I know, right?! I am going to the gym, quick stop at BJ's (must stick to my list or else I end up buying stuff we don't need), then home to pay bills and clean. Rockin' Friday night at my house!!!!!

DH is going to see Iron Man tonight with my BIL. I passed on going with them. Together they act like 12 year olds, actually that might be insulting 12 year olds.

Instead, I'm going to go home and clean my house, again. It's actually not too bad, but I can't stand it when it gets messy. I may make some egg salad now that you've all got me thinking about it. Then I'm going to finish my last 3/4 mile for my 5K and do some yoga.

Then I'm going to watch Numb3rs, the rest of my tivod Dr. Who marathon and cuddle with the dog. Life is good!

Tomorrow we're going to get up early and hit the yard sales. Several of the bigger/nicer subdivisions are having their annual sales. I don't need anything in particular, but with the economy down the drain, maybe they'll sell off the good stuff.

OMG. I cannot even think about tomorrow. I have to go set up for the fundraiser. Then Will has a birthday party to attend IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. So I will take him, and hopefully DH will go get him. Then we have the fundraiser. That is four trips in one day to the same neighborhood. How crazy is that? 16 miles round trip.

I totally forget to tell you when I was catching up on your blog today that Will is such a cutie! He looked pretty excited about losing that tooth.

He can be yours for a small but reasonable fee. Better photo here http://openpath.blogspot.com/ I accept Paypal. Number two tooth came out yesterday.

I just wanted to jump in and see if anyone else has noticed our posts in our thread compared to the other teams. We have 891 posts Go BLUE!!!! and the closest team to us is the Red Team at 600

Just some good competitive energy coming your way, and one more reason why the Blue Team is the Best!!

GO BLUE!!!!

It may just mean we all have unhealthy relationships with technology. I know I do.

Yep, Melissa....we do love to chat!

My exciting evening?....mind you, this is after 15 years of "wedded bliss."
1) Dinner at the cheap mexican restaurant where DD's will probably squabble over who gets to do all of the talking.
2) Quick stop by Kroger to pick up necessary grocery items where I will try to ride herd on the clan to make sure we don't purchase unnecessary expensive junk that is totally off plan for Mommy & Daddy and throws our budget out of the window.
3) Next, a fun filled evening of watching Tivo....Lost and Moonlight. Then, I will go to bed...probably by myself...while Hubby stays up to the wee hours of the night to play on-line poker.
4) Tomorrow?...I will be up early to play referee to the DD's numerous certain arguments while attempting to make my house look like we haven't been robbed! All while Hubby sleeps in til noon.

Don't you love my exciting romantic life? Michelle...enjoy your dinner and the movies. That has always been one of my favorite dates. Follow that up with a visit to Barnes & Noble and you have reached perfection!

Only if you take an 11 year old as a trade-in.

Darling team leader....

In my race packet today, I have a $15 off for the VA Beach 1/2 Marathon. Do I need to get that in the mail to you?

Ya gotta end the night with the hot monkey love!

Dee--no thanks. As long as Will does not have dairy (which totally wrecks his behavior), I adore him.

chellez
Were you referring to calipers? That test couldn't be accurately performed on me IMHO, due to the amount of excess skin. If you ever get a chance to see TBL season 1, they actually did this (in fact they based your bodyfat changes in the finale). I know there are various weighs of measuring bodyfat, even by using online calculators, but from what I have read, and heard hydrostatic weighing is the weigh...er way to go.

dixiedieter

Call it bodybuilding, weight training, weight lifting, etc. My goal is to become fit (not fat). In order to burn more calories, you have to build up muscle. My journey started with me asking my Dr for advice on what I should do at the gym, so it was very basic movements with weights/machines. I then had a few sessions with a personal trainer, and she taught me techniques. I then hooked up with another trainer (in a weird turn of events), and she provided me free PT for a couple months. She taught me form, etc. She taught me Circuit Weight Training (incorporating treadmill between sets to keep the heart rate elevated to burn more fat). I then started to read Arnold Schwarzenegger's Bible of Bodybuilding. I figured if anyone knew how to work out with weights, Ahhhhnold does. I started to read fitness magazines, to learn more about nutrition, supplementation, etc. I then was looking for a DVD that showed how to do routines with weights, and I came across an excellent 4 DVD (previously 10 VHS) produced by Joe Weider. So to answer your question, I can't. I wanna be healthy, I wanna be fit. I wanna have a nice body. I don't want to be a bodybuilder, I think the men/women look fugly. I do train using the bodybuilding techniques. My 13" pythons won't win any competitions! I want to see 199 on the scale, so I am doing what needs to be done. As I stated, if I learn my bodyfat is near/at fit range, then I will re-evaluate my program. My PT friend has discussed with me on how I can accomplish this.

If I missed anyone elses post, I am sorry, as I didn't read through all 6+ pages since I posted. Seeing that this is my 3rd post of the day, I have said more here today then I did the past 2 weeks!

By the way, if anyone is interested. I mentioned Circuit Weight Training (CWT). The way I was taught, the sessions lasted an hour. I then read TBL's Fitness book, and they discuss CWT (minus the cardio between sets). In TBL they say you start with your shoulders, and work your way down. So, between what my PT taught me, and TBL, I developed my own routine.

1. Start with warmup on treadmill. In the beginning I set it for 5 mins, with 1.5 min cool down. I changed that to 6, and attempt to see 100 calories burned on the display. I will cut the treadmill short if I reached this goal.

2. Workout on shoulders for about 10 mins. Doing 2-3 exercises (to point of fatigue).

3. See number 1

4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 Work on Back, chest, triceps, biceps/forearms, core (abs/lower back), legs (glutes, quads, hammies, calf's).

5, 7, 9, 11, 13. See number 1

I then take a 5 min cold shower, and then peddle home.

This CWT can take between 2.5-2.75 hours.

When on treadmill, I play around with setting. I will do a manual adjustment and have a constant incline. Or I will have it set for random inclines. On my 3-4th trip to the TM, I relax and go about 3.5mph, 0% incline. Burning only 50 calories.

By the way, I purchased a nice Heart Rate monitor from Big5, you wear a belt on your chest, and you have the watch. In the 2.5 hours, I burn off a total of 1700 calories, with my HR averaging 69%.

When doing CWT, you only want to do it every other day. On the other days, I will do 2 hours of cardio