Week 2

I'm down 2.6 lbs this week to 205.6. I was hoping it would be a little more after my cleanse, but a keep reminding myself that a loss is still a loss. Weight is put on one pound at a time and it will come off one pound at a time. The highlights this week were that I hit my water goal, of at least 80 oz., every day. I also was able to get in either a long walk, or a workout, almost every day this week. 

On Monday, I did a Beachbody work out, T25 Full Body Circuit. It has several planks in it, so I got out my yoga mat. The cats have the entire house to sleep in, but they have to sleep on the mat. And they were perturbed each time I kicked them off for my planks. After my workout, I was only at 8,600 steps, so I decided to do a quick walk until I hit 10,000. But when I hit 10,000, I decided to go to the end of my road before I turned around. When I got home, I was at 12,500, so I made sure to hit 13,000 before going to bed.

Sept 11th

On Tuesday, I decided to do a detox cleanse. I was going to do it a few weeks ago, but then my period started so I decided to wait. Then I was going to do it last week, but when Brittany invited me to her DietBet, I decided to wait until that started so it could hopefully give me a good jump start there. I used to cleanse once a month and I always love how I feel afterwards. But right now, I can only afford to do it about every 3 months.

Tuesday's usually end up as my running days. It was hard to push myself, maybe from the cleanse. I started with my 5 minute walk and then covered the screen and bumped it up to a run. After what I thought felt like 30 minutes, I took the towel off. To my despair, I had only been running for about 21 minutes. I got to admit, I thought about quitting right then. But I know my body can run for 30 minutes, so I pushed through. Then I walked for 10 minutes and ran another 15 minutes, followed by a 10 minute cool down. I also made sure I hit 20,000 steps before I went to bed that night. 

Sept 12th 

Wednesday is usually one of my lower step days. I have bible study after work, so I usually don't plan on getting a workout in. But this day was different. My employer had their flu shot clinic that morning. It ran for 2-1/2 hours. The last hour was pretty dead, so I decided to make laps around the training room. By 10:00 that morning, I was past 9,000 steps! I wanted to just hurry and get to 10,000, but I needed to get back to work. Still, by the end of the day, I had over 15,000 steps.

Sept 13

Thursday was also a tough day. During the afternoon, my upper back started to hurt.I had planned to do a T25 workout, but by  the time I got home, all I could do was lay on the couch with a heating pad. Around 7:30, my back was feeling better, so I decided to just do an easy walk down the road. But you guessed it, once I start, I have to go all the way to the end before I turn around, so I ended up with more steps than I had planned on.
Sept 14

On Friday, I did a T25 workout in the morning. After that, I made sure I took a break from homework every hour, and I would get about 500 steps in. I also walked in place for several minutes while watching a lecture. I forgot to take my screen shot before bed that night, so all I have here is my steps, but I did hit my active every hour and water goal that day also.

 Sept 15

 On Saturday, I woke up extra energized and decided to go run. I even bumped the speed up a notch and was able to run 2 miles in 28 minutes. It ended up being one of the best runs I've had in a while. I was thrilled when I had my 10,000 steps in my 10:00 am. Other than the hour I missed sleeping in, I was able to hit all of my active every hour steps, so I ended the day with over 17,000 steps! Not to bad for a lazy Saturday.

Sept 16

Sunday, it all caught up to me, and I decided to have a more lazy day. Between church in the morning and prayer group at night, I can't hit the active every hour goal. I also had a few homework assignments that were due by midnight, so I had to opt for homework instead of a workout. (Just kidding, I would have watched the football game if I hadn't been stuck doing homework.) But for a lazy day, it still didn't turn out too bad. I did meet my daily water goal of 80+ oz each day, but Sunday I really struggle with that. So I find myself chugging a lot of water in the late afternoon to try and make up for it. I will have to work harder on that.
Sept 17

Overall, it was a pretty good week. I was thrilled on Saturday when I saw my weekly step total was up to 100,000 steps over the last 7 day period. On Sunday night, I wasn't quite there, so I did a few laps around my house to make sure I ended the week with 100,000. Next goal, to get 15,000 steps every day for a week.