[Emma4444]

Woke up sick this morning I managed a slow 15 minute walk with the dog. Was happy i made it 15 minutes with the way I feel.

[Emma4444]

Welcome jamis1112

[mrsj2013]

Emma4444: I hope you're feeling better. You did good to go for a walk. My dog loves it when I take her for a walk.

Just glad the weather has warmed up and the snow has stopped. We farm beside a river that has flooded 4 times in the last 10 years. It's my second day doing chores in the barn. There are 4 cows in the barn with new baby calves. I have to clean the pens, carry water and feed to them. My body's sore and I'm glad I go to teach preschool tomorrow to give me a rest.

jamis1112: Welcome to our group. Tis the season for colds. It's hard to sometimes get back in routine after being sick. Just take it one day at a time.

[Emma4444]

Still sick today but managed a 20 minute slow walk on the treadmill plus a short walk with the dog.

mrsj2013- Glad your weather warmed up. I live in Minnesota and the weather is finally warming up a bit also. Now if only the snow would go away.

[Emma4444]

Still sick but managed to take the dog for a walk again. Never thought I would say this but I actually miss my 1 minute jogging and weight lifting.

[mrsj2013]

I must be gaining muscle b/c my body hurts. It takes longer for me to recover than it used to. Best medicine is to keep on going so I will do my 1 mile outside walk and 30 minutes of indoor weights.

[mrsj2013]

Hi all, I've been ignoring my exercise b/c work is busy. Today I will take my dog for a walk after chores are done.

Keep on moving everyone, we can do this!

[Emma4444]

I took the dog for a very long walk today and plan to get back on the treadmill tomorrow.

[firegirl441]

May I join you gals?

Due to a back injury and diabetic neuropathy, I am very limited as far as exercise. I do try to go to the county pool which is only about 8 miles from my house and do water aerobics 3-4 times per week. They have a therapy pool which is kept a constant 90 degrees year round and they cover it and the lap pool in the winter with a big air dome and heat that to around 90 degrees as well. They do not have an evening water aerobics instructor, but I have made up my own routine following what the last instructor did. I start off with 5 minutes of stretching exercises. I then begin walking the width of the pool about 8-10 times and 4 times backward then I get in the 5 foot section and jog so that my total cardio exercise is 30 minutes. In fact, I usually break out into a sweat doing this. I then cool down by walking 2 more laps and doing a few leg stretching exercises followed by arm exercises with weights that the pool furnishes, and I am working up to do 200 crunchies in the water. I am at 140 now. The crunchies are done by floating on my back holding on to the two weights for floatation support and then I bring my knees up to my chest then straighten my feet out and repeat the exercise. It feels so good to do these but I could not do anything similar if I wasn't in the water.

I went to the pool on Monday and Tuesday this week and plan to go after church tomorrow for an hour workout.

[loriherdz]

Hi girls! I'd like to join your group if that's cool.

I am 24 and can only workout around my work schedule so this will help me stay on track.

I do ZUMBA exhilarate dvds everyday with exception to rest days(the program tells me I have to).
I've been doing the workout for 3 weeks and I've lost 7.5 lbs. I plan to loose 10 a month. No fastfood and no sodas!
I hope we can all motivate and share each others success!

-Lori

[mrsj2013]

firegirl441 and loriherdz More members are always welcome!
I am needing to take a break from my weekly routine. Today I will go for a long outdoor walk as they are calling for a storm to move in tonight. Lots of snow and wind. I wish my area had a pool like you firegirl441.
Our pool is outdoors, so I can only use it it the summertime. It's a great workout.
loriherdz -I have Zumba 2 on my Wii, and I find it hard to keep up with. I have a hard time cutting out the diet pop, but this week I will cut back to 2 can a day.
Thank girls,
Heather

[Emma4444]

Welcome firegirl441 and loriherdz

firegirl441- Glad you are able to exercise with a back injury and diabetic neuropathy. How many of the crunches do you do now in the water?

loriherdz- Wow, 7 1/2 pounds in 3 weeks is great. Good for you to cut out soda and fast food. Wish I could say the same for me. I make it a week and than give in

mrsj2013- I hear you about it's hard cutting out pop. We are also receiving a snow storm here today. Supposed to get 6"-10" of snow. Yuk!!!

Yesterday went for another long walk with the dog. Today is my day off. Tomorrow I plan on lifting weights and hitting the treadmill again since I finally feel normal again I hate being sick!

[mrsj2013]

Hello gals! Well its official, I'm snowed in.
firegirl441- we are sharing the same storm! I'm glad you are feeling better.

I walked through snow banks to check cows so my legs felt like jelly when I were done. Our dog didn't make it very far either. She is pug/shih tzu mix and very spoiled.
I hope to get plowed out when the snow stops or I may not get to work tomorrow. My husband will clean off our lane. It's a 1/2 mile long and its what I used to walk twice a day. I hope to get back into routine. You girls give motivation to keep going when I get lazy.
Heather

[Emma4444]

Change of plans. I heard my treadmill calling my name So I did 30 minutes. Will take a different day off.

[firegirl441]

Emma4444,

I am up to doing two sets of 70 water crunchies for a total of 140 each time I exercise. My neighbor fizzled out on going with me tonight so I am leaving in a few minutes to go and do my exercise. I hope to be able to stay in the water for an hour tonight as there will not be any kids on the other end doing swimming lessons so it will be pretty quite. I will check back in tonight with a report on my exercise.

Emma- 30 minutes on the treadmill is a great exercise. You go girl!!

Blessings, firegirl