Lydia- I don't think you are supposed to stare at the light I just put mine about 12-15 inches from my face while I eat breakfast and do a quick read through the morning paper.

CF was brutal tonight:

1 minute of as many dead lifts as you can do at 75% 1 rep max
rest 1 minute
1 minute of wall balls
rest 1 minute
repeat five times

Doesn't look too bad, but this was one where I was just EXHAUSTED and dripping.

Mel

Hi all,

Just dropping in to report I biked to work yesterday, so another hour of exercise in the bag. food is awfull. I have not weight for the past couiple of days, I'm afraid of what I would see. I'm swamped with work and I eat from that. OTOH I feel that the exercise regime is agreeing with me, and even if I have gained back my entire 3 pd loss of the last months, I do imagine that I look a bit better and my pants have a better fit. I might even be developming some muscle.

Lydia - I second Mel: I do not think you are supposed to stare into the bright light for the entire 15 - 20 minutes. Pleas google this, as it might eeven be bad for your eyes to do so. I also just put min close to me & read & breakfasted in front of it.

Hi to everyone,
have a great day all,
rabbit

Good morning!

Two or three days would have been legs, yup. About half of it is gone this morning.

I definitely could clean up my foods. A few things I'm eating are convenient, from a calorie point of view, but not clean.

You guys! I'm not staring into it, It's about arms length away and I sit with my shoulder turned a little away from it so it's in my line of vision indirectly as I read. Every once in a while the instructions suggest looking up and glancing at it.

It's pretty cool though. I did find that I had a little more energy yesterday but there wasn't a workout so that may be why. I studied pretty much all day and began to rake the 1/2 acre backyard with the remaining hour of daylight left. My goal is to get the yard winterized before turkey day.

Cheryl, so who won? You or the water heater? It is great to get caught up around the house every once in a while. I find I need to take that kind of a break about once every season. Holidays, yardwork, and general upkeep/repairs are great "recovery days."

Mel: That workout looks easy enough to remember. But wall balls are tough. Three rounds, doable. Five, glutton for exhaustion.

Susan: Glad the scale is sliding back down again. Apples and lowfat cheese sticks are pretty convenient. So are hard boiled eggs... just being a over here. I sometimes get trapped into the protein bar habit but I feel a lot better if I remind myself there are other options and go for those first.

Silverbirch, How are you feeling today? Hopefully you and your son are recovering.

Okay. Off to plan my Level 3 cardio session today. ...let's just say it's been a while.

I'm going in for some cardio and light lifting. Light. Lifting. Need to remind myself of this. Hopefully I'll be able to get another chapter in between the workout, a shower, picking up kids, dr. appointments, homework, and dinner.

Thank you for the hug, Lydia. We are soldiering on. I am not right but no longer fully ill. I'm doing a bit of gentle rebounding (gets the lymph moving, don't you know) and stretching each morning. So I'm not feeling that terrible gymn withdrawal niggle. The DB may be OK for school tomorrow but his stamina is still pretty shot. Could be a whole week off (should have just packed our bags & gone to stay with Cheryl!). BUT ... We have cracked the winter socks & fleeces challenge, got the long-case (grandmother) clock to go and checked there are enough Christmas cards. All great achievements in my book.

My weight is plummeting but I don't feel much like eating. Help me out here - a connection?? Or is it just a coincidence?? Each meal, though small, seems perfectly formed. Macronutrients, Susan, are looking good. This is something to take forward into my Well Future. Not that I was too far off before but prob too many carbs.

Love to all. Give yourself due credit when something goes right. It's a tricky time of year whichever way you look at it.

Hi Birch! Hope you et well soon!

I did my 1 hour exercise for today. Tomorrow I'm in a course for the entire day, so I'll have to think of something. maybe treadmill in the morning before I leave, as I will be to tired for anything tomorrow evening.

Have a great day all,
Rabbit


Rabbit

... hiatus ...

Feeling a bit better here, thank you, rabbit. We both fall soundly asleep in the day, though, so that makes me think we're not quite right.

I've been draughtproofing today.

Oh, rabbit! My first present challenge is also 6th Dec as it's DB's name day. How are you doing with yours?

to all. Good to be back.

Hey look! the site is back

Mel

WOW! Glad that the site is back! I managed to get in once, but I could not post.
I wonder how everyone is doing? It was strange not to be able to post, but I managed, although I missed reading about you all.

Busy weekend here..it's raining of course, and I have a ton of things to do. however I did finish my exercise for the week to the last 3 episodes that I still had on my "pride & predjudice" DVD, and I can report that the romance between Elizabeth & mr Darcy ended satisfactory.

Birch - your DS nameday is december 6th? What a coincidence. Very glad to hear you and DS are on the mend.

We will not be celebrating on the day itself as XHs family usually has something going then, and the kids will be overthere. XH loves to play happy family on those occasions, so I'm not too crazy about that. DS and DD want to go because they have not seen that part of the family for a long time. Anyway, we'll have our own evening one week later, which also gives me more time to prepare.

I'm swamped with work at the moment because I'm also doing a work related course. I am allowed into the class of the lab that hires me, so all the others do get time under working hours but I do not, so I have to catch up at home, which makes for a busy weekend.

But I did get the scaffolding tubes for the pull-up bar.I took a bit extra so I'll be able to extend if I want to. It is rather a lot of galvanised steel, so I think I'll paint it when I have put it up. I feel rather strange that I actually am going to put this up, as I know everyone will think this very eccentric. OTOH, it will be where casual visitors will not see it, I have a huge house, and I now feel I am past the age that I should care. Besides, this is also very much for DS and it would not hurt DD to get interested.

I'm going to work.
How is everybody??

enjoy the rest of the weekend,
Rabbit

I'm already at work, rabbit, trying to catch up a bit after last week's debacle. Good going on the galvanised steel!!

to everyone else.

hi Birch!

Good to see you are up and about. Are you draughtproofing again ?
I take it you have fully recovered from the flu like symptoms? According to this weeks new scientist, you could actually have gotten some protection for H1N1 from this cold, not a bad thing IMO.

I'm through with my work & going for some much needed R&R.

cheers,
Rabbit

Nice to see everyone.
Silver: Glad to see you are doing better and back at work?! so soon. Playing catch up is a wonderful game.

Rabbit: It sounds like you do have a busy weekend! And a pullup bar to enjoy as well. Nice going.

I'm here to report some rather satisfying workouts on Thursday and Friday. Saturday was more of a rest day. I did go into the gym but had the offspring with me. I spent most of my time helping DS1 with his form than on my own workout. It's okay though. It will make for great stories for him to embarrass me in my old age.

Still studying. Well worth it. I'm totally loving the information I'm getting from this cert about common incorrect movement patterns that occur from specific muscle imbalances.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone!