Your not kidding, this has been the worst year for me.

Happy ~ We booked Marival in Tucson this weekend. That's where we are going to spend out 5 year anniversary. :carrot:

Mel, come on over! I've got some good stuff planned this week. I find that it makes a big difference if I plan and pre-cook and pre-cut where I can. Hopefully I can stick with it this week! :smug:

DonnaS, hope you feel better. :goodvibes I had awful sinus trouble a while back; recently started taking Nasonex and it seems to be working so far.

Clareh, you go! :cp: What a great NSV! It means you have lost fat and have muscles. What is your secret???

My NSV is not as exiting but I'll share anyway. :dizzy: Because my scale is moving so slowly and I have my doubts about its accuracy for body-fat percentage, I measure myself monthly. This morning I measured and have lost 1" from my hips and .5" from each upper thigh. Because I am a pear-shape, these are my biggest problem areas; they have not moved much over the past 3 months so I'm happy to see this change.

OK, as of today I am doing things a little differently for exercise. I am still aiming for 1 hour a day, 6 days a week, but in an effort to lose more fat I am going to do 2/3 cardio and 1/3 resistance (I was doing 1/2 & 1/2). Today was only cardio and I did 30 minutes on the treadmill and 30 minutes on the elliptical.

Happy Monday everyone!:carrot:

Pilates this morning, and I'm feeling much better.

My NSV - my husband said my face looked thinner and had a glow last night. The glow was sweat from the walk I did, but hey I'll take it. :)

Hooray For Nsv!!!
 

Busy Working out
 

I took Saturday, off and then on Sunday I did a 5 mile hike around a Civil War battlefield. It was kind of strange to imagine what it must have been like during the battle.

On Monday, I did 45 minutes of treadmill, and then an hour of Body Pump.

Today, I did thirty minutes on the Gauntlet, a stair stepper from ****!:devil:
Then I followed up with 35 minutes on the recumbent bike. :carrot:

Needless to say, I am pretty tired, since I haven't exercised in so long.

Dieting is going well, but no significant weight loss, yet.

Congratulations to Clareh on the jeans. I can't wait until I get my behind in a pair of size 8 jeans.:D

~ Cate

Donna, glad you're feeling better and congrats on the thinner face and the glow (even if it was just sweat!).

Today I did 20 minutes of weights (back and biceps) and 40 minutes of cardio (20 minutes each on the treadmill and elliptical).

Hi,

Everyone's doing so well! All these NSVs- glowing faces, dropped inches etc..

My input for the day was 105 mins on the elliptical (this was the length of the film I was watching)

Oh Donna your going to have so much fun!!!

Im sure y'all are wondering if I fell off teh face of the earth!!!! It's just this job hunting is consuming all my free time on the computer. I am however still exercising, yoga everyday with walk/runs. 5K race this Sunday!!

Take care everyone and keep moving!!

Happy I thought you were abducted by an Arabian prince and his 100 Knights :belly: Good luck with the hunting!

WOW!! Such ambitious exercising!! Great week everyone is having. Happy Wednesday!!!
30 :ebike:
15 RS tape

Pilates again this morning.

Had a great workout this morning! :carrot:

It rained all day yesterday and last night, but the clouds moved out early this morning so it was clean and sunny and breezy and glorious! I went for a brisk walk around the largest block in my neighborhood, which took about 20 minutes. :running: So nice to walk outside instead of the treadmill!

After returning home, I did a 45-minute leg workout. Lots of squats and lunges, so kept the heart rate up and the sweat coming. Following that, did some yoga-type stretches to prevent or reduce soreness in my legs over the next couple of days. :yoga:

Mel i wish an arabian prince!! :lol: Then I wouldnt have to job hunt!!! Do you think he would let me keep my hubby, hmm probably not, so I should just keep looking for a job!!! Not to mention 2 men, gosh I would have to be crazy to want that!! :lol:

More :yoga: and running across a parking lot in heels for an interview, does that count?!

Glad to see Happy getting exercise while job hunting!!! You're right, what was I thinking??? 2 men!!! :faint: I think that was Sherry that walk/ran :running: past me yesterday too!! and Donna is the Plilates :queen:!!! Clare must be out there prepping for her big Marathon!! While I ran around the block to get some milk:moped:, I don't think that can be counted as exercise! So..........
30 :ebike:
15 stretching~ feeling a bit stiff from the new tape.

Happy Thursday!!

No Pilate's today, we are going to go to the Rec Center tonight and do some water walking.

I'm still here (and have lost another pound) 5 miles last night...spinning this morning...5 miles tonight...spinning after work tomorrow.

I wonder why I don't have time to post. Roll on May 20th!