That's a record, for the recent past.
Fundraising is looking like a problem this year. I am seriously wondering if I'm going to be able to walk. I'm not going to be able to contribute almost $300 like I did last year. Not again. So, we'll see. I've got a couple of ideas but I have to implement them quickly. The walk is six weeks earlier this year than it was last year.
Didn't walk today, but I've been doing some heavy housework. Lots of lifting and bending and up and down the stairs. Going to hope it dries out later so I can mow the lawn. The city doesn't like it when it gets this long but I swear this stuff grows so fast I can *see* it. It's annoying. But, I know, it was part of what I took on when I bought the house. And it's another form of exercise, so it's all good.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Dusting things off....
Ok, so I'm not the world's most prolific blogger. Actually, I think that might be the understatement of the year so far. But, here I am.
Been walking. A lot. It feels good, and when I don't give in to the early-morning lazies, that feels good too. There are times when I drag myself out of bed in the morning and just think, oh, geez, I so do NOT want to walk today. But...I go. And it feels good.
Had a milestone today. I passed more people than I was passed by. That was kind of nifty. I realize it's not a race, honest I do, but when I get passed by a ninety-year-old woman who's carrying an oxygen tank, that's demoralizing. Ok, that only happened once, but you get the point.
Also joined Weight Watchers since the last time I posted. Lost six pounds the first week. Talk about feeling good. Now I have to get over the "I want to lose it all NOW" mentality. I didn't get this size overnight and I'm not going to lose it all overnight either. Slow and steady, right? Right.
I'll be back soon, I promise.
Been walking. A lot. It feels good, and when I don't give in to the early-morning lazies, that feels good too. There are times when I drag myself out of bed in the morning and just think, oh, geez, I so do NOT want to walk today. But...I go. And it feels good.
Had a milestone today. I passed more people than I was passed by. That was kind of nifty. I realize it's not a race, honest I do, but when I get passed by a ninety-year-old woman who's carrying an oxygen tank, that's demoralizing. Ok, that only happened once, but you get the point.
Also joined Weight Watchers since the last time I posted. Lost six pounds the first week. Talk about feeling good. Now I have to get over the "I want to lose it all NOW" mentality. I didn't get this size overnight and I'm not going to lose it all overnight either. Slow and steady, right? Right.
I'll be back soon, I promise.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Back at it
Went two circuits of the mall today. I can tell I've lost some conditioning; it wasn't nearly as easy to do two miles as it was to do six or seven, not so very long ago. Ah well...it'll come back. As long as I work on it. Trying to get back into better eating habits too...but veggie omelets get old, yanno? Have to figure out something else I can have for breakfast. Ideas from my vast legions of faithful readers would be received with much gratitude ;)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Oookay....
Christmas decorations at the mall. The week before Halloween. Urp. Ok, it's pretty, and I like Christmas decorations a lot. But in OCTOBER?? Yeah, yeah, it's November now but they went up last week. Even I think that's a bit much. Thank goodness they're not playing the music yet. That'd just be too much.
Walked to go vote yesterday. Didn't have nearly the line I thought I was going to. It wasn't half bad. A couple miles there and back. Plus some housework, and up and down the stairs a few times.
Steps: 6982
Walked to go vote yesterday. Didn't have nearly the line I thought I was going to. It wasn't half bad. A couple miles there and back. Plus some housework, and up and down the stairs a few times.
Steps: 6982
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Back at it
Ok, a month is a long enough break. I'm back at the mall-walking; it's just too darned cold to walk outside, especially since most of my walking pants stop several inches above the ankle (side note - I forsee a trip to the thrift shop in the near future). So...back to the mall it is. Lots of old friends there - several people said hello and a couple actually went so far as to ask my name and give me theirs. Nice.
I've set myself a goal of fifteen miles a week. It's doable. Heck, I did fifteen miles in a DAY on the 3-Day, so I'm good. It's ambitious but not so much that it's not achievable. And if it gets to be too easy, it's a simple thing to add a lap or so a week. One lap is one mile, at the mall. Easy-peasy.
Things to remember:
You didn't get this heavy overnight, you won't get thin overnight.
You feel GOOD when you walk. Keep it up.
When you get out of bed in the morning, put the walking shoes on. Just do it. You'll be more likely to go to the mall if you don't have to go home to get the shoes on.
DON'T LOOK AT THE MANNEQUINS. Nobody looks like that. Even the clothing designers don't think so; the dresses are all pinned up in the back on those things. Nobody's built like the mannequins.
