Lets Post our Daily Exercise

Nats: Not your beautiful basement! So sorry!!!

IBD: Celebration time!

Today is faded blue turkey. Just returned from power walk/jog at the park. What a difference a new pair of shoes makes. I can jog further and my feet feel much better.

Welcome iwanna and WAY TO GO!!!

Welcome to the newbies!  I'm glad to see many others seem to have this miserable weather we have in the midwest.  I can't wait for sun and warmth!  Luckily I do have someplace to exercise now when its raining.  I did 30 minute treadmill, 15 minute elliptical, and 10 minutes weights.  

My band tonight is Black Bento Dynamite.  I can't get my mind off joining Heidi's band though!  

Oh Nat, I hate the stupid basement leaks.  I'm so sorry. 

Woo-hoo Inspired.  It's always great to hear that good news. 

hi all and welcome mz_mes, bethq, and iwannaseeyoubebrave.

((Mary)) and ((Annie)), thanks for the stories about your moms.

I was 50 at dx, same age as mom when she was first dx but it was SO different then.  No one talked about cancer and the available info was at the public library.  I can't imagine how she did it all those years ago, after a radical Halstead mx, without the internet (no BCO!) and not much help around the house (I was away at college and my dad didn't "do" housework).  I see her now and am inspired by her fortitude and grateful for her example.

I feel the same way about all of you here.  ♥ 

Walked after work last 2 nights; logged 5 miles since last post.

lol. Inspired...

1. Color of your pants.

2. Last thing you ate.

(I seriously have GOT to get some more inspired pants.....)

Black cold chicken "in the house" here!

natsfan....sooooo not fun with the basement flooding...Boy, would I be upset with the chimney crew that supposedly fixed it!

Got a quick 7km walk in this afternoon when I got home...the clouds moving this way is making the weather forecast look like it'll be true....sob...sob....sob!

Black Chocolate Cake tonight  Oh Mary not your beautiful basement, hope it dries out quickly. IBD woohoooooooo on the all clear. I used to be a morning exerciser but I changed to night a few years ago then I discovered the Sh'bam dance class which is in the morning, all I can tell you is that I thoroughly enjoy the dancing so I go do that then I just do my regular night time class and I'm on my own so I can just come and go as I please.  Badger when I read The Emperor of All Maladies I marveled at the women who went before us and what they endured. 

Well tonight a friend a I went down to do Body Jam, as we got on the freeway my phone went and I just ignored it, when we went into the club came to find out the class had been cancelled as the instructor was sick, yup she'd tried to call me to let me know. I only had my dance shoes with me so I came home changed my shoes and went to another club and did a vey late Body Combat class, it was packed but I got a good fight.

Bounce - well said on not answering the phone while driving. 

Nihahi - yes the chimney company is going to be getting an unhappy phone call from me!

Lilac - isn't your run coming up next weekend? 

Inspired - woohoo on the MRI!!!

My band today is Blue Egg Sandwich - all my bands seem to begin with Blue - can you tell I wear jeans to work a lot?? 

Stiff and sore from yesterday's Flood Cleanup N Sculpt session, so I'm taking it easy today and just doing a lot of stretching.  We also have a mess in the pool we have to clean up this weekend.  We'd just started opening it and had it filled about halfway.  With all the rain, water poured through the yard into the pool and now it's filled to the tippity top with thick muddy water.  I'm getting to the point where moving to Leisure World is looking better and better!

Blue Coffee at the moment. Did my Insanity class this morning, am subbing 6th grade Science this afternoon, and am going to go a 'Zumbathon' tonight. The YMCA is raising money to get some new equipment for their childcare center. So, at 6:30 you show up, pay $5.00 and go to the big gym. They will have a DJ, four different instructors will take turns leading dances (you can do as many or few as you want), they will have snacks, drawing for prizes etc. it lasts two hours & should be really fun.

I just started going to exercise classes after I retired last spring. Before that I had to squeeze in exercise where ever I could. I hate early mornings, so didn't usually do it then unless my schedule was too packed to find another time. My DH is an after work exerciser, so usually we'd both exercise after work & have late dinners. Sometimes, though, I'd end up exercising during the 10pm news......so, I know how tough is in when you have kids and/or are working full-time. I also would have to double up on the weekend if the week was too crazy. (That is why I always recorded what I did....so I HAD to find a way to make it happen.) I find that I do need more 'formal' exercise now that I've retired, because when I was teaching, I never sat down....I checked once & was getting 8,000-10,000 steps a day just running around the school!

hugs Longisland.....those dark days happen, and I believe you have to respect what your body is being "assaulted with". Get back to something when you can, but in the meantime...I think "crawling towards the light" counts for something too. 

raining here, with snow in the forecast....MY mood.....probably not as good as yours!!!! 

No workout for me today and my band is currently Blue Jean Cinnamon Toast

Insanity  OMG!   Years before DX,  I tried Insanity.  It was too hard but I did like the warmups   Cannot begin to think about this now.  Maybe a little Insanity warmup but not complete session. 

Beth asked about PT -- I did after surgeries and before rads.  Helped me a lot.   I've done weights for years and didn't want to go back to usual without some clear guidelines.  PT helped a lot --slowly working up a bit.  Won't go back to prior weight levels ever but that's ok.   I'm most interested in moving safely and not injuring myself.

Been hiking and cross-country runs these past few days.  Will get out my bike this evening.  Finally seeing some sun.  I cannot complain Nihahi as you are still experiencing snow - yikes.

Rainy Worm Hurdle event this morning. Not sure if I won a medal, but I finished! Lol. And I don't think any worms died in the process. 

Happy Friday, Fit Ones!! 

Bounce, for energy drink you might try a kale smoothie. This is what goes in mine:  16 oz cold water, kale (entire blender full), frozen broccoli,  1 cup blueberries, small handful of blackberries, and Garden of Life Raw Organic Protein Powder, and 2 tablespoons organic ground flax seed. Also, you might not be recovering well after working out.  I have read that a ratio of 1 to 4 protein to carbs within 30 minutes following a workout is helpful. You can increase the protein in the drink if you want, by adding more than 1 scoop.  I do think you being tired could be a result of not enough protein., as you mentioned. I had the same thing originally, and when I had first started working out, it would zap a lot of energy out of me. Also, do you take Vitamin D?  I find that if I take it in the AM, it makes me tired, so now I take it at night, before bed.  I researched this and found others who also said their Vitamin D made them sleepy!

Gray hibachi chicken here. Ran a 5k after work plus some toning exercises. Enjoying a quiet evening before a crazy busy weekend. 

Happy weekend everyone!