All Topics → Forum: Fitness and Getting Back in Shape → Topic: Let's Post our Daily Exercise
Posted on: Sep 28, 2009 07:56 AM
Morgan513 wrote:
I'm doing the Firm Cardio Step mix and will walk the dog for a mile later today.
Lorrie
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Aug 1, 2012 11:57 AM joyh1109 wrote:
Struggled through an hour of pilates reformer - ugh - also feeling the blahs. Some days the energy is just not there. 
Early Happy Birthday misswim - good luck with ooph.
Hope that everybody is having a good week ~
Aug 1, 2012 05:25 PM KelpieAU wrote:
I started pole dancing classes. It is great exercise, you can move at your own pace, it's with women of all shapes and sizes and it helps with self esteem - t's the only time at the moment that I feel really sexy !!!
Aug 1, 2012 08:13 PM badger wrote:
hi ladies and welcome Kelpie68. Glad you found a way to feel sexy. There are many pleasures to be had in this life and one of them is enjoying the way you feel in your own skin. Exercise has definitely helped me in that regard.
Back from last yoga class of this series, I'll be jonesing until Sept.
Aug 1, 2012 10:12 PM ruthbru wrote:
Welcome Kelpie!
I think I have a shin splint; so instead of walking, I tagged along with DH to his gym & rode on a stationery bike for an hour (now my butt is sore!), then a quick 15 minutes of toning with Richard.
DH & I take off for a long weekend tomorrow, so I won't post again until Sunday. Have a good rest of the week. Keep moving!!
Aug 1, 2012 11:27 PM hbcheryl wrote:
Welcome Kelpie, when I was a kid we had one - his name was Blue and we called him Bluey
. Name me a sport where the guys wear heels, nah there isn't one those girls who dance on the pole are amazing athletes, keep enjoying those classes and enjoy the way they make you feel, bottom line that's what exercise is all about. Ruth have fun on your mini vacay. Badger I know you'll miss your class but you know you can do yoga in the back yard
. Happy early Birthday Misswim, that's one heck of a way to celebrate
. Bodycombat class tonight it was hard but I made it and had a good workout. Feel better Joy.Aug 2, 2012 10:21 PM hbcheryl wrote:
oh no am I the only one exercising
did my RPM class tonight, rode that bike like Claire was chasing me......Aug 3, 2012 04:59 AM badger wrote:
hey Cheryl, you're not the only one exercising just the only one posting. Got home from my walk yesterday morning with no time to spare for posting before it was time to get ready for work. Then last night DH made crab cakes for supper, get 'em while they're hot. We watched the Olympics and I fell asleep on the couch. Dragged my butt to bed when DH turned in after the 10 o'clock news. I must have been dog tired because I slept through my alarm this morning. Will walk at noon since I missed this morning.
Have fun on your mini-vacation Ruth, hope your shins feel better after some R&R.
Happy Friday!
Aug 3, 2012 05:06 AM misswim wrote:
I exercised! Hot yoga, and then dancing:). Tired today, but that is ok!
Aug 3, 2012 07:42 AM NatsFan wrote:
I got in a good Nats Walk last night!
By the way, that ab lump I had that no one could figure out what it was? It abscessed and has been draining - it expelled a suture last week!! I sent my PS's NP an email with a picture just to let them know. I'd suspected it might be an undissolved suture leftover from my DIEP since I've had issues with not dissolving sutures before, but when I saw the PS about it, she said she really didn't think it was a suture since she hadn't worked in that area.Then I guess it must have migrated, because it was clearly a suture - knots and all.
Who knew you could expel a suture almost 4 years after surgery? I'm hoping the thing will heal up now - it's been causing all kinds of truncal LE issues. 
Aug 3, 2012 09:18 AM Claire_in_Seattle wrote:
Hi Cheryl......don't think I was the one chasing you 
I will be doing a 30-35 mile ride prior to my noon BBQ tomorrow. Then since it's supposed to be hot, perhaps a swim. Cycling trip to Vancouver BC is in two weeks!
I walked up Queen Anne Hill yesterday to the farmers market. Was fun, but too expensive. Same stuff is half the price elsewhere. I got some more mozzarella and just-picked basil, and made a delish caprese salad. I went for beans as had given all away except for a small portion. I love bean season which will go on for 3-4 months here. Stopped at Trader Joe's on the way back....about three miles of walking, including dragging groceries down 80 stairs.
Mary....yikes on the suture. Suspect things will be much better henceforward.
I did NOT buy fruit. I need to be eating up what I have, and was getting mouth sores from overindulgence. WA State has the most amazing fresh fruit in the summer, from rhubarb, to berries, to peaches/plums/apricots, and later apples and pears. Blackberries are now ripening too. You just find a hedgerow, and start feasting. I ate one on my walk home the other night.
