Piper's Fit Mama

2006-08-30T11:53:00.000-04:00

Breakfast:1 cup cottage cheese1 cup peaches2 whole wheat english muffins with a pat of butter for all four slices.Lunch:Two veggie hot dogs with buns and relish.This the problem with so much protein (I'm already to 82 grams and I have at least two more times to eat today). I'm not terribly hungry!!!Snack, post abuse with trainer, pre-yoga relaxationPria protein bar.Dinner: 4 egg whitesSnack:Two

2006-08-29T20:53:00.000-04:00

Ok, today.Breakfast:A few bites of cottage cheese and peach. Most went back into the fridge (I just CAN'T eat so soon after waking, I get nauseous)Lunch:Avocado rollTamagoMiso soupSnack:Strawberry banana smoothie with protein powderSnack/Dinner:Raw veggiesTzatiki dip (just a little)1 1/2 bagels with cream cheeseGrapesSnack:Cottage cheesepeachI'm likely going to finish my cottage cheese and peach

2006-08-29T03:31:00.000-04:00

A sign you've had a tiring workout. Besides being tired.Your wrists are sore from hanging from them on the elliptical. Both of my wrists, right on the carpel area are sore. Wouldn't surprise me to see bruises there in the morning. Course, it wouldn't surprise me to see bruises anywhere on me come morning, but especially there.

2006-08-28T11:10:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was not a good day eating wise, but today's a good day scale wise. :-)Breakfast yesterday:1 1/4 cup quiche with spinach, onion, and cheese1 cup grapes1/3 cup apple1/2 orangeSnack yesterday:Slice of cake, plus some leftovers from other pieces of cake Dinner yesterday (told you it was a bad day, only two meals and one snack):Portabella mushroom sandwich with provolone cheese2 cups french

2006-08-27T01:25:00.000-04:00

Ok, I'm back, I'm doing this again. I've been kicking ass now for a month at a gym with a trainer and yoga and weights and cardio and all that good stuff. I'm eating right, aiming for a 1600-1800 a day calorie goal and 40%-60% carbs, 20%-40% protein, and <20% fat. In one month I've lost a grand total of two pounds. But I'm over my discouragement. I looked back on this blog and saw that I

OY! I pulled a pec!

2005-12-20T22:33:00.000-05:00

Right over my sternum I am SO sore it's not even funny. I did 40 pushups today, which I've done every day since Sunday, but today instead of doing four sets of 10 spread out over my workout I did 20 and then 10 and then 10, right together. DAMN! It's hurt to BREATHE today, pick up Piper, turn the steering wheel, everything. No pain no gain, huh?Tomorrow I need to do my workout relatively

I don't get this

2005-12-16T11:33:00.000-05:00

Using a calculator I find that my body needs 1810 calories a day for a sedentary life style to maintain 151.5 pounds. If I reduce my calories a day to 1200 that's 4270 calories not eaten a week. If I do 45 minutes of weights, 2 minutes of jumping jacks (about 100), and 40 minutes of yoga a day then that's 381 calories a day burned, or 2667 a week burned. That's 6937 a week either not eaten or

Busy morning so far

2005-12-13T10:18:00.000-05:00

I woke up and did my AM yoga. Piper was quite through most of it, so it was even relaxing. Then I did 50 jumping jacks.Then my weight routine and my 200 crunches.20 ounces of water so far. I feel tired, but good.

My yoga DVD came today

2005-12-12T23:36:00.000-05:00

I did the PM routine (it's an AM/PM DVD, 17 minutes for AM and 20 for PM). I feel very stretched and relaxed. I'm trying to figure out how to fit the AM part into my workout. Before the weights to help wake me, or after when my muscles are already warmed and stretched? I'll have to work on it.

Whew!!!!

2005-12-10T10:42:00.000-05:00

It's amazing how much more tiring adding six pounds to your workout is. I used my 15 pound weights today (they're nice, very comfortable) and I'm going to feel it later! I already do. It took me a lot longer than normal to do the workout today, though not as long as it took me when I first started with 10 pound weights months ago.Bottoms up. 20 oz of water drunk already. It's 10:10 a.m. :-)

For the record

2005-12-10T01:28:00.000-05:00

When I get to my monthly goal of 143 by 1/1/06 I'm going to get myself a manicure and an eyebrow wax. I hate plucking, and my brows are getting fuzzy again. Plus, December 30 is the anniversary of when I stopped biting my nails. That was last year's resolution and I jumped the gun by a couple of days. But look, my nails are here (well, some are broken, but not because of me at least) and it's

