Off day (not a planned day off from exercise), too much running around that started way too early. Got the dogs walked and that was it. Am completely exhausted and it's only 4:30 in the afternoon. Think that's too early to go to bed? lol

Tomorrow, well tomorrow is another day.

two finals done. One to go.

I have more mental energy to put toward losing weight again, so that's what I'm doing
I did Ease to 10K Week 3 Day 1 tonight.

To miss ZERO days is always my goal! Saturdays are my rest days. Let's go!! :dust:

1 - Legs (squat focus) + Cathe's Butts & Gutts (warm-up only) + STS Extended Stretch
2- Shoulders & Abs + Cathe's Back, Shoulders & Biceps (warm-up & coo down) + Fowler's OM Zone Yoga (upper only)
3 - Saturday - Rest Day!
4 - Fowler's OM Zone Yoga (upper & lower) + Gaiam Yoga for Weight Loss (active yoga section)
5 - Legs + Cathe's Gym Style Legs (warm-up & cool down) + Yoga headstand practice

6 - bodyrock.tv Bust It Out + Chest & Triceps + Cathe's Gym Styles Chest & Triceps (warm-up & cool down)
7 - Tae Bo Amped - 90 mins of pure fun!
8 - Shoulders + bodyrock.tv The One Who Got Away + Cathe's Gym Style Back Shoulder Biceps (warm-up only) + STS Extended Stretch
9 - Back & Biceps + Cathe Gym Style Back & Biceps (warm-up only) + STS Extended Stretch
10 - Saturday - REST DAY!

11 - 10 Minute Solution Yoga (all - 50 mins) + Cathe's Body Max 2 (warm-up & cardio bonus)
12 - Legs + Cathe's Rhythmic Step (warm-up only) + STS Extended Stretch
13 - Chest & Triceps + bodyrock.tv Pump Up Kicks Xmas 1 of 12 (no bonus abs) + Cathe's Gym Style Chest & Triceps (warm-up) + STS Extended Stretch
14 - bodyrock.tv Girl With the Dragon Abs Xmas 2 of 12 & Sean's Bonus + Cathe's Body Max 2 (warm-up & cardio bonus) + Tracie Long's Reach Further Vol. 4 (yoga stretch - chapter 1 only)

Days Missed: 0

Workout 3 out of 13 done!

Flourless, thanks for your reply. My daughter has had issues with lactose as well, and now she is fighting a staph infection and I read that she needs to get off of sugar to help beat it. When I told her that, she said, "Wow! Maybe I should just eat air because that's practically all that's left."

I feel so badly for her. Do you know of any cookbooks that would give us so good recipe ideas, preferrably one that is gluten and sugar free?

Thanks again. :)

Wow, what a difference a day, a good nights sleep and ibuprofen make.

Super-slow sculpting workout. Good workout but only 20 minutes so that was too short. 15 min. ab work. No dogs walk cause I had to take one of them back to the vet unexpectedly. But feeling TONS better and am back on track.

2/8 video workouts

1: 30 min walk, 20 min stretch; 50/1300
2: 25 min dance & stretch, 20 min toning; 95/1300
3: 40 min dance & stretch; 135/1300
4: 30 min recumbent, 15 min treadmill, 20 min stretch; 200/1300
5: 0
6: 10 min stretch; 210/1300
7: 10 min stretch; 220/1300

8: 30 min walk, 10 min stretch; 260/1300
9: 30 min walk, 10 min stretch; 300/1300
10: 20 walk, 20 stretch; 340/1300
11: 0
12: 40 min dance & stretch; 380/1300
13: 40 min dance & stretch; 420/1300
14: 0

15: 45 min dance video, 40 min dance & stretch; 505/1300

Week #1
Dec 1: 1.5 miles run, 55 min exercise
Dec 2: 1.5 miles run, 23 min exercise
Dec 3: 7 mile walk, 150 min exercise; 40 miles to go, 1272 min to go.

