Lets Post our Daily Exercise

Outrunning- your daughter is adorable. So glad you can enjoy exercise together!

Yesterday 1 hour at the gym of resistance. Stay tuned for today's updates later on! I have a bit of yoga on the patio planned, a swim at the gym this afternoon and a bike ride this evening! I will be pleased if I do even 2 of the 3!

two hobbies at what temp do you roast your veggies?

Lilac blue. I keep seeing pics in Facebook if friends in other parts of the world and am shocked to see them wearing jackets. It's been pretty perfect here lately. At first I was thinking it was horrible to have to have surgery at such a busy time of year. But now I reason a blessing to have it when getting outside is so easy.

Thanks all for the kind word about DS. She's been super through all this. Taking care of Mommy.

I didn't have time yesterday, but wanted to share a sweet moment. I taught special education, so many of my students faced significant challenges. One girl, now a senior, was so shy when she came to us that she was afraid of everything; the lunchroom, going to gym, assemblies (which were just about impossible for her at first), anything that had to do with groups of people and noise. Happily, I worked with a bunch of great people, who went out of their way to not only include everyone, but to find ways to make them shine. Whatever we did must have worked, because she became quite the social butterfly, and on Friday was elected Homecoming Queen by her peers (which says a lot about the character of those kids too). Here is a picture of The Queen and I sharing a moment at the football game.

Wow Ruth. Very special moment indeed. I am saying this because so reminds me of my youngest sister who unfortunately didn't make it past puberty. She had the gift of extreme happiness.

I did a 35 mile ride yesterday and need to get on my cycling duds for the group ride I am planning. Amazing how I felt elated towards the end of the ride vs dragging going in.

LilacBlue....fascinating how this whole BC experience has taken your life and career in a new direction. Thinking of Ruth's post, I think that one benefit often overlooked with exercise is the self-confidence it brings. This translates to all aspects of life.

The point Ms Candy Apples is making is an important one: that it's possible to be just as sassy and sexy post breast cancer as before. She makes a point of being introduced as "breast cancer didn't stop her". We chatted a bit during the intermission. Now she was blown away that I am 15 years older than she guessed.

Hoping the rain holds off so I can get in a group ride with friends. Need to check up on my friend Jim whose job search isn't going that well. Plus, I haven't ridden that route all summer. I wonder if today's stop will be one for pie?

Then blech, blech, blech....a few hours working in prep for a training class on Monday. I have to think about databases and downloads. Blech again!!! - Claire

p.s. Not all that bad as won't have time to hunt down fab items on eBay.

Ruth how rewarding it must be to see kids blossom over four years and know your part in it. And I also shout it out to young people. They get a bad rep sometimes but I find them so tolerant and loving.

Outrunning I roast the veggies at 450 and then watch the first time to determine how long you need to cook them. It will depend how thin you sliced them. Stir midway through.

Burlesque BC classes. for the sexy sassy and not shy! I'd like to be able to say I could do it but not sure.

Love the idea of roasting all the veggies. That can definitely work for me! I can scan (or try to scan) the recipes from the class if anyone wants me to email to them - just send me a PM with your email addy.

Ruth, love the pic. My son has CP and so I found out many years ago that these "special" people are the best in the world - always smiling even in the most trying of circumstances. Definitely is the reason I have little love for or use for people who complain about silly things.

Beautiful, humid day today so spent 2 hours frolicking in the pool. Then discovered my cell phone appears to have died - yikes. Can't call for service as I no longer have a landline. Big pain.

Night sculpted friends.

Outrunning. . .sweet and cute daughter.

mysunshine. . .my PS said no lifting anything until 6 weeks post EX. I'm now 8 weeks post and have been doing PT for 3 weeks. PT is pushing me on ROM (ouch) and I'm doing some 5 lb weights, Started at 2 lb and no weights over the head yet. Slow and go. You don't want to over do with your stretched pects.

Ruth. . .what a sweet pix and story. Thanks for sharing. Both my kids are autistic and at one point dd was moderate to severe with very little speech. A great private school with help from the state's special needs scholarship and she 's now playing soccer in college. Still has speech problems and doesn't talk much but her teammates don't care. She learned to communicate through text and social media.