Yay! Got new weights today

2005-12-10T01:19:00.000-05:00

15 pound dumbells. This morning's workout was really really easy. Not to say I got nothing out of it, I just went through it quickly and without as much effort as I like to put into it. Or rather have it take out of me. Tomorrow I start a 24 day challenge. I've already started it, I guess. I need to do my workout every day, and drink more water. I'm also adding yoga into my routine, and I

Definitely encouraging

2005-12-07T13:12:00.001-05:00

My waist today was 29.5 and my hips were 39.5. That's down two inches and one inch, respectively, in five weeks!My weight is down 1.5 pounds since Thanksgiving. That's two pounds over where I started Thanksgiving. Hopefully that'll go down soon too.I'm doing my weights again every day, or nearly every day. I'm trying to drink a tall glass (16 oz) of water before I eat a meal. That way I get

Definitely encouraging

2005-12-07T13:12:00.000-05:00

2005-11-29T11:48:00.000-05:00

3.5 pounds. That's how much I gained at Thanksgiving. Not a problem. I was giving myself two pounds, but seeing as I ate about 5000 calories a day I'm surprised it's not more than that. Plus I didn't work out at all while I was there. But all of the weight training paid off, my fat level was 34% this morning! I'm convinced it's because my muscles are more toned that I didn't gain more

This is encouraging

2005-11-15T11:21:00.000-05:00

Well this is encouraging. Piper found my fabric tape measure today and so I measured myself today. I haven't in a couple of weeks and so I couldn't remember what my last belly measurement was. I got 31 inches around the smallest part of my waist today. I thought that was bad, I thought I had been 30 last time. Last time, two weeks ago, I was 31.5 inches on the waist and 40.5 on the hips.

Walked to the store today

2005-11-07T14:52:00.000-05:00

So 3 miles round trip. My left knee has been bothering me, and it did for a little while today, then it must have given up realizing I wasn't going to stop. hehe I was bone tired and under the weather this weekend (seriously fatigued and a fever around 100) so I didn't do anything. tomorrow I'd like to do my weight routine in the morning and then walk or jog on the treadmill after Piper's

Let's see

2005-11-04T00:26:00.000-05:00

monday I did weights and cardio, tuesday I did weights and cardio, wednesday I did nothing (skated a bit, but not enough to get my heart going) and today I did my weights but Nathan isn't feeling well so he took Nyquil and went to bed in our bed, so I can't use the treadmill tonight. Maybe tomorrow Piper and I can go for a walk.

Interesting

2005-11-01T10:05:00.000-05:00

I've been doing some research on body fat. For some reason I always thought it was the same as bmi. Don't ask me why. Anyway, if i get to 125 pounds that'll mean about 16% body fat. That'll be acceptable, a nice atheletic amount. that's fine by me. what's really interesting is that at 32% I'm still in the healthy range (just barely or right on the cusp, depending on which site i look at,

It wasn't a fluke!

2005-11-01T09:00:00.000-05:00

Body fat this morning was also 32% (I'd love to get rid of about 12% of that) and my weight was down quite a bit from yesterday. Hopefully this is the start of the weight loss!

It's not that I haven't been working out

2005-10-31T23:58:00.000-05:00

I just haven't been blogging. Yippee for once!Last Thursday (10/27) I did my cardio.Last friday I skated and did cardio, though I took it easy since I had a lot of heart palpitations during the workout (I have a slight murmur, so they don't worry me much, they were just annoying and they stopped the instant i stopped)this past saturday I did my weight routinesunday i took a breaktoday i did my

2005-10-27T00:53:00.000-04:00

Did my 43 minutes tonight. I can never tell which is better. Jogging/running more, but at a generally slower pace, or walking a bit more but throwing in a lot of heart pounding sprints. Tonight, unfortunately, was guided by my left knee. It never got bad, but it got to the point of "Don't do that or you'll regret it tomorrow even though I don't hurt now." Plus I was hungry and all I could

2005-10-26T13:38:00.000-04:00

Whew!! Yesterday was awesome! I skated for 40 minutes during the day and then did 43 minutes on the treadmill last night. I was rewarded with a pound loss today.

