Lets Post our Daily Exercise
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Ran 6k in the morning summer heat.
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hi all, haven't been here for a few days, good to see everyone moving.
Been walking daily and I can tell I haven't posted in a while as I cleared my pedometer with 25.5 miles.
SDB, I gained 25 lbs from chemo (and eating whatever I pleased). Took me three years but I lost that and am now working on the stubborn 'old' fat that was there before. I saw my onc every three months for the first two years, now it's every six. Maybe next year I'll graduate to yearly.
Hot & humid here yesterday but Ruth's beautiful weather is here today. ♥
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I did a 5k run Friday evening and 30+ miles of cycling yesterday: Tour de Peaks Lite. This because, they held the Tour de Peaks last weekend, and there was no way I could do the ride so soon after the Seattle-to-Portland. There was one good hill yesterday, and I did the entire thing for the first time. There is a short, really steep, part, and I usually walk it. But yesterday I decided to go for it, and I succeeded! The most glorious day, and the Cascade foothills are breathtaking. But hazy from the smoke of the fires, some burning ~50 miles east.
I have data entry (UGH!) planned for this afternoon, but will get in a ride before I sit down. I have to do this when no one around and with fresh eyeballs.
I stopped at the local market, and got some Snoqualmie Valley hamburger meat which is frozen, so whenever I want to use it. Costs the earth, but really delicious. What I really want to do is support the local farmers whose cattle keep the fields open. Wonderful meat too. The cost of the meat was offset by the cheapness of the local (Yakima) vegetables and fruit. I have to get a chicken from the farm-to-table place too. I have had their chicken sandwiches so know it really is that good.
I was laughing at a "best ice cream places" around the world. They talked about Molly Moon's in Seattle. Yes, it has wonderful ice cream, but there are at least six other places with equally good ice cream, plus some gelato places. Yesterday's was a Whidbey Island bar made with local berries. They also missed Loseley's in the UK. The most divine ginger ice cream plus the Belgian chocolate is among the best ever. Jersey milk and cream. Snoqualmie here in the Seattle area is so picky about the eggs they use that they have their own laying hens. I really don't eat that much ice cream, but when I do, I want the best.
Something tells me that I need to get back on that bicycle
Have a wonderful Sunday everyone. Lavender ride is this coming Saturday. Promise pix. - Claire 0 -
Mowed my lawn for 75 minutes. Weeded 15 minutes. Chores are done today!
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45 minutes of toning.
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No targeted workout this weekend, just housework, and a wedding (ate too much) yesterday. Today was church here in Fremont, then a wine tasting and big late lunch in beautiful Pentwater MI about 45 minutes away (me - who hates wine!!! I broke out my big girl panties for that...lol), a brief beach walk (Lake Michigan), then a chocolate brownie hot fudge sundae before the drive home. Watered flowers and spent about a half hour pulling weeds after I got home.
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Spent an hour today trimming bushes and pulling weeds. So humid that I was soaked as if I had stepped out of the shower. UGH!! As well as lots of laundry.
Back to reality/work tomorrow. Hugs to all!
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I saw this Big Guy when doing today's ride of 30 miles. He lives in a nature preserve right next to an office park I cycled through, and certainly knows that he is quite the dude. I got to talk to him and w/i about 30'! Very well fed too. I have never seen a rack of antlers in the velvet like his, so quite the sight. I bet he would help lots of you with pruning for a small fee
- Claire 
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OMG Claire he is gorgeous.
Did Body Step class this morning, once again forgot to wear my Fitbit, I need it surgically implanted in my arm!!!!
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Good photo Claire and Dr. Mike's claims to be best ice cream on earth. Cheryl, good on getting to body step. Odie, I'm getting ready for visitors and copy you on laundry.
Our heat wave has passed with the arrival of cool, breezy weather that has made a nice change. We are enjoying the Commonwealth Games at night on tv and signed up for our village school sponsored 10k in early September also trying to talk son into joining me. Off to the gym later for power step.
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One hour walk this morning on treadmill because it's so humid. I hope it means we will get rain.
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Did a pilates DVD this morning & will go to Zumba tonight.
Look who came in the mail this noon! Natsfan sent me Denard Span (for you unbaseball people, he used to play for my team, the Minnesota Twins and now plays for her Nationals). Here he is catching a few rays by the flowers (of course, he will live indoors in a place of honor!). Thank you, Nats!
