Lets Post our Daily Exercise

BEAUTIFUL picture, SoCAl! I hope your bone stimulator does what it's supposed to you & you can get that arm back on track.

Hope you had a good trip home, Lilac. You are doing so awesome!!!!!

Patoo, you are always invited here, even if it isn't the 4th of July! Just be prepared for a mean game of croquet!

I did yoga, zumba & some extra weights. I know I will get the aerobics in (trying to out swim the sharks!), but it is the toning that tends to go by the wayside when I am on vacation. I ALMOST have my suitcase packed....kinda, sorta.

7/6- nice 25 min/1.4 mile walk tonight.

WWND.....love it! And you already know what we'd do.....walk, talk, eat, repeat!

Did an hour of pilates, walked for 45 minutes (beautiful here......why I am going into hot, humid shark country?), and now am off to get a spray tan.....no more exercise for the day; too bad, after the tan you are not supposed to sweat for the rest of the day!

Hi all, I did my third day in a row of walking 30 minutes as well as other minor activities. This afternoon I got all achey and had a moment wondering if arimadex, after 4 1/2 months, may be starting to give me some trouble? But I think maybe I'll take it easier tomorrow and see what's up. Any thoughts appreciated.

Here are some things to try: Make sure you have a couple pairs of good shoes with lots of support. Change up & don't wear the same shoe every day & AS SOON AS you feel the support waning, buy some new ones (even if they still look okay). Also vary your activities from day to day; don't do the exact same exercise routine two days in a row. Mix it up.

Hi All, haven't posted in a while as the Tamoxifen SEs were having a day with me. But i did continue to push through with exercise as much as possible. Though my average daily steps dropped drastically. Hoping to up it and get back to the gym.

You go get 'em, Cheryl!

The cats, who do NOT like suitcases & what they involve, got me up at 5 am with their meowing & stalking around the house. So I am ready to roll in plenty of time......next stop Minneapolis, then Raleigh, then the beach!

Here is something hysterical from Facebook. I thought that Lilac especially would get a kick out of it, and also Cheryl, who will totally applaud The Daily Tea Time!

A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately. (You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.)

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except North Dakota, which she does not fancy).

Your new Prime Minister, David Cameron, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'colour,' 'favour,' 'labour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix '-ize' will be replaced by the suffix '-ise.' Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').

2. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as ''like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as U.S. English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take into account the reinstated letter 'u'' and the elimination of '-ize.'

3. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

4. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not quite ready to be independent. Guns should only be used for shooting grouse. If you can't sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist, then you're not ready to shoot grouse.

5. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. Although a permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

6. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left side with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

7. The former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) of roughly $10/US gallon. Get used to it.

8. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

9. The cold, tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. South African beer is also acceptable, as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of the British Commonwealth - see what it did for them. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

10. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialect in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

11. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).

12. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

13. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

14. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).

15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season.

God Save the Queen!

PS: Only share this with friends who have a good sense of humour (NOT humor)!

Yesterday, an hour at the gym of abs, and upper and lower body resistance! I was hoping to ride the bike last night but the monsoons are doing there thing here in the southwest. Today I will go swimming!

Had a great long weekend at the cabin - it had been over a month since we'd been there, and since they'd had 15+ inches of rain during that time, you can imagine how overgrown everything was. We did a lot of mowing, trimming, weeding, and hacking back of underbrush so got a great upper body workout. We did get out the morning of the 4th for a run, so I kept up with my C25K program.

A lot of the birds are fledging now so it was fun watching all the little ones try out their wings. There was a gang of 4 titmouse fledglings who were a riot. They kept swarming the feeders, squawking and tumbling all over as they tried to land. They were quite rowdy - the other birds just looked so disgusted when they kept having to move to get away from the gang's antics. They were like a bunch of kids who just got let out of school for the summer. We enjoyed them so much.

Got some kind of stomach bug Monday so have been feeling punk since then, but hopefully will get back to working out later this week.

Have fun with all your travels everyone!

Hello all.

Busy week at work so catching up on posts. Lilacblue, safe travels home. Cheryl, who knew you were the twerking queen?? Wtg! Ruth, pretty funny joke. Claire, enjoy the big ride this weekend!

Exercise so far this week was boot camp on Monday and Tuesday with 45 minute walk on the treadmill tonight.

Lilac-congrats on your certification and safe travels.

Claire- I agree about the toe clips. I think I am taking them off. Good luck on your long ride!

Well, I fell again off my bike again. Same exact fall as the last time except this time was in Newport, RI in the middle of a busy intersection with tons of people around to witness it. So embarrassing. I am scraped up and bruised but I did manage to finish up a 16 mile ride. But I think the toe clips are not for me.

TwoHobbies- I hope you are recovering. No more injuries for us!

Sweetandspecial-I hope your BRCA results are negative. I am BRCA2+. I have daughters ages 20 and 23 who have not been tested yet and I understand your fear.

Claire, enjoy this weekend and you are sure to make BCO women proud-you are awesome! Ginger & TwoHobbies, take good care lovely women. Thanks Ruth & Odie, and I admire your consistency attending bootcamp - not for the faint hearted. SoCalLisa, love the butterfly and Cheryl, I have to remember to put in the extra "U" when spelling and "whilst", I'm at it, I've never "learnt" Britspeak, until living here. Welcome Scottie!

I'm teaching Pink Ribbon Pilates today as Jen our instructor can't attend and afterwards, a meet-up for the lunch team for our big fundraising event on the 18th.

Nats: hope you're feeling better.

Ginger: Ouch! I would have been so embarrassed. Kudos to you for finishing your ride.

Hi to all the new ladies!

LB: Belated Congratulations to you!!!

Ruth: Stay away from the sharks!

Badger, I would love to change weather with you. It was 98 degrees today with a little breeze. Dh and waited until 8pm when the temperature dropped to 89 degrees to fast walk/run. Sorry about the hot, humid weather moving in your way.

Patoo: Hope the mountains are cooler for you.

45 minute walk with my dad. He goes home tomorrow and I'm sure gonna miss him!

Way to go Queenmomcat.