omgosh I am soooo sore!!!!  Whoever thinks Wii Sports doesn't give a workout either hasn't played it yet...or is in absolute top physical shape.

I had played with it for over an hour yesterday with my daughter.  This morning, we were both sore and kinda lethargic.  I spent a half hour on the boxing game this morning.  This time I did a warm up and some stretching afterwards.  But wow....I'm soo feeling it.

My cold is popping it's head up again.  So between the soreness, the cold, and me being cold and tired...I'm wishing I could sleep during the day time..I could really go for a nap right now!  I tried going for a walk around the block...I barely made it around the easy block...my back decided to voice its own complaints.

Lol, but never fear.  My body may feel run down at the moment, but my mind and emotions are pretty high....er...high as in active and feeling good..not high as in drugs.

8:30pm:  Ok, that goes to show how sore I am...I can't even find it in me to get another 67 steps in for an even 10,500.

*plops into bed for a sound sleep...hopes nature doesn't call cuz unsure if can get back out of bed!*

5:55pm:  Got a Wii this afternoon.  It came with a sports game which is actually pretty fun...especially if you stand up and actually do the movements you'd be doing in real life. (including tripping over your own feet during tennis!!!)  I've read a couple of blogs that used the wii for weightloss exercise.  It seems like an interesting idea.  I do know that it'll be fun to do (i'm already sore) especially when the weather is bad outside and I can't practice the hoop.  And if I'm up and moving with the games, then I get some steps on the pedometer..yay!!!

4:15pm:  I have a cold today.  :(  The rooms been spinning slowly almost all day.  I seriously doubt I'm going to make 10k today.  I'll be lucky to make 6k.

8:25pm:  I won't be getting any more in today.  I'm ready to zonk out!

7:35pm:  The hula-hoop dvd set came in today from Hoopnatica.  Manta and I spent some time outside practicing and paying attention to where the hoop and our body meet, as well as taking our first steps in walking while hooping.  It's kind of like rubbing your belly and patting your head at the same time...while walking!!! lol.

Damn I'm excited!!!

8:50pm:  I was so excited I went for another walk.  It's a nice evening out too.  Those'll be few and far between soon.  So I best enjoy them now.

I kinda went a little too wild, though!

8:25am:  Today was weigh-in day for me.  "Officially" I've now reduced 9 lbs in 6 weeks.  I've also lost a total of 4.33 inches from my belly/waist/hip area.  This week alone counted for 1.83 inches of that. I'm very excited!  (Especially since yesterday we'd had a DQ burger/fries/blizzard meal.)

11:30am:  it's going to be raining off and on today.  Looks like I'll get a chance to see how much moving I'm willing to do if I'm not block-walking.

4:25pm:  I'm soaked.  lol
I luvs walking in the rain!  Though I could probably use a hat...heheh.

7:55pm:  grr, I'm not too happy about having my family watch me as I walk in place.  My daughter was just staring at me.  It's unnerving.  :(  But at least I got my steps done today.

7:40pm:  Went out shopping today.  Bleckh.  And of course that means that we ate in town... fast food.  My weight will surely show it tomorrow.  Bummer though cuz it could have said 188 and now it will probably be 190 again.  *sigh*

Gotta fit another block walk to get up to 10k though.

9:45am:  AAAAAAGGGH!  I hate when I forget to put on the pedometer for a walk.  Ugh, I'll have to add the minimum of those two blocks (2000) to my numbers.  But it's annoying cuz in reality, it's way more steps than that.  *pouts*

3:35pm: I've started a blog at wordpress.com .  I'm trying to figure out how to keep track of various stats over there, so that I can keep everything in one spot instead of split up into different sites.

Yes!!!  My total Avg is now over 8,000.

6:50pm: I want my fudgecicle!!!  *pout*  we're all out of them...waaaaahhhh!!

8:25pm:  done for the day...finally!

Back's been hurting all day.  But am doing one easy block at a time.  Aiming for over 10,000 today though.

8:20pm:  It seems that if I do many small blocks, i get more steps in and less pain than if I do three big blocks.

going to try to get the last couple hundred in to push it to 14,000.

10:30pm:  i reached the 14,000 about an hour ago....just forgot to put it in here.  I'm feeling pretty darned proud of this number!

3:40pm:  another slow day.  I really need to learn to stay away from the computer.

Was happy to see under 190 again.  Makes me feel that it's more real.

10:20pm:  didn't make my 10k goal today.  Even with cycling, my back just wouldn't let me get it all in.  damn, this put me behind on my average...grrr.  I'll have to make it up over the next few days.

3:45pm:  I'm a bit behind on my steps today.  I spent too much time watching online videos of my next major activity.  Now, how could one go about making a hooping counter?

Oh, and how could I forget?  188.8 this morning??  way cool.  I'll probably pop back up to 189-190 tomorrow, but still, it was great seeing that this morning.

Ugh, i want to go for a walk and think/daydream, but it's too flippin hot outside!!  Maybe I'll pop in some music and dance inside...in front of the fan!

