Since I signed up for the Ten in 10 Challenge (10 weeks of working toward healthy goals) and blogged about it last week , I’m feeling the social media pressure to give an update as promised. Not that I’m resisting…I actually have a little bit of good stuff to report.
As you’ll recall, my Ten in 10 goals were as follows:
Eliminate fries and soda from my diet
I did perfectly on this one. Had two almost-errors but took the upper hand in diverting disaster. Hub and kid wanted to do Roosters after a basketball game (remember, it’s not the fries I like. It’s the gallon of jalapeno cheese sauce and bacon on top of said fries) but I convinced them to go somewhere else. And at that same game, I asked the kid to get me a diet Pepsi and he brought me a regular. I haven’t had regular Pepsi (hate the stuff) since Michael Jackson’s commercials convinced me to give it a try (God rest his soul. I so miss him still.) I put it in my purse and brought it home. I really needed the caffeine, too, but managed without it.
Walk my dog daily
This one, according to the stickers on my calendar and the foot of unplowed snow outside, hasn’t happened daily as planned. Looks like I managed it 2 of 7 days–not good news for me or the dogger. Will try harder this week. The snow makes it treacherous as not only does the city fail to plow our street on a regular basis but some of my neighbors have never heard of a snow shovel. And dogger needs it. Will do better this week.
30 min workout 5 of 7 days a week
Have done well on this one. Even on days I didn’t think I would. Tuesday-Thursday and yesterday I did well, Monday I did 20 minutes of walking at lunch but didn’t do anything at home. Today I’m planning another Wii session. I went against my rule of not buying any more Wii games and got the Wii Active yesterday because of raves from friends and online reviewers. I really do like it, and really do like the 30 day workout plan option. Of course, that’s because yesterday was Day 1 and everyone likes Day 1 of anything. I get one day off a week so that will make me accountable.
15 minutes of yoga or meditation 5 of 7 days a week
Yikes, not so great. I’ve tossed in a few yoga poses but not 15 minutes a pop. I will work on that more also. I’ve come up with a very strong writing plan, and part of my writing plan is to begin with some yoga/meditation to get the brain focused–let’s hope those work together well. And the Wii Active workout from yesterday (lots of squats) left me slightly sore, and I know triangle and side angle poses will help loosen up those thighs.
On a good note, my Wii weigh-in racked me up at a loss of 2 pounds since my last weigh in. I’m encouraged by that–I am sweating in my workouts–but I’m not 100% convinced it’s real loss. I have been waiting to weigh in after school hours and I know my body well enough to know I weigh a few pounds less in the morning than the afternoon. Another mini-goal is to start weighing in daily on the Wii when I make coffee (around 4:30) before writing to get some consistency.
I think that’s it…for now. Let’s hope next week my report comes back even better…