April 28, 2009

Hello everyone,

As the weather gets warmer, what a wonderful opportunity to go walking more and earning some activity points.

Personally, I've never been too fond of exercise. I mean it's hard work! But, when Weight Watchers started that Walk-In Challenge, I can't believe how excited I was at the prospect of starting.

First, I used the coupon they gave us to buy a WW pedometer. It's great. Not 100% accurate, but closer than others. So none are completely accurate. And it's not enough to say, "oh my, I can't get this because I walked 10,000 more steps than it says". No, that's not the case. As I said, it's pretty close. And for $18, why not. It has a stop watch, an activity point giver thing (not sure what it's called, but it's where you put it on this, for a particular event, like a 5K, and it calculates your points). I put it on the all day mode, to see how many steps I get in during the day. Sometimes I don't get enough in to earn an Activity point, but that's okay. I'm still walking more than I used to.

I put the word out online about a walking group I was starting, and the ladies I have met are absolutely wonderful. And we have fun walking. So it takes the work out of exercise. We set it up for in the morning, so we can continue to do this, even after the heat sets in. That's the ONLY drawback, is I'd like to hit my snooze button instead of get out of bed. But the ladies keep me motivated to through off the covers and go walking.

I planted a garden, so been working out there every day. I water by hand with a watering can, to keep weeds in control. I've actually got a couple peppers ready to plant, and this morning I saw a couple zucchini's. I can't wait. I love fresh vegetables. And I actually enjoy going out to pull and hoe weeds. I don't count it as activity points, as I figure it's just an added bonus earning some activity and not eating to counter-act it. But that's my opinion. (And I'm sticking to it)

I'll be off work Friday and Saturday of this week, because I'm meeting Nay (a WW online member) and Cyndy (another online WW member) for dinner on Friday. I can't wait. I have met Nay once before about a month and a half ago, but I have never met Cyndy before. I feel like a school girl, getting giggly as the day comes closer.

While I'm off work on my days off, I will be also working on my website. Any suggestions? Anything you'd like to see added?

I had my WW meeting yesterday. While my doctor wrote me a 'prescription' to keep going to WW and lowered my low end of my range to 124, he does want me to gain some. So he will be happy, as I gained 3.4 lbs this week, bringing me up to 127.2 lbs. Maybe from all the walking and retaining fluid. Also it should be close to TOM. Plus, I added a couple points a day on most days. Not enough points for a 3.4 lb gain, but it made the people at my meeting happy, so that is good.

Have a great skinny week everybody. May you all be 'losers' this week at the scale. But if you're not, don't forget to look at the other changes in you that are happening as well. They are all important, not just what the scale says.