Whew! I did some cardio

2005-10-23T23:19:00.000-04:00

43 minutes of it. I did my treadmill tonight. Even getting it setup was a workout, as Nathan and I moved it from the den's closet to our bedroom, where it can live, set up, without being in the way. That way maybe I can do 43 minutes (one Enterprise episode) a night. And if I get my act together maybe I can do weights in the morning and cardio at night.Too bad my hip hated that. And I need

Worked out yesterday and today

2005-10-05T16:35:00.000-04:00

Today I was a bit tired, so I didn't do two of the biceps exercises and one of the calf exercises. For some reason the squats and lunges kicked my ass! Literally! LOLIn addition today I spent 45-60 minutes at the driving range hitting my driver, my three, and doing some chipping. I came home all sweaty (hitting the ground takes a lot of effort!). I'd like to start going to the driving range

Sheesh, it's been far too long

2005-10-04T00:30:00.000-04:00

I did my weight routine this morning. I want to start doing that again every weekday. We'll be home for the next seven weeks or so, so I should have a lot of time to get my muscles back in shape.My armpits are kind of sore this evening. LOL I guess that's what I get for not working out for a long time, then starting again with my 12 pound weights instead of my 10s. Tomorrow morning I have a

Did my weight routine this morning

2005-07-25T11:09:00.000-04:00

It feels so good to do it. Took 45 minutes today, but I had a phone call in the middle of it.

Still exercising!

2005-07-23T23:55:00.000-04:00

Though not as much. My dad visited, then I went out of town, then things just took a while to get back to normal. But I did my weight routine yesterday and today. I helped a friend move yesterday and today (and today I just have one word to say about it. PIANO) My coop seems to be down to one day a week, which sucks royally (plus I really dislike the mom, she keeps telling me her 20 month

Did my weights on Friday

2005-07-03T12:17:00.000-04:00

I think it only took me 40 or 45 minutes, since now I don't need to read each exercise thoroughly or figure out what needs to happen. I feel great, I can already see a change in my body's shape. My arms, my legs, my back, my shoulders, my abs all look much better. My abs are no where near a six pack yet, but I can at least see that general shape, rather than more of the potbellied look I had

Did a light workout today

2005-06-30T21:07:00.000-04:00

45 minutes, but all of it on the bike at a relatively slow pace. I don't know the distance I did, but it wasn't much, 205 calories worth. It was nice taking a break from the elliptical. I could sit and pedal and hold my book with two hands and just go. I was hoping to switch out with the treadmill for 20 minutes or so, but both of them were broken. And I couldn't figure out how to use the

Did my weights today

2005-06-29T16:02:00.000-04:00

55 minutes worth of stretches, weights, and crunches. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

45 minutes on the elliptical this morning

2005-06-28T12:51:00.000-04:00

I wasn't too pleased. I was slow and sluggish. Not even doing intervals, just kind of blah. I think on Thursday I'm going to try a bike, or do the stairmaster for 20 minutes (20 minute limit on the machine) and then the bike for 25 or something. I think I'm getting bored on the elliptical. I did have the resistance way up today, though. I did an interval workout and I had the resistance at

Wow, I've never done an HOUR of weights before!

2005-06-27T11:12:00.000-04:00

But I just did!!!! I used this page to guide me for some full body dumbell exercises and I did 19 out of the 24 of them (the ones that required a weight bench at 45 degrees were impossible since I don't have a weight bench, just a piano bench). Before I did the exercises I stretched, and then after them I did 50 regular crunches, 50 oblique crunches on each side, then 50 "diaper changing"

I did a bunch of weight exercises today

2005-06-25T13:22:00.000-04:00

Just at home, which is nice. I'm still in my nightgown and got to watch what I wanted to watch on TV. heheI did a ton of dumbell exercises, biceps, triceps, deltoids, chest, legs. I also did 50 crunches, 25 of each side for oblique crunches, and 25 lower abs crunches. I did 15 pushups too, and probalby could have done more but didn't want to stress. I haven't done 15 pushups in a long time,

Did just a cardio workout today

2005-06-24T23:53:00.000-04:00

45 minutes on the elliptical. I felt like I was going really slowly the whole time, but I managed 7000 strides and 580 calories. Fitness gurus, a couple of questions for you. One, which is better, slow and steady and longer or fast and furious and shorter? If I burn say 100 calories in 10 minutes going all out versus 100 calories in 20 minutes doing it slowly but without pushing my heartrate

