It's been a YEAR?!

Wow.
It's already August 1. School is about to start again. Along with all the stress of morning routines, where uniforms & shoes are each morning, and juggling my ME time and time spent volunteering(mostly)/working at the school. And yes, I tend to put others/the schools needs b4 my own.

I'm hoping to get better with this. I need to find myself again. I have become a person I'm not so familiar with...emotionally & physically. There's going to be A LOT of changes coming and I'm hoping that I can keep them up.

Today, August 1, I walked 9,856. It was pretty easy because I'm setting up the school rummage sale this week.
So my goal is to walk 248,000 steps this month. Or 117 miles ;)
That's 8,000 steps a day if you break it down.

I've got to get moving. It's been really HOT this summer and I think I've gained weight from not doing much. It's embarrassing when people think you're pregnant and you have to embarrass them too by saying, OH NO! I've just gained a lot of belly weight recently. No chance of that happening. Sorry!!!
And I'm done not being able to fit in some of my clothes.

Sigh

So I'm getting back on my Plexus also. I tried to start it a few months ago but haven't been doing it daily. Well, it's back to it now. Starting my day with my PINK drink, Slim, and ending with my Pro Bio.
AND lots and lots of WATER!!

So let's do this!

August Challenges

So I haven't been keeping up with my miles much on here but thanks to my lovely phone, it has tracked most of my mileage for me. I'm closer to my goal than I thought I'd be :) 

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I've got a loooooong way to go but I'm not going to stop trying.

So I'm a part of this weightloss group and someone posted this August challenge. 

It's perfect for me bc of my back probs. I can't really do much right now. 

Soo who wants to do it with me? 

I'm still goin to walk when I can and keep track of my miles with my phone so hopefully taking the extra 10 minutes will do some good :)  

Venting lol

I hate the feeling of not being good enough for others. Why do we even care what others think? We all have our own opinions and that's ok. I just wish the openly judging of others would stop. Yes we sometime post TMI posts on Facebook. Duh. We all have those moments of weakness then regret it later lol
We all make choices that we think are right for us, for our family, and they end up just not working out right. And THAT'S OK.
It's called life.
If we didn't make mistakes & everything went according to plan, we'd be a bunch of spoiled rotten kids in the world.

God made us imperfectly perfect.

Yes I'm over weight and that's prob where my back issues come from...no, I KNOW that's where my back issues come from.
But I'm slowly...VERY SLOWLY...trying to get better. My back issues have caused my excersicing to slow WAY down lately.
I'll get there eventually.

Riding a bike....

It's been at least 2 YEARS since I've ridden a bike! We went out the road from our house for about half a mile then came back.
My legs  & my butt HURT lol
Got that heart rate UP!
I'm sure I'll be feeling it tomorrow but it was a nice change from walking. I'm sure the kids will enjoy going with me now & we'll have to find some more places to ride!

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Feeling the Burn

Thursday....Soo my phone tracks my steps I take everyday. I have a goal of 6,000 steps a day.
I can seriously feel it in my legs today. I wish I got extra steps for walking UP & DOWN the stairs as much as I did today.

Friday....I didn't do as much walking up the stairs today but my legs are still sore!

56/300
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At least I am trying, right?
When I think about it, I try to walk at a faster pace wherever I go. The kids think it's a game haha

Catching up

Soo my posts haven't been publishing.
Here's 2 from last week...

Went for a walk with my family Sunday afternoon. I had to walk faster than normal to keep up with the kids on their bikes. Thankfully my hip didn't protest!

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Hahaha THAT was from a post like last week.

I took a trip to Columbus with the kids & my mom & we did A LOT of walking! We walked the whole zoo (minus Africa) on Wednesday  & ALL over Cosi on Thursday. Even did some shopping Thursday  evening and Friday.

12 miles in 2.5 days.

That's a lot for me but I've had minimal pain! Amazing :)
I'm soo thankful my lower back and hip haven't bothered me this week.

Now, next week is SUPER busy for me with Dr appts & I'm subbing/working at school. Hopefully I'll get some milage in somehow.

52/300

Cloudy Monday...

Had an OK Monday morning after Spring Break. No zumba today, just felt like walking the park with my fur baby. Got in a little over a mile & my hip said I'm done lol 

Adding my mile from our walk yesterday too :) 

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