*Side note: This post was meant for LAST Friday, but when I didn't have time to finish it, I saved it for this Friday. The first part was done last Thursday night (10/11/12) and the final part was done today Thursday (10/18/12). That might help some of it make sense. Enjoy!
Hey guys. So sorry I have not been around this week (last week). It's been a busy one, only to get more busy the next couple of days. We've been eating chicken soup all week (the gift that keeps on giving) and L did not want to eat dinner . So now I'm just busy hoping she's a picky toddler and that I don't have a middle of the night wake up call from a sick baby (update: she was just teething. totally fine). Tonight is a quick, yet important, topic. And when have I really made anything quick? The correct answer: never. (It is. I didn't make this quick.) Since we've had a few Fattening Fridays already, I thought we'd try out a Fit Friday.
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| Is this a blast from anyone else's past? |
I'm going to level with you... I HATE to work out. I like the idea of loving it, and really enjoy the walk/runs that L and I go on, but if you were like "here is this free gym membership I bought for you." I would maybe go to some yoga classes and then give the gym card to Landon to add to her collection of play card sized things that she puts in the pretend wallet I gave her.
The thing I love about our little walks is that we are together and we are outside. We kept them up through 100 degree summer days (although any bit of running that was involved stopped) and now we are back at a quicker pace with more jogging and fall air making life more comfortable.
The thing I love about our little walks is that we are together and we are outside. We kept them up through 100 degree summer days (although any bit of running that was involved stopped) and now we are back at a quicker pace with more jogging and fall air making life more comfortable.
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| Race Walking... Daily training regiment to follow. |
So somewhere at some time in life, someone decided that we should all take AT LEAST 10,000 steps per day. I looked for the history of this, it appears it originated in Japan and people think we should all be doing this as a minimum to not be a bunch of lazy, fat jerks. It also appears (from my google research) that inactive people only take about 3000 steps per day in their normal activities. Then I was all "How many steps a day is 10000?" and google said, "don't be a lazy jerk, it's 10000 steps." Not very conclusive. So get this, I did my own research. I strapped on the fat suit and I went for a walk to feel bad about not being obese, and then I cried.... or I just wore a pedometer.
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| WHAT a jerk |
Side note: people who wear fat suits to show you how "real" it is to be overweight/obese are assholes. I wore a pedometer from wake up to getting into bed on three different kind of days. Pay attention kids, this is how you do a controlled study. It's not, but just go with it.
Day 1 - I was home with Landon and we did our 2 mile walk.
Day 2 - I was home with Landon and we didn't do our normal "workout."
Day 3 - I went to work.
BIG eye opener. I think before I had a child, I might have been around 3000 steps her day. Let's walk through these few days....
Day 1
I'm living the dream. I wake up and strap on my pedometer before taking one step. I am serious about this. I do my general morning things, make breakfast for L and myself, clean up breakfast, brush teeth, and get both of us dressed for our walk. It was REALLY hot this day, so it was only a walk.
At 9am we are heading out the door and I have taken 2,362 steps. I was all "this is easy" and "I am awesome." We did our two mile walk around the neighborhood and I think I had some side effect from wearing the pedometer. I decided when we got back that I should trim my rosebushes. So L and I stayed in the back yard while I trimmed and she played. Then I made her lunch and she went down for her nap.
Noon - 9,035 steps. I have roughly ten hours to do 1,000 more steps. In my head I am thinking something like: people are so lazy that they can't walk 10,000 steps a day. I am killing this. I think my confidence in my stepping ability was causing me to over achieve. I had some furniture I needed to move around so I decided to do it during nap time. Landon was up at 2:30 and I hit 12,106 steps.
The rest of the day was pretty low key. We played inside (it was getting REALLY hot) did dinner, bath time, bed, and sat back down at 7pm. 15,646 steps. Between 7pm and 9:30pm I was apparently very lazy. I got into bed early to read and my final log at 9:30pm was 16,648 steps. I went to bed thinking "I wonder if Arya stark will marry Gendry" and "if people don't take at least 10,000 steps per day, I feel bad for them."
