I seem to have fallen behind on posting my daily totals - I just realized my last update was 5 days ago - but i have definitely worked out during those days.

Melra - how was your weekend? Did you go running with your crazy marathon friends?

Melissa - I get into the same mindset sometimes; if i can't work out for as long as i wanted to, then I am not going to just work out for a little bit. I am trying to stop that, but it is hard.
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10/01 - 45-minute pilates class; 1-hour step aerobic class
10/02 - nothing
10/03 - 45-minutes total body conditioning class (class includes high-rep/low-weight arms/legs; abs; push-ups/plank)
10/04 - 45 minutes on my home elliptical
10/05 - 45 minutes on the elliptical at the gym
10/06 - 50 minutes at the gym today! 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 25 on the elliptical.
10/07 - 60 minute ballet workout.
10/08 - nothing
10/09 - 45 minutes of pilates.
10/10 - nothing
10/11 - 46 minutes total - 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 20:51 on the treadmill.
10/12/05 - 33 minutes running outside (3 miles)
10/13/05 - 45 minutes - 15 of weight-lifting; 30 on elliptical.
10/14/05 - 45 minutes on elliptical.
10/15/05 - 90 minutes total - 1 hour ballet workout; 30 minute walk.
10/16/05 - 30 minutes on elliptical.

hello all! I brought my workout clothes to our weekend getaway but forgot to pack my running shoes. I totally could have done it too. Our friends got up and ran 7miles before breakfast. wow.

I am prepared to hit the gym hard today. We'll see how well I do on my running. I did get in a very short run on Friday before we went out of town, which did a lot to alleviate some of the guilt from the wine and cheese we had!

I hope your daughter is feeling better, Melissa. I'm impressed you crammed in those extra minutes.

Your daily totals look pretty good to me, Fishwoman!

I am glad you had a good time Mel!

My daughter is feeling better. She is still coughing but the fever is gone.

I did stop at the gym on my way home. I did a 40 minute run (3.07 miles) and full body weights. I didn't really seem to want to run, but I hate to give up. The last 10 minutes instead of going slower I really jacked it up. The last 3 minutes I started putting up the incline and adding .2 mph each 30 seconds. I was so busy trying to keep up I wasn't thinking about how bad it sucked.

Mel? Fishy? Was it something I ate? I've gotten used to the company in here.

20 minutes eliptical and 20 minutes stair stepper this morning. I love crosstrain day. It is nice to do something besides running.

I'm here!

I woke up early enough this morning, but still didn't get anything in. I don't think I'm a morning workout kind of person, unless I can do it at like 10.

Last night I split up cardio by doing about 20 min on eliptical and then most of my weights, went back to the treadmill to run 20min before finishing the weights. I feel like I did just okay on weights--I wish I had tried to do one more set of crunches and some more lunges.

I'll go to the gym again tonight after work for a longer moderate cardio. Last night I was going fairly fast and my heartrate was a little too high for a few minutes. I have noticed that my recovery is a lot quicker now though and my resting heartrate is much better than it was 3 months ago.

Hi! I left work early yesterday, intending to go home and work out, and then I was feeling sort of blah (I get motion sick on the subway) and ended up not working out at all.

I will get to the gym today though - it is my weight-lifting day, and i need to keep up with that because it is too easy for me to ignore weights in favor of all cardio.

You guys are doing great with your running! I officially signed up for a 5k for November 19th. So now i have to practice running! Talk to you later!

You girls are completely putting me to shame.
I thought I was starting to get better yesterday... I walked for 90 minutes and felt really good.
Last night I started coughing again... didn't get much sleep, and woke up dizzy, wheezing and coughing. curses!!! When will I EVER get better!!

Anyhow, I'm VERY impressed with all your hard work, girls.

