sooo. are we working out????

i'm having trouble remembering to post my exercise until the next day...

yesterday - easter sunday - an hour hike and then a fabulous dinner at peachie's

and THEN... thanks to the ever-charming and inspirational MissChris [rochemist], i pumped up my lovely big ball and did abs... hamstrings/knees... pushups.

it was fun!!! but it terrified the poor cat. she wouldn't even stay in the area!!!

and today, an hour's hike, up a more difficullt trail than yesterday's


what about everyone else????

by the way... misschris may have inspired me to pump the ball up, but i did those exercises for the under-the-influence-of-good-drugs MEG... especially the abs and pushups...

You're a sweetie for thinking of me, Jiff . I don't need those lovely drugs any more -- in fact, I'm feeling mah-velous and can't wait until I'm allowed to drive on Friday. I'm going to ask if I can start some walking -- not crank-the-treadmill-up-to-4-and-raise-the-incline-to-10-and-have-a-coronary walking (like Peachie does in her duct tape ) -- but sedate walking around the track. Heck, I'll even listen to Barry Manilow on my headphones instead of Tom Petty.

So your appointment with the PS is May 5? Be sure to share! All this %$&#$ skin is a issue that a lot of us share and there's not a huge amount of info out there about what we can do. I'm so happy with what I've had done and I know you will be too. You've been working hard on that body and it's time for the butterfly to pop out of her cocoon.

HEY!!! My next step is to add and swing tassles as I go!!!!

oh geeze my kids are screaming

Nothing exciting, it was raining yesterday morning so we had to walke the indor track and I can't keep up with the number of laps so we use the clock. We know we do 1/4 a mile every 5 minutes so we went for 25 minutes, then the advanced water aerobics. Today was kinda light, just the walking water class.

can't wait to see the tassles!!!!

for me... an hour and a half walk with la dog.

and tonight, the gym!!! more later...

I visited the gym on Monday, and hour and half work out on the treadmill, bike and weight machines. I'm slowly getting there. After an hour and half, I'm hot sweaty, and tired.

No drugs here, I don't do them. Personal reasons. Hits so close to home. All pain killers can be habit forming. I hope everyone is careful with them.

2 hours of weights and stretching... complaining the whole time. but i did it!!!!!

Proud of ya, Jiffy! I know how much you didn't want to go!

Now tell me ... how did you feel when you were done?

oh meg... i HAVE to tell the truth here... i felt really well!!!! ummm. except for my weak shoulders. they were tired and a little achy <will they NEVER get stronger?????>

and of course, since i was there, i HAD to use the big boy barbell chest press [you know, the one that glides on a track while you lie under it??? and i HAD to put extra weight on it.

and the trainer came over to talk to me, and i told him that i just wasn't in the mood, but i was doing it anyway... and he smiled and told me i was doing the right thing. and then i told him that i'd talked to some people about him [he didn't have to know it was HERE] and that he always shut me up with extra weights!!! he chuckled and said that he knew me too well. i'm still not quite sure what that meant!!!! i like a challenge? he can control me??? he knows if he focuses me on doing something harder i'll be happier???

whatever... he's a sweetie.

but the steam room and the whirlpool really improved everything. and a warm shower.

how are you feeling meg?? where will your first expedition in the car be? hope somewhere fun... lunch with the girls????

oh. and exercise this morning... an hour hike. it was nice.

Went to the club and waled 1 1/4 mile this morning, but didn't stay for water aerobics. Just didn't feel like it. This feeling bad is the pits!

I went for a hour walk tonight after work. Enjoyed the sunshine and the 70 degree teimp we had here today! I can't wait for it to stay this way! I love the spring and the fall temps here in the midwest. The summers can get really hot, but maybe this year it will not seem as bad since the weight loss.

Barb hope you have a better day tommorrow!

an hour hike today.

I know it isn't much, kind of feel silly even posting this, but I feel guilty whenever I see this thread, anyways, instead of my hubby dropping me off and picking me up at the door today (had another drs. appt.) I actually walked across the parking lot twice. It was so nice out I had to try, and I lived, lol.

Misty! Don't feel silly or guilty or anything like that! Feel PROUD of yourself because YOU DID IT and it's a great start. How about three times across the parking lot next time? And be sure to come tell us about it!

I did two more nights at the gym this week, making a total of 3, plus one night of walking. tonight, I have to go bake cookies for a late Easter party. Does that count? No eating-- Just baking!!