Day 2
I'm ready to take the challenge again. And kill it, again. Same sort of morning, making breakfast, cleaning breakfast, etc. After Landy is dressed we play in the back yard for about 15 minutes. At 10am I hit 2,979 steps.
We walked to the park a few blocks away and did some swinging and general park things. When we got back I cleaned up some of the rose branches from the previous day, moved a bit more furniture, lunch, then nap. 12pm = 7,572 steps. I was down from the day before, but I didn't do a 2 mile walk, so I was fine with that. On this day during nap time, I did what I usually do... not a ton. Filling my energy stores for the afternoon. At 2:30 when Landy was up I was only at 8,856 steps.
We made a run to the store, had some play time, and I made dinner for L. 5:30 log = 11,768 steps. I was really happy about this. I met my minimum and was moving on. L and I had a small dance party and she was in bed shortly after. I cooked dinner, read, blogged, and got ready for bed. Final step count was 14,117 steps. Once again, I get cocky. My head is all "people are LAAAAZZZZZYYYY." This is the easiest thing ever.
Day 3
On day three I went to work. My mornings look much the same as far as getting Landy fed, cleaning up her meal, getting us both ready and then I'm out the door about 8:30. When I saw I had already hit 2,437 steps, I was really confident that this day, much like the other two, would prove how physically fit and amazing I am. Right.
I get to the office and sit down at my desk to.. you know, do work and stuff. I walk back and forth to other offices and the printer and the kitchen. This is the extent of my physical activity. I check out the pedometer at noon expecting fireworks and there it is.... 3,530 steps. So I decided I might eat my own previous words for lunch. But instead I had a real lunch out. When I saw it was 2:30, I checked the pedometer again... 4,286 steps. This was not going well.
I had the goal originally of not letting me wearing the pedometer affect my behavior, but I took a few extra laps around the office. It really didn't help. By the time I got home at 5:30 I was only half way to my MINIMUM amount of steps. 5,000 steps. This wasn't going well.
L went down for bed at 7pm and I had only increased to 6,278 steps. After cooking dinner and doing normal night time things, I got into bed at 10:30pm completely defeated. After being such a jerk about how easy it was to do this, I had only walked 7,567 steps, AND I had been aware of the pedometer and active about it.
Results:
My super scientific pedometer study got me thinking... If I only walked 7,567 steps on a day when I went to work (and didn't "work out") but still had to take care of a toddler in the morning and evening, I must have walked 3,000 steps a day prior to having a baby. Holy steps. When I'm home with Landon I usually have no choice but to be active because she is on the move and I've got chores and things to do. I never realized how sedentary I was at work. Even when I tried to not be. Maybe I need a treadmill at my desk.
This is why everyone should try this out:
If you are aware of how much you are moving, you move more. Once you have a sense of your habits, you can change them for the better. Now, on days when I go to work, I get home and Landon and I go for a short walk around the block. It's bonus time to spend with her and it's active outside time. When I run errands during the day I try to park a little farther away. It has changed the way I act and move, for the better.
I wouldn't call myself a competitive person in sports, but wearing this dumb pedometer made me competitive against myself. I wanted to beat previous numbers. I wanted to hit high ones.
A pedometer costs $5 - $15. If anything, it's an entertaining way to spend a very small amount of money. It's time... GET IN SHAPE GIRL! Or just walk 10,000 steps a day. Because the Internet told me you should.
-RT
Day 1
I'm living the dream. I wake up and strap on my pedometer before taking one step. I am serious about this. I do my general morning things, make breakfast for L and myself, clean up breakfast, brush teeth, and get both of us dressed for our walk. It was REALLY hot this day, so it was only a walk.
At 9am we are heading out the door and I have taken 2,362 steps. I was all "this is easy" and "I am awesome." We did our two mile walk around the neighborhood and I think I had some side effect from wearing the pedometer. I decided when we got back that I should trim my rosebushes. So L and I stayed in the back yard while I trimmed and she played. Then I made her lunch and she went down for her nap.
