SpinCycler’s BodyBlog

Spirit: 16 points

Go for a walk alone: 2 points

Random Act of Kindness: Bought my friends on Saturday cookies for their kids: 2 points

Group Activity: Lunch with a firend, dinner with a girlfriend, football game with many friends: 6 points

Blog Comments: 6 points

Body: 23 points

Cardio: 5.5 hours, 11 points

Weights: 1 hour, 2 points

Pounds lost: 2 points

Clean Eating: 8 points

Mind: 2 points

Reading "The Great Railway Bazzar": 2 points

*I need to do more here.

TOTAL POINTS: 41+88= 129!!! 

Also I wanted to brag on myself, I ran 7 miles for the first time ever on Friday and I am so close to my goal of running 6 miles in 1 hour. This morning I ran 6 in 1:02:25. Go me!

I hope everyone is well. 

Read’ em and weep!  Just kidding, here are my point totals since Oct. 1:

New friends made on bb.com: 4: 4 points

Go for a walk alone: 1: 1 point

Random act of kindness: 1 (There was someone at work who needed help stuffing and labeling 700 envelopes. I helped her for an hour without being asked) :2 points

Responding to blogs: 4: 4 points

Group Activity: 3 (Lunch with a friend, dinner with a new friend, jogging with my neighbor and her dog, Boots…reminds me I really need to be more social. It’s good for me!): 6 points

Yoga class: 1, 90-minute class, 3 points

Meditation: 1 and I did it instead of eating my way through stress, 3 points

30 minutes of cardio: 10 (45 mins. Running Wed. and Thurs., 90-minute walk on Friday, 60 minute bike ride on Sunday, 60 min. run on Monday): 10 points

30 minutes weights: 1: 1 point

Clean eating: 3 days: 6 points

30 minutes reading: 1 (I am reading The Great Railway Bazaar and loving it): 1 point

Total for Wednesday through Monday morning at 9 a.m.: 41 points!!!!!

This is a really great challenge, ladies. I am loving the IN and OUT factor. Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is up to!

I left my point tally at work, so it will have to wait until Monday.

I hope to use this challenge as an opportunity to set some realistic goals for myself and I must document where I am today. While I am more proud of my althletic accomplishments and more ashamed of my current states, I must post them, so I can look back at them on Oct. 31 and realize how far I came in a month. Goals are listed after.

Weight: Somewhere between 124 and 126.5 it has been flunctuating (120-122.5)

One inch above waist: 28" (27.5")

Thigh at widest part: 21.5" (20.5-21")

Body fat: 24% (22-23%) 

Other Goals:

Fit into this one pair of jeans that zip but are too tight to wear in public

Continue to run 3-4 times a week, completing my training schedule for the month

Make more time for yoga class

Love myself and the process

Look at my calorie intake and see what I can get rid of

I WILL NOT PIG OUT ON HALLOWEEN CANDY!

Keep up with all my friends on bb.com.

I plan to keep track of my points and post them on my blog once a week as well as notifying the group leaders.

I look forward to hearing about everyone else’s experiences as well. Happy October!