week 4 day 5

last chance to get in a second treadmill for the week.

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - oh yeah! 8:30pm before i got a chance, but i did it!
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - yes to stretching, no muscle stuff
3) 2 glasses of water - yep
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - oh yeah, i was good!
5) one serving of raw vegetable - ok, not perfect.. i suck at this vegetable thing

i went out shopping this morning (then came back and composed a complaint letter which i will be sending shortly), came back and started in on my cleaning. i re-did my cleaning list and it is working much better. i have been great on my cleaning all week and because i did the brunt of it on monday and tuesday, the fact that i did none on wed or thurs isn't a big deal. let's hope i am down in weight for Monday! have a good weekend :)

week 4 day 4

i think i have a new critera for exercise on thursdays. i just signed my two year old son up for gymnastics. it is a parent and tot class. it is an incredible workout for me. i spent most of that hour sweating my balls off. and half of that was because i was running after him because he didn't want to do what they are doing. i don't need my treadmill after that! serious!! but i should have done my stretches. i am hurting.

week 4 day 3

HOLY CHRIST! ok.. so today is my son's daycare day and my list of stuff to do was growing rapidly. i had a dentist appointment for a cleaning at 9:40 and then i was going to be off and running. well, it wasn't just for a cleaning. i was there for over 2 hours!! i had a cavity beside a filling so they were going to redo the filling. it was on the top, at the back. the very very back of my last tooth. he had to raze off the last two points of my molar just to get at the fucker. i came home and lay down. that was horrible. i did none of my stuff, exercise included.

week 4 day 2

not feeling good today. achy. gonna take it a bit easy today

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - nope
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - yep
3) 2 glasses of water - yep
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - oh yeah!! did great!
5) one serving of raw vegetable - sadly, not as good LOL

week 4 day 1

weight -4

on schedule so far.. stomache flu can sure help you along the weightloss path. but i have recovered enough that i have been eating normally for a few days now and i feel confident in claiming that 4lb. I am back on track for today, boy did i notice a difference in not doing my excersises! i was crankier, slept poorly, tired all the time. let's hope after a day or two of exercising again, that all that goes away. i wanted to write down my loss early. i haven't started my stuff yet, i will update again later today after it is all done, and i have been starting on what my ideas for february's daily stuff should be.

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - done! three one minute runs, dist 1.25
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - yep. boy, did that feel good!
3) 2 glasses of water - nearly UPDATE - DONE :)
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - good so far, more to do TOTALLY! I WAS AMAZING TODAY :)
5) one serving of raw vegetable - WOOHOO! ASSUMING ONE STICK OF CELERY QUALIFIES AS A SERVING LOL

uugghh

waiting for my tummy to stop hating me!!!

Week 3 day 3

recovering

week 3 - day 2

stomach flu. puking.

week 3 day 1

weight - same, -1

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - yes, including 3 min 15 sec of running-dist 1.2
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - a little more than 10, including 10 incline pushups, 2x7 walking lunges, and 10 squats
3) 2 glasses of water - just finishing the second now.
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - perfect!
5) one serving of raw vegetable - *sigh* still in the works

i suck at eating veggies! especially raw ones *sigh* i am going to have to work harder on that. i have gotten all my cleaning done, plus grocery shopping, and had a friend over for a bit. its been a good day :)

week 2 day 4 - mental case

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - 12 min. incl 2 min running.. read below
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - no.
3) 2 glasses of water - yep.
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - so so
5) one serving of raw vegetable - ye

i am so mental! i have made up my mind that i am not telling hubby that i have started working out again. he has no idea how to be supportive, he is very critical so it isn't worth it. today i knew there was a possibility he was coming home for lunch, but at 1 there was still no sign of him. got my son to sleep, and hopped on the treadmill. I was 12 min into it, ran twice and was gearing up for number three when i saw him pull in the driveway. in the 10 seconds it took him to finish parking and come into the house i: turned off the treadmill, unplugged it, folded it up, rolled it back across the room, took off my mp3 player and threw it on the dresser, took off my shoes and stashed them in the closet with the mp3 player arm band, ran into the bathroom, turned on the shower, stripped and got in. I can feel the vibration of the front door shutting when i am in the shower, that's where i was when he came in.... LOL but it threw me off and i didn't do my stretching.. i am feeling it.

week 2 day 3 - back on track

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - done, i ran 2 one minute intervals with a better pair of running shoes that i knew i had somewhere, and finally found. knees seem to be fine. distance was 1.2 miles
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - yep, including 1x10 incline push-ups and 2x7 walking lunges. could have done more but had to leave to pick up my son from daycare.
3) 2 glasses of water - yep.
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - well, no reading or crafts.. no cleaning either LOL, i spent the day shopping with a friend and then gorged on lunch at the mandarin buffet *sigh*
5) one serving of raw vegetable - pending... :)

week 2 day 2

problem. my knee is still hurting, even at rest. i was talking to my sister yesterday and her knee is hurting too. turns out she grabbed her old running shoes, the support is gone. i have to admit that i have been using crappy $30 walmart shoes. She wasn't happy with me LOL. i have my son in daycare tomorrow, i think i am going to have to check out new shoes. i am not sure if i am going to go on the treadmill today or not. i hope to, but hate that my knees are hurting. i have been trying to do this without telling hubby, but if i need new shoes not sure how that will work.

