusk evening, grinning on the downhills, and panting on the uphills, but I made it!

I'm planning to wear my pedometer to work on varying days in the coming weeks to see if I really do hit that "10,000 steps" a day mark, and how I can adjust it. Does anyone else do this?

Anyhoo, lovely to read all your posts, and keep moving! We can do it!

posting a picture

Okay - I'm pretty good with this stuff, but for some reason I cannot get my picture to load into my profile from photobucket. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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Normal...

I guess that word, normal, is all relative. For me, I'm getting back there. I'm finally able to do most things that I couldn't last week. So - here I am trying to make another go at this. I did walk for 30 minutes on thursday. I'll take it and run! :) My goal for this week is to walk at least 3 times. I will be with my family part of the week at the lake for celebrations so I REALLY need to find time to walk. It's going to be a birthday and anniversary celebration and I'm going to need to make sure to burn some of the calories I'm going to inevitably waste. Anyway... getting back in the swing. I hope all of you are doing well!

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