Wednesday - 10,000 Steps A Day

Experts and doctors recommend at least 10,000 steps a day to maintain good health.  On days when I don't leave the house at all I get between 2,000 and 3,000 steps a day.  That means I need at least 8,000 more steps a day.  I crunched some numbers to find out how much walking I need since time is short and the weather is getting cold.  {It snowed today...and stuck!}

2,000 steps for me is .85 miles --- so --- 8,000 steps would be just under 3.5 miles
1 mile takes me 20 minutes --- so --- 3.5 miles means I should walk for 1 hour and 10 minutes each day

If I walk for an hour and half each day {taking in account my slowing down as I get tired}, that should put me in the healthy standard.

Sunday - Feeling Sick

I've been really sick this week.  It started out with nausea and dizziness and ended with a full out attack where my blood pressure jumped up to 150/101.  It was not a good week, but I seem to be feeling better now.  I hope  whatever it was is gone now.  I felt sick to my stomach and ravenously hungry all week at the same time.  I ended up going for breads to settle my stomach and ate too many sweets.  I'm doing well this week so far.  Hopefully I can keep it up and I don't feel sick anymore.

Motivation Monday

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Healthy Steps:
My scale showed a slight gain but WWers showed a slight loss.  It could be anything as simple as eating a big meal the night before or bloating so I'm not worried about it.  This week wasn't so great with exercise.  My eating was okay, but not stellar.  I really need to set aside a specific time to work out each day; I'm just having trouble getting up early to knock that out before my son starts his day.  I have been so stiff and sore lately and not just first thing in the morning.  It's getting quite annoying.  Any tips on dealing with stiffness and sore muscles?  My bath soaks aren't helping.

My Weekly Weight Watchers Progress Report:

{The orange thing is a multi-vitamin.}

My Numbers:
Green is Improvement, Red is Bad, Mmkay?, Blue is Stayed the Same

Weight -210.2
Body Fat % - 48.9
Water % -38.2
Muscle Mass % -33.7