Giggles, Sweaty Bunz and Virgin Shoes

So my tennis shoes came. OMG ugly but you guys already knew I was going to say that :))) I tried them on and kept them on for about a half hour in the house wondering what had possessed me before I gathered up my two oldest girls and headed out the door. As we turned out of our driveway I had a different feeling. It wasn't just the wonder of softness that is so foreign to me under my feet, it was the fact that I had changed my attitude about why I was out there in these gawd awful clunkers to begin with.

I have made a decision. A resolve. A promise to myself that goes loosely, but something like this; I will never set myself up in a win/lose weight loss situation again. I will never diet again. I will not inadvertently set myself up to fail. Simply my new life plan? Eat less of anything, move more always. Thats it. No more, no less. How has it served me? I am down another half pound today. That is 8lbs total with no effort at the WORST time of the month... PMS time no less and next week will be the whole no movement ordeal *uuuuhhhhgggggg*. Again I know it must sound strange, and not very centered for a diet/fitness blog but its working... so Im stickin' with it :)

The shoes were fabulous despite their hideous exterior. I felt as if I could walk forever... almost :P The girls and I went for 2.5 miles in 46 minutes. We werent breaking any land speeds I know but OMGoodness did we giggle and have fun. The girls teased me about my too white shoes and when I told my daughter I was going to magic eraser them after our walk she looked at me with all seriousness and said the only people who can get away with blinding white shoes are rappers to which I was informed I am no rapper.

It was late in the afternoon and ewwww did I sweat on the way back. I complained of sweaty bunz and the girls sounded off with a blast of giggles. The time passed so quickly listening to all of their chatter. I learned somethings about games in the woods they played together in places I didn't even know they ventured. I listened as they lamented how sad it is that their big brother is getting older, hes just not as fun anymore and doesn't want to play like he used to. I heard stories of hockey played on the bog with sticks and of a game they call 'The Bear' as they explained in great detail how a crazy bear comes and attacks their camp and they have to defend it. The older brother used to play the part of the bear they told me, before he thought he was too cool.

I wear my pedometer every minute of every day now. I am doing this as part of my move more always plan. I wrote about skinny people/fat people movement in an earlier post and how much more thin people really do move around. I'm trying to retrain myself to do that which comes naturally to some. My goal is to naturally move 10,000 steps a day. I'm a housewife and sitting around while the laundry washes its self in the machine doesn't notch up numbers on the whole move more scale :))) Things like walking with my girls helps a lot, but the more important things are the ones like; getting the mail myself instead of having the kids do it, going upstairs to use the bathroom instead of using the main floor privy... etc. Those small every day steps are what is making the difference.

So I told my girls we were going to go again today... ugly shoes and sweaty bunz seems such a small price to pay when I get to hear such fabulous stories and a hailstorm of giggles ;)

Brrrrrr....

Does shivering count as exercise? It snowed about 4  1/2 inches yesterday by the time it all was said and done here in northern Minnesota. I didnt go shopping so I didnt get my shoes! So bummed about that :( We live so far away from civilization that we only make it to town 1 time a week and thats on Fridays, well needless to say because of yesterdays springtime snow storm we didnt go. I think it might be faster if I just order them off the internet as I do with so many other things.

Crazy as the weather is it was snowing to beat the band all day yesterday and its going to be almost 60* today... almost a 40* difference over night. At least I will have nice weather to resume my work outs on Monday.

Im going to up the anti in terms of my time devoted to exercise, feeling like a slacker compared to many of you who put in so much time. I am going to decide later this weekend exactly what Ill be doing this upcoming week. I have set a mini fitness goal. I want to be starting the Couch 2 5k program by July. I need to step up my weight loss and fitness level by then.

Stay warm all :) Keep on keepin on :)

*My 4 year old son and his snow ball... my poor raspberry bramble is getting covered in snow in the back ground! Uhhhhhh*

Blood, Sweat and Tears....

Ok first with the blood, ewwww... my feet were hurting really bad when I put on my lil shoes to go for my walk today, but I did it any way. About a 1/2 mile into my walk I began to bleed but youd be proud I didnt miss a beat and I kept right on truckin', all of my steps aerobic :) Yeah!!!!

I know what your thinking "How dumb is she to wear such impractical shoes to work out?" Im not dumb, no really I swear Im not... I just dont have anything else other than heels. And by heels I dont even mean normal heels, mine are all 3 and a 1/4 or higher. This brings me to this pair, and my conundrum. I have no idea what kind of shoes to buy. Dear God did that sentence actually leave my lips? I have never been at a loss for shoes, but folks, I am now!

So I am begging for help from you seasoned work out people. I am seeking your shoe guidance so my poor feet aren't bleeding every time I go walking. I want something supportive, something cute? and something that isn't a car payment. Any ideas?

 Here are my aerobic steps for today on my walk ... yes, I work up a stinking sweat out there being this fat! *You may have noticed in my foot picture, I am prolly the only woman in America that wears fabulous dresses while working out... :))))))) Another oddity about me, I dont own pants, I will never own pants... didn't when I was thin and certainly not when Im fat. This should get interesting when I start my running program... :)

And here were the tears... I went further than I did yesterday! I walked right on past my turn point, foot bleeding and all, and did a smidgen more. When I came back to my driveway and looked up at the huge hill my house sits atop I felt like Rocky pushing hard to get up the last little bit. When I was at the top I felt great... like I had achieved, I dunno, but I achieved.