Pedometer Challenge April 8-14

Apr 8 - pedometer was lost today (I found it later that night)
Apr 9 - 3609 (not good - but this day was way stressful!)
Apr 10 - 10,203 as of 3pm
Apr 11 -
Apr 12 -
Apr 13 -
Apr 14 -

Weekly Count =
Pounds Lost =
Total Pounds Lost =

Weekly Reflections:

Apr. 10 - After finding my pedometer I got back on track today and celebrated my first day of Easter Break with a long walk. I was feeling so good that I decided to do 10,000 steps in one walk! It was totally doable and I am stoked that my legs are not getting sore anymore!

Pedometer Challenge / April 1-7

April 1 - 8400 (50 min evening walk)
April 2 - 9125 (30 min morning walk / 45 min evening walk)
April 3 - approx 2000 (no walks. . .opps)
April 4 - 9427 (35 min mid morning walk / lots of walking around at Biola)
April 5 - 4980
April 6 - 6543
April 7 - ?? (I lost my pedometer in the morning at work but I did a 30 min evening walk and my legs didn't hurt!)

Weekly count = I don't have a calculator
Pounds Lost = 2

Weekly reflections:

Apr.1 - I am always surprised how quickly the steps can add up. My shins were burning about 10 min into my walk but then they warmed up and got numb and felt better. Using my mp3 player helped make the 50 min. fly by. I can't wait till I can run again.

Apr.2 - I finally did it today. I woke up at 4:30am and did my morning walk. I am a morning person so once I'm out the door I'm good and I love my walk. I'm having major pain in my outer shins though and I wonder if it is shin splints. I might have to get my steps done on an eliptical for awhile.

Apr3 - I was physically very tired today. My legs are sore. Dan says I need to stretch more.

Apr4 - I forced myself to take a walk even though I didn't want to. I took Jersey and that helped a bit. I need to have Jersey's attitude about exercise. She always acts so liberated and exuberant when we take her for walks.

Apr 7 - Well, my first week is finished. I lost two pounds which is progress. I lost my pedometer today but Dan said he would buy me a new one tomorrow. Good thing they are only $5!

Tomorrow is Today!

I bought a pedometer not long ago on the advice of a friend. My goal is to get back into running shape one step at a time. I've decided to start by walk/jogging 10,000 steps everyday. So far I have not been very successful. Do you know how many steps I walk on average? Only 1,800. . .the entire day. Sitting at my desk and 90 min in traffic everyday is not helping me much. In order for me to meet my goal I have to wake up at 4:30am to walk/jog for 40 min. then walk/jog another 45-60 min when I get home from work. I lost six pounds a few weeks ago when I stuck to my routine but then company visited and work got busy, blah. . .blah. . .blah...same old story. So once a week I'm going to post my steps and pounds lost. Well, my old internal motto is "I'll start tomorrow." and my new motto is "Tomorrow is today!" so I'm headed out to add some mileage to my pedometer. Those school papers will just have to wait till later to be graded and that movie Dan rented for me will just have to go unwatched for now. I'm tired of my yesterdays being full of missed opportunities. Pray for me. . .this is going to be a battle.