Lets Post our Daily Exercise
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20 minutes each on the bike and Elliptical yesterday with some weight training.
Ran 3 miles on the treadmill tonight plus weights. Have also been adding sit ups on the balance ball for the past few days. Trying to change things up a bit or increase intensity...0 -
Body Step class tonight, my knees are saying ow ow ow
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Ruth, enjoy your new sofa. A nice sofa is so important!
Did my usual 30 minutes of hooping. And baked a pan of brownies. Interesting idea about teaching hooping. Someone in my class was looking for someone to help teach a children's class. I don't think I'm skilled enough to teach beyond beginner level though.
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Freestyle step this morning and went flying on my bum when I missed a turn with tired feet.
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joyh - Thanks for the info. It is reassuring when others experience the same odd little symptoms. I have mentioned it to my doctor/nurse and they just smile and say "Hmmm". I'm glad to have BCO!
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Lilac - Ow! Be careful! Odie - I love my balance ball - I have a DVD of a core workout that came with the ball and it's surprising how it works the core. Ann - a children's class would be a perfect way to start teaching hooping!
An hour of Garden N Sculpt last night. 30 minute DVD of the core balance ball workout this morning plus Lebeds. I've also been working on hooping - I've had such trouble keeping the hoop going for more that a minute or so. I've been working on it off and on, and tried again this morning and suddenly something must have clicked. I waist hooped for 10 minutes straight! I would have kept going but I had to get ready for work. Ann - you'd be so proud of me!!
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Ruth, you are truly an inspiration with the way you exercise even if you are tired. Your idea of tracking exercise is a good one - BUT - writing things done doesn't appear to motivate me. For example, I've been trying to lose weight since Christmas, and I track it every week, and I am only down 1.5 lbs total, losing and gaining the same 5 lbs over and over again. Did manage crunches and arms last night, had a walk at lunch yesterday and hope for another today, and I did a bit of classical stretch this morning, but my back was aching so I stopped. And now as I sit here writing this I'm eating a cookie!
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Pat and Ruth have you guys tried one of the free apps for your phone or computer? that makes tracking stuff easy and quick and generates all kind of useful reports.
Yesterday was a bust, the day got away from me. Today I did spin and an especially lovely yoga class.
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I have done tracking on my computer and it is really good, but I am too lazy to keep at it.....easier to use the old notebook.
Bought a DVD at Walmart called "Tighten & Tone Pilates" with a toning band included. OMG, it was hard!! You had to be a little more graceful and balanced than me to be able to do the moves well. I muddled through it but was really glad that I was alone and that I didn't have a mirror!!!!!
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Just got in from one hour of push mowing. Dh is finishing the backyard with our broken riding mower. Some times it works, some times it doesn't. He'll have to finish it with the push mower. We're trying to get the yard finished in time for the tropical storm that's coming up from Florida.
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Good Grief, what is with the weather this year?!
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Lilacblue, hope you didn't hurt yourself. If you are anything like me, the embarrassment was the worst of it all. (Can't tell I have done it before...lol)
Mary, way to go on the hooping. Been thinking of trying it myself but it has been many moons so I bet I would look ridiculous..
Hit the gym today for some Elliptical and biking. Increased my intensity and did free weights too... Now off to soak my tired self in some bubbles.0 -
hi all and welcome shinning, I also enjoy a nice morning walk. Sets a good tone for the day.
Went to the Sunday matinee of "Now You See Me" which I enjoyed. Then walked for an hour which I enjoyed even more. Also got out Mon & Tues a.m. before work. Logged 18.75 km = 11.65 mi since last post.
Need to get back to yoga practice. Ironically, it went by the wayside when I needed it most, during the BS at work with the SICO lying sack evil pointy-haired boss. You know, I believe I was suffering a bout of mild depression. I was PO'd, angry & betrayed, and not in a place to ride the wave of gratitude that floods me when I practice. But now that it's (almost) over at work, I'm feeling optimistic again. Namaste! ♥
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(((Badger)))
Love your description. Sounds perfect for the SICO.
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Oh Pat I get it, every day I swear I'm gonna try and not eat sweets but after dinner I have my cup of tea, I just simply HAVE to have something sweet with it, it's a ritual, it's a habit and it's my downfall oh and today my co-worker produced a bag of Fritos at lunch, I don't buy them because I can't just eat a few I have to devour the entire bag and I did
Lilac I think Step is the most dangerous of all classes and for that reason I now do speed step on the ground, I've tipped and toppled once too often and I'm too old to "hit the floor".
