Alternachicks - Yay! I exercised today!

I did a ton of walking during my holiday last week!

After dinner last night DH and I walked about 8 blocks and back to drop off our cable payment. Must confess that we popped in to Tim Horton's for a French Vanilla cappuccino and a white chocolate chunk macadamian nut cookie - delicious! :T

This morning I walked to work and then walked around the downtown area at lunch while picking up some groceries.

I will also walk home tonight.

Walked to work this morning and back home again in p.m. :D

The usual walk to work and back home again in the evening- sheesh it's hot :flame:

I also walked down the stairs at work twice today (14 flights x 2) :cb: It is too hot to do much more exercise than this :(

I walked a lot on the weekend and walked up and down lots of stairs. And am up and down stairs a lot during the day...though my walking is minimal right now - back to it in September though, and when we go away for a week starting next Friday...

Lidian

Oh... I can't WAIT for September. I want my schedule back again!! :cry:

I have been taking 1/2 walks at lunch time and have been taking the stairs down at work whenever possible.

Yesterday I was doing some calve stretching exercises at work while waiting for the copier to print my documents. I am hoping that no one will walk into the copier room while I am doing this and end up thinking I am a freak! :lol:

Mauvais that is a great thing to do. I do stuff like that when I am waiting for the water to boil for one of my gourmet mac-and-cheese a la box creations...I am going to walk today I think. Only a few weeks until I can set my own schedule (for some of the day anyhow)!! Can't sit and think about what I want to write when people are saying "Mom....she looked at me like THIS [horrible pop-eyed face]" or "Mom...something really BAD happened/I'm really sorry but [insert disaster of choice here]/I'm bored/I'm hungry/I'm thirsty/when are we going to the pool (library, park etc)" ---

Mind you I will miss them when they go back to school - eldest is in her last year of grade school (5th grade) and youngest is sad that after this yr they will be at different schools. They are growing up so fast. I just wish they had something absorbing to do 3 hrs a day somewhere else in the house! Like clean it!

Lidian

Did a ton of walking this weekend but it has been too hot and muggy to do much more...:hot:

I walked about 2-3 miles, don't know for sure as my pedometer is on the blink (sigh).

Lidian

I walked to work yesterday, then took the stairs down at work, then walked to my WW meeting and home again -my legs are a bit sore this morning :lol:

One hour of Yoga for Weight Loss today!

Good going Wildfire! :cp:

More walking yesterday - took the stairs in the park and the stairs down at work- I am starting to take the stairs up this week starting with 2 flights and working my way up!

I walked today! I got dressed, threw Soundgarden in the cd player and headed out. I have no idea how long I was out except that I only had 2 songs left when I got home!!! Now if I could only do this 5 days a week like the old days!

I could definitely walk a long time with Soundgarden in the CD player. Good idea...

Went for a walk at lunch. May do a few more exercises after my hair is done (Dying it right now)...

I went for a long walk after supper yesterday and today as well....
I should be getting calves of steel at this rate! :lol:

Yay, Mauvais!! :dance:
Must do some exercise today... been slacking off the last few weeks...

Have not made it to 10,000 steps on my pedometer since I was walking in Nanaimo BUT this will be the week as it's so much cooler.
We are walking to Church in 25 minutes. Hey, if I put the pedometer on Hershey, would it register double because of her four legs? Hmmmm....guess that would be cheating.

I will be reporting on this thread from next Tuesday on, when the girls go back to school. Got to get that pedometer fixed before then!

Lidian

Me too, Lidian! My battery died... :mad:

I apologize if you took my advice on the yellow Oregon Scientifics thingie, Ellis...they SAID the battery should last a year and it was a couple of months...I always get so excited with a new pedometer, like it HAS to be such a good brand since it looks so good and is working so well!

I am going to try to put a new battery in. I mean, DH is, before Tuesday - cuz I am sure he needs something to do over the Labour Day weekend!

Lidian

So, you mean it's going to take 3 days to put the damned thing in? :lol: Don't worry, Lidian... You know what's really STUPID is that there's no "off" button. (although I did accidentally fall asleep in my jeans one night, and burned a few "step calories" :lol: )

Yeah, I have to take it off when I go to the washroom because it counts about 25 steps for pulling me trousers up and down! I have my backup one on now (it is going to take me MORE than 3 days to change the batteries, ha ha!) and it SEEMS to be clocking up a lot of steps...though could be I am walking more, since we are back to the school thing (8 trips or 4 round trips a day, 2/3 mile for each round trip).

Off to the drugstore to buy pencils etc - was filling the pencil cases at 9 pm last night. Youngest DD felt sure she would need a LOT of sharp pencils today, & possibly a show & tell item, etc etc.

Lidian

Walked to work today and it is my intention to walk to and from my doctor's appointment today (about 20 minutes each way) and then walk back home tonight. I am also planning on doing my p.m. yoga tape tonight to see if it helps me relax.

Went for a walk at lunch yesterday. I am hoping to do it again this week if the weather stays ok.