The Lazy Diary

Today was my 2nd day doing my mile walk and I did even better!  Not a huge difference but I did my mile in 17 minutes & 50 seconds. I really feel great after my walks.  I have so much energy when I get home I can't sit still.  Yay!  I'm feeling so good about this!

Yesterday was Gia's mom's (my second mom) 60th birthday party.  Happy Birthday Mom!  My present to her was a picture of all her girls in a frame. Everyone loved it, because lets face it, it's a terrific picture!  LOL  Gina & Felicia's mom, Carol (my third mom) wants one too for her birthday, which she will definitely get.  But it got me thinking . . . I wish I could give this picture to my mom.  We were her girls too. So that's what I've been thinking about today. Aside from that, I got nothing accomplished today as I took a LONG nap. I'm waiting on dinner now then I'm going to go for my mile walk.  I skiped it yesterday (bad or should I say lazy Jody).  Then MAYBE I'll get the house straightened up a bit.  But that's a BIG maybe!

I got this from my Family Circle a few months ago. Walk it off - Lose 10 pounds by Summer (lol)

• Week 1: Map out a mile-long loop that begins and ends at your front door. Try to walk that mile in 24 minutes or less, 5 times a week. Before you progress to week 2, asses how your body handled the workout. If week 1 was difficult, stick with the routine for at least another week.
• Week 2: Pick up the pace. Concentrate on moving faster and attempt to complete that 1 mile in 20 to 22 minutes or less (again, do it 5 times this week). Again gauge how you feel before progressing to the next level.
• Week 3: Go just a bit farther. On your 5 walks this week strive to cover 1 1/2 miles in 30 minutes.
• Week 4: Do the loop, times 2: Walk 2 miles on each of the 5 days. Attempt to finish in 40 minutes. If this is too much, complete 1 loop in the morning and 1 at night.

After walking around 2 theme parks this week I decided I was ready to start this.  I got my MP3 player and my cell phone (it has a stopwatch) and headed out the door to walk my mile.  I was a bit achy but kept a good stride and did the mile in 18 minutes and 5 seconds.  I'm so impressed with myself!  I can't wait to do it again tomorrow! Here is the link to help you map out a mile: http://www.usatf.org/routes/map/ it's very helpful. And I really don't want to post this, but my starting weight today is 192.8 pounds.

I haven't written since April but I'm going to try my best to come here more often. This week was a bit crazy.  We were planning on visiting Mama Jaime, first at the beach house, then at her house, but poor Madelyn got sick.  So those plans turned into a trip to Hershey Park & Dutch Wonderland.  It was a very good trip even though Glenie prefered not to be there.  Here are some pics: If you want to see more pics go to http://www.thelazymom.net/vacay/ I'm still really sad that we didn't get to visit Mama Jaime and the girls.  We'll have to start planning another meet up!