Walked for an hour twice this week (outside no less) plus I’ve done three 30 minute workouts. I’ve lost about 2lbs since the week started and my legs are on fire right now.
I ended up cutting out the stairs that I was doing because my calves were starting to feel like I was going to get a charlie horse. But instead I’ve increased my other workouts! Yay! I also stopped with the dumbbells, but I’m going to start using them again. I tried a workout video my mom had bought that came with a weighted ball (see image to the right), but it just wasn’t working my arms as much as I wanted. While toning is great, I want to strengthen also. I also don’t see how using a 4lb ball with two hands for 10 minutes (with warmup and cooldown included) for each body area is going to really “tone” anything. I’m used to doing low weight, high rep for toning. When I used to go to the gym I’d spend at least 20 minutes just on my upper body alone with a five minute warm up and five minute cooldown for a total workout of 30 minutes. Not only did I lose weight, but I toned and got stronger.
I may squeeze in a 45 minute walk later this afternoon using the Lelsie Sansone’s Walk Away Your Waistline. At least I hope I can make all 3 miles. I’ve done it once before, but I may also be super tired later when I try it. If it’s too much I might try one of her less vigorous walking tapes, but I really like the extra workout you get by using the resistance bands. Anyway, I find that It always helps when walking inside to be doing it to something. I could also do my step aerobics on the Wii Fit if I feel like letting it tell me how fat I’ve gotten since I last used it.
As for other things, I’m holding off on the Etsy shop till after this month ends since they bill you at the end of each month. This way I don’t have to pay the dollar or so that I’ll be doing for posting up my listing till the end of may.
I also totally missed doing the anthem for the week this week. But I’m going to do it tomorrow! I swear…
I’m also hoping to get some serious work done on my editing. I want to finish editing my Dunai novel so I can start working on the second book. Pretty much just doing a line edit for now, plus writing out the outline, making character cards, and noting things I should probably work on fixing. Once I start writing the second part of the story I’ll also start doing some major editing to the first part so that I fix things like character voice.
I’m also still digging through various folders, bags and boxes trying to find my print out of the Murder in Hartzog 203 so I can edit that more too. If all else fails I’ll print it out again, but I’d rather avoid wasting paper.
And for reading… I haven’t gotten much done lately, despite going to the library. All the books are still just sitting next to my reading chair. I started one, but I haven’t gotten far into it because I’ve been focusing on other things, like getting enough sleep and exercising. And then of course while looking for a map editor to use to create a map of Dunai, I ended up starting to play FreeCiv again.
And I think that’s about all as far as updates on what I’ve been doing since I last posted.
- Current Mood: Tired
- Current Music: The TV
Tags: editing, etsy, exercise, reading, walking, writing
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