Ruth be thankful there aren't pictures of you all over facebook on tippy toes at the ballet bar
Tonight I did spin, my favourite crazy instructor is back and I left that room with my face the same color as my bright pink shirt (I know this as someone commented - hey your face is the same color as your shirt)
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Badger, work stress is the pits. I hope things let up. Mary, that's how it goes with me for learning new hooping styles, I count how many rotations I can do before dropping it, then eventually it clicks and I can keep going forever. Sometimes I'll have it and lose it! Waist and hip hooping were relatively quick. Shoulder/chest hooping took forever, then leg hooping took forever, now doing those in reverse direction is taking almost as long as learning them in the "easy" direction took. Plus I'm trying to learn kick start, where you bring it up from the ground with your feet. The good thing is, eventually you do get it.
Took a long beach walk with a friend today plus my 30 minutes of hooping. And ate more brownies :-)
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I've been super lazy lately - weather has not been great + busy end of school year activites = no exercise.
I'm craving a hard workout where I'm left huffing and puffing and sweaty - so regardless of weather I'm headed out for a trail run. It may rain but oh well. Why is it so hard to lose weight after menopause? I used to skip dessert a few nights, add a workout and drop a few pounds quickly. No longer - seems that extra weight goes along with aging. ughhh
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LilacBlue, I tried Body Step last Sunday at the Les Mills event. My friend and I left mid-way. I was getting tired just concentrating on where that Step was while watching the instructors. I remember not liking it for that reason in the 80s.
I got to have a picture taken with Les Mills, Jr. But maybe he's not as hot as Eduardo.
OK, there were lots of other people and I was behind him (in reversed baseball cap), so out of view.
But here I am doing Body Jam by the last S in SAFS.
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You might have been tired, but you look great (as does Les
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Heidi - great pix! Looks like it was a lot of fun.
Nats Walk last night. The choir that did the National Anthem was really good. That was the high point of the evening - it went straight downhill from there as they lost 10-1. The Nats have been disappointing this year to say the least - lots of injuries to key players. Maybe we can pick it up against our next foe this weekend - the Minnesota Twins (nee the Washington Senators). We have tix for Sunday - what's your team look like this year, Ruth?
Too tired to get up early to run, but will try to get some exercise in tonight after work.
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Heidi, Fab photos, you look fit & marvelous and Les Mills is taking over the gym world. Thanks so much for sharing! Joy, I was thinking the same thing the other day, it used to be a breeze and now, well, I'm sticking with the 6 week Badger drop. I'm in surgery July 31st. for stage 2b revision and I want to see if I can get this diep left breast to reduce - how low do I have to be in order for it to be affected and the hip revision I had last time is not great and I want to see if that shifts as well. Badger, you are doing good and namaste beauty.
Ruth, my kid is in school till July 24th
Pink ribbon pilates this morning and then 5k run before lunch.
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(warning: baseball post)
Mary, the Twins are sporatic. They will go on a 9 game winning streak, then they will go on a 9 game losing streak....I don't know if they are quite at 500 or not.....it could go either way for your guys.....
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Managed to squeeze in some treadmill this morning. Better than nuthin'!
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Finally a nice day, walked for an hour.
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Ran a few miles after work tonight and did weights.
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Heidi fabulous pictures, I'm so glad you went there is such great energy at those events, two of the people I take classes from are presenting at the Les Mills quarterly in London this weekend - Jericho and Josef, they are amazing I love me my Les Mills classes. Mary, pretty sad when the best thing about a baseball game is the choir.
Another night of spin for me, with crazy spin instructor #2
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walked at noon - a bit chilly but I HAD to get my nose away from the grindstone!
Logged 7.44 km = 4.62 mi for the day.
Heidihill, thanks for sharing, you look great! I'd have trouble with the step, too.
3 weeks into the 6-in-6 challenge and I'm down 3 so right on track.
Mary & Ruth, I feel your pain and then some. The Brewers stink this year!
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Great pictures, Heidi! Joy, I hear you, it's frustrating when the same things that used to work for weight maintenance don't work any more.
Another 30 minutes hooping and a walk with the hubby.
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Feeling yesterday's run, it rained on the trail headed back home but I didn't mind.
We are in for more rain this weekend, just what we need as the Danube is having the worst flooding on record. I wish that I could understand Hungarian news to find out details of what is happening, the English publications here aren't giving much information.
badger Good for you on the 3-in-3 so far! I am stuck at a certain weight and am not budging from there. Thinking about cutting carbs and focusing on protein for a couple of days to see what happens. heidi Great pics, looked like fun!
Off to a short story awards ceremony tonight for DD - then dinner at a bistro.
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Warning - more baseball talk - Ruth - the Nats aren't even streaky. They're just plain mediocre. This was the team that was everyone's pick to win the WS, so it's especially disappointing. We've had injuries to several key players, but every team has that. We have tix for Sunday afternoon's game against your Twins - Andrea should have moved out by then and it should be a nice day.
30 minute run this morning, plus another 10 minutes of hooping. I'm starting to get the hang of that thing, I think!
We're off to the cabin tonight and have the Nick Adenhart 5K tomorrow morning. I'm really looking forward to that. Have a great weekend, everyone!0
