Fitness Review - Week Ending 3/5

This week I managed to exercise 6 days in a row.  By the time Saturday rolled around, I was tired so I let my muscles rest. 

Apparently, all that exercise paid off, since when I hopped on the Wii I'd dropped over 2.5 lbs!  

Day	Exercise	Distance (Miles)	Time (Min)
Sun	Wii	0	30 min
Mon	Walk, Wii, Walk Dog	3.0	90 min
Tue	Wii.	0	30 min
Wed	Walk, Wii.	1.5	60 min
Thu	Wii, Walk.	0.5	40 min
Fri	Wii.	0	30 min
Sat	.	0	0 min

Ending Weight: 209.7 lbs

Fitness Review - Week Ending 2/26

This week started by being in Long Beach on vacation for a couple of days, and ended with snowy weather limiting outdoor activities.  My parents were in town until Saturday, and I'd rather spend my limited time with them rather than exercising. 

Day	Exercise	Distance (Miles)	Time (Min)
Sun	Wandering around Ft. Stevens in Oregon.	0	0 min
Mon	Wandering around Cape Disappointment in Washington.	0	0 min
Tue	Walk on Beach.	1.5	30 min
Wed	.	0	0 min
Thu	Wii.	0	30 min
Fri	Walk.	1.5	30 min
Sat	.	0	0 min

Ending Weight: 214.5 lbs

Fitness Review - Week Ending 2/19

Sorry for the last post, my parents were visiting the past week which really threw off the schedule.  They arrived on Thursday the 17th, and we left town on Saturday for a long weekend (hence no weigh-in).  

Day	Exercise	Distance (Miles)	Time (Min)
Sun	Walk Dog and Errands	3.0	60 min
Mon	Walk Dog.	1.5	30 min
Tue	Walk, Wii.	.5	40 min
Wed	Walk, Wii.	1.5	60 min
Thu	Walk.	1.5	30 min
Fri	Walk.	1.5	30 min
Sat	.	0	0 min

Ending Weight: Unk. lbs

Fitness Review - Week Ending 2/12

This week started horribly with me not leaving the house between Saturday and Tuesday due to a really nasty cold. So, unfortunately, it really looks like I'm slacking off this week. I tried to focus on breathing versus excercising.

Day	Exercise	Distance (Miles)	Time (Min)
Sun	Watch Super Bowl (and cough)	0	0 min
Mon	None (just coughing)	0	0 min
Tue	Walk Dog (coughing all the way)	1	30 min
Wed	Walk (still coughing)	1	30 min
Thu	Wii (a little less coughing)	0	30 min
Fri	None	0	0 min
Sat	Wii (a little)	0	15 min

Ending Weight: 212.1 lbs (There are better ways to lose weight than being sick.)

Fitness Review - Week Ending 2/5.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I thought I'd start putting up my weekly review of the training that I have done.

Usually, I try to walk for half-an-hour during my lunch break.
I've also been using a program on the Wii called Wii Fitness Trainer.  It's more intensive than Wii Fit, which makes you wait a couple of minutes between exercises and is cute but annoying.

Day	Exercise	Distance (Miles)	Time (Min)
Sun	Walk the Dog	1.5	30 min
Mon	Golf (9-Holes)	2.5	90 min
Tue	Lunch Walk, Wii	1.5	60 min
Wed	Golf (18-Holes)	5	180 min
Thu	None (Sick)	0	0 min
Fri	Wii	0	20 min
Sat	Walk	6.75 m	120 min

Ending Weight:  214.1 lbs. 

Gotta work on getting that weight down.  Gonna have to start cutting out carbs. 

Fitness

The biggest challenge that I see in this journey is actually getting in shape to hike the trail.  It usually takes between 8 and 14 days to hike the trail, which results in an average 1500-2500 feet (500-750m) elevation gain per day.  However, there are long slogs up hill followed by equally long walks down.  All with a backpack. 

The way I look at it, I need to work on the following:
- First, build up my cardiovascular endurance,
- Second, build up my lower body strengty,
- Finally, build up my stamina. 
Of course, these three goals are not mutually exclusive, I'll have to work on all of them basically at the same time. 

To start, I bought a Fitness Program for my Wii to help build up my cardio and lower body.  The amazing thing is that I've even exercised four times in the last week.  This is where I'll need the most encouragement, as well the most time in my schedule.  I haven't figured out a good mechanism of tracking my training yet, but since that's what I do for a living, I figure I can do that. 

Over the course of this blog, I'll be spending quite a bit of time on this topic (or at least I should be).