I'm not sure where the other ladies have gone, but it's very important to me to post my miles. I'm not into challenging anyone other than myself, but it helps me stay motivated to know other people are reading and seeing whether I'm sticking OP or not. Had a great day today. My house is clean, my pies are baked, and DD and I have communion all set up for tomorrow. Now it's play the bunny and hide some 100 candy filled eggs, get a good night sleep, and pray tomorrow goes as well. All together we'll have some 15 - 20 people here. Which is not a lot of guests since there's 6 of us to begin with, but it'll be nice. My BIL is home from NY, my kids think that's totally cool. We saw "Home On the Range" today, pretty funny movie. Too much popcorn of course, but I did come home and rune an extra 2.25 miles. It all helps.
Have a blessed Easter!
I can't post on the weekends with no computer at home! But I'm here during the week! I wish I would have gotten more walks in this weekend but I didn't. I only got in 2 on Friday and 2 yesterday. I hope to do better this week. After looking in the mirror I realized how much I need to work out more. Do you all weight train too? I think I need to do more of this as well. I hope more people get a chance to post!
Hey Rose, 2 walks on Fri. and 2 walks on Sun. sounds pretty darn good to me. Especially, since it was a holiday weekend. I have to admit that I'm pretty slack about weight training. I'll do real good for a month or so and then I end up stressed by it rather than energized. I too have spots that could use a good shot of weight training, but right now it's much more important that I enjoy what I'm doing. I rather blew it for calories on Easter, but that was in he plan. I had 19 people for dinner and I wasn't going to count cals. etc. I just wanted to enjoy my guests. My eating was back on track yesterday. I didn't exercise at all Sun. or Mon., but did manage 2.25 miles today. What kind of plan do you use for eating and is walking your main exercise too? I'm glad your posting here with me and you never know quite a few people read our posts maybe some other walkers will join us eventually. Keep up the good work.......hope you get yor walk in today if it's in your plans!
Just a quick update. I did a second 2.25 miles today. Trying to make up for all the extra eating on Sat. and Sun. I weighed 146 this past Wed. That was down 2#. I'm hoping that when I weigh Fri. I've been able to maintain. A loss of course would be better, but if I can make it through a holiday like Easter (with 4 children there is a LOT of candy in thhis house) without gaining I'll be really happy.
I think that is great! I too will start to post my walking. I didn't do any today but I cleaned a two story house from top to bottom for 5 hours! Drinking lots of water!
Hi Mistie, It sounds like you did plenty of exercise yesterday with or without walking. I had a great day yesterday staying OP. I've got my walk in today. Early for me!! I managed to get to the grocery store and made wise choices. Lots of fruits and veggies. Making stir fry tonight ( I make it more like stir steamed )I hadn't had my breakfast yet so I did indulge in 2 "free" doughnut holes. They were soooo good. Gotta love that fried sugary stuff!!! Tell me some about yourself. Have a great day.
Kristi-I mainly do Leslie walks but sometimes I will switch it around and do some Denise Austin or some tae bo. Leslie just works for me though. I never get hurt doing her workouts and I always get good results. She has a 10 minute toning tape that I do and it really does work. I just need to use it more often!
Mistie-welcome. I'm glad you are joining us! Post as often as you can even if you haven't done a thing. It really does help to post. It keeps me going!
I use to do nothing but Leslie. I totally believe her tapes can either get people oe keep people in great shape! Since I got my TM though it's all I've used except for tae bo one day. I think I actually like the monotany of it together with the fact that no one is talking. I kind of like to hear myself think!!! I'll post later. Wish me luck, I'm going shopping today with people who LOVE to eat out. I'm still clawing my way back from all the goodies I ate Easter!!
Kristi-Good luck today with your shopping trip! I work with people who love to eat lunch out every day! It is so hard sometimes to not go along with them but not only is it bad for me but it also gets expensive. I figure one lunch out could buy me a new workout video ! I really do lose weight quicker if I eat out less. I ate candy over Easter too but thankfully I put it out of sight as soon as the day was over. Out of sight out of mind right? I have been thinking of getting a TM myself but I really have a small apartment so it would be hard for me to keep it out of the way. Even if it did fold I still have almost all space in my apartment occupied and that would just make it more crowded. I know what you mean about thinking while you are working out. I tune Leslie out most of the time and my mind is on something else. The walking actually helps me think better ! I hope you have a great day!
