Just a quick check in with you all.
I am still alive, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth or anything. Life has just been really busy and I haven't been motivated to blog, at all. Which is kind of odd to me, but I am ok with it, it is just taking a lower place on my list of priorities right now.
I am still at the same weight and measurements so nothing new to report there. I have been trying to focus more on running now though and I am going to do the first run 5k which is at midnight on New Year's Eve to start the year off in a healthy way.
I will check back when I get a chance. I hope all of you are doing well :)
Well, I survived my first week back in school, and enjoyed a great 4-day weekend in California for a wedding, but now I am sick. :(
No fun...head cold...stuffy & sniffly & achy...ugh.
I took the day off to rest and recover so I am hoping I will feel better tomorrow.
Needless to say. I have not been to the gym in a couple days and have not done my end of month challenge weigh-in but will soon.
Anyways, I hope everyone is doing great and I will check in the next time I have time.
I finally got in a new weekend walk! Actually it was a 10k that I had signed up for. I was supposed to go with my mother-in-law, but instead hubs and I did it.
It was a fun 10k run or walk, so we walked it since we aren't running at all that far yet. It was pretty scenic and mostly flat or slightly downhill which was nice. The last mile of it kind of sucked though because it left the peaceful path following the river and crossed the highway and then you walked single file down the bike lane along the highway - really ruined your motivation.
Overall though I felt much improved over my 5k in June. I kept a better pace, and kept up with hubs on it all :) and I felt better afterwards.
My biggest complaint/problem with it though was that I think my shoes (which I'm sure weren't the best quality to start with) are too broken in now and have reached the worn out phase. Once it ended, and for the rest of the day (and slightly today) my arches are killing me which made it hard to walk for the rest of the day yesterday. So, I am going to have to look into getting a new pair of quality shoes.
Other than that, I felt good to complete the 5k, we weren't last, the weather was good, and they gave out grapes and bananas at the end :)
I am on my way to the gym now, so I am staying on track with that so far (only skipped Friday as prep for the 10k on Sat, and of course Sat since we did the 5k).
I am looking forward to a great week!
84!
That is the number of miles I walked during my week of vacation!
Wow! And approx. 30 of those were at an aerobic pace (according to my pedometer)which is pretty good if you ask me.
Now, as much as I talked about enjoying hotel fitness rooms and was looking forward to them....well, I actually only made it to the hotel fitness room once during the week. Truth be told my legs (and hubs too) were pretty worked out from all our walking and stairs, etc that to go and do more cardio (since that is what they had) would have wiped us out.
I feel good about things overall though. We didn't restrict what we ate but we tried to make mostly good choices while still enjoying ourselves.
I came back with a 2lbs loss, so I can't complain :)
In other news...my challenge has been hard to stay up with. A while ago I mentioned that I had quit tracking my food. I have obviously also not blogged nearly as much as I said I would. I am still doing good with exercising (not 100%, but about 90%), tracking my steps, flossing, & keeping the house picked up.
However, school is starting back up next week, and work has been crazy so I probably will not be blogging as much, but I am still reading blogs and staying focused...in other words I will be around :)
Good news - hubs and I joined 24 Hour Fitness yesterday! They had a special that ended yesterday, so we got in right under the wire and I'm pretty happy about that. Both of us are more likely to go when we pay for it, so I am excited.
I have not been doing c25k since I fell off the treadmill like 2 months ago. Today I restarted at week 2 (I had just begun week 3 the last time I ran). It felt pretty good. I feel that I need to do week 2 one more time to get back into the groove before I move on to week 3 but it felt good :)
I think that is about all for now. I am doing good and hope that all of you are too!
I have been busy! On Wed we toured more of DC then took the train to Philly and met up with a friend for dinner and drinks. Then Thursday we walked to reading terminal market for breakfast then toured independence hall and the constitution center before going out for cheesesteaks at Tony Luke's. Then Friday we left on the early train for New York. We checked in and then headed over to Rockefeller Center and Times Square then had dinner at a local Italian place. Today we saw the statue of liberty, Ellis island and a whole bunch of people watching as we walked around.
I've still benen tracking my steps and for wed it was 7 miles, Thursday was another 7, fri was12, and today isn't over yet and I'm already up to 9. These are all steps from purely walking around the different cities.
Tomorrow I plan on taking a walk through central park and seeing a few more things before we head back home.
Next time I post things will be back to normal :)
So far so good! DC is a very walkable place and almost all the sites & museums are free! Sunday was fly day and we were basically flying all day & hubs had a migraine so we didn't do much. Monday he felt better( after a bunch of water & some excedrin) so we went to see the sites. We saw so much & walked 14-1/2 miles in all! Today we toured the capital, including the new visitor center ( very awesome), the house & senate galleries and the supreme court& library of congress. Then we met up with a friend for dinner. Total miles today were 10-1/2! We are checking out the Newseum & the spy museum tomorrow beforewe take the train to Philly. I'll check in later :)
Well, I guess I missed a few days of blogging there didn't I? Well, that's ok. I have been on track and have been eating good and exercising and everything else. The only thing I really haven't been doing is actually tracking my food. I like to use sparkpeople.com but it just seems like it is taking too long lately, and plus with going on vacation tomorrow I will basically be eating out for the next 8 days which is much harder to track. So instead I have been focusing on being conscious of what I am eating, watching my portion size, and doing my best to make good choices.
So, I haven't given up on that part, instead I am just looking at it differently. Everything else though is going as planned.
I will be getting quite a bit of activity in while on vacation. First of all, I love working out at hotel fitness centers, not sure why, but they are different than my apartment gym so I am all about getting up early and getting a good workout in :)
For vacation we are flying into Washington DC and staying there for 3 days, then taking the train to Philly for 2 days, and then the train to New York and staying in Manhattan for 3 days, then flying home. So, no rental car (not that we would want one in those cities anyway) means we are walking mostly, taking some public transportation, probably a couple of taxi's here and there, and one day we even plan to rent a bike for the day (in DC to ride around the tidal basin and see the monuments, etc.) So, I am expecting this to be an activity filled vacation.
I have never been to either of the cities (hubs has been to all, so he can be my tour guide:)
I will try and post some quick posts along the way to let you know I am staying on track, but they will be from my phone so probably really short.
I hope you all have a great week and I will try and stay caught up with you while I am away!
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