Some progress pictures

2005-06-24T01:43:00.000-04:00

(click for larger images)January 30, 2005, 159 poundsMay 4, 2005, 155 poundsJune 23, 2005, 147.5 poundsAll three side to side for comparison:August 20 goal (57 days):June 30 goal (6 days. Probably not going to happen, but I can hope!):My BMI has gone from an even 30 (obese) to a better 27.9 (just over halfway between overweight and obese). To be a healthy 24.9 I need to get to 132 pounds. Maybe

I don't think I'm going to make my goal by the reunion

2005-06-23T22:37:00.000-04:00

23 pounds in 2 months. I should try cutting more carbs out, I just find I like them a lot! They're a lot of what I eat. Though I feel like I'm doing a lot better with the out and out sugar. Not perfect, but better. As awful as it is, I wonder if a diet pill will help. I doubt it, since I'm doing what they say they help with (reducing calories brought in and up your energy so you work out).

Whew! Worked my butt off today!

2005-06-23T22:09:00.000-04:00

I wish, anyway. LOL No one showed up for our co-op this morning, so I waited until Nathan came home this evening. Boy do I prefer working out in the morning. It's so much easier. On the other hand I could do a lot more because I didn't have the restraint of Piper waiting for me down the hall. So I did the ab machine, then the back machine, the butterflies and chest presses, inner thighs,

Just did some arm exercises

2005-06-22T19:23:00.000-04:00

25 reps of bicep curls, 25 reps of upward presses, 15 reps of tricep presses, and 15 reps of butterfly exercises. I want to do some crunches later too.

Worked out today!!!

2005-06-21T12:40:00.000-04:00

I did routine number 7 again, which is a high calorie routine and then I upped the resistance!! Woo hoo! So in the end of the 45 minute workout I did 610 calories. :-)A new low on the scale today too. 148.5. :-) Tonight I'll do some weights. Since I have them at home now I can do them in the evenings when I'm watching TV. Crunches, arms, back, shoulders, and chest. Yay!!!June 30 goal:

Worked out with weights last night (m)

2005-06-16T19:40:00.000-04:00

I bought two ten pound hand weights and so I can do my arms and chest and back at home now, which is nice. I can do my crunches for upper and lower abs at home too, so when I'm in the fitness room I can focus on what I can't do at home, the butterfly machine and the elliptical.Today I did 45 minutes again on the elliptical. I did a crosstrainer program instead of just a quads program (didn't

Yay!! I did really well today

2005-06-14T12:02:00.000-04:00

I did a weight circuit. Free weights for the arms, the ab machine, the inner thigh machine, and the butterfly and chest press machine. Then I did 45 MINUTES on the elliptical!! A new length! The machine read 550 calories and nearly 7000 strides. Yay!!!!!

Another grand workout!!

2005-06-09T19:36:00.000-04:00

35 minutes on the elliptical........450 CALORIES!!!! And I felt great, like I may be able to do another 10 minutes. That may have more to do with the fluff reading (Entertainment magazine) and TV (The Price is Right) than with how fit I'm getting, though. But I was so psyched to hit that number. That's not something I've done before, not even in college. Ok pounds, melt away!I also did a

I've been on a hiatus from blogging, but not from working out

2005-06-07T13:39:00.000-04:00

Piper and I have been away from home for the past two weeks. The last two blog entries were from the road, but since then it was just too hard to get online and update this. But of the eight days I was in Florida I worked out four of them, and then of the seven days I was in Louisiana I worked out three times. In Louisiana I got to use Precor EFXs and I LOVED them. Instead of feeling fat and

I did weights and the bike this morning

2005-05-23T22:17:00.000-04:00

I used a weight machine which was half broken and didn't do everything I wanted, but I got some nice arm work in. Triceps, biceps, and shoulders. I'm starting to see a real definition in my left bicep. My right will take longer, since I carry Piper all the time with my left.Then I did a half hour on the bike. In college I hated the bike because I did about 13 miles and burned about 100

Whew, a lot of exercise today

2005-05-22T22:26:00.000-04:00

I did 25 minutes on a stationary bike (5 on a lousy elliptical, so I finished my half hour) doing I don't know how fast (for some reason I think when you're doing 6 mph at 72 rpm when you go up to 80 rpm your speed should INcrease, not DEcrease) and according to it I did 2.15 miles or something. Not great, but a nice change of a workout.Add to that about nine hours on my feet today carrying at

Yay, finally a loss!!!!