10/01 - 45-minute pilates class; 1-hour step aerobic class
10/02 - nothing
10/03 - 45-minutes total body conditioning class (class includes high-rep/low-weight arms/legs; abs; push-ups/plank)
10/04 - 45 minutes on my home elliptical
10/05 - 45 minutes on the elliptical at the gym
10/06 - 50 minutes at the gym today! 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 25 on the elliptical.
10/07 - 60 minute ballet workout.
10/08 - nothing
10/09 - 45 minutes of pilates.
10/10 - nothing
10/11 - 46 minutes total - 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 20:51 on the treadmill.
10/12/05 - 33 minutes running outside (3 miles)
10/13/05 - 45 minutes - 15 of weight-lifting; 30 on elliptical.
10/14/05 - 45 minutes on elliptical.
10/15/05 - 90 minutes total - 1 hour ballet workout; 30 minute walk.
10/16/05 - 30 minutes on elliptical.
10/17/05 - nothing
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10/18/05 - 47 minutes total - 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 21:47 on the treadmill (2 miles)

As you can see, I managed to make it to the gym after all. I wanted to run my 2 miles a little faster, but i got this horrid stitch in my side and couldn't run it out. I had to slow down and walk for about 90 seconds.

Ellis - I hope you feel better soon. DH caught a cold from somewhere, He woke me up early this morning with his coughing and hacking. He had better not get me sick!

Question - have any of you had your heart start going really fast while weight-lifting? I finished my chest presses and was starting to do flys, and my heart all of a sudden felt like it was racing so fast. It made me a little nervous. It stopped after maybe a minute.

Ellis, I'm so sorry you're still under the weather! Keep that vitamin C up and drink lots of water! I just read an article yesterday at the gym about exercising with a cold and it said that during a moderate walk, your immune system gets a burst of energy and starts working more efficiently but then it goes back to normal shortly after you stop. So does that mean you just have to keep walking to feel better?

Fishwoman, I've felt my hr go up during weights, but I do weights after I run too, so my hr is already a little elevated. One time I felt sort of lightheaded, but that was after a 45 min run--i ended up just skipping most of the weights that time. Last night I checked my pulse after both my cardios and let my pulse drop to below my target range--it was still at about 120, but I had let it get up to 165 during the fastest part of the cardio. Also, what kind of sets are you doing? It's likely just a fluke thing, but you might check your weight and the 3 of reps and sets and how quickly you're going through them.

I've really got to step it up if I'm going to make my goals for this month. I didn't think I was slacking, but I guess I have been b/c I'm not even halfway to my goals.

Good morning ladies!

Ellis, I have always heard that if it is a cold from the shoulders up you can exercise no problem. If it is from the shoulders down (chest/lungs) you should rest. I always feel better if I make myself do a little exercise.

Glad you made it to the gym FishWoman. I have never had a problem with my heart rate when doing weights. Be careful!

Hey Mel, I bet you can make your goals. Look at them now and figure out what needs to be done each day to hit them. YOU CAN DO IT!

So I did 35 minutes of hills this morning, boy! that is hard. Then I did both upper/lower body weights. I may ride my bike at lunch. I love fall!

Well, my goal was to get in 45min of cardio and then try to work toward my strength goals. I ran 30min at a 5.3 avg and then had to break it down to running and walking for another 20min at a 4.2 avg. I thought it was okay. I needed to get home though--there's never enough time!

I tried to do some crunches, but I got on the incline bench and did 2 and realized that my abs were BURNING! Still sore from Monday's crunches. They're still sore today and I hope I can get some more crunches in for tonight's workout. I guess if I'm going to hurt I might as well tack on an extra set while I'm there b/c now I need to avg 28 crunches a day to make my goal. I'm going to try for 75 tonight and expect to not be able to do any tomorrow! I may do 50 on the incline bench and 25 on the ball. The incline bench is much harder and I think that's what's really tearing them up.

I did get in some more pushups though! I forgot about them so I did them right before bed. 37! Tonight I'm going to try for 40 (they're tough!)

