March Adventure: Geocaching!

I officially love geocaching! My friend Knitia suggested geocaching for my March adventure and I decided to take her suggestion. I am so glad that I did. It is like treasure hunting! I love it! Saturday I embarked on finding my first cache! I went to Sahm park where there was a cache "just off the trail." I found out that the compass app I installed on my phone was not accurate. I found a radar app that worked, unfortunately I didn't not figure this out before I took the LONG way around to get to the cache.  However, I suppose that going the long way around gave me a better work out.

 Here is a demonstration of my path:

The Red Mark is the location of the Cache, where the blue dash line starts on the far right is
where I started, moving from right to left. You can see how I went the LONG way around!

I got a little cut up by thorns, and broke two nails trying to open the cache, but I still had so much fun. 

After I got home I couldn't wait to find more caches. So I got online to see what other caches were around and found there was one in Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve, one of my very favorite places to hike. So I loaded Dude Monkey and we went to find the cache. We found this one very easily. It wasn't very far down the trail, which was not great for getting a good work out, but was ok, because it was FREEZING!  Here are some pictures of the caching! I really like this hobby and I think I am going to keep doing it in addition to my other challenges and adventures! Cloud Dancings Heartsong likes it too, so I think we are going to do it together. 

To learn more about geocaching visit: www.geocaching.com

Weekly Weigh In

I am very happy to report that I have lost another 1.2 pounds! That puts my total at 27lbs!! HOORAY!

I haven't checked my other stats recently, but I will next week!

So, I have been eating pretty well. I hadn't been tracking but i am getting back in the habit with that, and I am gearing up to increase my exercise. Slam-Slam is going to join the gym with me so that should increase the amount of time that i go! I am still planning to continue my Total body conditioning class and my zumba class each week!

I have also selected my upcoming challenges and adventures:

MARCH/APRIL CHALLENGES AND ADVENTURES

March Challenge: Only sit on my stability ball at home

March Adventure: TBD Geocaching!!

April Challenge: Take a bike ride with dude monkey everyday (except bad weather)

April Adventures: Learn to play Disc Golf

In addition to these things I am doing the 2011 Mutt Strut with Queen Bee and Cloud Dancings Heartsong, along with our pooches! http://www.indyhumane.org/index.php/news/register_for_mutt_strut_2011

that is all that is happening right now. I am also terribly behind in watching the joy fit club members getting inducted. that was my inspiration for this whole thing, along with my friend Punchy Brewser! So I'll get caught up on that and tell you what i learn! 

Delinquent Blogger

I have been an incredible blog slacker! I have not been tracking my food, and I have not been blogging! I have still been exercising (I even exercised on my vacation!!) and I am happy to report that during this little blog hiatus I have NOT GAINED! I only lost .4 pounds... but that is better than gaining, especially given i spent a week in Hawaii, and while I exercised a few times I ate pretty much whatever i wanted!

I have a lot of updating to do, and I pormise to do it this weekend! In the mean time I desperately need ideas for daily challenges and adventures!

I have some ideas (dodgeball league for example) but there are timing issues with doing them right away! I'd love to squeeze in some adventure this month!

HELP!

Weigh In Update

I know I have been a terrible blogger this month. But I have lost weight. I lost the two pounds that I gained plus one more. so i have finally reached my 25 pound goal!!!! HOORAY!  Now I get my prize, a date night of my choosing. My husband and I are about to go on a special vacation, and I think that will be a perfect opportunity to have that date. 

I also have some other important number updates:

I lost 0.4% body fat ! 

I also lost ONE inch of my waist! 

and since the beginning of this journey I have decreased my BMI by 3.9 points! 

I am so happy that I am still making progress. I am really committed to making more.  It has taken me longer than I expected to get this far and I am really hoping I can start to make more consistent  progress! 

While on our trip I hope to be able to incorporate some really fun and different kinds of exercise! 

I'll post more on that next time! 

Weekly Weigh In and update

I know I am a really bad blogger. I should have weighed in last week but I was too depressed. Last week I GAINED TWO POUNDS! I so thought I was over that yo-yo hump. but apparently NOT. There is a little good news, I lost 1 pound this week. So I am only one pound up from two weeks ago.

I would love to say that I don't know how this happened... but I do. Last week the weather was terrible and everything was closed. I didn't work out as much as i normally do. To my credit I did work out ONCE, i burnt 246 calories. But i should have worked out more to make up for the good cardio workouts that i usually get. ALSO, instead of eating really healthy. I ate like TOTAL crap! I was like on calorie holiday or something.

I got back on track last weekend and I lost one of those pounds that I gained. I am doing the stair challenge again this month since i didn't do it at all, not sure what my adventure is going to be yet.


I hope I can buckle down and start getting this weight OFF!!!!

Weekly Weigh-in and update

Pounds Lost: FOUR!!!!! (HOORAY, one pound away from my 25 lb prize)


Inches on my waist and % Body Fat- - i've decided to only check these measurements once a month....



100% Food Tracking- I'm a big slacker on this this week. I was at 100%, this week I am probably only at like 20% to be honest. I have no idea how I was able to lose without tracking only to say that I did calculate each meal before i ate, so i did have a rough idea of where I was. I don't want this to set a bad precedent though. I am recommitting to 100% food tracking.


January Daily Challenge- EPIC FAIL!!!! I haven't even done it ONE TIME! so this challenge will be repeated in february and this time i actually need to do it! I am going to make a real effort to start doing it now through the end of the month and then maybe increase the amount  each week in February.


January Monthly Adventure- Cross Country Skiing is a no go this month as i can't find a place to ski that rents equipment. Maybe if we get another good snow, i'll go up to Ft. Wayne, there is a place up there.  Ice Skating, hasn't happened yet, but I am going this weekend.


That's all I got for now!

Quick Weekly Weigh In and Update

Lost 1 pound.... Hopefully i'll be off this roller coaster i have been on for the last two months.

I also measured my waist a couple days ago, I lost ONE WHOLE INCH off my waist since the last time a checked, about a month ago! YAY!

I have been utterly failing on my daily stairs challenge, i'll have to do it again next month if i don't get better about it.  I have missed the last two zumba days, but i am going to turbo kick tonight and of course will be going to the class from you know where on saturday. So I am staying pretty on track.

Food tracking is up and down, i'll be great a couple days and then bad a couple days. Going to spend sometime catching up on that tonight I think. Other than that.. I am chugging slowly along.

I think the biggest lesson for me over the past month has been, the number on the scale is not the ONLY measure of success. I am so happy that my % of body fat is dropping and my waist measurement. those are victories too...