2005-05-21T07:31:00.000-04:00

159/153/118-125ORMy friend Jodi has said that 118 is unreasaonable, but I'd like to get to it. But looking at how my body is already at 153 I think she's right. Maybe before Piper was born, but not with my new post Piper body. I think I'll reset my weight loss goal. 125 being fine, 118-120 being ideal, if it looks all right.Oh, my BMI is down too. From an even 30 (which is scarily "obese) to

Cleaned the house for two hours today

2005-05-19T21:49:00.000-04:00

And then we took a bit of a walk this evening and went through a couple of houses that are under construction. Not too much of a walk, though, maybe a mile?

Worked out today, accidentally before breakfast

2005-05-19T15:14:00.000-04:00

I did some arm weight exercises, then did the ab machine. 110 pounds 15 times. Then I did the elliptical. Plateau program again, 30 minutes, 3 miles, 6.0 mph, 255 calories. It was TOUGH. I'd forgotten my water bottle at home, so no water during the entire elliptical. I downed several paper cups worth as soon as I was done. I still hadn't eaten, so when I got back to the cafeteria over an

Worked out today. My best yet!!

2005-05-17T15:07:00.000-04:00

I did 30 minutes on the elliptical rather than 25, still averaging 6.1 mph, 3 miles, 255 calories. I did a routine called "plateau." It goes up sharply like pike's peak, but instead of going up up up and then dropping off suddenly to the end it goes up up and then levels for a while and then goes down again. It was nice to know that I could do 30 minutes without too much trouble.I also did

Sigh, the good news is I'm loosing weight

2005-05-17T08:03:00.000-04:00

The sad news is it's not as fast as I would like. Since March 16 (so two months) I've lost a solid 5 pounds. At this rate by the reunion I'll be only 7.5 pounds lighter. That'll be great, but not the 30-37 pounds lighter I'd like to be. I actually lost most of that early on and now I've been in the same three pounds for over a month. I've heard that it takes two months for the body to start

OMG that counts as exercise!!!

2005-05-14T15:06:00.000-04:00

Piper woke up at 6:24 this morning, which was a little early for me (not for her, she went to sleep at 7:15 last night) but I had a ton of stuff to do for the garage sale we had this morning so I got to work. By 7:15 I was bringing stuff down from the attic and arranging things in the driveway. So a ton of trips up and down two flights of stairs. Then Nathan had to help me with the big stuff,

Did a fabulous workout today

2005-05-13T22:32:00.000-04:00

I did some arm exercises with 10 pound weights. Really worked my shoulders and triceps. I'm really starting to see a change there. Nathan's feeling one too. I have bony shoulders by nature and now that they're losing what little fat they had on them they are SHARP against Nathan's side. hehe Piper inherited them, so I guess I shouldn't laugh, I get shouldered too with the same razor

Spent an hour getting stuff moved around in my attic

2005-05-12T23:02:00.000-04:00

Worked up a decent sweat. It's hot up there, and icky. But there's a community garage sale going on on Saturday so I wanted to get stuff ready. Found some other things I wanted to either keep, use, or send to friends, so I'm excited. I found the second shoe of Piper's first pair of dress shoes (size infant two patent leathers, they're SO cute). E gave them to her and they'll fit cabbage patch

Whew, got a good workout in this morning

2005-05-12T08:41:00.000-04:00

I did a new program called "Pike's Peak". It's intense!!! I didn't burn any more calories, or get my heartrate up any more, but it felt so much more tiring. My average speed was 6.2 mph instead of 6.4. I burned 212 calories and did 2.6 miles.Then I came home and quickly picked up and put away so the cleaning lady could clean. Now I'm TIRED. May take Piper out to McDonald's, though. She was

Exercised today

2005-05-10T13:08:00.000-04:00

I did the elliptical for 25 minutes. 2.6 miles, 6.4 mph, 213 calories. My average heartrate was still low, 81, and my high heart rate was 106. I was reading today and it went by so quickly, it was actually a relaxing workout.Then I played a bit of full court one on one with a six year old and he whooped my butt. Just when I think I'm getting in shape I get handed my hat. Embarrassing. Good

No formal excerise today

2005-05-07T19:03:00.000-04:00

Just walked around the Apex Peak Fest today for about three hours. It was a lot of fun, your typical street fair.

