Hi Ladies,
Sorry for being MIA. Organizing the Halloween Carnival wiped me out! I must have walked from the gym to my classroom and the school 30 times and lifted 1,000 pounds worth of stuff. I was sore all over and slept and read almost all of the next day.

Tex-I am sorry to say that I missed one more day of exercise on Saturday because I could not drag my poor, tired, sorry @** out of bed. So, I started over on Sunday and today is day two for me.

Sunday-25 minutes of spinning
Monday 35 minutes of spinning

This time I am allowing myself three pauses! I was trying to be boot camp tough on myself, but I think I need to give myself a little wiggle room so I can make it through 21 days by the end of this century!

I got an exercise bike that has all different types of workouts programmed into it. I really like it a lot. It gives me a good aerobic workout when it is rainy and I am not able to walk. It also allows me to watch TV and workout, which makes the time go a lot faster. I think this may help me workout more consistently.

Red-I did not mean to give you an "assignment" when I asked you to write about your walks in Tokoyo. But as an English teacher, yeah, writing is my interest and the way I love to communicate. I guess I was curious about your walks and I did not ask so that I could be critical about your writing. I don't do that here, and I write like I talk here, too. I just love the chatting about our lives, don't you think it is fascinating to meet people from all over the world involved in the same struggles/issues as you? So, sorry if I made you feel put on the spot! Didn't mean to!

Ladies, I will come back tomorrow and write more. It is the end of the quarter and I have TONS of grading to do...sheesh.

Sheri

Morning all,
Red, we've just got past an equine flu outbreak here and apparently it is in Japan now so we do not allow the movement of horses from countries with the disease. Quarantine is really tight here. For the same reasoning you are not seeing downunder horses up there. Too much risk.

I'm hoping for an NZ victory with Nom de Jeu - it would do my old heart good to beat the Aussies one more time. The All Blacks did it Saturday night in Hong Kong to take the Bledisloe cup series 3-1, the Silver Ferns beat the Diamonds in the netball series even though they lost the last game, and now maybe we can make it three in a row. There will sure be a powerful hangi in the outback if that happens. You'll probably hear us up there.

cya

Wow Red - 4 days. You're rocking. Does that purple stuff really fuel you? I've noticed that you are into colors - red balloon, green juice, purple oatmeal...
Have a great sunshine day.
PS - I only gained 0.6 for my poor behavior yesterday. I was expecting worse.

Hi everyone! Day 10 is complete!

Exercise daily - 1 pause (used )

I did my Walk Away the Pounds video this morning before the kiddos got up. I'll tell you, I was tempted to go back to the "easy" one, but I hung in there and did the 2 mile I am getting a new workout video in from Netflix today, so something different for tomorrow morning!

I am really liking this 21 day challange idea! I am halfway through this one and already starting to think of what my next one should be. If I keep doing this, I should have a slew of good habits worked into my routine by next year!

Miriam - Hoping that today is better for you!

Sheri - No harm! I'm glad to se you starting over and still posting! Hope that the Carnival was a huge success!

Arg! I keep restarting! I'm going to try adding a pause, to 3, and I'm not going to restart until I've used up my pauses. This is something I want to do, so other things in my life will just have to give.

Hi!
Well, I made it to day three without a pause. I did some abs, arms and 30 minutes of spinning.

Ufi-I had to be easier on myself, too. I just could not get by with just one pause. And, I don't want to be so tough on myself that I give up. So, you and I are on about the same track now!

Tex-You are doing great! Are you seeing good weight loss being so consistent? I think the next challenge I do here will be to food journal daily and take my measurements every week. I have not done any measurements, but I have gone from a size 20 to a 16W, so I am thinking that would be another way to encourage myself. Our school is really little, so the carnival was not HUGE, but it was a huge success! I felt really good about it after it was all done, but I was little crazed getting it organized. Luckily, some great parent volunteers came forward and did lots of work, too!

Red-I will do an entry soon about a walk in the redwoods or up to the top of the local peak...as soon as it quits raining like crazy that is!

Arabella-You have a lot of goals. I admire your organization...that is a lot to keep track of in one day! Do you journal about all of your goals? What is core?

Well, time to go grade the ever growing stack of papers! Have a great, onplan day!
Sheri

Well everyone, I am up for some "non traditional exercise" today. I am doing housework. I will be moping the floors (2500 sq ft of tile - YIKES), scrubbing the toilets, and doing laundry. I am a bit sore from the last few days and hubby thinks I need to let me body rest and recover a bit. So, for once, I'm listening to him. I'll still exercise, through my housework, just not as intensely!

Ufi - WTG on starting over! It would be easy to give up, I'm proud of you!

Sheri - WTG on Day 3! Glad to hear the Carnival was a success - it's always heartening to see new parents step up to help out!

red - WTG on your challenges! You've added 2 tough ones to your goals, but I know you can accomplish them!

Hi everyone! Hi Shad!

Whew! Election craziness is over, and so back to the workout routine. I didn't go after work last night b/c we wanted to watch the returns. I did go after work on Monday so that was Day 11? (I may have to go back and verify).

So today, start Day 12. Congrats on everyone's success, re-starts, good intentions, etc.

Red, that book sounds soooo interesting--I am going to buy that soon to inspire me. Thanks for the good info!!

More personals later--got to help hub get off to work!

Well, Day 11 is in the books and I'm counting my housework as exericse. I didn't get to mop, but I did wash, dry, fold/hang, and pick up EIGHT loads of laundry today I did a few squats when I was tranferring clothes and hefting all those baskets bac and forth should count for something! I am going to do a few crunches before bed, and then back to the exercise videos tomorrow!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Hi everyone! Just a flyby! I made it to day four with 25 minutes for belly dance cardio...that'll trim the old waistline down!

I have some pumpkin curry bubbling on the stove and I am gonna go eat it!

Good night!

Sheri