9:35pm:  Day is done.  Legs are tired (dancing and walking in place inside makes the legs sorer than normal walking due to lack of stretching them like we do when we walk).  I'm exhausted!  G'Night.

7:20am:  Heh, weighed myself this morning, the day after yesterday's horrible weigh-in. Back down to 189.8.  Bummer that I couldn't count this as an official weigh-in, though.  Grrr.  But it does point out to me that weighing-in every day helps me learn what's working and what's not.  I'd have probably been confused and a bit freaked at the gain if I stuck to just weekly weighings.

Updates throughout the day as usual.

5:45pm:  Today my daughter and I played around with the adult size hoola-hoop I had purchased this weekend.  It was definitely fun.  So we purchased her one of her own so I can have my own all to myself!

9:30pm:  I've been feeling kinda "bleh" the past few days.  Still enjoying the walking and feeling addicted to moving.  But it seems that since I decided that it was time to incorporate some weight training type activities....I think that is when it started.  I'm basically having to create a program that meets my needs, my natural inclinations, yet is still an all around good program.  Plotting and planning and figuring out how to fit all this stuff together is just...draining...in so many ways.  I've got a lot of negative feelings coming up.  And I have to keep reminding myself that they aren't necessarily "real" feelings.  That they may be due to that time of the month, or to the bipolar thing, or even just simply due to trying to force myself to do something that i hate hate hate doing (the planning, not the exercising).  I'm afraid to talk to people because my negativity is just so strong.  A large part of me just wants to burn all my bridges, but that'd be pretty dumb to do.  And I know from experience that that doesn't help any and creates its own set of problems..heheh.  However, due to the intenseness of the negative feelings, I will likely be avoiding talking to anyone, and just hope that when this passes that they won't be too upset at me.

9:50pm:  I just saw that I have 99,956 steps for the month of September.  What do you think this means??  It means that I'm going to get those 44 steps in to make it 100,000 or more!

9:55pm:  And of course, by trying to get in 44 steps, I went over the 10,500 mark enough that I might as well continue jogging in place until I hit the 11,000 mark.  Which I did, and I'm definitely done for the day.

And now my current monthly average is over 10,000.  I intend to keep it that way!  It also means that I'm a little ahead of schedule for the 150 miles within the month of September.  yay me!

7:05am:  Did my weigh-in this morning.  :(  I know I shouldn't let the scale influence my moods, but this one seems to have.  After seeing the 189.8 on Friday morning, I thought I would get about 190-190.2 this morning.  Unfortunately, I got 191.8.  :(  That puts a gain for this week to +1.2  Yesterday's eating was definitely unusual, I admit.  And will probably take a couple of days to work off.  We went to IHOP in the morning, so we could have breakfast with my brother in town.  2eggs, 2bacon, red potatoes, and a black cherry crepe.  Did 1/2 of the planned shopping.  Went home and had two hotdogs (with buns), potato salad, and a summer crunch coleslaw type salad, then a 1/2 pint of ice cream.  I'm pretty sure it was the dinner/dessert that did it.  But other than an orange in the evening, that was all I had yesterday.  Ugh, just checked on the rolls and icecream....rolls were 220 each and the ice cream came to 620...so combined came to 1060 calories.  Ugh.

And I still have to go into twon today to pick up my daughter from her friend's house..and do some more shopping.  Which will of course have me in town, which usually means I'll have one of my meals in town.  Hmmm, I think we'll do soup tonight...and make it a bit watery for a fuller feel.

I'll post my steps throughout the day, as usual.

8:50pm:  Taking off my pedometer for the rest of the evening.  Got the rest of my shopping done today.  Even picked up some books from B&N.  Omgosh, I should not be allowed in there alone and with money!!!

9:05am:  I think next week I'll rearrange my block route so that I can get more steps in first thing in the morning.

Off to do some shopping..ugh.

6:35pm:  Shopping is just not an efficient way of getting steps in.  It took me hours to get 3500 steps in.

On the good side, I finally bought some actual walking shoes instead of using my old casual shoes.  I get to walk in them the first time tonight.  I'm looking forward to it!

7:35pm:  I've hit the 10,000 mark.  I'll probably do some walking in place to get to the 11,000 mark, later on.

8:15pm:  I just changed my goal on here to reflect my "real" goal:  10,000 steps a day minimum... and 150 miles within the month of September.  Right now I am about 1232 steps short that I will be making up.  I don't really see much of a problem making up those steps within a day or two.

8:00am:  Woohoo!!  I finally got to see less than 190.  I'm hitting the tip of the 189 zone.  I can't wait to say goodbye to the 190's forEVA!

2:35pm:  The mind is willing but the body is weak.  All day I've wanted to move move move move.  To do physical things.  While walking this morning I wanted to run  (which is ridiculous considering my weight and not wanting to hurt my knees, ankles, shins, etc).  So I walked faster than normal...and started to feel the shin splint pain...which ended that idea after half a block.  I wanted to ride my bike, but the squats from yesterday are kicking my butt...literally...my butt is sore!!  And riding my bike would just aggravate that as well as the already tired quads.  Off and on I did some push/pull for upper body and lower body.  I know that that is going to hurt me tomorrow...but I just couldn't stop!!!  It's like a craving to move more and more.  I just hope my body will eventually catch up.

