Day 4

It's been 4 days now, and I'm four for four at the gym!  That's a new streak for me, there's always been something important that needs to be done at least one day during the week.  There was today, as well, but I chose not to let it interfere and hit the gym before handling things.

When I got home, I had to make a dozen phone calls; my mother needs to travel back to Minnesota for some family court matters regarding her Dad's trust.  I've always said that people get "funny" when it comes to money - no matter how close you think your family is!  My grandfather owned lots of land, then put it into trust for his five children.  Somewhere along the line, one of the siblings thought that the land should go straight down his own family line ..... well, you can see where that's going.  As it happened, Mom and three siblings didn't get what was willed to them in the trust.  The legalese of it all has been going on for years, and has finally reached the court system.   I still shake my head, because it's only money, you can't take it with you, and why would you do that to your own family????   We'll see what comes of it now, this should be interesting.

Phone calls done, car gassed up and washed, the little things get checked off the TO DO list .....  wonder what's next?   lol   Sometimes it feels as if life is just too much.



Today's bad girl confession:
     McDonald's cheeseburgers

Today's numbers:
     12 minute walk
     33 minutes elliptical
     11,036 steps

all in all, not bad for my "off day"

Day 3 ... Keep Walking!

Sometimes a hard day at work makes a body want to say "let's just go home and chill" .... but I resisted and took myself off to the gym, as per my personal 30-day challenge.  It is my goal every day to a) walk at least 10k steps, and b) to get 30 minutes of exercise.

I can honestly say my hard work is paying off.  It's Weigh-in Weds for me, and I'm at #254.  With the usual swings of water and such that women have, I can say that I'm down 2 lbs, if not more.  The scale isn't rocket science, but if you take it on averages......   that works best for me :)

So today's numbers:
   29 minute walk
   21 minute elliptical
   12,480 steps





In other news, as I walked into the break room this morning I heard this:  "Obama will not last as President - who ever heard of a black man holding down a job for more than four years?"

I'm sure this was just a blurb of something being repeated from the past ....  but it sure made me chuckle!   I know, I know, its stereotyping all the way, along with being politically incorrect, and thankfully no one else was in there to make me feel bad for chuckling......  but I did!

Day 2 of 30

A challenge can be a fun way to get motivated.  If you're like me, you tend to give yourself some kind of "head game" to keep at it - because let's face it, its so easy to change direction once we reach home, or decide we need an extra Starbux latte to get us through our day!   For me, that head game today was telling myself that I can't start cooking dinner until I reach my 10k steps.   Sadie, of course, was thrilled with that, as it meant a long evening walk!

We have lots of clouds, and a few sprinkles.  I'm sure places within The Valley will get some rain; I think we had our share yesterday.

So, even though I wasn't enthusiastic about going to the gym, I went anyway!  And yes, I was tired, but I also know that I need to keep it up, to build up to longer sessions, or some High Intensity spurts -just getting thru my 30 day challenge is enough of a goal for now!




Today's numbers:
     31 minutes of walking
     33 minutes of elliptical
     10,848 steps

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Get out there.....

you can do this!               

30 Day Challenge

OK. so I started a 30 day challenge today.  The challenge is to walk 30+ minutes a day.  Now I've been wearing a step tracker for several months now, and regularly get 10k+ steps a day.  The problem is they're not strung together, because the best "bang for your buck" when it comes to walking is to do it non-stop for at least 10 minutes.  My goal is 30 minutes a day.  Every day.

After I had lunch, I thought "why not give it a try by walking my BigBox store?"  Well.  Two problems arose.  Shoppers thought I was an employee, and on the clock.  Since I wasn't, I didn't want to interrupt  my exercise time for work time.  I can see how this isn't going to work out as a normal plan.  Too many customers want some assistance ......   So I suppose if I want to get in some lunch time walks, I'll have to head over to the gym's treadmill.  So much for best laid plans.

After work, it was off to the gym where I got 22 minutes on the elliptical, then did some stretching.  I was going to do some weight resistance, but after my fall last week, I didn't want to push my already sore spots to the limit on the first day.

Today's total:
  12 minute walk
  22 minute walk
  22 minutes elliptical
for a grand total of 11,184 steps.

An OK start to this 30 day challenge!