Hi Rose, All in all I had a good shopping trip. My SIL and my 4 yr. old went along. I was searching for new bedding. We ordered a new bed 2 mths ago and it's finally here. Now I have to get busy and paint before we go pick it up. I'm such a procrastinator! I had luck finding a really nice comforter on sale cheap enough that I splurged on expensive sheets. Normally I'm a WAl-Mart or K-Mart sheet buyer. I probably won't know how to act when I crawl in. We ate at Red Lobster. My choice was probably pretty high cal. high fat, but it was an appetizer and I brought half home and only ate one of those yummy biscuits. That's all I've had to eat so far today and I did get my 2.25 mile walk in. I'm going to check 3fc and see if they have a Red Lobster cal.chart. We did have a little bad luck. I hit something on the interstate on the way there and of course my less than a month old tire was flat by the time we were done shopping. Luckily we were right by a Firestone place and a real nice guy first tried to plug it. (it ended up having 2 holes, one too large to plug) Then he put my little doughnut tire on and remarkabely he only asked me for ten bucks. Of course I only had a few 20's so that's what he got. It was well worth it. I hope he doesn't get in any kind of trouble. I'm sure it went right in his pocket. The best part though, we own a Mobil station so we order our tires ourselves and the tire guy told me he'd take it back and give me a new one!!!! God does love me. I knew it!! To top it off I was going to weigh myself tomorrow with hopes of just maintaining over the holiday and I've actually lost a pound woohoo!! This was in many ways my lucky day!
I too froze all the rest of the Easter candy and my TM takes up alot of room in my living room, but I don't care. If I kept it anywhere else I wouldn't use it. Plain and simple. I just fold it when we have company.
Just a quick note. HAving a great day did a s-l-o-w 2 mile walk with my 4 yr. old today. I totally enjoy meandering with him and that just may be all the exercise I do today. You never know!
Hi Kristi,
I haven't been walking much these last few days. I have a toothache and I'm sure it means a root canal. I'm not a happy camper about that. The pain comes and goes so I guess I'll just wait until it gets unbearable. I will try to do some workout tonight depending on how I feel. I just hate missing my walks. I hope you have a great weekend!
Oh Rose, I'm so sorry to hear that you are in pain. I know how tempting it can be to waite (especially with the prices for dental work) But I really think you should get it fixed. There's nothing worse than living with some kind of nagging pain. I hope your weekend wasn't too bad.
I had a good weekend. The weather was beautiful. I spent Sat. at Camp Dekora (Boy Scout Camp) I was getting some outdoor training. I really enjoyed the cooking lessons and I never knew there were so many ways to build a camp fire. They even taught me how to use a compass. I wouldn't want to be lost in the woods and have to depend on my skills, but I did locate all the places I was sent to find!!! So, I had no real exercixe to report yesterday, but I did get in 2.25 on the TM. I kept it slow, but increased my incline so even 3.5 miles an hr. I was able to burn 402 cals. and since I had a huge t-bone today I needed to burn at least that many.
Well , I came on to just post my miles and ended up blathering. Have a great Mon.
sorry i dont really post in this thread, but i have a question hehe.. what do all these shortforms mean? like TM, OP, etc? if someone could help me out that would be great! thanks hehe
! But I'm here during the week! I wish I would have gotten more walks in this weekend but I didn't. I only got in 2 on Friday and 2 yesterday. I hope to do better this week. After looking in the mirror I realized how much I need to work out more. Do you all weight train too? I think I need to do more of this as well. I hope more people get a chance to post! 
! Hey that rimes!
! I really do lose weight quicker if I eat out less. I ate candy over Easter too but thankfully I put it out of sight as soon as the day was over. Out of sight out of mind right? 
I have been thinking of getting a TM myself but I really have a small apartment so it would be hard for me to keep it out of the way. Even if it did fold I still have almost all space in my apartment occupied and that would just make it more crowded. I know what you mean about thinking while you are working out. I tune Leslie out most of the time and my mind is on something else. The walking actually helps me think better 
! I hope you have a great day!
