Weekly Update 6/23/15

Well this has been an eventful week and I am TIRED. We did our Glow Run on Friday, and I beat my personal best time by 10 minutes. We had a crazy trip trying to get to the run. We ended up getting there with just enough time to grab our numbers and get to the start line. It was fun seeing all the people with all the glowy stuff on, especially the light-up tutus! I finished my walking 5k in 1 hour, 4 minutes and 35 seconds. And I wasn't last! My husband did even better, since he had to park the van and started 7 minutes late but he caught up and finished with me. My friend took a picture of me at the finish line but my phone won't let it go grrrrr.

My sister and her daughter came home with us after the race, and spent Saturday and Sunday. I took my niece and my daughter to the beach Saturday. It seemed to me there weren't very many people in the water. I guess people are maybe a little spooked by the shark attacks in North Carolina. I just remember that it is the the shark's home we are invading, and they are there all the time and yet we so rarely see them.

I am so tired my eyes are crossing, but here is my weekly fitbit report:

	Hi learning2bfree, here are your weekly stats.
	Jun 15, 2015 to Jun 21, 2015
	WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Wed, Jun 17 WEEK'S LEAST ACTIVE DAY Sun, Jun 21

TOTAL STEPS 70,868 DAILY AVERAGE 10,124 steps BEST DAY 15,115 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 30.96 miles DAILY AVERAGE 4.42 miles BEST DAY 6.60 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 37 DAILY AVERAGE 5 floors BEST DAY 20 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 24,383 DAILY AVERAGE 3,483 cals BEST DAY 3,905 cals WEIGHT CHANGE 0.3 lb LIGHTEST 307.0 lb HEAVIEST 307.3 lb AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 21 min AVG TIMES AWAKENED 4 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 2min

Last week's step winners 1 Michelle 97,482 steps 2 Jeremy K. 96,904 steps 3 Chris 95,111 steps 8 learning2bfree 70,868 steps See current leaderboard Last week's badges See all of my badges

6/16/15 update and upcoming Glow Run

Last week I said that I was having trouble with my Red Hot Core workout and somebody gave me help with it. She gave me some modifications to try, and they worked so I am on my way with it. This is huge, I have been practicing DDP Yoga for 2 years and 3 months, and never could do this basic routine. I have done it 3 times now in the past week. If you read this, Thanks Cat!!

This week is my Glow Run in Williamsburg. I am excited! I am going with my husband and 2 kids, my sister and niece, and my friend and her kids. Williamsburg had better watch out! Also I think we bought out the entire stock of glow necklaces and bracelets on the Eastern Shore. I can't wait!

The best news yet, I am down 5 pounds in 2 1/2 weeks! I literally sat down and cried. Last year was so frustrating to me, trying so hard and not losing any weight at all. In my head I understand that I was building muscle, but that does not stop the frustration. I just kept my head down and kept practicing my yoga. Also I spent the year trying to work on cleaning up my diet. Things have finally fallen into place to a point that my exercise and my diet have started working together again, like they have not done since before my son was born 15 years ago. I have energy like I do not believe, too. I do not say all this to brag, far from it. I say for my own accountability and to encourage others who may be in my situation for whatever reason. Do not lose hope! You can do it!

So I didn't input my weight before fitbit sent the report for the week so it won't show up until next week. Down to 307!

	Hi learning2bfree, here are your weekly stats.
	Jun 08, 2015 to Jun 14, 2015
	WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Wed, Jun 10 WEEK'S LEAST ACTIVE DAY Sun, Jun 14

TOTAL STEPS 87,143 DAILY AVERAGE 12,449 steps BEST DAY 16,479 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 38.07 miles DAILY AVERAGE 5.44 miles BEST DAY 7.20 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 14 DAILY AVERAGE 2 floors BEST DAY 6 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 25,094 DAILY AVERAGE 3,585 cals BEST DAY 4,275 cals WEIGHT CHANGE 0.0 lb LIGHTEST 312.0 lb HEAVIEST 312.0 lb AVG SLEEP DURATION 5 hrs 19 min AVG TIMES AWAKENED 3 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP 0hrs 2min

Last week's step winners 4 learning2bfree 87,143 steps See current leaderboard Last week's badges See all of my badges

Weekly FitBit update 6/9/15

Thought for the day: You cannot simultaneously train and lose weight.

I haven't been up to much this week because it has been too rainy. I did go to the mall in Salisbury MD on the day when it rained the worst though, and walked around and around until I got my 10,000 steps in. Ok, Salisbury is an hour and a half away, so walking in the mall was not the main reason I went, but hey it worked out! Plus I scored a new pair of Teva-style sandals.

 I have gone totally blah in cooking. No inspiration whatsoever. This is mainly bad because when I am busy outside with yardwork, or walking, or whatever excuse I can come up with, then it gets too late to cook and you guessed it.. take out. No Good. Even though I did get a Strawberry Fields salad from Wendy's one of those nights. It was really yummy, but an hour later I was starving. I need to get back in the groove! I have been doing so well on losing weight, but I'm afraid that the sore foot and not cooking for myself will stop that in its tracks. However, my foot is feeling much better, and as long as I don't overdo it, I am back to be able to walk my 5k route in 1 hour 10 minutes. That's great, since my first 5k since I was a teenager is coming up next week! Shameless plug: I am still looking for sponsors for my team's entry fees!

I got some helpful tips for my DDP Yoga practice on a workout that I have been absolutely unable to do. I am going to try them out this afternoon and see how far I can get. I'll let you know how that goes.

Here is the FitBit update as promised. I only weigh myself on the 1st and the 15th of the month, so check back later!

	Hi here are your weekly stats.
	Jun 01, 2015 to Jun 07, 2015
	WEEK'S MOST ACTIVE DAY Thu, Jun 4 WEEK'S LEAST ACTIVE DAY Sat, Jun 6

TOTAL STEPS 72,101 DAILY AVERAGE 10,300 steps BEST DAY 14,096 steps TOTAL DISTANCE 31.49 miles DAILY AVERAGE 4.50 miles BEST DAY 6.16 miles TOTAL FLOORS CLIMBED 7 DAILY AVERAGE 1 floors BEST DAY 3 floors TOTAL CALS BURNED 23,604 DAILY AVERAGE 3,372 cals BEST DAY 3,934 cals WEIGHT CHANGE 0.0 lb LIGHTEST 312.0 lb HEAVIEST 312.0 lb AVG SLEEP DURATION 6 hrs 6 min AVG TIMES AWAKENED 4 AVG TIME TO FALL ASLEEP --hrs --min

Last week's step winners 1 74,610 steps 2 learning2bfree 72,101 steps 3 28,788 steps See current leaderboard Last week's badges See all of my badges