Certainly does also cardio workout too.... Well Done Carol
How's your cycling going?
Didn't I say I'd get distracted well I did! Ah well the road to ****'s paved with good intentions!!!
I'm hoping to get the gym tomorrow.
Thank you Tulip Fairy... I used to find that I got hungry then it stopped I suppose it was due to the amount of water I was drinking but I'm not sure. I'm one of those people who can't eat before exercising.
Walked the dog today (as usual) but decided as it was quite cool to go up on the low hills that surround the town which was good for both of us.
Well i did my 10 mins workout this morning then after dinner i went for a bike ride for an HOUR!!! It felt so good, but i bet i'll be aching in the morning!!!
I bet your not jealous of my "saddle sore bottom" Carol it's sooo bad that i could only do 10 mins tops this afternoon!!!
It has been a while since i used it [the bike not my bottom!! - lol] I need to buy a big soft comfy saddle for my bike, i feel like i've been on a horse for a week
OUCH! one of the reasons I haven't been on my bike is because it needs a good old fashioned wide saddle for my wide bottom! Well done.
Been the gym today went yesterday but I was too hungover (tsk I know!) I was nearly sick- how embarrassing would that have been
So it's a new month and a new challenge for me to not drink any alcohol all month and see if it makes any difference to my weight loss also workout more. I'M BACK AT WORK TODAY AND IT HURT!!!! fortunately I'm being eased back this week I'm only doing 4 hours a day - I came out dizzy oh to be rich and not have to go to work....
Carol walking will have to do at the moment until the boys want to go out on their bikes too. Swing those arms and walk briskly and it will feel like you've had a good workout.
Right I'm off to do some dreaded ironing... boring!!!
I feel too dizzy to do my morning exercises today!! I went out last night for our end of summer party and had way too much wine !! I feel like i'm gonna be sick or faint so me thinks exercise is not a good idea!!
I have got to try to cut the aclohol out, it's my greatest downfall, my diet is'nt too bad is the dreaded drink that's the problem!!!
Fantastic and it's just as good as running!! you only need to do 7 more which is achievable before monday
Back at the gym with a vengance now I've sobered up (any one reading these threads would think we had a problem!!) It's hard when the sun's shining people invite you to a Barby the wine flows and next news it's the morning after and you feel terrible and then you can't exercise 'cos you're going to be sick or fall off the equipment - I think that's what did me Sunday and I thought right stuff that for a game I want to get as much benefit out of my cheap gym visits before I have to pay full price - hence my challenge to myself.
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has trouble keeping away from the booze!
At least I know I don't have to join AA, just confess on here!
Carol, I've been walkin a lot this week, I've bought a new swanky CD walkman that doesnt skip when I walk, made a CD of fast songs, and off I go! I walk fast enough that I can feel the tops of my legs working.
As the weather has been ok this week, I've been walking during my lunch break at work, instead of sitting in the office stuffing my face!
I went to the gym yesterday - did 20 mins on the bike, 20 mins on the treadmill and 5 mins on the rower - I find the rower soooo hard, 5 minutes is all I can do at the moment! Also did weights and about 80 situps (with an ab-cradle) and certainly felt my stomach muscles working for the first time in a long while!.
Today I went shopping and walked around for about 2 hours - better than nothing!
Well it took me all day Sunday to recover from Saturday will i never learn?? [probs not!! ]
Due to hangover situation i had to have an emergency take away burger meal and large fizzy pop to soak up the rest of the alcohol in my blood stream - it was a near death situation i can tell you
But to make amends i got up this morning and did my excercise from yesterday and the ones for today, so i'm back on track now....does that count?? I do hope so!
Bad news is though that i've put on a pound!!!! which is to be expected as the burger was at least half of that!!!
Have managed 8 miles of my 10 miles challenge - much better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
Next week I will get closer to that magic ten miles.
Took the boys swimming today, usually means I don't get a swim more of a splash around, today was different though. We went up the deep end so they could jump and dive in and I tread water to make sure they are OK, steve is only 5, but a better swimming than me. Then they wanted to play on the flumes, so I let them but I stayed and swam in the pool, did 20 lengths of the 25m pool. They were really impressed when they came back and I got some unexpected exercise.
Have an exercise plan for next week, sounds scary, I am going to swim once for 40 minutes, walk at least twice for 20 minutes and do 30 minutes of aerobics twice as well.
Not sure what I am going to do when, but the swimming will probably be on Friday evening and the aerobics and walking will mean a few early mornings, but where there is a will there is a way.
I need to increase my metabolism to get this weight shifting, it's worled before and it will work this time.
Well done carol, you seem really motivated.. I wish i could keep my motivation going. My daughter was ill last week and i got hardly any exercise done and ate a lot more than i should have done, i'm feeling fat, flat and flagging at the moment!!!
I am going to do my 10mins workout in the morning with an extra 2 lots to make up for what i missed at the weekend then i intend to walk or cycle for 20 mins every day next week!
Fingers crossed i stick to it!
Well done Carol on your level of activity!! Never mind TF you can't be supermum and do everything at once.... At least you're still motivated.
I didn't achieve my challenge this month (i.e. no alcohol this month) but I did get to the gym 5 times last week. I'm going again tonight and starting again on my challenge.
it's sooo bad that i could only do 10 mins tops this afternoon!!! 
I need to buy a big soft comfy saddle for my bike, i feel like i've been on a horse for a week 
one of the reasons I haven't been on my bike is because it needs a good old fashioned wide saddle for my wide bottom! Well done.
fortunately I'm being eased back this week I'm only doing 4 hours a day - I came out dizzy 
oh to be rich and not have to go to work.... 
!! I feel like i'm gonna be sick or faint 
so me thinks exercise is not a good idea!!
and it's just as good as running!! you only need to do 7 more which is achievable before monday 
will i never learn?? [probs not!! 
I do hope so!