Worked out today to a different routine

2005-05-06T15:52:00.000-04:00

Normally I do "rolling hills", but today I did "strength". It was such a different workout. I'm glad I'm changing it up, I don't want my body to get too used to the rolling hills. 217 calories, 2.7 miles, 6.5 mph. My heartrate was weird, though. The average was 78. That's SO low! Granted it's a new routine, but I wonder if I'm getting more fit or something. My high was 105.Did some weight

Did my elliptical this morning

2005-05-05T12:53:00.000-04:00

25 minutes. I did it relatively slower, being more even, and felt MUCH better doing it. So 2.6 miles, 6.3 mph, 213 calories (fewer because my weight was a bit lower I think). I also did 50 crunches for the top abs, then 10 for the obliques, but my shoulder was randomly hurting when I did my left oblique, so I stopped. It's not hurting me now, and hasn't since, so I don't know what was going

Worked out today

2005-05-03T14:18:00.000-04:00

Did 25 minutes on the elliptical, which nearly killed me for some reason. I'm not any more hungry really than usual being on a less calorie diet, but I was SO TIRED! I had meant to eat more before we left, and I guess I just didn't have it in me. But pain is gain and I did it. 25 minutes, 2.6 miles, 6.4 mph, 217 calories.I also did some arm reps with the eight pound weights, and did 50

New blog

2005-05-03T08:46:00.000-04:00

I have a new calorie counting blog. It's mostly for me to keep track of what I eat and to keep myself accountable, so no one needs to comment, but if you have any please let me know!!155 this morning, going to work out today on the elliptical and I have to start doing some crunches too. Mini goal:August 20 goal:

No true exercise this weekend

2005-05-02T13:07:00.000-04:00

Though we went for a walk on Saturday, I think, and then on Sunday I helped Nathan move stuff out of his mom's house. Not a lot of heavy stuff, but my leg start seizing anyway. I'm starting to see a change in how my thighs look. My legs are starting to get a lot harder, which is nice. But the scale is reflecting the muscle gain. Up a pound today. Sigh. Hopefully soon that'll kick in and my

Worked out this afternoon

2005-04-29T16:03:00.000-04:00

Ugh, my body is not used to working out two days in a row!! But I did some reps with weights for my arms, worked my biceps, triceps, pecs, shoulders, and forearms. Not a lot, just a few minutes, but enough to tire out my arms. LOLThen I did 2.7 miles at 6.5 mph on the elliptical again. 25 minutes, 222 calories. Next workout is on Tuesday. I need to ask about meeting with a trainer so I can

Did some walking today too

2005-04-28T21:10:00.000-04:00

Piper and I walked to the playground and store, so 3 more miles, making today's total 5.7 and a new record for me for one day. :-)Working out again tomorrow afternoon. Maybe 2.8 miles? :-)

Another great workout this morning

2005-04-28T13:13:00.000-04:00

I did some lunges with weights while I waited for my favorite elliptical to become available. I couldn't do too many, my knees started to hurt badly, but I did some, then did some arm lifts with the free weights. Then I got on the elliptical and did 25 minutes at an average of 6.7 mph for 228 calories and 2.7 miles. YAY!!! More and more every day. This afternoon is going to be a little cool,

I did my 25 minutes today!

2005-04-26T19:57:00.000-04:00

And did 2.6 miles with an average speed of 6.4 mph. I burned 215 calories. I was wondering today why when I was doing 5Ks it took me 40 minutes. LOL At this rate I'll certainly have three miles in 30 minutes by next week or so. Exciting!August 20 is 16 weeks 3 days away. 37 pounds to go, 4 down.

I just found out my 10 year high school reunion is August 20th

2005-04-26T01:45:00.000-04:00

So if I lose 2.26 pounds a week from now until then I'll be at my target weight in time for the reunion (and in a new outfit since nothing I have now will fit). Even if I only lose 2 pounds a week I'll still be what I weighed in high school. MUST DO THIS MUST DO THIS MUST DO THISToo bad I already ate 10 tagalongs tonight. LOL Oh well, comfort food. Nathan is away and today is CD1. Ugh. But

Walked today

2005-04-25T21:35:00.000-04:00

Piper and I walked to the store. I haven't done that in a while because it's either been raining or too hot. But we walked today and it was lovely. A bit breezy, but very nice. So three miles of walking.Last Thursday we didn't get a chance to go to the community center. Piper's dance class was cancelled because the instructor was sick, and then another mom's kids weren't feeling well, and

Worked out on the elliptical again today

2005-04-19T12:59:00.000-04:00

I wanted to go this weekend, but I was so busy cleaning (which burns calories, right?) that I didn't go on Saturday and when I wanted to go on Sunday I realized the fitness room was closed. So I didn't get a chance to go this weekend when Nathan was home. Today I did 20 minutes again, 2.1 miles (yippee!) an average speed of 6.5 mph and burned 158 calories (I think, can't remember that one as