Hoping I get to watch some of the Blue Angels practice today..... - Claire
Aug 3, 2012 09:38 AM nibbana wrote:
Rest day today, the "guns" get to rest. Tomorrow it's all day hiking at Paradise in Mt Rainier. Skyline trail, then connecting with Golden Gates trail coming down to Myrtle Falls to make sure the tourists are behaving, then back to Paradise.
Claire, I am loving the fersh produce also this summer! If I had Himilayan blackberry bushes I'd pamper them with all the organic fertilizer and water I could. I love blackberries.
Aug 3, 2012 10:54 AM Claire_in_Seattle wrote:
I haven't noticed that blackberry bushes need much "pampering" around here! I will be planning my rides to ensure maximum gorging. I even know where the best ones are located for tomorrow's ride (Neal Road in Fall City.....plenty to share). Does stretching to gorge with blackberries count as cross-training?
I plan on a hike on Rainier for early next month. Just can't fit it in this month which is probably the better time. I haven't done it yet, and I think my ankle will be OK in hiking boots now.
I have this amazing head of red oak leaf lettuce......my fave. So some sort of amazing salad in the work for tonight. I am thinking of fried oysters, as haven't made those in a while and delish/simple. While waiting for the stuff I need to work on, perhaps I should get my veggie roasting operation going, as have carrots and beets. Roasting is my fave way to eat both.
I will be doing the Fall City-Carnation route tomorrow.....relatively easy, but enough to keep my fitness level up. Tour de Peaks (valley ride/look up at peaks) is next weekend. Will do the 50 mile route, which will put me just where I need to be for the ride to Vancouver.
Done with weights and crunches for the week!! Will walk later. Not sure where yet, but may go out as such a gorgeous day. The most glorious and perfect weather, so don't want to miss.
Life is great.
Aug 3, 2012 12:17 PM joyh1109 wrote:
One hour of pilates reformer - good session, nice and sweaty after working hard.
Mary Glad that the lump finally gave up that suture - hope that you heal quickly!
Berries here in Budapest are so delicious right now - blackberries are at the height of the season now. Have a big bowl of them every morning. And peaches are abundant too - yum!
Aug 4, 2012 04:09 AM, edited Aug 4, 2012 04:11 AM by misswim
Turbo fire HIIT 20 and Les Mills Pump Flow...... Yoga at 10 this morning, Sunday and Monday. Then, operation time..... So forced rest. We had some freshly baked bread with caprese salad (Claire you have been inspiring me all week!!!) and purchased some lemon, balsamic and rosemary infused olive oil.... Ummmm.
Aug 4, 2012 05:49 AM, edited Aug 4, 2012 01:00 PM by badger
Walked at lunchtime yesterday, inside our beautiful state Capitol.
Up early this morning and will get out for a nice long walk in a bit.
Farmers Market opens at 7 and I'll time it so I finish my walk there.
Nothing compares to farm-fresh fruits & veggies!
Mary, glad the mystery is solved, hope you heal quick.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
(edit for spelling)
Aug 4, 2012 12:51 PM hbcheryl wrote:
Mary so glad your mystery is solved. Did 15 minutes of Combat class this morning then popped next door and did a 1 hour spin class with one of my favourite instructors, yesterday evening i walked on the beach BUT I had an unfortunate accident as I was walking along the shoreline my foot went into a sinkhole and bam down I went flat on my face fortunately I was wearing a wrist brace because of my fall in Chicago so I didn't do too much damage to my already sore wrist mostly just hurt my pride, damn those kids who dig holes and don't fill them in jut letting the incoming tide cover them up
Aug 4, 2012 01:08 PM badger wrote:
OMG Cheryl, sorry to hear that and glad you're mostly OK. It's deja vu all over again (Yogi Berra) except this time on a beach vs a city street.
My pedometer decided to switch from miles to kilometers so I'm having to convert km to mi. This morning I walked 7.42 km = 4.61 miles. Got some yummy veggies at the Farmers Market, including those wonderful tomatoes yay!
Thunderstorms rolling in so better log off & power down. Can't gripe too much, we need the rain.
Aug 4, 2012 03:48 PM misswim wrote:
And I did......yoga. Yup another 90 minute vinyasa class. Feels good!
Aug 4, 2012 09:50 PM Claire_in_Seattle wrote:
I got in my 30+ miles cycling and then hit the BBQ. Great time, and then home for some work. Will do tomorrow's ride PRIOR to my 11 AM meeting as will be too hot later. Still need to get in my swim, and think that 90 degree temps just might be the occasion.
