Step Challenge: Week Two Stats

The second week of my Step Challenge did not go as well as my first.  I'll be honest and say that a few evenings I got lazy. Partly because there were 3 out of 5 days at school I was in meetings until at least 4:30, one day until 5. By the time I picked up Quinn, got home, cooked supper and cleaned up, I was honestly ready to SIT down for a while, and the last thing I felt like doing was more steps!  Unfortunately, between that and SITTING in those meetings, I did not get as many steps. Oh well.

For those who want to help keep me accountable, here's my stats from last week.

Monday: 10,604 steps

Tuesday: 8,968 steps  (meeting until 5pm)

Wednesday: 8,193 steps  (meeting before school AND a meeting after school until 4:30)

Thursday: 9,564 steps  (parent conference after school)

Friday: 9301 steps

Saturday: 10, 464 steps  (yay for Easter Egg hunt to get my steps caught up...plus I did some Wii games!)

Sunday: 9512 steps

Weekly Total: 66, 586 steps

Divide by 2000 to get mileage : 33.29 miles

Some of you may say...why are you upset....this is more steps and more miles than last week.
Last week the challenge started on Tuesday, so I didn't have a Monday to use like I did this time.

I just hope all the other people participating are "playing fair".  Yes there is a pot of money on the line, but it's not worth cheating over.  We are adults after all.

Step Challenge: Week 1 Stats

My blog friend Beth suggested I post my steps on the blog for each week, so here you go.

The step challenge started on Tuesday. I had 10,515 steps.

Wednesday: 11,529 steps

Thursday: 10,624 steps

Friday: 11,087 steps

Saturday: 9,444 steps.  (You would think Saturday would have more steps than during the week, but I had a lot of laundry to catch up on, and then in the evening, we had some bad storms roll through, so there went the after-dinner walk.)

Sunday: 7,538  steps  (Not as happy with this number either. Hard to get steps in while you are seated in the pew at church for a couple of hours.And I'll be honest...for those of you who know me...Sundays are hard days for me right now, anyway.)

That is a total of 60,737 steps. We were told to divide by 2000 to indicate the number of miles. So my total mileage last week was 30.3 miles!
So there you go...my stats for week one of the Step Challenge.

School Step Challenge

**This was originally written earlier this week, but I had some issues with publishing.....**

The PE teacher at my school had another cool idea this year. And this one did not involve duct tape!

She won a grant that she applied for that allowed her to get several really nice pedometers to use with students. But before she lets the kids use them, she asked teachers to compete in a step challenge.

For the next 4 weeks, there are about 20 or so us who are wearing pedometers from the minute we get up until the minute we go to bed. We are recording our steps each day and then adding them up for the week. At the end of the week we convert our steps to miles. At the end of the 4 weeks, the teacher who took the most steps wins.....bragging rights, plus a small pot of money! We each pitched in $5 to compete. I can't remember how many are in this challenge, but I know the pot is over $100!

Yesterday (Tuesday) was the first day of the challenge. I had to spend the day home from school with Quinn who was feeling a little under the weather. I managed to get in 10,515 steps though! We did have to run an errand in the afternoon and then went for a walk around the block after supper. I'm not to that number yet today, but there is still time.

I have also started using our Wii game unit again. I have the Wii Fit Plus and board, and Buddy got me the Biggest Loser game for Christmas. Here's hoping between these two games combined with the Step Challenge, I can even drop a few pounds. The numbers have definitely gotten to a point where I am frustrated with myself, so any time the scale goes down is a good thing.

If you know me in real life, I ask you to ask me about my steps. I would appreciate the encouragement and accountability!