4 miles today walking. Tomorrow back to the gym.

Scottie

Took a little walk, did some pilates, and spent the rest of the afternoon on a yard project we've put off all summer. Tonight I went to a concert put on by the school's music booster club. It featured different community members performing all genres of music. It is remarkable how much talent there is in even a small town in the middle of the country.Wow! I feel like I've had a cultural bath!

Really sorry to learn that Jackie Collins has succumbed to Breast Cancer. Not that I read her books, but I did enjoy her take on things and that she valued strong women. Amazingly, she gave an interview just over a week ago in the UK and never let on.

Glad that she survived long enough to receive her own OBE. - Claire

Ahhh, laparoscopic, no wonder you go back so soon. When I had mine 20 years ago I spent a week in the hospital and then the doc said 6-8 weeks home (I took 8). Back then a total hysterectomy was about the same as a C-Section (though CS ends up with a bouncing baby at the end!)

Okay, really going to bed now. Night.

Outrunning - great picture - looks like somewhere along Rock Creek Park! Ruth- great picture and what a beautiful Homecoming Queen. Sweet - I'm so sorry about your MIL. My DH had an autoimmune issue some years ago and was on mega-doses of steriods (70mg/day) for over a year. While the steroids saved his life, they also drove him into osteoporosis - and he was only in his early 40's at the time. It's taken him years to build back up, and he still osteopenia after all this time. If the steroids could do that to a male in his 40's, I can't imagine what they'd do to an older female. My DH also was never given anything to take to try to preserve bone mass while he was on the steroids. I can't believe that all these years later doctors still are prescribing long-term steroid use without monitoring bone mass and giving preventatives. That should be routine!!

Busy weekend - had a 5.5 mile group run with the running group in that same Rock Creek Park Saturday morning. Sunday we drove over to Annapolis for a 5K to raise awareness of ovarian cancer. I have a now-retired co-worker who is going on 5 years of survivorship after being dx with Stage IV cancer. She's had some ups and downs, but right now things are stable and she's doing well. We've done the run every year since she formed her team - as a matter of fact that was the first 5K race I ever ran!

After the 5K, we headed down to DC for Nats game - and we actually won. And as a bonus, Judy Collins sung the National Anthem before the game and God Bless America in the 7th, so we got a little mini-Judy Collins concert - what a treat! Her voice is still beautiful. After the game we walked back to a more distant Metro stop to avoid the crowds for another 2 miles. All in all a busy weekend - over 17,000 steps on Saturday and 22,000+ steps yesterday. Today is definitely a rest day.

Here's a picture of where our run started on Saturday. There was a low mist on the fields as the sun was rising, so it was very quiet and peaceful.

1 hour water aerobics this morning. Spent last couple hours learning a new phone as my old one died yesterday. Going veg out rest of today.

Night sculpted friends.

sweet. . .sorry to hear about your MIL. I have a 13yo with asthma who's been on way too many steroids in his short life. His asthma worsened again over the winter so now pulmonologist wants an esophageal biopsy to check for something she says they can treat with a daily med. This will be his 7th surgery but if it keeps his asthma under control. . .

We meet new surgeon on Friday but won't do biopsy until very early Jan. Not meeting his deductible at end of year, expecially since I'll meet mine again in Jan or Feb due to onco and family only has to meet 2 per year.

Nats. . .inspiring story!

Reader. . .way to go! I need to work up to 2x around my lake.

Gym today. . .ramping up treadmill after long day at work.

Scottie

Hi, Sweet, so glad things are returning to normal for you!! And walking with your Mom!! Nothing better than that!!

I love reading all your posts!! So many wonderful ladies here!!

On vacation last week, did lots of walking!!

Scottie, Your son will probably have the biopsy during an endoscopy. I just had one last week since I have been coughing for months. I had a colonoscopy at the same time. My gastrointerologist did a biopsy at the bottom of my esophagus where the spinctor muscle is. Thank God, all was OK, but am on medicine. Just telling you this so you can assure him that it was not bad. Woke up, done. No sore throat!