In the meantime...

While I was trying to conquer my laziness demons, Theresa and I had to come up with a team name. Wow that was more difficult than we thought it would be. There were so many ideas but we found out that a lot were already registered. So one day I asked Jerry for some ideas, he too came up with lots of good ones. We couldn't decide so Theresa took our top ten and put it to a vote with her co-workers and 'Itty Bitty 3Day Titty Tour' won by a landslide. Jerry gets credit for that one. Thanks Baby! Theresa thought that we now needed some shirts with our team name, etc. so she got to work on that. She spent many days, sample after sample, until she came up with something that she was happy with. Yes, I helped too, but basically I just made a few suggestions. She did all the work. Well, they turned out great! Save the 'boo' bees on the front & Itty Bitty 3Day Titty Tour on the back. Awesome...

We also spent time discussing fundraising ideas, again lots came to mind but putting them into action would be difficult. It was still early in the journey...we still had time. In the meantime, donation were actually coming in, I was up to about $400 in a month and I hadn't done anything. So I had to get back to my walking program, friends and family were doing their part by donating so I had to do mine by walking!

Let the walking begin

So I was ready, I had a place, time, shoes, ipod & motivation. I'm can do this. I actually don't think I did too bad the first few times. I walked for 20 minutes at a time (about a mile), 3 days that week. When my second week started, I was already trying to talk my self out of it. I didn't like the treadmill. I didn't like sharing the gym with others. While I like the people that came in, I just didn't like walking with people being there. I was self conscious I think. Anyway, I stuck with it for about 2 weeks. I had worked up to 30 mins about 1.5 miles. Then I missed a day because of a meeting. Then another day because I forgot my shoes. Then another day because well I don't even remember why. The next thing I knew, nearly a month had gone by and I was walking maybe once a week. Ugghhh! I wasn't supposed to let this happen but I knew why it did. I didn't like it. It was boring. So now what?

Where and when to walk

At the time I started all this, it was still really cold here (we had a crazy way below average winter). And this southern girl so not like the cold! So I started out in the exercise gym at my work on the treadmill. I would go for about 30 minutes at the end of the work day before leaving to pick up the girls. I knew afternoons would be better (even though all I wanted to do was go home) because I am soooo not a morning person (ask anyone who knows me).

Getting physical

I had actually been trying to motivate myself to start doing some sorta activity to get back into shape (hourglass not round) before taking on this challenge. I had spoken to Jackie about some activites. She was doing the C25k (couch to 5k). She was very motivated. She sent me all kinda of info but it is a lot easier to read about it than to actually do it. But now in addition to her motivation, I had this cause to motivate me.

The shoes...

Oh yeah & I didn't own a pair of walking shoes, nothing that I could even attempt to walk any distance in. I do have shoes (lots of them...another blog for a another day) but none for exercise or walking. So I started researching shoes...undaunting! Luckily I had a new friend, Jackie, that had just started her after baby exercise journey. Her baby boy is a month older than my baby girl. She was a shoe research maniac so I quizzed her. She gave me all kinds of info. Anyway, finding shoes wasn't fun. I have high arches, narrow heels and an old injury to the metatarsal head/joint (big toe joint). I finally settled on a pair from one of the big box shoe stores. Thought I would try those for a while, then maybe if I stuck with this, I would upgrade.

Me...a walker?

So while I was waiting on my 'Walker' packet from 3Day, I decided to focus on the physical side of this journey...WALKING! I knew that this was going to be harder than raising the money. I had just had my second daughter in December. I had done basically no real physical activity in nearly a year. I am in the double digits for extra weight. I have never been a big fan of exercise. Oh & I love to eat! Boy this is gonna be a challenge... BUT if these women can battle breast cancer and beat it, then I can get off my lazy fat ass and go for a walk! ;-)

Getting started

First thing I did was to post my intent to facebook, then I sent an email to a few family members & friends and then posted an email to my works electronic bulletin board. From this I got lots of positive feedback and several immediate donations. My sister-in-law, Tracy, gets credit for being the first.