Haven't been able to do much this week

2005-04-15T17:21:00.000-04:00

I got my foot x-rayed on Monday and it's not broken, but I wouldn't have thought so yesterday trying to pull on a sneaker. YOWCH! So I didn't exercise on Monday, and then Tuesday and Wednesday we were in Chapel Hill dealing with Piper's teeth. Thursday Piper went to dance class and then I got 20 minutes on the elliptical in. 2.0 miles at an average of 6.2 mph. Not bad considering I walk at

Does slim fast count as eating healthier?

2005-04-08T23:44:00.000-04:00

I bought slim fast stuff at the store the other day. Shake mix, granola bars, and some muffin bars. They're pretty good, and they fill well.Didn't walk much today, just around the block during a rain intermission and to and from playgroup today (just a few doors up). I hurt my foot tonight, though, so I don't know how much walking I'll get done this weekend. Hopefully my foot will be better

Actually worked out today

2005-04-07T13:56:00.000-04:00

Like on a machine. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical, 1.9 miles. That's quite fast for me, since I normally do 3 mph, so the 6 mph range was a pretty neat area to be. I definitely worked up a sweat. But that was it.

No walking again today

2005-04-02T23:52:00.000-05:00

I felt really bad most of today, so I laid about and tried to rest. I'm feeling much better this evening, but tomorrow will probably be light. If past history repeats itself, moving too much for me right after being sick will make me feel rotten longer. So time to take it easy for a few days. At least the weight is staying off. It should. After barely eating and drinking for three days, and

Let's see if I can keep this weight off

2005-04-01T09:27:00.000-05:00

Few more pounds gone. Thank you to being sick! Piper and I both had a stomach bug yesterday. What fun. We're fine today, mostly. Her stomach is bothering her a bit, and my head hurts and I feel heavy and medicine headish, but I haven't taken anything (other than advil for the headache). So obviously no walking yesterday, and probably none today. We'll see about tomorrow.

Took a long walk yesterday

2005-03-30T17:22:00.000-05:00

To the community center and back (and did lunch, dropped off a movie, and hit the grocery store on the way home, oh, and town hall). So 5.2 miles. Didn't walk today. It was a GORGEOUS day, but we did some cleaning this morning, then went to Little Gym, then to Target, then I cleaned out her sand and water table (sand table and cats, you figure out why it needed cleaning), put it back together,

Didn't walk today

2005-03-29T01:12:00.000-05:00

By the time we were home and settled we were pretty settled. Piper and I ran around the house a bit (literally) and danced a bit, but that was in. And since today is the day after Easter she and I had gotten some candy (50% off, the best kind!). I found some vegetarian jelly beans and ate quite a few. Proud to say I would have eaten less than normal, but Piper kept taking them out and handing

Don't think we're making it to the store via walking today

2005-03-28T15:11:00.000-05:00

When you see the carts blowing around the parking lot it's probably a good idea to have driven. Plus Piper's balloon would not have made it home walking. As it was balloon #1 went flying. Hopefully I'll get to do an hour or so on the treadmill. I'm going to bake challah today and there's a lot of rising time, so I'll grab some quick exercise in there.

It's starting to pay off!

2005-03-28T11:50:00.000-05:00

Nathan can't see it, and the scale is barely mentioning it, but my pants are so much looser today. Normally they fit fine provided I suck it in a bit to snap them, then they fit. Today I didn't have to suck. Also, these are low rise (show me a woman's jean nowadays that isn't!) and my bikinis often stuck out the back because the jeans stretched over my big ass and didn't quite make it to my

Made my 20 mile goal!!!!

2005-03-27T15:43:00.000-05:00

By 0.2 miles. LOL I walked to Sunday brunch at the club this morning. 1.2 miles, bringing my seven day total to 20.2 miles. Yippee!!! Now if I can stop pigging out I can start to lose some weight! I'm already feeling more fit, and looking better, but my self esteem really needs to see these numbers start to fall. Today was a big Sunday brunch for my first meal. Dinner will be light. The

LOL Seems it didn't eat my posts!

2005-03-26T15:53:00.000-05:00

Extra helpings below. hehe

Slight bonus!

