Friday

total: 6761 steps; 1.18 miles

aerobic: 3203 steps; 28 minutes

NOTE: today wasn't a day I was required to exercise. I had to attend a make-up class, so I got some extra walking in this week, I guess. Eventually, my goal will be to hit 10k every day... but for now, I'm happy with 5 days a week, and just thrilled with anything extra that I'm able to do!

Saturday

total: 10,702 steps; 2.02 miles

aerobic: 3757 steps; 34 minutes

I went to Waldbaum's first, but had to return to my apt. to get my Costco card. After that, I got off at the last stop (mall) and walked over to Costco. Since I didn't have my groceries from Waldbaum's, I was able to fit most of my Costco stuff in my rolling bag, and the rest went in my canvas bag. I didn't have to call a cab like I'd originally planned. So, I went back to the mall to wait for the bus. And to think... if I did take the cab, I would have fallen short of my "10k steps a day for 5 days" goal. All of the aerobic time must have been from walking to/from Costco, so if that was cut in half, I'd be a little over 1k short.

I only go to Costco once a month or so. I'll see what my "regular" Saturday runs me next week... I'll walk over to Trader Joe's instead of Costco after getting off at the mall. Trader joe's isn't nearly as far away as Costco is (well, for one thing, I don't have to worry about crossing the highway to get to trader joe's! ) We'll see how close we get to 10k next week!

Sunday

total: 5340; 1.01 mile

aerobic: 4254; 37 minutes

ok, so we're not hitting the 10k steps... but I'm still doing the 40 minutes of walking... maybe we'll have to modify the goal for now.

We'll try this:

Goal: 5 days a week, attain either:
(1) 10,000 steps -OR-
(2) 40 minutes of fast walking

Of course, both would be nice, but I'll be happy with one or the other! Remember, a little is better than NOTHING!

I haven't used this gym log in a while because I was logging in my total steps in myPLAN. However, I wanted a spot separate from my journal where I could log my progress on certain goals. So, I'll use this space for that!

Current goals:

(1) Walk 10,000 steps a day, even if I have to walk in place at the end of the day.
(2) Do some exercises at night. I guess I could call them toning exercises. It's mostly upper body stuff, especially my arms. Do these every day.
(3) Drink 100 oz of water (or more) a day. I usually count by 5 20-oz bottles.


I'll use one of these guys when I walk or tone: , and one of these when I drink all of my water for the day: .
This one will be for when I make my goal for the week: . And I'll use these guys to track pounds lost for the week: ,

It's a Friday, so I guess I'll make Friday my weigh-in day.

Fri, May 6 - Thurs, May 12

Start Weight: 299


[walk] X

[tone] X

[water] X

So far, so good. I've been walking up to my office every day, and when I need a study break, I take a walk around the academic mall. I try to push myself a little more each time, since I don't want to do much walking in place at the end of the day! So far, I've been coming home with over 8000 steps! I can usually knock out the rest in 10 minutes or so.

Update: Thursday was my last day, and I had a 24-hour take-home final. SO, there was no time for long walks! I don't know why I didn't drink my water, though... we'll get 'em next week! Now I gotta get some sleep!!!