Finished August Walking Challenge

Our first crop of 'Honeycrisp' apples!

On My Fitness Pal, I joined the "Leslie Sansone Walk at Home" group and there's always a monthly challenge. I joined for August and I'm happy to report that I finished the month walking over 80 miles!

Five Miles

Leslie Sansone's 5 Day Slim Down DVD

I lived in harmony with those chocolate Bark Thins today. Amazing. I weighed my portions and stayed within my calorie range, but I know in reality I'm playing with fire. Sugar on fat on salt. Yum.


I didn't have a chance to walk this morning, so when I got to bedtime, I was really excited to walk. I put in a new DVD and the first mile seemed slow and boring. I wanted to ditch it, but I felt I owed it to myself to do the next mile. Not bad, so I did the next mile. By mile four, I was diggin' it! And mile five was AWESOME! I feel FANTASTIC and can't believe I did FIVE MILES tonight! Whoohooo!

Cannot even wait to wake up tomorrow morning and do this one again! Believe it or not, but since August 4th, I've walked SIXTY miles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAAAA?! This is making the most humongous difference, my body feels great and I can tell things are a shifting around! I think this is a bonafide breakthrough in the exercise department.


I've also been reading the older version of "Thin Within" by Judy Halliday and I've been believing that I'm "thin within". I like thinking that and I know it is true. I am leaving Ms Fatty behind and becoming the real me!

Walk Walk Walk Walk

I've been walking almost everyday!

Back in October, I tried Leslie Sansone's home walking videos. I stopped doing them because my hips really hurt, but I decided to try again. MFP has a Leslie Sansone group and they do monthly challenges. I decided to give it a try in July, but didn't really connect with the group.


Enter August. Why not try again? I'm sooooo glad I did! Wow, something really good is going on here! I've walked 42 (FORTY TWO!) miles since August 6th! And I'm LOVING it!

This is so easy! I walk in front of the computer...two (sometimes three) miles in the morning and then another two before bed. I love logging on the MFP group (thanks for the encouragement, ladies!) every night before bed and updating my own spreadsheet. This is a way better workout than my meandering walks outside...and I'm doing it twice a day! I think this is sustainable! I'm getting some good exercise! Finally breaking through that 204/203 and moving into the 202s! YAY!

Awesome New Workout Routine

This is so exciting! Today a whole new workout took shape.


Calf Stretch
Fitness Blender Easy Cardio Warm Up
Leslie Sansone Walking Down the Blood Sugar 2 Miles
HIIT Rebounder (only 3 sets 10 seconds intense/15 seconds rest) I can barely breathe!
3 minute Health Bounce
Calf Stretch


Whoohooo! I LOVE this! The inside DVD walk is a way better workout than my outside walk, though I plan to walk outside two days per week. This is so sustainable! I feel AWESOME!