Where Do I Begin?

Part of this week I've been super active, part of it I've been super lazy.

Today Music Man had an MRI for his knee. That was a fun trip.

I managed to lose 2.5 lbs since my last weigh in, so that made me happy.

That said, so far this year I have walked over 300,000 steps. I'm sure a lot of people have walked way more steps than that.  But for me, that's huge. I'm quite proud of myself.

So I have been upping my step count on Mondays, cause that's when my planner starts a new week. I'm thinking maybe I should go back to upping it on Fridays cause that's my weigh-in day.

I know I had something to write about but for the life of me I can't remember.

Oh, don't put your Fitbit on a fan. Trust me, you'll get a crazy high step count and have a really difficult time fixing it. And you'll feel completely inadequate.

Inspiration for the week:

It reads: Complaining won't burn calories.

Go for a walk, enjoy the feel of your muscles working.

Out of Town

Music Man took me out of town for my birthday. We had a lovely time, even went and played mini golf on my birthday.

We also drove around a lot. Looked around the Ventura area, and found some really cool stuff.

We stayed in Camarillo which was really nice. It's slightly further inland than Ventura, though still near the beach and we had overcast conditions all three days we were there. It was heavenly to me.

I've been working to meet my step count everyday this week, only missing on Monday.

I decided that I had been trying to increase my count too quickly so this week I've set my goal as 3500 steps a day.

Monday I only had 2286 but I was busy studying for my test most of the day, so I think I did good on that one even though I missed my goal.

This week's inspiration:

It reads: The most critical decision is made when you feel like giving up.

I'm not giving up.

I Hurt My Toes

Oww! My poor little toes got horrible blisters the first day I wore my new shoes. So my step count has suffered.

I've also come to the conclusion, after having several people nag me about it. that my goals were a bit too lofty. So, I'm modifying my goals.

I'm going to try and get 3500 steps a day for next week. The following week, I'll up it to 4000. Building slowly will hopefully help me reach my goals but also keep me from injuring myself like I have a tendency to do.

On the plus side, Miss Goofy has been inspired and gone to the gym 3 of the last 4 nights this week. Go Miss Goofy!

Music Man keeps kicking my ass on step count even with a bad knee. I think I'll hide his Fitbit watch.

I did manage to lose 1.2 pounds since I last weighed in. Which is awesome, but I forgot to weigh in this morning, so I'll have to fix that another day.

I'll update my step count chart and then start it again in May.

Have a great week and here's your inspiration for the week:

It reads: Sore? Tired? Out of breath? Sweaty? Good...It's Working. I love that.

Step Count

For most of the past week, I've met my step count. The 12th I just hurt too bad to make my count.

I weighed in this morning, I'd lost .7 pounds. Not a great number but it's going the right direction so I won't complain.

This week, I'll be upping my step count to 7000 steps by the 21st.

This week's inspiration:

It reads: When you feel like quitting: think about why you started.

I'm using this as my background on my desktop. So far, it's kept me moving this week. We'll see how I feel about it at 7000 steps.

Have a great week!

I Went to the Gym!

Two nights ago Music Man and I agreed we needed to try to get to the gym yesterday. I really didn't want to go when the alarm went off at 7. I got up, used the restroom, and came back to the bedroom. Looking at the clock, it seemed so early. Surely I could go back to bed for a little bit and go to the gym later in the day. When I realized that's my usual self-talk and that I don't go to the gym when I do that, I did the adult thing. I decided to let Music Man make the decision.

Way to pass the buck, huh?

So I got back in bed, snuggled up, and asked if he wanted to go to the gym this morning. I know it surprised him when I asked.  I told myself I had two reasons for asking. 1) I didn't know how bad his knee was hurting, and 2) we've both had a cold and if he wasn't feeling up to it, I wasn't going by myself.

He opened his eyes in surprise and asked, "You wanna go to the gym?" Not really by this point, but yeah, I did. So we got up. He used the restroom, we changed the sheets on our bed, grabbed a banana each, and headed out. 

He wanted me to try the elliptical. I have short legs, short arms, and a short stride. I do not like the elliptical. So I went to the treadmill instead. I did 5.8 laps, which is very close to a mile and a half. 1.45 miles to be exact. I also got through my entire workout playlist. That felt good. My playlist is only 43 minutes, so I'm going to need to add to it, but I got through it. 

And we didn't stop for Jack-in-the-Box or McDonald's on the way home. So, double good for us. 

I did pull something in my heel, so we'll see how I do tomorrow, but man have I accomplished stuff today. And I feel like I can keeping doing it.

Anyway, here is a picture of the treadmill when I finished: 

I know it says I only did 39 minutes 30 seconds, but I also was on the elliptical for a couple of minutes and I walked around before getting on the treadmill. 

Oh, and today's motivation from the gym wall:

It reads:

First they'll ask you why you're doing it. Later, they'll ask you how you did it. 

I changed the text color to red instead of the orange in the picture and I added the bold to make the emphasis show up a bit more.

And finally, on the sidebar, I've got a daily step count for the month of April. (Please note I had a nasty cold for the first few days of the month.) I'll be updating that probably on update date. I'm going to keep track of my weekly step counts, my monthly step counts, and yearly step counts. Should make for a fun year.

Now, go do something! 

EDIT: I changed the text color from red to orange cause the red didn't look right when I posted this and I'm too lazy to go back in and change the part of the post about it.