Days 20-26 Lots of Walking, except for Saturday when we went to the gym

I know, I know I didn't blog for a week.  I also kept most of my workouts to walking on the walking trail.  The reason for this is simple.  Daylight savings time.  I don't get home until about seven every day.  When the time changed, it meant I could take advantage of our walking trail every day!  I really really love that.  The best part is, I can take Lloyd with me when I walk.
I should do more, but it is something every day.  I live in this wonderful community and I feel that I should take advantage of that particular perk.  We also have a workout room, but it stinks.  That's why I have a gym membership.
The gym at our old apartment was halfway decent, the one at my friends old apartment in Houston was  good.  Nothing compares to paying for it.  I'm currently paying twelve bucks a month and it's still better than anything I've seen that you get for free in the place where you live.  

Day 20 Wii Boxing

Have I mentioned that I love my Wii?  Now, I won't say I will have Angelina Jolie's body with workouts from my Wii, but it is a quick way to get your heart rate up when you don't feel like leaving your house after a long day of work.  
Hardcore workout once again.  It's really not hardcore at all.  This is an easy workout to do when I feel like taking it easy.
To all friends I have making a lenten sacrifice we have a reason to celebrate.  We're halfway through!  Twenty more days!

Day 19 Walking Trail

Today, Lloyd and I did a short walk on the walking trail.  The trail itself is on the other side of our community, so it is already a pretty long walk to get there.
I was still pretty fatigued today, so I decided not to overdo it.  That seems to be a pattern on Sundays, but we'll see if it comes up again.  

Day 18 30 minutes on Elliptical at Planet Fitness

On Saturday, I did thirty minutes on the elliptical at Planet Fitness.  Pretty boring, but cardio is necessary. An elliptical trainer is pretty much the same everywhere.  I like Planet Fitness because there are people there of all shapes and sizes.
In the middle ages, being fat was considered a status symbol.  Now, it seems as though it is the opposite.   It's expensive to be healthy.  Fast food joints out number grocery stores, and in some cases are cheaper.  Gym memberships are expensive, and not everyone can afford one.  I have to say that Planet Fitness has found a way to close that gap, they have made it affordable to workout.  It is wonderful to see.  

Day 17 Two Games on the Wii

I was baby sitting last night and the kids were playing on their Wii.  I mentioned that I had one at my house and the kids asked me why I had one if I didn't have any kids.  The answer is simple; the exercise games.  I liked the Wii because there were quite a few games that you play with your whole body, not just your hands.
On Friday night, I did the Golds Gym Carido Workout.  Once again I did chose the hardcore workout, which is not that hardcore.  I also did a little extra.  The game gives a punch stamp on a calendar.  If you do just a little, it's blank, a little more, it says "good".  I like to make sure that it says "great".  That usually takes over a thousand punches.
After the boxing.  I talked Lloyd into playing Just Dance with me.  We did five songs.  When I play this game, I don't pay attention to the score.  The point of the game is moving, not getting it perfect.  Even if you do the moves perfectly, the remote will probably not pick up the moves perfectly.  Lloyd and I had a blast dancing to the music.  We did five songs together, then we stopped.

Day 16 6lb Soft Ball Workout DVD

Ok, it's been a while since my last post.  That does not not mean that I'm not working out.  It just means that I haven't been blogging about it.  I know, half of the equation gone, but I had to write a few posts before I forgot what I did.
On this particular day, Thursday, I did the workout DVD that came with my 6 pound soft weighted ball.  After finishing this workout, I wish I would have gotten the 4 pound ball.  Five minutes into the twenty minute workout my arms were killing me.  They hurt even more the next morning.

Day 15 Walk through a Parking Garage

Kind of an accidental workout, but I'm counting it.  I had a doctor's appointment in the medical center today.  I got to the parking garage and parked.  I went to see the doctor, I got held down by someone wanting to take my blood, then I walked back into the parking garage.  Then I couldn't find my car.  I walked all the way up to the top, ramp by ramp, next to cars looking for mine.  Then I walked all the way down the five stories thinking I missed it.  Forty five minutes later, I found my car, parked thirty feet from the exit.
The moral of the story is, sometimes you have to seek the workout; other times the workout seeks you.

Day 14 walk with co -workers

Tonight after work I joined a couple of co workers in a walk along one of the streets that runs parallel to our building. We walked around forty minutes mostly either uphill or downhill.

Days 12 and 13

Ok, fifty lashes with a wet noodle for me.  I said I would post a new blog every day, and I forgot to last night.  I have to admit that I was extremely fatigued.
I had to show Lloyd the new bridge on our walking trail.  So I took a walk with him to see it.  It was only the third time he had even been out that far on the walking trail, we usually just go around one bend and come back.  The walking trail itself is a bit of a walk from our house, so there is that extra length.
Today I not only almost forgot to blog, I almost forgot to work out.  It was my late night again, so I did another fifteen minute workout, this time almost as an afterthought, in my PJ's while watching the last fifteen minutes of the Princess Bride.
As You Wish.  

Day 11 45 min on the Elliptical and a Walk in the Woods

I was in the mood for some serious cardio today.  Weekends are always way less crowded at the gym.  I did three miles in forty five minutes.  Then I came home reseted a big and decided it was such a beautiful day I would utilize something in our neighborhood, the walking trail.  It really is very beautiful.  I walked another three miles, in toning shoes.  Isn't this view better than anything you can see on a treadmill?  

Day 10 Neighborhood Walk, Fifteen Minute Workout.

I was really tired today.  I even went to knit club after work to try and unwind.  My brain was genuinely worn out.
I decided not to overdo it today.  Lloyd and I took a walk around the park here in our neighborhood, but I was wearing my Sketchers Tone-up shoes.  I also did a fifteen minute workout from my book while watching the Bio Channel special on Davy Jones.  I have to admit I did feel a bit better after the walk.  I'm not sure if it was the air or getting the blood flowing, but it did make me feel a bit better.  

Day 9, 45 Minute Zumba DVD

I know I said I was going to get back to the gym today, but I didn't.  A couple of coworkers stayed behind to do yoga; I didn't stay with them.  A couple of other coworkers went walking in the neighborhood around work; I didn't go with them either.  

I did what millions of people every day do, I made excuses.  I planned on going to the gym, as I was driving, my cell phone died.  Then I realized that I didn't have my headphones, which is a must for cardio.    I also realized that while I had a change of clothes, I did not bring a pad lock for the lockers.  I could have done without either of those things, but it is harder.  

So I came home and made dinner thinking I could also change into workout duds and either go back to the gym or go to Studio Zero for an eight dollar Zumba class.  

Instead, I decided to stay home and do a 45 minute Zumba DVD.   

I bought this set of Zumba DVD's from an infomercial.  I know, cheesy.  But it was actually pretty worth it.  I do like taking classes, but the DVD's have their benefits.  For one thing, I don't have to drive anywhere.  Another bonus is that I'm alone in the comfort of my own living room with no other people around.  The downside is that my living room is carpeted which makes dancing on it a little strange.  I will take a class sometime during this process, but with my work schedule, I'm not sure when.  

This is a little of the reason that I started this blog.  I wanted to show other people that they could come home dog tired from a physically demanding job, and still find time for a workout.  

Well this dog tired girl is going to steep.  Good night everyone!