DDR and a hike!

Got some exercise in twice today... first I burned 400 calories on DDR. Then we went for a family hike tonight after dinner. We decided to go into town and we walked around the Fish Technology Center for a bit and then decided to hike the M. It's the first time we've hiked the M with Eliana not in a backpack and it went relatively well. We even made it all the way to the M and I didn't feel like dying along the way. That's pretty good for my first trek of the year up the M. It's usually a big wakeup call for how out of shape I am, but this time it was encouragement that I am not so terribly out of shape!!

Didn't record food today, and I'm not sure I wanted to anyway, because I ate horribly! But I'm taking baby steps and perhaps tomorrow will be a day to record. That's my goal at least.

Sweaty Day!

I did a lot of sweating today! It started with an uphill stroller pushing walk with Erika, and then some playtime outside with the girls at the Museum of the Rockies. When we came home and Eliana went down for a nap I ran/walked on the treadmill for 40 minutes, burning 350 calories! Then this evening Leif and I played DDR for about an hour or so. I know that we started with the calorie burning mode and I burned 200 calories, then we switched to a different mode and played for another half hour or so. So... not counting the last bit of DDR or the hike this morning, I burned over 550 calories from exercising today! Hooray!

Now to work on tracking my food again... Maybe that will be tomorrow's challenge.

DDR for the Wii!

Well, I had originally planned to make DDR (Dance, Dance Revolution) for the Wii an incentive prize for when I finally made it down to 110, but we saw it at Target the other day and bought it. But I have been having SO MUCH FUN with it, and that is good because....

I've been exercising!

You can put DDR into workout mode and tell it how many calories you want to burn (after inputting your weight and all that) and then it will give you different songs to "dance" to and calculate your calories based on how much you move your arms and feet! Yippee! I've burned a couple hundred calories playing with Leif already tonight and we're going to play some more once Eliana goes to bed.

I've also agreed to be a friend's running buddy (she doesn't live here, but we'll keep each other accountable for the C25K plan) so I should be getting back into that this week, too.

Recording my food? Haven't in a long time. That's bad. Weight gain? Nope, still at 117. Also bad, but good that I haven't gained any more, just been at a stand still. Still struggling to drink my water, too. Basically, I need to crack down and just not give myself any slack. But I don't want to. I know I need to, though. So that's my current struggle.

So tomorrow is Monday. We have a Mom and Me hike at 10 that should last an hour or so and is 2.5 miles. Then in the afternoon while Eliana is napping I'm going to run on the treadmill. If I'm really good I'll record my food and water, too, but I won't push my luck too far. ;) First I'll just aim to get some good exercise in.

Fighting...

I'm fighting with these two pounds and they seem to be winning right now! Ugh. I have been getting some walking in, which is more than I had been doing, but apparently not enough. Not sure what's going on, but it's annoying. I have not been recording my food, but I don't think I've been over eating really, so maybe I just need to go back to tracking every single calorie. I hate being tied to the computer to do that, because it's so nice outside Ellie and I have been just playing and I haven't wanted to be tied to this thing! *sigh*

Maybe I just need to go for a LONG walk today and kill a couple hours. Unfortunately, I don't think I can stand the heat for that long, so I'm not sure what the plan for today is yet. But so far I've just had 200 grams of strawberries for breakfast, so at least I'm okay on food at this point.

Dinner with friends tonight....

Had dinner with the Koenens tonight. I ate a little more than I probably should, but I don't think I was too overly indulgent. I had a couple slices of pizza, some salad, and dessert. Oh, and a full sugar soda, which I probably should have skipped, but was feeling in the mood for some ginger ale, so I drank it. But all told I'm probably okay for the day. Tomorrow I'm watching Zoe, so I hope to have the snacking curbed by all the toddler activity!

I made it!!

115.4 today. That means I lost .8 yesterday. Another .6 and I'll be down to my lowest point yet and I can work on my next goal, which is....

110 by July 19.

That's what I am aiming for this summer! 5 lbs to go in 5 weeks. That should be totally doable. And I'll look great for Ellie's birthday party that day. =D

Almost there!

No walk today thanks to the snow and then trying to get everything kitted for class tonight, but I weighed myself this morning and I was down .6! That brings me to 116.2 and if I can lose .4 more today I'll make my goal for the week! Hooray! I am doing good on calories for the day, so I am hopeful for tomorrow!