Noon - 9,035 steps. I have roughly ten hours to do 1,000 more steps. In my head I am thinking something like: people are so lazy that they can't walk 10,000 steps a day. I am killing this. I think my confidence in my stepping ability was causing me to over achieve. I had some furniture I needed to move around so I decided to do it during nap time. Landon was up at 2:30 and I hit 12,106 steps.
The rest of the day was pretty low key. We played inside (it was getting REALLY hot) did dinner, bath time, bed, and sat back down at 7pm. 15,646 steps. Between 7pm and 9:30pm I was apparently very lazy. I got into bed early to read and my final log at 9:30pm was 16,648 steps. I went to bed thinking "I wonder if Arya stark will marry Gendry" and "if people don't take at least 10,000 steps per day, I feel bad for them."
Day 2
I'm ready to take the challenge again. And kill it, again. Same sort of morning, making breakfast, cleaning breakfast, etc. After Landy is dressed we play in the back yard for about 15 minutes. At 10am I hit 2,979 steps.
We walked to the park a few blocks away and did some swinging and general park things. When we got back I cleaned up some of the rose branches from the previous day, moved a bit more furniture, lunch, then nap. 12pm = 7,572 steps. I was down from the day before, but I didn't do a 2 mile walk, so I was fine with that. On this day during nap time, I did what I usually do... not a ton. Filling my energy stores for the afternoon. At 2:30 when Landy was up I was only at 8,856 steps.
We made a run to the store, had some play time, and I made dinner for L. 5:30 log = 11,768 steps. I was really happy about this. I met my minimum and was moving on. L and I had a small dance party and she was in bed shortly after. I cooked dinner, read, blogged, and got ready for bed. Final step count was 14,117 steps. Once again, I get cocky. My head is all "people are LAAAAZZZZZYYYY." This is the easiest thing ever.
Day 3
On day three I went to work. My mornings look much the same as far as getting Landy fed, cleaning up her meal, getting us both ready and then I'm out the door about 8:30. When I saw I had already hit 2,437 steps, I was really confident that this day, much like the other two, would prove how physically fit and amazing I am. Right.
I get to the office and sit down at my desk to.. you know, do work and stuff. I walk back and forth to other offices and the printer and the kitchen. This is the extent of my physical activity. I check out the pedometer at noon expecting fireworks and there it is.... 3,530 steps. So I decided I might eat my own previous words for lunch. But instead I had a real lunch out. When I saw it was 2:30, I checked the pedometer again... 4,286 steps. This was not going well.
I had the goal originally of not letting me wearing the pedometer affect my behavior, but I took a few extra laps around the office. It really didn't help. By the time I got home at 5:30 I was only half way to my MINIMUM amount of steps. 5,000 steps. This wasn't going well.
L went down for bed at 7pm and I had only increased to 6,278 steps. After cooking dinner and doing normal night time things, I got into bed at 10:30pm completely defeated. After being such a jerk about how easy it was to do this, I had only walked 7,567 steps, AND I had been aware of the pedometer and active about it.
Results:
My super scientific pedometer study got me thinking... If I only walked 7,567 steps on a day when I went to work (and didn't "work out") but still had to take care of a toddler in the morning and evening, I must have walked 3,000 steps a day prior to having a baby. Holy steps. When I'm home with Landon I usually have no choice but to be active because she is on the move and I've got chores and things to do. I never realized how sedentary I was at work. Even when I tried to not be. Maybe I need a treadmill at my desk.
This is why everyone should try this out:
If you are aware of how much you are moving, you move more. Once you have a sense of your habits, you can change them for the better. Now, on days when I go to work, I get home and Landon and I go for a short walk around the block. It's bonus time to spend with her and it's active outside time. When I run errands during the day I try to park a little farther away. It has changed the way I act and move, for the better.
I wouldn't call myself a competitive person in sports, but wearing this dumb pedometer made me competitive against myself. I wanted to beat previous numbers. I wanted to hit high ones.
A pedometer costs $5 - $15. If anything, it's an entertaining way to spend a very small amount of money. It's time... GET IN SHAPE GIRL! Or just walk 10,000 steps a day. Because the Internet told me you should.
-RT
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