well i dnt know how much this is but i walked leisure for 40 mins today.
I can not walk for alot since i just had a baby thursday still hurts to walk after a long while.
But i am making my way up there.
I start my step diet tomorrow

CONGRATULATIONS!

Take it easy!

thnks!
i bought my pedometer.
its actually a great one. you enter your stride length and your goals and everything tells you calories burned how long youve walked and howmuch you have left until you reach your goal.
so i am super excited!

Tomato, Welcome!!! You're doing awesome! WTG!

Gary, You are just eating up the miles. I'm getting out there some, but feel like I'm spending more time in a camp chair than anywhere else. The season is almost over...drat...I gotta admit I'm lovin' it. My 8 y/o pitched last night. Holy cow. He walked a couple, but he just kept his composure and made his mooma so proud. More than once I saw his little chest go up in a big cleansing breath. Maybe a natural??? Hey Hey! What play did you see??? I'm going tomorrow night. I was invited by a friend months ago..I think we are seeing "Much Ado About Nothing" something anyway. It should be a fun time. It's an outdoor theater and evryone picnics beforehand. A very nive time.

amyx33, Welcome aboard. Wow, a brand new baby. Congratulations. Like Sassy said, take it easy. I've had 4 children and you really need to get your rest and take care of yourself. This may be your 4th baby too, but I believe all new moms NEED to be reminded to take care of themselves as well. Good luck with the step diet. It seems to be working for Sassy!!

4+ miles with Lori yesterday

14 hours of 31
45.5 walk miles

Good luck with those steps today AMY and HIEDI.....congratulations on that baby AMY...take it easy!

LOVNMOM ~ Angie and I saw The Phantom Of The Opera. We have an outdoor theater here in our town too which is way cool. We can pic-nic or there are reserved stadium seats right in front so you can eat somewhere else and come just for the show or you can do like we did a few weeks ago for Guys and Dolls and eat at the Italian restaurant there...brought from their restaurant in town and set up under a gazebo. We saw Phantom downtown San Diego.

Was able to get 3 miles in with Angie before she took off for yoga training for the day.

I am off work today so I think I will be able to get a few in on the treadmill later and meet goal for the month.

72/75 MILES

amyx33 - I'm glad you got a great pedometer! Don't forget to not "try", it'll mess your average up! If you are going to do the step diet, I started another thread you may want to jump in: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/show...=145848&page=2
Was this your first child? It seems like all kinds of people are having babies around me... two neighbors gave birth to their first within 2 weeks of each other! I have one child (he's 7) and I work with kids all day long, I get my fill.

Tomato - Welcome! You're doing great! I woke up at 5am yesterday and got on the treadmill. It felt great to have such a strong start for the day!

lovnmom & EZMONEY - You are BOTH burning up the miles, you are so inspirational!

EZMONEY - That outdoor theatre sounds awesome! We had an old drive-in here that we loved to go to. The kids thought it was great. They tore it down this year. I was bummed. I'm not much of a movie-goer, but the drive in made it really fun!

I'm back on track, had a bit of a binge on Sunday. I'm gonna make my steps though! We had one heck of a storm last night, we even went to the basement at 2am to be safe! I'll probably get plenty of steps walking around the yard picking up yucky debris. Plus I need to mow and pick up puppy poo. YUCK. My MIL is coming over in a bit. I've been trying to clean up the house, but it's not going so well.

hey took a 10 min walk this morning because it was so hot and i was starting to get a little hurting .5 miles though! i am going to do 20 mins tonight so i am sloww goin.

Sassy - thanks tons. I started one to because id idnt find one but i will delete it haha;. but yes this is my first child.

lovnmom - thnks alot i am takin it easy alot.. but tomorrow and thursday i have orientation @ university which is alot of walkin so hopefully i will be okay.

ez - thnk yu!!

I am still here!

I was out of town last week and still dealing with a painful heel. Luckily I am feeling better and got out there this week.

Yesterday I ran 3 miles and today I got 4 in. I hope to get out there again tomorrow. I have upped my water intake and am feeling better in the heat. I don't think I am going to get to goal this month, but I will keep at it!

Summers are way too long in Florida!

Glad to see we have new members! Welcome to all!

sassy, Glad to hear you're back on track. I slip here and there too, gettin' back on is what's important. Great job!

amyx33, Great job!

Baskgal, Great to see you again. I was hoping your heel had healed by now. I know what you mean about the heat. We've been dealing with really high humidity. I got a little woozy on my walk today. I was plenty hydrated, but too busy to eat!!! Now that's a gift from above!!! It only lasted a bit and I still did my 4 miles in an hour!

Gary, Phantom of the Opera is coming to MNPLS in May. My SIL lives there and we are laying plans already! My daughters and I can hardly waite. That is the one movie I can watch over and over and I can't waite to see it live.

15 hours of 31
49.5 walk miles

hey thnks lovnmom

After some errands i jumped on the treadmill for 3 miles.

LOVNMOM ~Take it easy out there! I was in MNPLS once...about 18 years ago!

AMY ~I hope the weather tonight is good walking weather for you...no hurry now..you have time to get back in shape.

BASKGAL ~Glad you are back and the heel is better.

SASSY ~Have a great visit with your MIL.

at goal....

75/75 MILES

Oh by the way ~

Today is the last day of my first year of "journey of better choices"

I went through my journal and added up my miles. Counting today I ran or walked 984 MILES this year. That was all my miles on the treadmill, walking with the dogs and 5K races.

My goal when I started this "journey" was to try and do a 5K ~ 3.1 miles a day, with a day off each week to rest. Although there were days, like today, where I doubled my miles there were days when I was unable to walk.

I was able to achieve that goal!

365 days minus 52 days for rest = 313 days X 3.1 miles = 970.3 miles = 13.7 miles to spare!!

So that means I spent about 250 Hours exercising this year which equals 15,000 minutes which equals about 48 minutes a day of exercise.

I can live with that!

Ez - WOW congrats!! keep up the good work

Bravo Ez! Very motivating!

I've gotta get out there tomorrow!

I got 4 miles in today. 29/45 so far for this month. I don't know if I will have the chance to get out later in the week, but I will try to get an evening run in.

Found an avacado tree on my run yesterday. Yum....guacamole!


Have a great day everyone!