Thursday

walked to classes: ~20 minutes
walk back at end of day: ~20 minutes

also: walked up one flight of stairs after grabbing my lunch; wasn't too bad... next week, I'll try two flights

Did not do any walking yesterday, so I'll have to get out there tomorrow. The "good news" is that I have to cover a friend's class tomorrow, so I have to get out there, no matter what! And we're supposed to be getting snow, so I KNOW I would've been making all kinds of excuses not to get out there!

oh, and it's "good news" in quotes because I do NOT want to be the substitute teacher!!! nobody likes the sub!

I just wanted to add that even though it was snowing, I still avoided the bus on the way home. I was well-protected, and it wasn't icy yet, so I really didn't have any excuse not to walk! Now, if I wasn't wearing a hat, I would have taken that bus! Pushing myself to exercise is great, but not if it's going to get me sick!

Friday

40+ minutes of walking throughout the day

I did a lot of extra walking today. After walking to my office, I walked over to the student union to teach that class for my friend. Walked back to the office, then to the SAC, back to the office, then to the health center (about 2 blocks behind the student union) After that, my back was killing me, so I took the bus back to my quad (still about 2 more blocks to walk after that)

I doubled back to the health center b/c I wanted to finally weigh myself. My last weigh-in was almost 3 weeks ago. I lost about 10 pounds! I was so happy! I wanted to walk all the way back to my apartment after that, but the pain was telling me I wouldn't make it that far. So, I did take the bus back. Even so, I estimate that I walked for about 55 minutes altogether. Oh, and I had to take the stairs twice when I was in the union. Hey, I'm counting anything extra... I could have found an elevator, after all!

Saturday

40+ minutes walking

I walked a little extra today. Instead of taking the bus at the stop near my apartment, I walked across campus to take it a few stops before. I sometimes do that so that I can get a seat on the bus, since it fills up pretty quickly, especially on the first run of the weekend! I usually get a seat, too... but not today!! I don't know where all of these extra people came from! Suddenly everyone else is waking up earlier? I don't know...

Anyway, I ordered myself a pedometer. There were two mentioned on the 3FatChicks website. When I read the reviews for one of them, however, I saw that it tended to reset without warning. The other pedometer seemed to get all praises, from the reviews I read through. So, I ordered it, and we'll see how it works. I'll see how many steps I normally take, and then try to push myself from there.

Sunday

40 minutes of walking

I walked to mass (at the Student Union) I even turned down a ride on the way there. Oh, I REALLy wanted to jump in that car... but I made myself say no.

Monday

40 minutes of walking

I'm happy I got my "extra day" of exercise over with! I had to help proctor an exam, so that brought me up to campus again. Of course, after standing for an hour and a half, I really wanted to take the bus back... but I didn't (although I don't know if I would've passed it by if it would have arrived at the stop the same time I did) Still, I could have just waited for the bus to come... but I felt okay to walk, so I did (plus, just knowing that I'd get it out of the way made it a little less painful!)

Tuesday

40 minutes of walking
walked up two flights of stairs in my bldg

Wednesday

40 min. walking