Am I the only one who thinks that's weird???
Steps: 6421
I've set myself a goal of fifteen miles a week. It's doable. Heck, I did fifteen miles in a DAY on the 3-Day, so I'm good. It's ambitious but not so much that it's not achievable. And if it gets to be too easy, it's a simple thing to add a lap or so a week. One lap is one mile, at the mall. Easy-peasy.
Things to remember:
You didn't get this heavy overnight, you won't get thin overnight.
You feel GOOD when you walk. Keep it up.
When you get out of bed in the morning, put the walking shoes on. Just do it. You'll be more likely to go to the mall if you don't have to go home to get the shoes on.
DON'T LOOK AT THE MANNEQUINS. Nobody looks like that. Even the clothing designers don't think so; the dresses are all pinned up in the back on those things. Nobody's built like the mannequins.
Am I the only one who thinks that's weird???
Steps: 6421
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Lessons learned for next year
BRING A JACKET. Mornings are cold, and you don't start to walk (and therefore get warm) right away
Train more. And then some more.
Label. Everything.
Accept help when it's offered.
It's not cheating to ride the sweep van.
It IS possible to limp on both legs.
It is not possible to stretch too often.
Moleskin is a gift from the gods.
Sports medicine doctors and therapists who volunteer for this event should be canonized.
The trick to using the port-a-potties is to back into it - don't look.
A good cheering station is as energizing as a ten-minute rest.
A welcome mat for in front of the tent is a very good thing.
Fifteen miles equals almost 34,000 steps.
Train more. And then some more.
Label. Everything.
Accept help when it's offered.
It's not cheating to ride the sweep van.
It IS possible to limp on both legs.
It is not possible to stretch too often.
Moleskin is a gift from the gods.
Sports medicine doctors and therapists who volunteer for this event should be canonized.
The trick to using the port-a-potties is to back into it - don't look.
A good cheering station is as energizing as a ten-minute rest.
A welcome mat for in front of the tent is a very good thing.
Fifteen miles equals almost 34,000 steps.
What a weekend
Wow. Words just can't describe it. The most amazing weekend I've had in a very long time. This posting is going to be rather stream-of-consciousness, so just read. It's all good.
The sense of community...no, more like family...that I had all weekend was huge. Everyone was so friendly, so warm, so together. Anyone that needed help got it right away. Strangers doing things for each other - grabbing towels for someone who forgot one in the shower, getting drinks when someone's hands were full in the food line, handing out tubes of lip balm that they had brought on purpose just to share, things like that. It was great.
The Romeo high school boys sports teams deserve huge thanks. They came to help set up tents, they carried food for people from the dinner line to the tables after Saturday's walk, they walked around with pitchers of water and gatorade for people, they just generally made themselves so incredibly useful. They're going to get tons of letters from people, I just know it.
The people in the communities we walked through came out in huge numbers. Especially the city of Plymouth. Wow. There was a cheering station in Plymouth that was supposed to be a block long...it was closer to a mile. Solid shoulder-to-shoulder people clapping, cheering, whistling, handing out candy and water and stickers and hugs. It was overwhelming, and I wasn't the only one to be in tears through that stretch.
Silly crazy me, aching feet and sore knees and all, signed up for next year. Wow. Am I nuts? Yep. Crazy bold, crazy beautiful.
Our promise: A world without breast cancer.
The sense of community...no, more like family...that I had all weekend was huge. Everyone was so friendly, so warm, so together. Anyone that needed help got it right away. Strangers doing things for each other - grabbing towels for someone who forgot one in the shower, getting drinks when someone's hands were full in the food line, handing out tubes of lip balm that they had brought on purpose just to share, things like that. It was great.
The Romeo high school boys sports teams deserve huge thanks. They came to help set up tents, they carried food for people from the dinner line to the tables after Saturday's walk, they walked around with pitchers of water and gatorade for people, they just generally made themselves so incredibly useful. They're going to get tons of letters from people, I just know it.
The people in the communities we walked through came out in huge numbers. Especially the city of Plymouth. Wow. There was a cheering station in Plymouth that was supposed to be a block long...it was closer to a mile. Solid shoulder-to-shoulder people clapping, cheering, whistling, handing out candy and water and stickers and hugs. It was overwhelming, and I wasn't the only one to be in tears through that stretch.
Silly crazy me, aching feet and sore knees and all, signed up for next year. Wow. Am I nuts? Yep. Crazy bold, crazy beautiful.
Our promise: A world without breast cancer.
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