One Down - in more ways than one

weight -1
week one, done

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - done, i only walked. dist. 1.1mi
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - yep, and 2x10 incline pushups and 2x7 walking lunges.
3) 2 glasses of water - yep, working on number three
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - yep.
5) one serving of raw vegetable - cut and waiting for after my shower.

i find it harder to just walk on the treadmill and i was not anxious to get on it.. maybe it's that running breaks it up? not sure, but my knee is still bugging me and the lunges may not have helped :). my cleaning is almost all done, i just have laundry in the works.

Day Five Hiccup

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - i can't, not today. i have done great for 4 days, but i am not feeling good today. my knees are hurting, i am beyond exhausted, and headache. no perfect score for this week, but it isn't about perfection.
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - i think i actually need to do the stretching, i will update later if i do it UPDATE: I DID IT AND FELT MUCH BETTER
3) 2 glasses of water - one down, one to go UPDATE: THREE DOWN! HELPED ME FEEL BETTER
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - nope.
5) one serving of raw vegetable - yep :) i did it at lunch.

my body is hurting today and i don't want to force it too much. it is going to take time to do this and do i properly and i don't want it to be a fight. I was planning on stopping for the weekend anyways, i am disappointed that i couldn't do today, but i will be back at it on monday.

Day Four

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - done! yay! i even managed to run for 2 minutes.
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - 10 minutes of stretching plus walking lunges
3) 2 glasses of water - yep, actally at three and still going
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - shockingly, yep
5) one serving of raw vegetable - not yet LOL

Today has been painful! I wanted to sit on my butt and stay there all day!! Amazingly, i didn't do it. I finally ook our xmas tree down, went shopping for a couple of things, did two loads of laundry, put away a load from yesterday, and did my treadmill! i get a huge HOORAH for today!

Day Three

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - done! i had to fix my treadmill first, and i had to buy alan wrenches first.. so i bought them, and fixed it. what a dream now! i was worried i was going to wrench my knee with it slipping like that!
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - only 5 minutes because i had to get my son from daycare, but i made sure to get in the treadmill and at least some stretching, no muscle work though.
3) 2 glasses of water - yep and still drinking
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - not so much productive cleaning, but no reading or crafts.
5) one serving of raw vegetable - i am eating a raw pepper as i type :)

day 2

that numbering system is going to get old soon

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - done! and today i ran 4 minutes
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - i did it
2x10 incline push ups against my nightstand
2x6 tricep push ups against our blanketbox
2x6 walking lunges
3) 2 glasses of water - done, and still drinking
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - good so far, still have more, but will probably update this later today
5) one serving of raw vegetable - i never did get yesterdays and haven't done it today yet.

i couldn't wait to get on the treadmill today! but my belt slips while i am running so i have to hold on to the rails.. i need to look into that.

UPDATE: i got all my cleaning done, plus i hiked out in the snow pulling my two year old son on the sled to get my daughter from the bus stop instead of driving.. then i had to come home and make dinner.. beyond exhausted!! and i found out how to fix the belt slipping issue, i just need to pick up an alan key set tomorrow. i really should have my own anyway ;) and i had not one, but two servings of raw veggies..

day one

1) 20 minutes on the treadmill - done!! whoo hoo! and i ran three minutes of that, not consecutive.
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity - 6 minutes.. need to look up ideas
3) 2 glasses of water - i got three!!
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning - done!!
5) one serving of raw vegetable - ok.. 4/5.. mind you, the day isn't over yet

i think i did pretty good today.. i was not feeling the treadmill, but i got my stuff on, mp3 player ready and then couldn't get the treadmill working. i looked up a similar model on the internet, went to trouble shooting and the VERY first thing on it fixed my problem. LOL.. then halfway through my walk, a buddy of my hubby's came by to drop some stuff off. but he wasn't here long and i went back to it. i am feeling sore, probably from the running bits, but good.

i didn't get all my cleaning done, but most of it. all i wanted to do was sit and read, but i didn't! i am pretty proud :)

-60, here we go

Let's hope to hell this goes somewhere!

The goal is -60 by the end of the year but this isn't a new years resolution.. i want to lose 60 pounds in a year, and the calendar year was just too easy.

To get there, my weekday January rules are:
1) 20 minutes on the treadmill, hopefully running part of it by the end of the month
2) 10 minutes of stretching, muscle activity
3) 2 glasses of water
4) no reading or crafts in the day, more productive cleaning.
5) one serving of raw vegetable

I want to keep this do-able, within reason and easy to remember.. the blog is my accountablility even if no one ever reads it but me :)

I will post my daily progress on these 5 things, and a weekly weigh in. Not with weight, but hopefully in negative numbers. My starting point is only relevant to me, the point is loss.