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My daughter, her husband, and their friends visited with us for the last few days, complete with my grand dog and grand cat! I am exhausted, but it was fun to have so much life in the house. Our big excursion was Newport Folk Festival by water, we anchored and tied 3 boats together, and spent the day listening to music - fun day. But I exercised little and ate and drank way too much. Off to the gym for a session with Mike the trainer after work, the gym had their grand opening last week while the kids were here, so this will be my first time back. I so need it! No walk at lunch today as I opted for a much needed pedicure instead.
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This is a taking it easy kind of day. Just walked the dog this evening 18 minutes.
Claire if that deer would like to come trim down my hedge I would be fine with that. Unfortunately the wildlife never cooperate like that. Instead I caught a deer munching on my tulips one day. It's nice to see all the wildlife so at home. I never thought I'd see deer, foxes, coyotes in my back yard.
Pat what a lovely festival that sounds like! Ruth love your addition to your garden. How cute!
World's best ice cream. I'd like to judge that contest!
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Don't worry, Nats! I won't leave Denard in the garden!
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Hi everyone!
Claire I love that picture
Ruth, he's a hottie. lol
TwoHobbies, I'm with you on the judging of ice cream, and I am a tough judge because I am one of those weirdos that really doesn't care for sweets. My body just doesn't want them. Go figure!
20 mins on the treadmill - 3.6 mph completed 1.4 miles. light weights and resistance, then stretching. Took the dog for a walk after dinner and did another mile.
Getting ready for another day at work now. Sigh.
Have a great evening!
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Red, I do not understand this phrase "doesn't care for sweets". What could that possibly mean? Is that English? LOL. Ice Cream has always been one of my favorite sweets, but the concept of not caring for sweets is completely foreign to me.
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I actually have a couple of nephews who don't like CHOCOLATE!!!! WHAAATTTT??? That's just un-American!
Brisk 50 minute walk after dinner, around 3.25 to 3.5 miles, ran 4 minutes in the middle, then stretching. It's waaaayyyy too cool for July but it sure is conducive to a more comfortable evening walk/run.
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Half an hour of HIIT on the treadmill today after work plus some stretching. Happy Monday!!!
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Hi ladies want to join in on this forum. I am reading your posts and am impressed how people are doing their own activities to keep fit. I am going to start right now! We will be celebrating our daughter's wedding in September and am so excited and so grateful to be here, now six years after diagnosis with Her2+ bilateral breast cancer. I really need to exercise and get fit. Well today walked the dog one mile. Now tomorrow I will do the same and perhaps add something more....thanks for this Lois
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Oh, dear Sweet, I'm with your nephews I'm afraid. I don't care for chocolate either. And TwoHobbies, although I said I didn't like sweets, that isn't strictly true. I'm just really picky about them and ice cream doesn't rate on that list. But I did have a Blizzard the other day, does that count?
Welcome Lilyn. We each do what we can, so feel very free to join in.
Odie what is HIIT?
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Welcome Lilyn
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Welcome Lois, my friend is getting married in September too and today she was showing us her wedding dress its a very exciting time. Ruth - Denard should become your Flat Stanley you should take him on your WOW walks and take pictures with him, just sayin'. Sweet my neighbor is off to Michigan for a month on Wednesday. Had a doctors appointment today now I have all the paperwork to go get my mammogram and Dexa scan and blood work lucky me, it's testing time
Did Sh'bam this morning and Spin tonight and I even went into the weight room and did some upper body weights so I'm feeling very virtuous,
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Welcome Lilyn and let us know what exercise you got up to today. Red and TwoHobbies, we could conduct our own ice cream judging contest
. I'm a seasonal ice cream lover and it's just not summer if I don't dig in a little bit. One of the women in my pink pilates cut out dairy (and meat) through inspiration of professor Janet Plant. My biggest dairy downfall is my love affair of cheese. Currently have three types in the fridge (one from goats milk called Sister Sarah) that I try to eat sparingly because I've been known to have cheese fest pig out at the drop of a hat. Plant is a interesting read and I read her book Your Life In Your Hands and she does make a strong case for consuming one powerful biochemical from the mammary gland of one species of animal (milk) could be sending the wrong signals to my own mammary glads - my breasts. Pat, nice to read your gym is back open and mine is quiet class wise with so many instructors off for vacation - they can't get coverage. Off to run a 6k and going to yoga tonight with son - who just loves it!
