Pedometer

For the last two weeks, Amy and I have been walking around with little pedometers clipped to our pants at the hip. Pedometers can measure steps taken (its original function), miles walked/run, calories burned, steps per minute, miles per hour and time spent walking/running. It's actually a pretty cool way to keep track of your general exercise throughout a given day or week.

This article is one of many detailing that 10,000 steps a day is probably a good number to take for "weight management." I think this one was only $15 through the President's Challenge website.

Even as a PE teacher, I struggle to get my 10,000 steps in every day. For instance, it's 8:25 am and I'm at 962 steps. I've gone 0.436 miles in seven minutes and 40 seconds for a speed of 3.26 mph. I've also burned approximately 48.5 calories. Since Tuesday, September 11, I've taken 81,667 steps, which has taken me about 37 miles!

For what it's worth, buy a pedometer and see how you're doing.

SO exciting!

My fish tasted good and the lemon pepper sauce came out great! I'm sure many were waiting to hear how it all turned out....

I ordered a set of four Tae Bo VHS tapes on amazon.com the other day. I remember my mom getting them a while back and paying more than the $9.99 I paid for them. Since these tapes came out in 1999 there have been others, but I like the old ones. You know when you just get used to one exercise tape and you don't want to switch? If not, trust me, it happens. I'm looking forward to getting them, except now I'll be making more noise in the morning :-\ Hopefully Happy sleeps through it!

Today is payday #2 in my office and I am the one that helps Rebecca (my immediate boss) to stuff all the envelopes. Something I appreciate about this office--I get paid every week for the following week of work. There is no one week delay and I don't have to wait every other week to get paid. Yeah, it's pretty cool.

Angie went to Costco today and brought back approximately 800 lbs. of food. Maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but she had two guys bringing it all in on a rolling cart. There was a LOT. Angie is one of the few women in our office and she has been here almost as long as the company has been in business (since 1947). I think she has been here longer than any of the VPs. Actually, I was told that she changed some of their diapers! That has to be strange, but it does show that loyalty is important. I hope to be a part of this company for a while, Lord-willing, so I'm glad to hear that it is well established. Yep, this is a boring post so I'll end it now. Maybe something interesting will happen soon and I'll have a more exciting post for once...