SF~ HOPE THE LEGS RECOVER SOON. I GET TOO GUNG HO MYSELF SOMETIMES AND END UP HURTING SOMETHING!! ROFL MY NECK PROBLEM LEFT AS FAST AS IT CAME. I WAS SURPRISED AND COLD SO I EXERCISED.

30 & 15 FOR TODAY. WHERE HAS LINDAT DISAPPEARED TO!!! SHE BETTER BE EXERCISING HERSELF!!! :ebike:

Finally made it to the gym this morning - wanted to say in bed as it was so cold and dark - but got my butt up and outta bed... felt good to get back there - only managed 30 min on the treadmill - but it's a start!!

Happy exercising all!

30 minutes in the morning is great!

I did 20 before work and am about to do another 40 as missed my spinning class.

0.5 lbs down this morning. Not much but enough to move my tracker

I'm here.. :lol: been getting my exercise of course. Just have been busy with junk but I have peeped in from time to time. I should be earning my bronze medal from the president's challenge next week, so that is exciting. Gold won't be until September or so, if I keep it up that is.

You all seem to be motivating each other well.. that is great. I want to see more people on this thread because last month I think we ended up with like 19 pages for the month and here we are at the final week and only at 6??? tsk tsk tsk!!:dizzy:

Yep, skyootr, 30 minutes is a great start!!

Clareh, congrats on the .5 loss!!

I was also wondering about LindaT; maybe we need to get the prod after her! :D

Legs feel much better today and looking forward to adding weight on Friday. Today did only 40 minutes of cardio: 20 on the :ebike: and 20 on the :tread:. I was gonna also do 20 on the elliptical but was really tired after the treadmill.

OK, no prod. :) It looks like we posted at just about the same time. Congrats on the bronze medal!! And keep it up -- go for the gold!

Great job everyone!
down .5 Clareh - that's great!!
How often does everyone weight themselves... seeing as how I am only on day two - I think I'll wait a few more days!!

skyootr- I kind of weight myself every day (sometimes I forget, so I'm not THAT bad) It's more out of interest than anything else as I can have a bit of a problem with water retention and have been known to gain and lose 7 lbs round TOM. So I figure that if I weigh myself more often I'll know it's water and not get down about it.

4.5 mile walk. Being very brave tomorrow and meeting my friend at the gymn for a 7am spinning class. Not sure that I'll be ready for that level of exercise at that time of the day but have agreed to give it a go...

I'll let you know how I get on!

I "officially" weigh myself once a week on Wednesday morning. Sometimes, for curiosity, I'll weigh myself at other times. It's interesting to see the scale go up and down throughout the week (and the day), but I have a general downward trend of about .5 to 1 pound per week.

Hey Mel, don't overdo the exercise!! And glad that your neck and shoulder are better.

Clareh, let us know about the 7am spinning class. I think I need to do more cardio and am thinking about a spinning class ...

Today did upper-body weights. :workout: Funny thing is that I didn't lose any strength in my upper body when I was sick, in fact I feel ready to increase the weight. I also ran up six flights of stairs to the top of the parking structure when leaving the doctor's office (have to take my cardio where I can get it!)

sf40- I spin quite a lot (I'm sure there's a joke there!) and love it. You don;t need to be co- ordinated , you control the level you work at, there's punchy music and because it's intense it's over really quickly.

What's not to like!!

where is everyone today??
 

Thanks for the spinning info, Clareh! The fact that you don't need to be coordinated sounds good to me (I always hated those dance-aerobic classes because I was the dork who couldn't follow along). I think I did one class a long time ago and decided I liked outdoor cycling better. But now I have much stubborn fat to burn and am thinking of doing this once or twice a week in addition to the stuff I do now.

So where is everyone today??? I got in 60 minutes of cardio: 30 each on the treadmill and the elliptical. I am planning another change in my exercise routine, to begin next Monday.

30 mins but some inflammation in my hip ti=oday so it wasn't fast. I don't spin but I drive around in circles all day :rofl:

Mel- you've made me laugh! Hope the hip feels better soon. Maybe we could have a spinning/ circling challenge!! :)

Did the class yesterday morning, which was really great, but made me far more hungry than I would've been otherwise (I mean ravenous) and I ended up at Subway for lunch as salad would not do (Hopefully this doesn't mean I need to leave the Sonoma thread ;) ) I did half an hour on the cross trainer last night as well as I was tired but had people for dinner (so it woke me up)

Today, I'm either going to rest or I might go to the gymn and work out gently and have a swim AS TOMORROW I AM WALKING A HALF MARATHON:fr:

Very steadily- just to see how I go with the distance, but it's still a scary thought.

Have a great Friday

Marathon!!! Wtg!!!
 

GOOD LUCK CLAREH!!!:running: ENJOY THE WALK!!! if that's enjoyable...:rofl: You are going to be crowned Miss Fit USA :queen: WTG!!

30 and 15 for me. The hip pain seemed to just disappear. Not sure what's going on. I live for Aleve!! I must be their best customer. I think this weekend will be no exercise and just cleaning and some :yoga: meditating/deep breathing. i need to space things out a bit better.

Happy Friday and have a great weekend everyone.