4 Mile Walk

Today I walked 4 Miles split between 2 parks. I enjoyed my walking so much. I chatted with a friend the entire time on the phone while walking and it was nice to just be out alone walking. I am definitely going to continue going every night. So far I just keep walking and walking and walking. Tonight I walked and walked then swung on the swings. It was nice to just be alone. Well semi alone. I had my cell and was chatting to friends and texting so that made it nice. I'm hoping the scale pays off this week but I did start my first period since losing the baby. I feel bloated and huge and refused to step onto the scale until my period was gone. Thankfully it should be by Friday so I am hoping it doesn't throw my weight off to much.


I look forward to Sundays weigh in.

5 Mile Walk

I walked 5 miles tonight. I planned on walking 3 but after walking the 3 I was hyped up and ready to walk another few more. So I walked around a few more streets and walked 5 miles total. I am very proud of myself and I feel good. I came home took a nice hot shower. Now I sit cuddled in my bed ready to go to sleep. I failed to get walking in on Monday and I was upset about failing about getting it in tonight but I did. I'm proud of myself. So yay for me.

I will be doing this very same walk tomorrow night.

Weigh In

Starting Weight   250

Current Weight   228

Goal Weight         145


I feel good but it's only .6 change from last week. Really I can't complain I've been limited to what I can do this week due to being in the hospital for 2 days.

Update

I have a new look to go with the new me.

I've been walking and working out. I thought I updated my blog when I did my last few weight check in's but I guess not.

I weigh in on Sun/Mon mornings. Depending if I forget. Usually I do them on Sundays. I am working on a few programs you can check for those up top. I will be adding a calendar of my workouts up there soon. I just need to get it all drawn up to add in for Aug & Sept. That way I have copies for myself as well.

Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. ♥

Finally Back Walking

The girls and I went on a 1.5 mile walk around the neighborhood again. I enjoyed it. The last half mile was intense as it was uphill. Poor Dakotah was struggling to keep up because she had to pee so I was trying to get home as quick as we could.

I feel great and would love to do it again tomorrow.

30/30 Hike Program

St. Louis County has developed a program called the 30/30 Hikes Program. In St. Louis County Parks there are 124 miles of hiking trails. By completing the 30 park hikes you will cover 55 miles out of the 124 miles.

I've wanted to do this for the past 2 months but my debate was some of the trails are pretty far away. Well after much thought I decided so what. It's a healthy exercise. It's something the family can do together. So not only will I be accomplishing the 30/30 Hike so will my girls.

I'm very excited.

Now I just need to plan the first hike and I have to make it at one where we can get our punch cards. To print the list of the parks and a map of general locations click here.

An Update

Oh boy am I lacking. Let's see my 'excuses' are:

1. Storms
2. Homework
3. Finals
4. Kids
5. Double soccer games (the season just ended)
6. Housework - mainly we had no washer for 8 days so I have 8 days backed up of laundry. Yay me. 

Tonight I need a break out. I'm going to go walk. I've worked on Anthropology to the point my head is killing me. I'm trying to get everything turned in by tomorrow since Monday is the deadline on my classes. Whoa buddy do I feel the crunch. Once school is done I'll be back to my everyday working out. Woot! I have maintained my weight so no gains! YAY on that front!  

Walking 4/11 to 4/17

I am going to count up the miles I walk in a week.


4-11 ~ Sun - 0 Miles
4-12 ~ Mon - 1 Mile
4-13 ~ Tues - 2 Miles
4-14 ~ Wed - 3 Miles
4-15 ~ Thurs - 0 Miles
4-16 ~ Fri - 3 Miles
4-17 ~ Sat

Total - 9 Miles

Goal - 8 Miles

Walking Fail

My goal was to walk 1 mile everyday this week. Today I failed. I took the kids out all day and by the time I got through us going on our daily outing, lunch, dinner, errands, picking up Mike and everything I needed to get done for the day it was 11:30PM. I could barely keep my eyes open to clean up my living room before bed. There was no way I was going to be able to walk at least one mile. I might fall asleep while walking. So Mike offered to let me walk 3 or 4 miles tomorrow to make up for it. I can walk the normal 2 I expect to walk and then 2 for tomorrow's miles. I will make up for it.

I feel bad but I know I have to balance my days and some days, like today I just have to understand I ran out of hours in the day.

Miles Walked Between 4/11 & 4/17

I am going to count up the miles I walk in a week.


4-11 ~ Sun - 0 Miles
4-12 ~ Mon - 1 Mile
4-13 ~ Tues - 2 Miles
4-14 ~ Wed - 3 Miles
4-15 ~ Thurs
4-16 ~ Fri
4-17 ~ Sat


Goal - 8 Miles