Lakeside Hike

Heather and I put in another hour on Friday. It's getting to be a regular thing, which is good. I'll miss her when she spends the summer in Texas.

I'm probably joining the campus gym this summer, when I have less commitments and more money coming in. I'll need help starting a routine-- once I get going the sticking should be easier.

Liar

Okay, I lied. Though I didn't know it at the time. I was in my bathroom and thought, "Hmm. Bathroom scale. I wonder..."

And I've lost 10 pounds over the last three months. 10 pounds! And I have continued to eat like a pig! Imagine what would happen if I ate better.

So this is what it feels like to be a superhero. Loses 10 pounds without even noticing! Dee-dud-deeeee!

Okay, I'm done talking now. ::flies away::

I've been walking 1+ mile almost every day since January. It hasn't changed a think around my middle, but it has allowed me to procrastinate the h*ll out of a number of major papers, which are now all due in the next week and a half.

But hey, the sun is out now... well, not today, but it has been lately... and maybe that means I can take a book or something with me when I go. Sit by the lake, read, walk back. That's productive, right?

I'm also going to start eating lower on the food chain, convinced to do so by a lecture I heard the other night. I'm evidently not convinced enough; I'm keep buying more meat and putting it in my freezer, but at least I think about vegetables more often...

Effort Reporting

Last night I bowled three games. No soda or beer (just juice and tea). Does that count as exercise? It better, cuz it's all I'm getting.

I have been working on doing stretches while I wait on the microwave. Pro: I'm just standing there anyway, and the clock helps me know how long to hold position. Con: people think I'm weird now.

Little Hike

Friday night I walked for... less than an hour. So, probably 2 or 3 miles. I needed it.

Then I went to a club called Rhino's, got ice cream at the Moose, and beer at the Lion. I think I spent Friday night on a zoo crawl...

Just eating a quick snack of applesauce before I go for a walk (hopefully the sun is shining out there, right? Hard to tell from my desk)...

I did my first actual running of the year misery on Thursday. I sucked. And also the road was very dry so cars going by just about choked me with dust, which also sucked and did not make breathing any easier. So. That.

Friday (18th) I tried a new thing, walking on my lunch hour. Twice around the block and back up the stairs to the 4th floor took 30 minutes, totally do-able. Today I actually remembered to put my tennis shoes in the car so I am headed out shortly do give it another go.

Saturday and Sunday we did lots of outside chores, raking leaves and splitting/stacking firewood (my hands are all beat up to prove it) so I say that totally counts... except I am sure also that I ingested enough calories to totally cancel out all above-referenced exercise. Dinner on Saturday was, after all, the bbq bacon cheeseburger at whatever lakefront restaurant we were at... with a pesto bruschetta appetizer. D'oh.

Ok. Going to walk now.
Lovelove.

Weekend

Friday: walked a mile. I might have done another lap, but I had to pee :)

Saturday: walked 2.5 miles. It took an hour. I felt out of shape and tired.

It's raining again here, so we'll see how much I get done this next week...

I'm Back!!!

I have neglected this blog and my workouts this quarter. My apologies. I have returned though! I am "tracked out" for a few weeks- meaning my students and I are out of school for a few weeks.
I am getting back in to my workout routine and throwing a few extra workouts in for good measure. I had a stressful last two quarters and proceeded to workout less, eat more, and gain a few pounds. With my 3oth birthday looming, I am ready to jump back to the gym and boogie my buns off!!
Wish me luck!
It's good to be back!

Hey all

Our blog is so neglected ...
should we keep it going? Repurpose it? Bid it a fond adieu?

It's Tuesday, and I am randomly going through my internet favorites
looking for things I haven't read in a while (this, clearly) and checking
to make sure they are still there....

I'm boring. :P

Good Morning!

The Family Circle website went crazy, Parents.com ate it up, something weird happened, so the walking calendar/schedule thing is gone. I don't know about anyone else, but summertime kind of killed my motivation somehow anyways. Sadly, summertime is basically over... but on the up side, I seem to have found a little bit of motivation again. This is mostly Harmony's fault for being a month in to her new "learn to be a jogger" awesomeness. Yay!

Anyway so I am following her lead, albeit I'm on day one and she's on month two, in the "Couch to 5K Running Plan." Maybe somehow I will manage to get myself into a consistent exercise routine again. That would be a total miracle.

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

Also, I have been doing a much better job keeping track of what I shove in my face. The calorie tracker at www.fitday.com is a real lifesaver for me, as most foods -- or something close enough to them -- are already in their searchable database and I don't have to spend all my time copying nutritional information from the backs of everything I eat. It also keeps track of my most recent entries as well as my most recent "custom foods" (the items where I HAVE had to copy the back of the package). It is my friend.

And of course I'm still tracking my steps at www.walkertracker.com. Today was day one, as I mention, of the attempt at an exercise routine... and I have a surprisingly nice headstart, with 4594 steps already on the pedometer at 9:45 a.m. SWEET!

Now, if anyone can show me a free-or-cheap site where I can track all of these things at the same time, you will be my hero.

Well aren't we a quiet bunch.
And instead of losing weight, I've been gaining, consistently. I could blame the medication transitions, or any number of other things, but really it's pretty much that I've been eating crap and not really exercising much.
Today I found this cool link.
http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm
So I'm sharing it.
Yay, links. Yay, exercise and decent eating habits ... yeah.

Ouch

My first migraine seems to be leaving the building, finally. It arrived on Monday afternoon and has been lingering all week. Hence, I haven't even been thinking about my steps. Looks like I'll be trying for 4,000 a day starting again next week.

I hope you all are doing much, much better!