Lunch Walk

Walked to the Farmer's Market and bought 10 pierogies. Walked to the ATM. Walked back to my desk. Total Workout: 0.75 miles in humid 80+ degrees.

New Miles: 0.75
Total Miles: 1482.25
Miles Remaining: 17.75
Weight: 133.0

Lunch Walk

Went out into the 80 degree day and walked 1.0 miles. At night coached

New Miles: 1.0
Total Miles: 1481.5
Miles Remaining: 18.5
Weight: 132.2

Lakecation Walks

Thursday, May 23 - Before leaving for vacation I measured out the walk to the local ice cream store, and it was a perfect 1.0 miles away. A great motivator for a walk was to the ice cream store for a vanilla malt milkshake. During the return walk back the motivator were the oncoming rain clouds. Toward the end it started drizzling but I beat the downpour back. Total Workout: 2.0 miles.

Friday, May 24 - In the afternoon Ryan said he wanted to walk with me. When we set out about 4 minutes later he was sluggish and said he was done after I said we'd walk half a mile and back. We turned around early but fortunately there was a house for sale past where we were staying so we walked the other direction for a little to check it out, and then back. That helped round out the mile. Total Workout: 1.0 miles.

Saturday, May 25 - Two of my friends and I headed out to the gift shop, which was a bit past the ice cream shop. It was a very brisk pace so a really hard workout. On the way back I had to pee and luckily there was a port-a-john at the ice cream store and we took a pit stop. Total Workout: 2.5 miles.

On Monday I had a debilitating migraine that left me sleeping and laying around all day trying to re-coup, but it continued on Tuesday. I made it thru work and then napped until Bridgette came over and we talked for a few hours.

New Miles: 2.0 + 1.0 + 2.5 = 5.5
Total Miles: 1480.5
Miles Remaining: 19.5
Weight: 135.4 on 5/27. ...But then because I was so migrainey and couldn't eat all day as well as my body just bouncing back from overeating for 5 days I weighed 133.4 on 5/28.

Bump in the Middle

After just a few hours on my feet my dogs were barking (or as I also say, my puppies were yapping) and I sat down for a number of minutes to relax. I knew I wanted to walk 1.5 miles though so I didn't let my tiredness deter me and I got onto the treadmill. I walked at 4.0 for most of my walk but then bumped it up to 4.1mph.

I listened to The Moth and played Solitaire and got pretty sick of Solitaire but really enjoyed The Moth stories.  Total Workout: 1.5 in 22:19 246cals 1%.

Also, as of last Wednesday I have formed a baby bump. The baby decided "Bam! Look at me!" and it popped itself out in my middle. So now I am into the new phase where I am starting to look pregnant. Well, more so just looking a bit awkwardly fat more so than pregnant. But I know it's a cute baby bump and that's really all that matters. Plus, if people think it's fat they won't touch me and I'm quite alright with not being touched by people.

New Miles: 1.5
Total Miles: 1475.0
Miles Remaining: 25.0
Weight: 133.2

Tired & Hungry

With temps in the upper 80s none of the kids wanted to run during soccer. Asking then telling then  getting them to do something was like pulling teeth, and unsuccessfully at that. The fastest they ran was for a water break. I survived 1.5 hours of that and then went home and walked. I was pretty tired from all the standing and pretty hungry from all the non-eating, but I went out on a walk anyways. I chugged along and did it in 15:57. Then I happily sat grabbed some food and sat on the ottoman. Then I pried myself up and did the dishes (fun!) before returning to the couch to catch up on my PBS shows.


New Miles: 1.0
Total Miles: 1473.5
Miles Remaining: 26.5
Weight: 132.4

Track Walk

Ryan went out to play music and I went to the track. I walked 3.0 miles in 56:01. Half way thru I took a water break, then after the next lap I took another one. Then I finished up my walk. I decided to try my foot at running a little, since I haven't tried that in a while - I did the 100m straight away down - took a wee break. Went back and rested 20 seconds. I did them in 26-28 seconds. Then after 2 more I was feeling good and figured why not make it so I ran half a mile. And so I did 4 more - seeing how running with some speed felt. And it felt almost completely fine - except for actually feeling my stomach area while running. I did the 3rd one in 25 seconds. For the final one I tried to go faster and I did that one in 22 seconds. I then thought about taking a bit of a cool down walk but felt like I was done, so I got some water and stretched out a few minutes and happily went home.

New Miles: 3.5
Total Miles: 1472.5
Miles Remaining: 27.5
Weight: 133.4

Slow Walking

During the hockey intermission Ryan and I went on a 1.0 mile walk. Ryan was very sluggish so the walk was a bit slow. And towards the end of the first half I just finished it up without him, turned around and walked back to him, then we walked home together.

New Miles: 1.0
Total Miles: 1469.0
Miles Remaining: 31.0
Weight: 132.4

Do By Doing

The "insight" of the day was that I can only "Do By Doing", that is, I can only accomplish my goal if I take action towards meeting my goal. Finishing up this journey by the end of next week is pretty much impossible at this point. But it would definitely be impossible if I don't get myself to cover some miles.

So after coaching soccer practice with temps in the mid-80s, and after taking out the recyling, I laid half on the ottoman and half on the couch for 20 minutes looking at Facebook. During that time I thought, "I should have been walking this whole time while I did this." And then I didn't move. I cued up my Coursera course, to stimulate my brain and offset the damage 20 minutes of Facebook did, and I watched a lecture. I started it and then said "Get up!" and I stood and walked to the treadmill and then started walking. I found a way to make myself do by doing. Total Workout: 1.0 miles 14:40 164cals 1%


I stopped and sat down again. When I got up to shower I realized my back was a bit sore, likely from all that standing, awkward laying, and walking. After my shower it felt so great to just sit on the couch and watch TV with Ryan, especially since I could rest easy knowing that I did something I needed to do.

New Miles: 1.0
Total Miles: 1468.0
Miles Remaining: 32.0
Weight: 131.8

Gallon Mile-in'

The evening sky was overcast and looked like it would rain any minute, but I checked the weather and it wasn't to rain til later. Ryan went running. I went walking - and I walked to the store, bought a gallon of milk, and walked home. So it was also a bit of weight training as I carried the milk half a mile, alternating hands every so often as my hands got cold.

New Miles: 1.0
Total Miles: 1467.0
Miles Remaining: 33.0
Weight: 130.2

Just a little bit

After soccer and eating some cereal, I got onto the treadmill and walked and listened to The Moth radio hour. After just under 1.25 miles I decided to jog, aka my new "running" speed, and I did that for just over half a mile. I jogged at 5.0 for a little them 5.5. Then I went back to my 4.1 mph walk. Total Workout: 2.0 in 26:55 324 cals 1%

New Miles: 2.0
Total Miles: 1466.0
Miles Remaining: 34.0
Weight: 129.8