I also have the rest of my weights tonight. I'm probably going to do a lighter set today and then really work them on Friday night b/c dd is having a "kids night in" so I can take more time for my workout. I'm going for 30min cardio and then weights. I might do cardio on elliptical.

I ran on the treadmill this afternoon. 4 miles in 42 minutes 23 seconds but i am claiming 47 total minutes of exercise as I walked until then to cool down and stop feeling like I was going to .

My chest and shoulders are sooo sore from weights yesterday. Ugh. I am going to stick with it though. If I can lift 2x/weekly this entire month, maybe I will boost up to 3x/weekly next month.

Melra - 37 pushups! In a row? Dang, girl, you are strong! I know what you mean about the incline bench for situps. I did 12 yesterday on the bench, and the remaing 4 1/2 minute of abs just on the floor.

Melissa - did you get your bike ride in? Way to go with running the hills!

Ellis - are you feeling better? Take care of yourself!

Thanks, girls. Just got back from seeing my doctor. I have a bronchial infection, and I've got a bunch of meds. I'm so glad I went! Hopefully this'll clear up soon, and I can start exercising again! (oh, YAY!! )

Keep it up, girls!! You're SO inspiring!!

Ellis, take care of yourself, girl! Anything with the lungs is scary to me. My mom ended up in intensive care needing surgery last year with what she though was a sinus infection that because pneumonia. :

I ran 6 miles before I had to go to work at 7am! I ran it in 78:22 which is 5 minutes faster than two weeks ago! I will stop at the gym on the way home to do upper/lower body strength training.

I can't seem to fit in the abs work the way I want to, but I have started doing crunches and stuff while my daughter and I sing at her bedtime. I can fit in quite a few while we sing ABC's, Twinkle Twinkle, Row Row Row your boat, Baa Baa Black sheep and more. It is quite the spectacle.

Have a good weekend!

Oops. I was *supposed* to lift weights yesterday, but didn't. I did do my Crunch Pilates dvd though, so at least I exercised! I will have to lift weights today instead.

Melissa - 6 miles! Way to go!!!

Okay - back from the gym. I lifted for 17 minutes, did abs for 5 minutes and then ran 2 miles on the treadmill in 20:50.

And, guess what!?!? When I got back to the office, my husband had left me a message saying that I received my acceptance letter into the D.C. Bar! I will be sworn in in mid-November! I am very excited about this as I applied back in March. Now I can have the disclaimer taken off of my business cards! (which currently say down at the bottom "not licensed to practice law in the district of columbia). And! My husband has a job interview next week!

I will try to check in this weekend and see how everyone is doing. Have a great evening!

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10/01 - 45-minute pilates class; 1-hour step aerobic class
10/02 - nothing
10/03 - 45-minutes total body conditioning class (class includes high-rep/low-weight arms/legs; abs; push-ups/plank)
10/04 - 45 minutes on my home elliptical
10/05 - 45 minutes on the elliptical at the gym
10/06 - 50 minutes at the gym today! 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 25 on the elliptical.
10/07 - 60 minute ballet workout.
10/08 - nothing
10/09 - 45 minutes of pilates.
10/10 - nothing
10/11 - 46 minutes total - 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 20:51 on the treadmill.
10/12/05 - 33 minutes running outside (3 miles)
10/13/05 - 45 minutes - 15 of weight-lifting; 30 on elliptical.
10/14/05 - 45 minutes on elliptical.
10/15/05 - 90 minutes total - 1 hour ballet workout; 30 minute walk.
10/16/05 - 30 minutes on elliptical.
10/17/05 - nothing
10/18/05 - 47 minutes total - 20 minutes of weight-lifting; 5 of abs; and 21:47 on the treadmill (2 miles)
10/19/05 - 47 minutes on the treadmill - 4 miles in 42:23 and then walking for a cooldown
10/20/05 - 45 minute "Crunch Pilates" dvd workout
10/21/05 - 44 minutes - 17 of weights; 5 of abs; and 22 on treadmill.