Win, Win...I hope

So I decided to take part in the walking program at work. As much as I was against doing it I found a way (I hope) to get my son a little more motivated about keeping up his room. Zachary gets a standard allowance..$5.00 a week to take the trash to the road and put dishes away. He also does other things that help calculate that allowance.

Our biggest battle is the bedroom, ugh! So I made a deal with him, since work pays me to walk in the form of gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods and he is now at the age where he want clothes and shoes and other things, then as long as he takes 15 minutes a day and cleans up his room, I will walk and the gift cards will be his. All this providing he holds up his end of the bargain (I made him shake on hit!) Oh and I take pictures in the morning for proof!

I am hoping for a win, win situation here. My ultimate goal is to get him in the habit of keeping his room clean and I lose the weight. Is bribing him the right thing? Of course not but when you do something everyday for a long period of time, it becomes a habit. Hopefully!

So yesterday at lunch, I put on my sneakers and walked 2 miles. Zachary did his part too, he cleaned under his dresser's. It needed to be done and done badly. So far we are off to a good start.

To Walk Or Not

So yesterday day a walking/jogging program started at work. Every year my company does this between April and October. They have preset routes to walk and they range from one mile to four miles. The reward for for this, well you get a dollar for every mile you walk and two dollars for every mile jogged. The miles are then turned in for gift card to Dick's Sporting Goods Store. You can earn up to $500.00 for the whole season, so I figure it is a pretty good deal.

I haven't yet decided if I am going to do this or not. People at my jon are so childish, they find a reason to rat you out and really, I don't need it. To bad I couldn't come up with funny t-shirts to wear to show my annoyance to it all!

My Aching Feet

I went walking last night, not to far, one mile. My feet were killing me by the time I got home.

I usually ride my stationary bike but seeing as it is warming up outside I figured I would get to walking. I it was nice to be outside, being cooped up in the house all winter was really starting to get to me. I could go outside in the cold...umm..I think not! So I will beat-feat around my neighborhood again tonight. One mile, that's good, atleast until I can do it in 20 minutes. 20 minutes is my goal per mile, once that becomes easy I will add more miles to the line up.

Spring Is Coming!!

I am so excited, we are in the home stretch of winter! Today is March 1st and warmer days are on the way! I can't wait to get to walking. I know, cold weather is not a valid reason to not go walking, but I HATE to be cold and I don't like to bundle up so much that I look like the Michelin Man either! I just order a new MP3 player and purchased a new pair of walking sneakers. I am ready and so motivated to get out there I think I may go crazy if it doesn't warm up soon!

Is anyone else ready to get out there?? Let me know, I was thinking of doing a Spring contest with a prize at the end. The first day of Spring is March 20th. Gives me enough time to think of a prize and get some ground rules set as well. I would hope people would be honest, but seeing as it is online it can be more difficult to prove that they aren't. I am going to go think about this and will have an update later today. I have a Weight Watcher's meeting to attend and I need to go get ready. Any thoughts or ideas please leave me a comment or send and email to adayinthezone at gmail dot com (adayinthezone@gmail.com)

Some already decided information:

• Contest would start 3/20/08 and end date to be determined
• There will be a prize for the most miles walked