Week #2
Dec 4: Rest day
Dec 5: 1.5 mile run, 1 mile walk, 61 min exercise
Dec 6: 1.5 mile run, 1 mile walk, 30 min exercise
Dec 7: 60 min exercise
Dec 8: 3 mile walk, 112 min exercise
Dec 9: 4 mile walk, 75 min exercise
Dec 10: Rest Day; 28 miles to go, 933 min to go

Week #3
Dec 11: Rest Day
Dec 12: 3 mile walk, 55 min exercise
Dec 13: 1.5 mile run, 1 mile walk, 40 min exercise
Dec 14: 45 min exercise
Dec 15: 1.7 mile run, 2.8 mile walk, 135 min exercise

Ok, so you know how I said yesterday's exercise was too short? Might have been but I'll tell ya . . . I am totally feeling my thighs and glutes today. And I've been doing squats and lunges (regular, not super slow) for quite some time.

The super-slow reps were down for a count of 6, up for a count of 3, ten reps each exercise. Doesn't sound like much but it must work things differently because I'm def feeling it today. Will have to keep that in mind and throw in my routines.

Oh hey, I'm feeling my upper back too. Cool!

12/16: Slimdown Xtreme Upper w/Chris Freytag, 25 mins.; 3FC Sarge's Challenge: 25 butt squeezes, 10 glute jumps, 25 squats, 10 glute jumps, 25 lunges (each leg), 10 glute jumps. Am planning on walking the dogs after I eradicate the gray from my hair.

Seeing all of this exercise being done is very inspirational !

Halfway through the month and I'm pretty much on track with 935/2000 minutes complete.

Should have a great exercise day today as I get to see my personal trainer this morning and he's always good for a butt kicking.

Have a great Friday !

sandcar150 - unfortunately, I don't keep up much with gluten free cookbooks. Most of what I cook today comes from books like "Mexican Everyday", "The Flavors of Olive Oil" or "The Italian Country Table" - none of them are specifically gluten free, but they have lots of recipes that require no conversion. Many of them have no dairy as well, and either no or small amounts of sugar. You might like "Elena's Pantry", which is a blog, and she also had a cookbook published. My In-Laws like it a great deal, and the recipes are good, but tend to use more sugar substitutes than I do, and I find trying to convert back a little frustrating.

On the exercise front, I'm hauling myself through December one day at a time. I saw the doctor for my knee yesterday, and she said "I have no idea..." But we -did- decide that the knee probably wasn't actually dislocating. There's a lot of effusion in that knee (excess joint fluid), but no apparent cause. All the usual causes would either come on much more slowly, or cause me to be much more disabled.

I see someone from the Orthopedist's office this morning, but currently have a "if bicycling doesn't hurt, go ahead and do it. If bicycling makes it worse, STOP" order. I won't have time for a decent ride before my appointment, and they need to see the knee cold (it's much less symptomatic once it's warmed up well), but hopefully they'll leave me in not-too-much-pain and I can go for a nice long ride afterwards. I miss the feeling of flying over hills and along long flats.

Workout 4 out of 13 done! Yes, even though I only workout 3 days a week, this was the first week since joining that I completed the week. :)

Flourless, thank you for that recommendation. I'll be sure to check it out.

Dec 1 - Eliptical (50 minutes; 4.3 miles) + pushups
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Dec 14 - Body weight exercises (upper and lower body; 45 minutes)
Dec 15 - Walking (30 minutes; 1.6 miles)
Dec 16 - Body weight exercises (upper and lower body; 60 minutes)

2/8 video workouts

1: 30 min walk, 20 min stretch; 50/1300
2: 25 min dance & stretch, 20 min toning; 95/1300
3: 40 min dance & stretch; 135/1300
4: 30 min recumbent, 15 min treadmill, 20 min stretch; 200/1300
5: 0
6: 10 min stretch; 210/1300
7: 10 min stretch; 220/1300

8: 30 min walk, 10 min stretch; 260/1300
9: 30 min walk, 10 min stretch; 300/1300
10: 20 walk, 20 stretch; 340/1300
11: 0
12: 40 min dance & stretch; 380/1300
13: 40 min dance & stretch; 420/1300
14: 0

15: 45 min dance video, 40 min dance & stretch; 505/1300
16: 80 min dance & stretch; 585/1300

12/17: Xtreme Kickboxing w/Chris Freytag, 40 min.

(Went light a few days during the week and missed a couple of dog walks due to not feeling well. Figured I'd try and make up for it today by doing kickboxing. It really gets things moving!)