2005-03-26T15:39:00.000-05:00

I just checked on two maps and realized that the 2.4 miles to the community center was actually off by a bit. At LEAST 0.1 miles, if not 0.2 (the maps put the community center at the corner of Stinson and Grigsby, but it's really a few minutes walk down Stinson). If I think of it as a long NYC block then 0.2 miles sounds right (five long blocks to a mile, 20 short). So add 0.4 to my weekly

Man, this wouldn't post last night

2005-03-26T15:28:00.000-05:00

And it's bad enough to not post, but it deleted what I had written as well.Anyway, a summary. Walked 5.4 miles yesterday bring my weekly total to 17.6. Today we just walked to the playground and back, which is a mile total. So my weekly total (this is since Monday) is 18.6. I need 1.4 more miles by tomorrow. Too bad it's supposed to thunderstorm between now and Monday. Maybe if it's nice

Ok, I'm officially tired

2005-03-25T22:18:00.000-05:00

I walked 5.4 miles today instead of 3.8. That means I walked 17.6 since Monday. Yippee for me! Too bad I overate at dinner (to the point of needing to lay down on my side and concentrate on not being sick). Oh well.

Ok, I'm officially tired

2005-03-25T21:57:00.000-05:00

I didn't walk 3.8 miles today. I did 5.4. That brings my week's total to 17.6. Another trip to the store and I'll pass my 20 mile goal. I didn't mean to walk that much, but I completely forgot that I couldn't walk from the club to the grocery store. I brought the stroller to the club and need the wagon for the store. So I had to go home first. So I ended up with a 2.4 mile roundtrip and a

Just did some light cleaning yesterday

2005-03-25T11:06:00.000-05:00

Spent all day doing it, but it wasn't much. My feet and legs and body feel so much better. I also noticed that my tush looks smaller today. Is that possible already, or is it just the pants I'm wearing?Lost two pounds so far this week. Can't wait to weigh in on Monday, my official weigh day.Looking at walking 3.8 miles today. From the club to the grocery store after lunch, walking home from

Added title fields and comments

2005-03-23T20:27:00.000-05:00

I always forget how many tabs there are at the top of do stuff with.

2005-03-23T18:27:00.000-05:00

Walked more today. Returned a movie and got some milk, wipes, an apple, and a juice for Piper at the grocery store. So that's a mile and a half each way, total of three miles.Weekly total: 12.2 miles in 3 days. Tomorrow I MUST not walk. My feet and calves are sore.

2005-03-23T08:49:00.000-05:00

Ok, maybe I'll start using this blog again. Harrass me, people! Make sure I've done SOMETHING each day, even if it's just stretching after a couple of days of walking.Thursday, 3/16/05: Shot hoops for an hour, played chase.Sunday, 3/20/05: Mowed lawn (riding mower, but hilly yard so it takes effort), swept garage, driveway, and walk, and spread six bales of pinestraw.Monday, 3/21/05: Walked 4.4

2003-05-05T10:48:00.000-04:00

We went to Jamaica for vacation at the end of last week. It was wonderful. A lot of good food, and not a whole lot of active exercise. Piper and I spent several hours a day in the pool, but since she can't swim I didn't get to swim much. Besides, who wants to swim when you can float and relax? LOL Wendy

2003-04-25T18:52:00.000-04:00

edS2AWWW Piper

2003-04-25T18:51:00.000-04:00

Finished cleaning today. I'm actually sore from all the cleaning and lifting we did yesterday and the day before. I walked to Weaver Street and back today, and that was it. And the rest of the cleaning, anyway. Wendy

2003-04-24T22:23:00.000-04:00

Took a half hour/forty five minute walk this evening to the Glenhaven area with Nathan and Piper. I've also been doing a lot of housecleaning today, including moving about 100 pounds of clothes from downstairs to the attic. Wendy

2003-04-23T15:49:00.000-04:00

Walked to Annie's and back. Half a mile. Been doing a lot of cleaning, though. Wendy

2003-04-22T23:59:00.000-04:00

Today Nathan, Piper, and I did about a mile loop, plus Piper and I did about another half mile earlier. We also spent about 15 minutes crawling and chasing each other around the bedroom, which isn't a lot, but YOU get down and crawl fast for 15 minutes! It's hard work! I don't know how she does it all day. I was pooped and had to stop! Wendy

2003-04-22T10:18:00.000-04:00

Maybe if I have a public blog devoted to exercise I'll workout more. Yesterday Piper and I walked to the store twice. About a mile total. Wendy