Day 1: Dear Diet Mt. Dew you are my best friend most days. You perk me up in the morning and make me very cheery in the afternoon. But today I must cut back and drink more water to get prepared for some hard workouts in my future.
Day 2: Today was my official first day of training for my third 5k. Bill and I will be racing on Oct. 15 in Germantown. My second race in March timed me at 40 minutes. My goal for this race is 35 minutes. Keep in mind other then farming I have only exercised once since June. I get easily bored with exercise so I plan to mix my routine up.
If you think you can’t work out with a video game you have never done Just Dance 2 for the Wii. After 5 minutes I was out of breath. After 38 minutes and 2 large glasses of water, I was sweaty, my chest burned and my shoulders ached. Wore my pedometer all day and racked 13,376 steps (5.04 Mile). I need to analyze this number if I want to get more in shape; I will set this goal soon.
Day 3: Joined a lunch time Zumba group fitness class at work. It took 3 songs before I was short of breath. I thought this was a good sign until I found out those were just the warm up. Class was fun but this girl has no rhythm. Went back to work and sat at my desk for 1.5 hours. I barely could stand up; I was stiff as a board. Note to self: Next Friday don’t sit so long. Drinking less Diet Mt. Dew is finally working out. Not hitting as many low spells and not craving it as much. Step count 12,598 (4.77 miles).
Day 4: Day off training. Notice I didn’t say a day of rest. I managed to accrue 12,130 steps (4. 6 miles).
Day 5: After 51 minutes I managed 3.1 miles. Cardio wasn’t my real problem. It was my poor burning feet and my shins were hurting about 1.5 miles in. But I didn’t give up. I did a moderate hike in the woods with the dogs up 2 semi-steep hills giving me a total of 99 minutes and 20,008 steps (7.6 Miles).
Day 6: When I woke up this morning I couldn’t tell what hurt more my hips or my lower back. I can tell you 2 Advil may dull the pain but I can still feel most of my aches. I managed a light 28 minute hike in the woods to keep moving but not to totally put my body out of commission. I am ending the day with 10,532 steps. I have determined that on non-workout days 10,000 steps are acceptable and on workout days 12,500 should be the target steps. I have to admit I did resort to an extra can of Diet Mt. Dew to get through today.
Day 7: Still a bit sore from Sunday and have hit a lazy patch. I had to really talk myself in to working out tonight. I motivated myself by purchasing 2 new Just Dance 2 songs: Moving on Up and It’s Not Unusual. I did a solid 49 minutes of cardio and earned 11,915 steps (4.57miles).
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