Topic: Let's Post our Daily Exercise

Sep 30, 2020 05:52PM ruthbru wrote:

Gorgeous pumpkins, Wonderland, and Happy Birthday!!! The sky's the limit!

Sep 30, 2020 09:00PM ruthbru wrote:

That was so amazingly fun!!

I ended up going to a Step & a Zumba class tonight, so I am pooped!

Oct 1, 2020 08:36AM ruthbru wrote:

Sweet, a PT recommended Asics Contend to me and I have found them very good.

I went to Pound this morning & will do some evening class & Zoom Yoga tonight (too cold for Yoga in the Park).

On a totally non-exercise related topic, has anyone ever tried stick-on wallpaper?

Oct 1, 2020 10:59AM ruthbru wrote:

I took an 'no wallpaper' oath too, but I have a little bathroom (previously wallpapered) that I don't like no matter what color I paint it. I was thinking if the new stick-on/peel off wallpaper actually works, it would be a cheaper/easier fix than tiling or something more permanent that I'm not sure I'd like either. Sigh......

Oct 2, 2020 06:20AM pat01 wrote:

All great advice on the pants everyone - thank you! Funny story, DH was looking through his adventure clothes trunk for a windbreaker, and he pulls out a pair of black pants that he thought were a pair of his long johns - nope, they were my black pants with pockets that I had misplaced a couple of years ago and looked everywhere for! These were my go to pants (I still have 2 other pair, but with retirement and covid they are looking pretty ratty), so now I have a fresh pair to tide me over in my search for pants with pockets. My one complaint about these pants is the legs are a little too loose looking for me, but otherwise they hit all my marks. I noticed they now make a straight leg and slim version of these, so I may just have to try them to see how the legs look.

Yesterday DH and I took a drive north in search of fall colors, and did a nice hike at Quabbin Reservoir. Very little fall color, but a lovely hike and view, and it was a comfortable and warm day to boot.

Oct 2, 2020 09:24AM sweetandspecial wrote:

Anyone remember, or at least remember reference to, the old song 'Pennies From Heaven'? I sometimes experience something I call 'Dollars From The Dryer'. You know, those times you open the dryer door and dollar bills fly out because DH forgot to empty his pants pockets (again) and DW forgot to do the double check (again) before throwing them in the washer? Those are some good times!

Oct 2, 2020 06:41PM ruthbru wrote:

Cleaned the house, put away the lawn furniture (boo hoo.....it is now raking season), and took the grandpuppies for a long walk.

Oct 3, 2020 06:16AM pat01 wrote:

Played pickleball last night with a new to me group. I feel like I am getting better but still the worst one out there. The person who invited me to the group was not there, so a little awkward, felt a bit like crashing a private party, but if I am to improve at all I need to play more than once a week. I probably will go back to this group at least one more time to see if it is a good fit for me, and next week I will explore another group in a different town. Tomorrow I will play with my initial Sunday afternoon group.

Oct 3, 2020 02:01PM - edited Oct 3, 2020 02:01PM by Runnermum

Wonderland...those pumpkins are beautiful! You are very talented!

Pat...yay for finding your "new" pants!!

Ruth...I have turned our heat on at night a few times and then turn it back off in the morning. Still have had AC running some days and days with our windows wide open. Hubby just shakes his head. Fall in ND right?

Ran 12 miles this morning. A beautiful 42* with no wind. Great running weather. Finished the last of my canning this morning. Tried Cowboy Candy ( jalapenos) and now watching football. Will run a few miles tomorrow and do some strength work.

Oct 3, 2020 03:16PM M0mmyof2 wrote:

My exercise for today was playing with Nugget. When he gets going, he is hard to stop until he crashes. Now he’s laying on my lap crashed out and my leg is going to sleep on me.Lol

Oct 4, 2020 04:57PM Ginger48 wrote:

Hello everyone,

I was doing so well on my exercise; Getting back to Zumba and working hard and then bam- I get another case of shingles. This is the second since school started. So frustrating and painful!

Today we did the Jimmy Fund Walk. It was a virtual event so we walked it as a family in Newton, MA. One bright side was that my daughter (who works for the Jimmy Fund Walk) actually got to walk it with us for a change. She usually has to work the whole weekend. I had to walk it slowly but we did it. The weather was perfect.