9:00pm:  I can't believe I got 12,000 in.  I dread the morning even more now..lol.  Tomorrow is shopping day.  But for some reason, shop walks aren't nearly as good nor fun as walk walks.  We'll see what happens.

OMGosh!!!!  12030 is my new high score!!!  Go Me!!

9:25am:  zigzag block again.  Everything feels pretty good.  Slightly stiff...but not enough to draw attention to it.

Yesterday I spent trying to find weight training type ideas as it's time I start to incorporate that.  But again, it has to be something I'm willing to do for the rest of my life.  I'm considering modifying how I use the fitnessdeck.  But not sure yet.  Gonna try to have a program idea either set up...or ready to be set up by the end of today.

2:10pm:  did 3 full squats, 3 leaning pushups, and 3 ...i dunno what to call them...they're drastically modified pullups, but basically it's me laying on the ground, with a bar above me, I pull myself up until my chest reaches the bar, and then slowly lower myself.  So, let's see, a Laying Pull Up?  I guess that's what I'll call it, for now.

Anyways, arms and legs are feeling weakend and sore from just that much.

6:00pm:  I've already got my minimum in, but I think i'm going to go for 10,000 today.

8:00pm:  Got it!
8:20pm:  Went for another lap.  The aerobic steps aren't all being counted (or something) s I increased my total steps by 1000, but the aerobic count didn't change.

At this rate I'll have my 100 miles finished in the next 2 weeks.  At this rate I'll have an average of almost or at 10,000.  At this rate, I'll be aiming for 10,000 a day goal.  At this rate, someone else will have to take over the More Than Before Group.  :(  Ever been looking forward to something that'll make you happy, satisfied, proud, and sad all rolled into one?

11:15am:  I seem to be kinda slow today.  But I did finally get a zigzag block in without the back hurting.  So I'm off to do some stretches for it to help prevent it from stiffening up.

9:00pm:  I got another zigzag block in, this evening. This put me at about 350 under 10,000, so I jogged in place just before hopping into the shower for the night.

Updated the predictions for this first week of September.  Now I'm gonna hang out with my daughter until the school bus comes.  And THEN, I'll get a few blocks under my belt.

11:35pm:  Finally found the Stretching book.  It was in the packed away homeschooling books (which are no longer needed now that my daughter is in public school again).  And to think I wasn't going to look there.

9:00pm:  Got some IcyHot on my back.  Lying in bed, getting ready to read a little.  A nice...relaxing....*snores*

9:50pm:  Ouchie!  Ouchie! Ouchie!  'nuff said.

4:40pm:  just aiming for the minimum daily goal today, maybe 7000 since it's only a few hundred more than the minimum.

8:15pm:  Achieved 8000 today.  I'm done for the evening, even though it's really nice outside.  I love overcast skies, I love drizzles, I love how everything smells so clean after the rain.  This evening is a perfect time for walking.  However, I'm going to call it an early night...let my legs relax, and let my back muscles relax.

12:30pm:  Legs are a bit tired from yesterday's walks.  However, I'm not letting it stop me.  I've broken up the step mini-goals into 500 steps a mark.  Which is what caused me to get such high steps yesterday.  I'd walk around the block, see that I'm close to the next 500 mark, and get some more walking in to reach that 500 mark.  Then later during the day, when it's time for another walk, again, I see that I've got just another 200 or so steps to the next 500 mark and so do that.  And last night it was bothering me that I was so close to the 9k mark, and while I was way over my daily step goal....i went ahead and reached for that 9k mark.  This will either be a good thing for me...or my undoing, lol.

However, I think it did help reduce the effects of that burger and fries I had yesterday.  So all is good.

I admit, though, I'm looking forward to seeing the 180's on my scale!!

7:00pm:  WHOOT!  another 10,000 step day!!

7:30pm:  *grumble grumble*  I was checking out my comrades and the group, and noticed that one of them (jeninca) was a couple of hundred steps ahead of me.  So I snuck out for one last walk around the block before I collapse for the night. muhahahahahaa.

*looks at pedometer*
*gasps*
how perfect can THAT be???  11,111
*takes off pedometer to preserve that score for the evening*

Today is the beginning of a new month.  And the first time I'm starting at the very beginning of the month.  My goal for September is to walk a total of 100 miles (as determined by this site).  I'm going by the estimate of 2,000 steps = 1 mile.  So no, it won't be exactly measured, but I'm not concerned with exactness for this.  Last month I got 82.7 miles in 27 days.  This month I want to get 100 miles in 30 days.  Which averages out to 6,667 steps a day needed.  Last month I averaged 6,896 steps a day.  So I'm pretty sure I can meet this goal, even if I'm starting out with a sore back.

I'm also totaly redoing the Mini-Goal Marks thing.  I'll work on reconfiguring that today.