Yay! I exercised today!
 

Exercise thread for this week.

I reviewed the instructional tape for my new set of Windsor Pilates dvd this morning :)

:wave:

Did an hour and a half walk today. Mauvais, I wished they'd clear the darned sidewalks properly. Walking home from the Market today, I was EXHAUSTED trying to keep my balance. :mad:

Monday

20 Minute Bike Ride
15 Minute Walk-The-Dog
½ Hour Badminton
2 Hours Tennis

Yeah Ellis, it is a big pain tromping through the snow and trying to be careful in case there is ice underneath!

I went to belly dance class tonight- got there a bit late due to traffic problems so only got about 40 minutes in instead of the whole hour. I go to the next class on Thursday :D

Tuesday

Light Housecleaning
(I am soreeeee from 2 hours tennis so I decided to take it easy today. Plus my girlfriends bailed out on me for roller skating. Probably a blessing in disguise! hehe)

Has anybody got a kickboxing DVD for clumsy people? I'm trying really hard to do Kathy Smith, but I'm just too dang slow and uncoordinated. I'm always two steps behind them, and I look like I am trying to run into a moving jumprope, but never make it on time. What a mess! It's too cold to do the treadmill in the basement these days, so I need a living room exercise!

15 minutes of yoga. :D

Wednesday

I bowled. We won 3 games too!

Cool Noodles, I bowled tonight too! (But didn't win, haha)

The elevators at work were all wonky yesterday so I had to take the stairs to my office- 14 flights :yikes:- needless to say I was ready to collapse by the time I got to my office!

And today I had a long arm workout with the office binding machine I had to keep switching arms to use the lever so I wouldn't end up with one PopEye arm and one spindly arm :lol:

I have an hour long belly dance class tonight too :D

Thursday

1½ Hours Tennis.

I REALLY didn't want to go out there...having a bad arthritis flare up right now cause of the stupid humidity. But I'm glad I did! But Now I'm ReALLY Beat/Sore/Swollen. BLah.

Friday

I cleaned the house. Washed & Folded clothes, did dishes, vacuumed, dusted, cleaned bathrooms, made bed, gave the rats a bath & even planted more cacti. (I'm building a jumping cactus wall along my brick wall to deter spray painting, wall hopping, lookie loos, etc.)

Sunday
1 Hour Tennis

Tuesday

2 Hours Non-Stop Roller Skating
(OUCH The Blisters!!!)

Good going, girls! :dance:

Made it to the Y today... first time since before Christmas. I did NOT want to go, but I feel GREAT now!! :cb:

:bravo: TO YOU ALL, YOU GIRLS ROCK!!!!!!

Way to go exercisers! :cp:

I have been unable to exercise since last Thursday :( but I went for a 1/3 hour walk at lunch today and I have my dance class tomorrow so at least that is something :)

Wednesday

Bowling 3 hours. But not non-stop so...probably an hours worth. I do alot of walking back and forth while waiting for my turn to keep my legs limber.

UPDATE: Scores!! 144 212 171

Getting ready to get out the door and walk. braving the cold am i.. ( wah big baby here) a friend is coming to get my behind moving!! yeah.

Great scores Noodles!

:bravo: Blu! wish I could say the same

The sidewalk snow has been cleared today, so I actually went out for a jog.

On a related note, how many calories are used up by freezing your *** off? :lol:

Here's a good marketing idea: "Shivering Away The Pounds: Weight Loss for Canadians."

Noodles, congrats on that 212!!!

Snack, HAHA on that marketing idea. :)

Snack - :lol: Great idea!

I belly danced for an hour this evening :cb: We did a some floor work and boy you can really feel it in your thighs!!!

Help...
 

Ok, I need to know how you all motivate yourself to exercise. I must have some kind of mental block or something, because I manage to talk myself out of going all the time. I hate the THOUGHT of exercising... when I'm actually exercising its not so bad. And I feel really great when I'm finished. So what's the deal? I have this great exercise plan in place, but I went Monday and now suddenly its Friday and I haven't been to the YMCA since then.

Any tips, tricks, pointers, or psycho-analysis for me? :?:

I'm with ya Sojo...Thats my exact problem.....Any advice chicksters??? I know, just do it!

My motivation comes from enjoyment, like Noodles said, or from routine.

Once I get bent on doing something, like following a training program, I don't have that much difficulty keeping with it.

Getting into the routine is more challenging, and then I have to focus on doing stuff that I enjoy. Personally, I enjoy stuff that has to do with gadgets. I work in the computer industry, I'm a nerd, and I love anything with shiny plastic or buttons on it. So I bought a heart rate monitor that tracks every statistic I can think of, and I fool around trying different exercises and intensities to see what it does to my statistics.

Most other people don't really share my geeklove for gadgets, but I'm sure there are lots of ways to make a workout program fit into your interests.

Sojo-Is there any type of sport or physical activity that you have a special interest in?
Maybe trying something new or picking up a sport that you used to enjoy when you were younger would keep you interested and motivated and make exercise more fun instead of a chore.

For example - I was interested in trying bellydancing - 3 years later I am still doing it and have stepped up to 2 classes per week and practicing at home too.

Also if you enjoy walking you could buy a pedometer to wear to track how many steps you have taken that day - that way you would see a daily result and improvements and challenge yourself to take more steps than you did the previous day- break you own record so to speak :) It is something small and simple but it is a start :yes:

One thing I do when I really don't want to exercise is tell myself '10 minutes' or '20 minutes' or whatever amount seems like a little at the time, and I always always wind up exercising for the whole 45-60 minutes. A 10 minute promise is enough to get me there, but the endorphins keep me there.

Saturday

Bowling 2 Hours. (This time almost non-stop).

115 144 177

I walked 2 day in a row!! plus huge house cleaning.. :)
and i think walking in snow should count extra. lol. my calves my calves...

:cp: Way to go Noodles and blugirrl :cp:

Sunday

Cleaned, Sorted, Organized & Pitched!!

My friend bought me a box of Special K that has the free step counter in it - I am wearing it today so I will see how much I have walked :D

Will be walking to and from my WW meeting tonight (in the brrrrr.... cold).

Oh and to and from my doctor's office to and from the bus stop which is quite a few blocks.

:devil:

two hours walking. to and from my psychi. I'm friggin' frozen half to death.

walked to ww today and also took the stairs at work :)

An hour of step aerobics class with some free weights afterwards.