The harness gives better control than just a collar, so I'd recommend it. And they aren't expensive. You can pick them up at Walmart. For an XL dog I think it'd still be less than $20 (mine for a medium dog was $10)
congrats on completing your goals so far!
We had a bad rainstorm this morning so I'm going to be walking tonight instead.
Well, I drank all my water, did the exercise, and have no intention of eating. My last meal was dinner, no snack, but it's so hot here my stomach's a bit "off" of food.
Quiet, thanks for the info. I think if I can get my bravery up, I'm going to recommend that to the woman being dragged by the beast.
Walked my dog (who enjoyed walking through every single puddle along the way)
Swam my 20 laps (plus an extra 20 w/ the kickboard)
and I've done ok w/ the snacking today.
I second you Crawl, where is Nichola? I thought maybe w/ the time difference...?
Great job to you too!!
Walked 60 minutes today (cause I wasn't the best when I was snacking) and swam 30 laps. Since tomorrow's Sunday, I'm going to try and swim longer and maybe go for another long walk too.
Nichola had mentioned it might be hard for her to log on on the weekends...maybe that's why she isn't posting?
I didn't get my walk in yet. It's about 5:30pm here and still raining. I was planning on push mowing for an hour today and using that as my walk time, but I can't due to the rain. I might have to modify my habits for the weekend.
Like maybe walk 5x a week - Monday - Friday, and then no eating after 8pm during the week, 9pm on the weekends. Last night I ate at about 8:20pm, but I was hungry. Everything is different on the weekends. We eat our dinner early (around 3-4pm) so I'm wanting to eat after dinner unlike during the week ... dinner's at 6 and I don't want to eat afterwards.
I think I'll change it to make it more workable. Maybe on the weekends I could still take the dog for a short walk, but not drive right to the bike path.
I'm going to have to declare Sunday as a day of rest from my outdoor exercises. I was very very good on the snacking today though. Hopefully I'll be good tomorrow too.
Congratulations on your loss. Due to not being able to walk yesterday, I did about 2 hours of housework. The heavy, yucky stuff. Today it's pouring again so I'm going to do more cleaning -- at least two hours -- and will check in tonight. What a bummer with the rain. We needed it, but wow, not this much.
I just went for a walk with my dog (or tried....I have to work tonight so I was trying to do a mid-day walk during my break). He only walked with me for about 7 minutes before laying down in the shade. Guess the heat's too much for him. At least we still had the walk back so I got in a 15 minute walk so far.
Edit: Just swam my laps for the day. woo hoo!
and I've done well (or is it good?) on the snacking today too (so far anyway)
Last edited by Quiet Ballerina; 09-10-2007 at 03:57 PM.
I didn't eat after 8pm lastnight, did my morning walk with my dog for 30 grueling minutes in the wind/drizzle, and have 4 waters down so far.
I think Nichola already gave up. I hope not, but I think that must be the case, which is sad. Even one goal and showing up can cause a LOT of positive spirit.
