Stepping Along

Tuesday, and the week is flying by.

I'm committed to making my workouts count.  Headed for the gym to walk during my lunch hour- we're in the middle of an excessive heat warning (anything over 110 degrees) so walking indoors is definitely the way to go.  I tried just walking inside my store, but I tend to get stopped to ask questions or directions.... the gym works out much better.  I made it for my afternoon workout as well.  It helps that I lock up my things at the gym after lunch, which forces me to log back into the gym to retrieve my stuff.  Well.  As long as I'm there... I might as well do something!!

11,432 steps today.  40 steps fewer than yesterday.  But I also lifted some weights.  My goal is 10k steps a day, so hooray for me!  It's a very slow process to lose weight.  But I can put 5 lbs on in just one weekend of bad eating!  Life's SO not fair.  *sigh*

I didn't do much on my afternoon workout, however, as I noticed my ankles were swelled up.  I'm hoping its just the heat; came home early and propped up my feet while watching #OITNB.  Yes, I've already finished all 3 seasons, I started them over, watching an episode a day.  That sure won't last me until the next season is released in June 2016.   ugh.

And, of course, Wedding Fever - working on getting some centerpiece vases painted up and decorated.  It's fun, I like crafty stuff!!  None of them will be identical, even though by accident I bought 4 different duplicates on 3 different shopping trips to Goodwill.  Ha ha, I must really like the shape of those.  *grin*

Make tomorrow your best day ever!
I plan on doing the same :)

All About Me

This is the "all about me" week.

Forget the deadlines at work - I'm not staying late to finish
anything.  I am leaving at lunch time for my hour, and leaving directly at quitting time.

Why?

Because what's important to me matters just as much as getting a job done, completing some task, or anything else along those lines.  

I matter, too!

So I hit the gym at lunch time, which is 10am for me! and got 23 minutes of walking in.  I left work directly at quitting time, and headed straight back to the gym, and got another 23 minutes of elliptical this time.  I feel pretty good!  I didn't over do it, I don't think I worked myself too hard, so there won't be stiff and sore muscles to deal with tomorrow.  Building up slowly is a better approach for me at my age!   But I'm patient.

Since I started this journey of tracking my mileage, I have now reached the 1500 miles marker!  When you think about it, that's walking all the way to my mother's and back home again!  Just not in one long stretch. haha  Our bodies are amazing things if we stop to think about it, to really appreciate all that it does.  We need to take care of it!

And that's my goal:  to be healthier and more fit in the coming weeks.

Afterall, I have a Wedding coming up soon!!!
hahaha