Days 5 and 6

It is Saturday night and I didn't post my challenge from yesterday. Never fear, however, I did participate!

Friday I spent the entire day mall walking, and not even doing the slow meanderings of someone who is looking to buy. Nope. We hiked that mall for several hours. Challenge done.

Today, for day 6, I was feeling better (this sinus infection has taken a bit out of me) so I headed over to the gym. I biked for almost 7 miles (20 minutes), and then I hit the weights. I did every machine, plus two from another section for a total of 8400 lbs lifted. After grabbing lunch with my sweet girl (I went healthy and had smoked salmon), we came home and hit the pool! I swam an additional 2 hours - all swimming, no lazy floating - and feel awesome! It was the perfect end to my workout!

Days 5 and 6: complete!

Day 4 of the challenge

Posting late, sorry.

Yesterday was a gym day. I took it easy since I am still battling this sinus infection. I did 30 minutes of the treadmill on the "random hill" program (which was super lame - I do more interval incline on my own). After that, I hit the weights and did about half of what I normally would have done, 6 sets for a total of 4,360 lbs lifted.

Day 4: check!

Day 3 of the challenge

As challenge-taking goes, today was weak. I woke up this morning with my eye gunked over and swollen, along with a pounding headache like someone was jack-hammering my face off. I skipped out on work and headed to the urgent care down the street, only to have a bit of a disagreement regarding the cause of my aforementioned gunk. The doctor believed it was conjunctivitis. I believe that it is a sinus infection. She compromised and gave me a Rx for an antibiotic AND an eye drop. After a brief stop at Publix to fill them, and pick up some pain relievers, I spent the majority of the day with my dear friend who was waiting for her husband's car to be fixed.

I won't lie, the thought of doing any kind of exercise with this pounding dang headache was out the window. There's no way I could have done anything that included bending, stretching, increased heart rate, etc. No darn way. My compromise was walking - slowly - around the mall for a total of one mile. It took us well over 30 minutes. Tomorrow it will be back to the gym to work my behind off! 

Milestone: 5%

I have a list of numbers that I keep in the draft folder that mean a great deal to me. They represent times in my life where I know exactly what I weighed. These dates are significant, and thus will be shared as milestones as I pass them by on the way down the scale.


Today's milestone: Weight Watchers 5% target since joining in January 2011.


Check out this article on all of the benefits of losing just 5% of your body weight. Every little bit counts - I know that I have felt a huge difference since January.


Next goal: Postpartum weight after having my daughter in 2007.

Just keep swimming, the next milestone is around the corner!

Milestone: Pre-pregnancy 2002

I have a list of numbers that I keep in the draft folder that mean a great deal to me. They represent times in my life where I know exactly what I weighed. These dates are significant, and thus will be shared as milestones as I pass them by on the way down the scale.

Today's milestone: My pre-pregnancy weight before my son in 2002!

Just keep swimming, the next milestone is around the corner!

Milestone: Pre-pregnancy 2006

I have a list of numbers that I keep in the draft folder that mean a great deal to me. They represent times in my life where I know exactly what I weighed. These dates are significant, and thus will be shared as milestones as I pass them by on the way down the scale.

Today's milestone: My pre-pregnancy weight before my daughter in 2006!

Hit it - BAM! Just keep swimming, the next milestone is around the corner!