Walked the half mile each way to the supermarket.....cooling down now. Gorgeous cooked prawns were on sale, so guess what I'm having for dinner? Will be amazing with oak leaf lettuce, tomato and cucumber, fresh beans, and some avocado.
Will make curry mayonnaise for the prawn salad. Got some Pinor Gris to have with. Also on sale. - Claire
p.s. Blackberries were amazing.
Aug 4, 2012 09:55 PM Wonderland wrote:
Good Evening All,
Just came back today from a great week at the beach! Lots of swimming and walking. Cheryl: I know all about those sinkholes. Sorry you fell and glad that you're okay.
I witnessed a turtle nest "boil." The mama loggerhead turtle crawls out of the ocean at night, digs a hole in the sand, lays her eggs, covers them back up, and then crawls back to the ocean. The "turtle people" protect the nests as the eggs grow. The eggs hatch at the same time and all the turtles "boil" out of the nest at the same time. It was awesome! 61 little loggerhead turtles crawled out to sea to start their lives.
Now back to the real world. Back to being laid off from the job I had for 22 years. %*&^)#
Plus, I have only 3 more weeks of taking my Arimidex. Then treatment is over.
Aug 4, 2012 10:15 PM nibbana wrote:
Hiked for four hours at Mt Rainier. Just tooled around Paradise, up the Skyline trail, then I saw it kept going up and up to Panorama Point, and I said, "Ok, enough." It was cool until about noon, then the heat started even at 5400 feet. Didn't want to stress my LE arm.
Aug 5, 2012 09:18 AM badger wrote:
Gorgeous cool morning after yesterday's storms. Walked for 45 mins. Would've gone longer but MIL's 80th b-day party is today and we need to get going. 4.5 km = 2.8 miles (so far) for today.
Happy Sunday everyone!
Aug 5, 2012 01:02 PM misswim wrote:
T-minus two days to ooph. Went to yoga this morning and am going again tonight!
Cheryl- feel better!
Aug 5, 2012 04:02 PM joyh1109 wrote:
Hike and run in the woods. It was super hot today so went slower than usual.
wonderland Great to see the turtles, they're so amazing aren't they? I hear that the mama turtle comes back to the same place to nest year after year. Growing up in Florida, I once found a baby turtle headed the wrong way, not towards the ocean but the other way. Took the tiny turtle and swam it out as far as I dared into the ocean.
cheryl Those holes should be out-lawed, too darn dangerous! Hope that you're feeling okay today.
Hope that everybody has had a good weekend ~
Aug 5, 2012 07:22 PM ruthbru wrote:
Hi All! DH and I had a nice 'mini vacation'.....no exercise for two days but walked about an hour yesterday & did 60 minutes of toning today when we got home. It has cooled off here, temporarily anyway, so I'm enjoying having all the windows open and the AC off.
Cheryl, yikes, watch your step!
Wonderland, do you have any job ideas? I have about that many Arimidex pills left too. I am more nervous than excited about being done.....
We start school August 20. I am going to go over tomorrow and start putting my room together. Yikes, summer has gone fast!
Aug 5, 2012 09:48 PM Claire_in_Seattle wrote:
Got out early and did 26 miles of cycling prior to my 11 AM meeting. Very funny was that I got there early. WHY??? Because I am now FASTER than ever, so finished sooner! Made sure I hydrated.
Meeting ended with lunch, where we sat outdoors, and heard, but didn't see, the Blue Angels. Thought I deserved Eggs Benedict so that is what I had. Afterwards, a stop for tomatoes and then a swim in Lake Washington. Still feeling cool from it.
I have the horrible task of needing to eat up the cooked seafood in my fridge, which I will do with more tomatoes, avocados and cold cooked beans. Plus, make a dent in the blueberries. Already had fresh blackberries and a peach.
Leftover Pinot Gris to go with the cold seafood. Will watch the sunset as I indulge/imbibe.
Tomorrow, cooler temps so will eat the fridge veggies that require real cooking. Plus tackle some more work as list has been expanding lately and I have a couple of deadlines looming. - Claire
Aug 6, 2012 04:00 AM misswim wrote:
Yoga with the crazy bad ass Baptiste teacher again tonight in 100 degree room. Every muscle achesfrom yesterday, but getting back at it!!
Aug 6, 2012 09:29 AM nibbana wrote:
Shoulder day today. EZ curl bar raises, and bent over raises for the deltoids and rotator cuff external and internal rotation work.
Aug 6, 2012 10:27 AM Claire_in_Seattle wrote:
Back to weights/crunches and walking today. Butt hurts....must have sprained it swimming
Cooled down last night just before sunset, so temps near 80 today. May still do a swim. Will have to see.
Aug 6, 2012 08:19 PM badger wrote:
5.5 km today = 3.42 miles. I am liking kilometers, looks like more although it isn't.