Kitchen Renovations

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Someone just commented on the blog and I realized I hadn't posted in a long time. Exercising has taken a back seat to our complete kitchen overhaul. Getting up at 6, working at my job until 5, then working on the kitchen till 11pm definitely has left me feeling like I've had a good workout.

I'll get back into jogging soon, when there's time.

Kitchen is going together well, btw. Looks great. There's been a few bumps in the road and there will likely be more before we finish but that is normal. :)

Jogging?

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Didn’t really make it out jogging this week at all. In fact I barely got out for walks or did any other type of exercise. I don’t really have an excuse other than I haven’t been feeling well.

Anyway, I guess I just need a kick in the behind to get back at it. I am going to be at my uncle’s cottage this weekend. I’ll get some R&R there and try to start fresh next week. There’s lots of good walking/jogging possibilities up there too, so I’ll try to get some exercise in (there’s always manual labour to be done there too).

re: eating – doing way better… except for a couple of not so healthy dinners. Soy cereals, Bolthouse farm drinks, lots of veggies and fruits, and so on.

Plodt *post 1*

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Trying out plodt.com to make twitter do double duty.

So twitter gets updated when I post to my blog with Windows Live Writer (the blog title is posted to twitter with a link) so if I put the plodt data point into my blog entry title it should get plodt’d.

This could work nicely!

More jogging today

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Got back into jogging after taking a week and a bit off. Did a little under 2km and jogged a fair bit of it (about 1/4 – 1/3 walking still). I know this isn’t much for most runners but for me it is better than nothing.

I had taken a bit of time off from it because of upper shin pain. Probably due to my being overweight and not having great sneakers. I got some inserts for my running shoes that I will put in soon (forgot to do it this morning).

Although I haven’t been jogging I’ve been finding other ways to exercise (helping people move, yard work, walking at work at lunch time with coworkers, etc). I will continue my daily walks at lunch with coworkers as every bit helps (it is also about a 1.7km route).

Anyway, lets see if the shin pain returns. One massive benefit of jogging is the dog still loves it and now WAY better behaved on the leash than ever.

Weekend Activity Update

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Did a goodly amount of gardening yesterday (shrub planting, yard clean up, etc.); enough to leave me feeling like I got some exercise (a couple of hours, anyway).

Going to try to go for a jog later today even if it rains and will be helping to unload a large trailer full of house contents as well.

Jogging again, wow

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OK, I did my basic little jog again. According to Google Maps, it is just about 1.2 km or so… NOT exactly a killer run but I am not exactly jogging the entire distance. I am probably jogging 50% or maybe a little more now. Once I can jog 100% I’ll extend the route or just extend it naturally as I feel like it.

My usual walk is about 1.6 km which I do in about 20+ minutes at a walk. I hope to be jogging that without stopping fairly soon and extending it using the “loop through paths” method I mentioned in an earlier post.

Lukie, my dog, is really enjoying this and is currently lying at my feet as I type this. :)

I have never seen him as well behaved on the leash as when we are walking during the cool down at the end of the jog. He is a very energetic dog so this is a real treat.

If you want to see how far you have walked or jogged, check this site out: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

The only thing is it doesn’t seem to do "off road” (e.g. paths in parks). If anyone knows how to do this, please let me know. I am going to try Google Earth and see if that works.

Jogged again!

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Actually went for a second jog. This one went a little better than the day before but I am obviously not in shape. :) In my neighborhood there is a series of “blocks” (but residential) and each block has a path in the middle, between streets.

You can use these paths to kind of loop around and really extend the distance you walk/run without leaving the area too much (great for getting back into running since you can just keep going but still get home fast when you’ve had enough).