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Two weeks with no gym, I really paid for it at my training session yesterday. It is amazing how fast you lose muscle strength when you don't keep up with exercise. We worked on upper body and he punished me. I only see him for training twice a month, but now he wants me to text him the days I plan on being in the gym so he can razz me if I don't show. 3 days a week of strength training is what he wants. I know he is right, gotta love this kid!
So yes, I am sore today, but I did get up and do classical stretch this morning (another thing I have slacked off on), and realized how unflexible I have become. Today was spine and posture, and it took real effort even to do some of the simple stretches. So any of you ladies who are thinking of slacking off on your routines, DON'T!
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Checking back in after a great weekend at the cabin. All went well with my MO's visit Friday and all blood work came back normal, so she doesn't need to see me for another year. Whew!
Claire - great picture - what a rack!
Ruth - I think Denard looks right at home in the garden! Lilyn - welcome! Keep checking in here everyday for fun and inspiration - it's a great group. LB - I'm with you on loving cheese, but my mom was from Wisconsin, so I come by it naturally. Cheryl - here's hoping for good results from all your tests. It's nerve-wracking, isn't it?Whoever coined the term "rambunctious garden" described the cabin perfectly. We hadn't been there in a couple of weeks, and the brush and brambles had gone wild. Saturday was Mow and Sculpt, then we had a minor league baseball game Saturday night, complete with fireworks. Sunday we spent over 3 hours hacking out brambles and bushes that were starting to take over the driveway. (I use the term "driveway" loosely - it's two tire tracks going up and over a mountain so it gets overgrown easily.) We were a bit annoyed to find that a bunch of wasps had taken over one of the bluebird houses for their nest this year, but the world needs wasps, too, I guess. We also got to watch a female hummingbird show her juvenile male son our hummer feeder. It was so sweet. Great to know that there's another generation of hummers coming along. Here's a picture - Mom is on the right, and the baby hummer is on the left.
The hummer family was our big excitement until Sunday afternoon. We were resting inside the cabin after working on the driveway, when this guy dropped by:
Needless to say, we were rather impressed. We took a minute to get a few pictures, then dh ran out banging pots and pans and our visitor took off. Mikey was so brave - twelve pounds of fierce min pin. He was right up against the window, growling at the bear, with his back fully ridged from neck to tail. He was scared, but he was also determined to protect us. Good thing he was safe inside.
I was tired and sore after all our labors at the cabin, so did a gentle yoga session Monday to try to stretch out all the kinks. It was nice and cool this morning, so I got out for a run. Saw a mom doe with her two little fawns crossing the street in front of me - the babies were cute with their little white spotted coats. Also saw a couple of bunnies, including one baby who was so small he would have fit comfortably on my hand.
And that concludes today's nature report from Maryland!
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Well, they did get a lot of Dungeness crabs, so that is what I feasted on last night. Crab, salad, and wine with fresh figs for dessert. What an amazing meal!
Trying to figure out everything with my friend coming to help with the Ikea wardrobe tomorrow. I will FINALLY have my closets organized. I can't wait!
Oops. Almost forgot I have to take my car in this AM for an oil change. Overdue, so will be nice to cross that one off my list. - Claire
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Lilac I have actually mostly given up dairy too. Well I intended to give up dairy but I have to admit cheese I am still having a couple of times a week. I've actually only had ice cream twice this summer, which is a huge accomplishment for me. And I wish I could get my son to go to yoga with me!
Nat, love the pictures. I love hummingbirds and have a feeder myself. I don't have bears and I'm glad of that since I also have a small dog.
Pat you are so right. Even with all the exercise I've worked up to, I really let my flexibility go and its not coming back very fast and neither is my upper body strength.
Walked the dog again today. Not much, just enough to call it exercise!
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Another 50 minute brisk walk tonight with 4 minutes 30 seconds running in the middle, plus a 15 minute walk at morning break. Plus lunch out (chicken salad wrap) plus a trip to the lakeside swirl after lunch for a waffle cone with delicious caramel popcorn flavor ice cream in it.....
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Neat pictures, Nat. Glad your checkup went well....whew!
Did my Core class, did some pilates on my own & just got back from a stroll with my neighbor (a stroll because she is recovering from knee surgery). Really, really nice here.
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