I’ve decided to join the Weekend Warriors Challenge being offered by Brandon.
Weekends are my weakness when it comes to exercise. Don’t get me wrong, I’m active and I get out and do stuff, but I rarely go to the gym on the weekends or purposefully exercise -that’s always been reserved for the workweek. So this challenge will be good for me and might also prove to be beneficial to my weigh-ins, which are always on Mondays, right at the close of the weekend.
The rules are simple; Set 2-3 health/fitness related goals each weekend and report our progress on Monday. Here are the three things I want to accomplish this weekend so I can be a warrior! 
- Work out Friday night (something I never do) for at least 30 minutes.
- Map out and walk/run 3 miles on Sunday. If any of my local friends read this and want to do this together, let me know!
- Limit myself to 1 glass of tea each day. (I’ve noticed that I’ve been drinking way too much tea on the weekends and not enough water.)
So those are my goals. I should also point out that I should be getting a fair amount of exercise in on Saturday as well. I’ll be doing the Hope, Love, & Faith MS 5K Run/Walk first thing Saturday morning. By the way, my goal for this one is to complete it in less than 50 minutes. I think/hope this is reachable since I’ve been increasing my pace lately. Then, Saturday night, we’ll be in yet another parade:
This will be the Celebrate Cape Coral parade, and I’ll again be walking (as a snowflake) along with my daughter’s float. The route is about 2 miles long, I think, so that’ll be a total of about 5 miles for Saturday alone.
Now for an update on my mom; thank you to everyone for all the well wishes and prayers you sent our way. The surgery went well and she’s recovering. There were some issues yesterday with her blood pressure. It was at 72/38 when she came out of surgery and they couldn’t get it to go up until around 6:30 last night, but at least it did finally go up. When I called her this morning, she informed me that she had ran a fever all night, so hopefully they’re able to stop the fever and she doesn’t run into any more issues. There was a rather emotional moment yesterday. After surgery, the three of us were just sitting in her room and she was talking her weight and she said she was so proud of me and my sister for losing the weight we have to be healthy so that we won’t end up with a lot of the health issues she has. She said she only wished someone would have told her years ago how it would have affected her life because she would have made changes a long time ago, not only for herself, but she also said she would have fed us differently as children. I don’t blame my mother in the least and I told her she had nothing to apologize for. It was just the kind of moment that sticks with you though and makes me even more committed to this new lifestyle of mine, not just for me, but for MY children. Ya know?
72.5 miles walked/jogged/ran since January 1st. (2010 Goal: 500)
13.9 miles biked since January 1st. (2010 Goal: 300)
(2) 5K finished since January 1st. (2010 Goal: 12)
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I hope your mother continues to improve–you guys are all in my thoughts!
Good luck on the 5k/parade…let us know your time! And I know you’ll do great on the WW challenge…you’re already a warrior!
It looks like you are doing good on reaching your goal of 500 miles! Good job — I am thinking about doing the weekend warrior challenge but my computer at work won’t show me the site for some reason.
Josie, so glad your mom is OK. I can understand her emotions coming out at this vulnerable time.
WOW, weekend warrior challenge too! Good for you! Go Josie!
Have fun with the parade!
First off, I’m so glad your mom is okay. What a stressful time. I’m also pleased to hear that you all were able to have such an impactful conversation. Josie, just know that you ARE an amazing role model for your children.
Can’t wait to hear about your 5k and the results of your weekend warrior challenge. I may have to do that too- then weekends are the death of me, too!
I’ve read that drinking tea doesn’t matter if you drink it instead of water: it’s fluid. Especially herbal tea is okay.
I usually do workout in the weekends, because I have more time to do it. Food is my problem at weekends.
Have fun at the walk and I’m happy to hear your mother is doing better.
I hope your Mom continues to recover from her surgery! What an amazing moment, even though I’m sure it was tough as it happened.
Great goals for the Weekend Warrior challenge! I know you’ll rock it!
Great weekend goals and I know you are going to rock your MS run/walk.
Glad to hear your mom is doing well and it is so nice that you got to have some really meaningful time together.
Have fun at the parade…will there be more dancing video?
I am glad to hear your mom is recovering and that you guys were able to have a heart to heart. Hug her for all of us here who have lost loved ones without a chance to say goodbye.
Good luck on your 5 K. I can’t believe I have been so chicken to get started doing those. To bad we didn’t live closer and you could kick my ass into doing them!! LOL
Hey Josie, good luck with your walk – here’s to coming in under 50 minutes! I’ll be crossing my fingers for you.
I am so glad your mom is doing fine – may she have a speedy recovery.
Great to have you as part of the challenge Josie! Good luck on your goals for the weekend, and I can’t wait to hear the results on Monday
Good luck with the weekend warrior challenge, I know it’s challenging on the weekend. I have the same issue you have with tea but with coffee … instead of giving it up though I just drink more water. I’m addicted, what can I say
It’s good to hear you mom is doing well.
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