Well it is time to start over.  I have been away for seven moths and I think I have gained a pound a month.  I will weigh in tomorrow and then we will know for sure :-(.  Anyhow, new goals, I have started the Jeff Galloway 5k program.  It is three days a week. Tomorrow I will be on Week 3 day 2.  I am excited about this new program it is the Run Walk Run program.  I never plan to be to the place where I am just running.  I would like to do a 5K and when I am done with that I think I would like to work on doing a 10k.  Along the way I hope to lose weight too. I have had a hard time with the concept that walk breaks are okay.  But it is a healthy virtually injury free way to run and that is what I need.  I started out running 10 sec/ walking 50.  I am now running 15 sec/ walking 45.  I will keep you posted on my progress.  I plan to be on this ratio for a few weeks.

It is time to hit the Reset button. I will report my weight on Wednesday and get back on the bandwagon.  I have had one of those weeks, we all have them, where life just gets a little out of control.  It is funny the last two weeks have been bad for me on the eating front, however, I have kept up on my exercise. The weird part of it is that it has gotten harder to exercise and I just am not going as fast as I was. I will try to remember to post in a week or two and tell you if it got better when I age better. Also I know I haven't posted inches lost.  I was suppose to do that on Saturday but someone has run off with the tape measure. I have 5 suspects in custody, but since none of them are claiming 

Okay, I am doing fine in my fitbit challenge, but I am a little perplexed.  My friend H is in third place every time I check. When the official first week scores came out she was ahead of me, I thought it was a mistake.  I went and added up all my steps and the number was right, so then I went and added up all her steps and sure enough she had beat me.  I am still trying to figure out why the fitbit leader board always has me ahead of her.  But now I know I need to step it up a little more.I have no chance of ever getting in 1st place.  The guy there had like 14,000 more steps than I did last week, I felt like I was killing myself. 

steps:9575
Stairs: 27

So I have been trying to walk 3x a week and I have been walking about 1.5 miles, I do jog a little on my walks.  June  1st I upped that to 5-6 walks a week for 3 miles.  In the last 7 days I have walked 18.5 miles and I am so sore.  I have also upped the amount of time I jog.  I have knocked about a 1.5 minutes off my mile. My body is really feeling it, the funny thing is once I get to about 1.5 miles I feel better.  The last half is always easier than the first half.  I wish my body would start warming up faster. 

Steps:16455
Stairs: 27

Well I don't have good news this week, I gained 1.4 pounds. I probably should be more upset than I am.  However, I have known since Sunday that this was going to be the result. I know what led to this first of all pigging out on Thursday and Friday.  Then starting on Friday I doubled my workout from 1.5 miles to 3 miles. This is also the third week which means usually my weight loss slows down. My goal this week is to lose 2 pounds.  


Weight for the week: +1.4
Total Weight: -6.0 
Steps: 15167
Stairs: 34

Well I broke my old record, by a little bit less than 500.  I said starting this week I was going to do pilates, but instead I am just increasing my steps.  Since I started this June Fitbit Challenge I need all the steps I am excited for this week.  I still have two pounds to lose to break even for the week.  I think I can do two pounds in two days for a grande total of 0 weight loss.  Check back Wednesday to see how I have done.

Steps:16,814
Stairs: 34

Yesterday
Steps: 7807
Stairs: 34

Obviously I didn't do well yesterday.  But I am doing fantastic today.  By 9:30 am I had 9500 steps!  I wonder how high it will go today.  My highest number was 16,334. I don't think I will beat that today because I have some meetings.  But we will see how close I get!

I made my steps just barley yesterday.  Good thing Mitchell lost one of his boots last night, I ran around the house looking for it and that is what put me over my daily steps.  I did something that may not be to smart today I joined a fitbit challenge. Yep, it is who gets the most steps by the end of the month wins. I think they said actually the bottom half buys for the top half.  I was planning on increasing my steps next week, I hope it is enough to be competitive against runners :-)  

Steps: 10087
Stairs: 20

Well this week the weight loss looks good, I lost 4 pounds.  However, this is how my week goes, on Thursday I feel good for losing weight so I eat, then on Sunday I realize I haven't been making good food choices and freak out and do really good the last few days. I need to learn to be more consistent with making good food choices. I did buy the book :-)

I am hoping next week starting on Monday to make some changes to my workout.  I think I will add .7 to my walk three times a week and Pilates  twice a week with my regular walk.


Weight for the week: -4.0
Total Weight: -7.4
Steps: 10403
Stairs: 26