Ped Day 3
The kids are in bed - not anywhere near asleep. So there will be a goodly number of trips up the stairs yet. The ped is reading just under 16,000 steps or just under 8 miles.
This was a gym day but weights w/ minimal cardio so I have no idea why Day 1 was just barely 10,000. I have yet to "change my habits". Searching the web its all about the 10,000 steps - which apparently was a random # picked by some company in Japan to motivate its workers. Other websites talk about how to work your way up from around 3,000 steps which is what they expect for some sedentary people.
I'm willing to go along with the idea that being in a desk job limits your mobility but I strongly suspect even when I worked as a receptionist I logged more steps than that.
What I can't find on-line is how to use the pedometer if 10,000+ is a normal day. What goal do I set? Or am I stuck with having to build intensity (jog/run)? Which I CAN'T. I WISH I COULD BUT I CAN'T.
Until, I build significant more strength in my core running is intensly painful on non-grass surfaces after about 5 steps. On grass I'm not sure because they pain sets in afterwards. Unless I overstretch something reaching for a soccer ball.
Well enough fussing. Emmitt is kinda getting house breaking. He doesn't eat the birds. The neighbors dog doesn't eat the birds - although I am now picking up poop from 3 dogs in MY yard but they have a hissy when my birds poop in theirs. Hypocrits anyone?
Tomorrow I spend the entire day at school. 9:15 arrive K classroom. Go to lunch w/ K's. Stay at lunch w/ 1st. Go to 1st classroom. Come home for 60-90 minutes to clean up and ready dinner before the boys +1 arrive. Have 2 hours to bake individ. pizzas and feed children before stuffing all 3 into the car and getting back to the school for movie night. Stay at school watching movie w/ bad sound amongst manic children running to the concession stand past bedtime. Stuff children into PJs either before or after movie.
Hechtic but fun. Hopefully this time I will remember to read the labels on the coolers before asking the principal which one has the root beer. Thankfully, she thought it was really funny when I muttered, "Literacy is overrated."
This was a gym day but weights w/ minimal cardio so I have no idea why Day 1 was just barely 10,000. I have yet to "change my habits". Searching the web its all about the 10,000 steps - which apparently was a random # picked by some company in Japan to motivate its workers. Other websites talk about how to work your way up from around 3,000 steps which is what they expect for some sedentary people.
I'm willing to go along with the idea that being in a desk job limits your mobility but I strongly suspect even when I worked as a receptionist I logged more steps than that.
What I can't find on-line is how to use the pedometer if 10,000+ is a normal day. What goal do I set? Or am I stuck with having to build intensity (jog/run)? Which I CAN'T. I WISH I COULD BUT I CAN'T.
Until, I build significant more strength in my core running is intensly painful on non-grass surfaces after about 5 steps. On grass I'm not sure because they pain sets in afterwards. Unless I overstretch something reaching for a soccer ball.
Well enough fussing. Emmitt is kinda getting house breaking. He doesn't eat the birds. The neighbors dog doesn't eat the birds - although I am now picking up poop from 3 dogs in MY yard but they have a hissy when my birds poop in theirs. Hypocrits anyone?
Tomorrow I spend the entire day at school. 9:15 arrive K classroom. Go to lunch w/ K's. Stay at lunch w/ 1st. Go to 1st classroom. Come home for 60-90 minutes to clean up and ready dinner before the boys +1 arrive. Have 2 hours to bake individ. pizzas and feed children before stuffing all 3 into the car and getting back to the school for movie night. Stay at school watching movie w/ bad sound amongst manic children running to the concession stand past bedtime. Stuff children into PJs either before or after movie.
Hechtic but fun. Hopefully this time I will remember to read the labels on the coolers before asking the principal which one has the root beer. Thankfully, she thought it was really funny when I muttered, "Literacy is overrated."