Beautiful pictures, Ruth.

Congrats on finding your lost pants, Pat. It’s so hard to buy clothes when you can’t try them on.

Nice pumpkins, Wonderland. You are very talented!

Back to light walks for me...sigh

Oct 5, 2020 12:22AM LilacBlue wrote:

Oh Ginger, I so feel for you. The whole body pain weirdness of shingles is horrible. Take good care and try to destress if possible. Wonderland, happy belated birthday and stunning, creative pumpkins! Celia C., London is amazing and we lived there for two years before moving out to the hinterlands of Kent. Ruth, Pat, Celia that for the photos!

Wet, grey Monday morning. I need to download to my phone the NHS track & trace app in order to be able to work in the gym that I teach at on Monday & Tuesday. Why we bother because yesterday it was announced that 16,000 coronavirus cases missed in daily figures after an IT error! Have a good start to the week!

Oct 5, 2020 05:51AM edj3 wrote:

Last week was odd. I saw the podiatrist, still having pain so I asked her if the x-rays showed the bone healing. She said that honestly there's not much difference between a bone on the way to healing and a healed bone, that you need an MRI for that. So I'll see her in another month and if I still have pain, we'll get the MRI. The pain on top of my foot also continues along with the nerve pain shooting down to my big toe (esp when I point my toes). She said that could possibly be a stress fracture, there are a lot of joints in the top of the foot. So that too will get checked in a month if it's still aggravating me.

Then the really weird part--I bought a couple of SHEFIT bras after seeing their ads in my IG feed. I love them and so when I got one of those auto generated emails from their marketing department asking me to review the bra, I did.

Friday I got this email directly from someone in the marketing department:

I am reaching out on behalf of the SHEFIT marketing team. In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are sharing reviews from customers that have been affected by this disease and have found support by using SHEFIT Bra's through their journey. Your review has been selected as one we would like to feature in our social channels.

Your review: "I was already difficult to fit in sports bras (small chest, bigger cup size) and then I had breast cancer. Now I've had a lumpectomy and radiation and my left breast is way different than my right. It doesn't matter with this bra--both sides are fully supported, there's no digging into painful spots and running no longer hurts my breasts. I'm glad I took a chance on this bra."

We are reaching out to request a photo of you in your SHEFIT to go along with your review. We can provide you with 1 free bra of your choice for taking part. However, if you do not feel comfortable, I totally understand. If you would like to share your social handles we can tag you in our post.

Please send photos by Monday, Oct 5^th.

And well, I decided to do it. My husband is a great photographer so he helped me out. In fact, he asked me to flex as you'll see in this photo, and here's my reply:

Thanks for reaching out--have to say, this is a first for me :) I gathered up my courage and got some photos for you, which are attached. If you do post these, my IG name is edjcat, my Twitter is edj3 and I'd rather not be tagged on FB since I use my full real name there.

I also want to share the two reasons I decided to do this, whether you use my photos or not.

First, one of the things that drew me to your brand was the diversity in your models. Women aren't all young and thin and white, and I appreciated so much that you show more than just that. But I didn't see any older women, which definitely describes me. I turned 60 this year and have always been active, I'm an avid runner (half marathon is my favorite distance) and do a lot of strength work as well. It's important to know there's life after a breast cancer diagnosis (and actually also after a melanoma diagnosis), and that women can be fit at any stage of their lives.

Oct 5, 2020 06:39AM edj3 wrote:

Aw thanks, ruthbru!

They've got a sizing guide on their website but the best thing in my opinion about these bras is the velcro. That band around my ribs is super wide and I could cinch it up so it fit (small band size for me), and then each strap has Velcro too. So on the left side (cancer side and that breast is both lopsided and bigger now), I could get the fit just right and then cinch the right strap tighter.

Their bras zip and have two hooks on the skin side of the zipper. I do reach in and get my breast just so in the bra but I do that with all my bras. Truly do love these, not an ad just a happy customer.

Oct 5, 2020 06:48AM M0mmyof2 wrote:

Took Nugget on his first official walk around the block. Now on to housework