August Abbercise!! GET OFF THAT SOFA!!

[Aunty Mame]

I also meant to mention that there are lots of good instructional videos on YouTube for anyolne that wants to try in the comfort and privacy of their own living room (particularly for those poses that make you fall over!!)

[Doggygirl]

On Yoga, that Youtube (eh em, PRIVACY) option seems like a good way to "try before you buy."

Here I am still reading and posting away when I said I was gonna get back to work quite some time ago!! Oh well...this will count towards my much needed "me" time.

Mame, that long walk sounds a lot more fun to me than running training sounds!!! Good luck with your weight training tomorrow! [menopause alert] I HIGHLY recommend getting all your hormones tested, and with a doc who is not afraid to treat women using bio-identicals - especially if you feel like you put lots of effort into diet and exercise with little to no results. Difficulties with weight management is just one of many symtoms. I am SO GLAD I found this doctor. Believe me - the results I'm seeing (still have to work at it though) were just not happening before - that was so discouraging. [/menopause alert] That lavendar bath sounds great!

Marshy, your yoga group sounds like a lot of fun! I always like "unpretentious" in just about everything. Revise that to "everything."

Do we need to go scrape Caysea off the tennis courts and properly return him to his wife this time????? (remember how we failed to properly return him last time he passed out on the courts!!)

Today was another good Curves workout - EK says 450 cals burned. I'll take that!! I also used my Curves Bucks (the play money earned for losing weight and inches, and also earned in some of the silly games!) to buy my ONE HUNDRED WORKOUTS T-shirt. (today was #102 since joining way back in Nov 2007). I can't wait to earn the 1,000 Workout shirt. There is a lady I see nearly every day who has one. I know from conversation that she is over 65 years old, but you would never guess that from lookin' at her.

The Land's End and Eddie Bauer catalogs are sitting here calling my name. I tend to order from them since they both have tall sizes which I need in pants. I really really need to resist the urge. But there is a pair of rain boots with an argyle pattern on them that I think I HAVE TO HAVE. With matching hat of course.

OK - where are the other ABBERCISERS!!!! Come out, come out wherever you've been hiding!!

DG
Day 78 AFHFE(xercise)F(reak)

[Aunty Mame]

DG - want picture of the boots and hat!

formal weight training went west today, but that was because we did the last of our shifting and everything was much heavier than I thought it would be!! And after we finished I thought that I wouldn't even be able to bend over to tie up my shoes, let alone pick up any weights ........!!

another lavender bath awaits!

[Doggygirl]

OK Mame. You asked for it, now you get it. My Very Oddball Tastes Revealed!

The Boots.

The Hat.

I think I spent too many years in corporate suits and something just snapped.

OK - I'm heading to Curves soon - will work out today with the 6AM Loud Crowd. (but they are fun!)

DG

[Pamina]

DG - how.... colourful!! That actually cheered me up. The weather here is crap, again, and I could use a pair of those wellies. And I'm in the middle of a bloated-crap-time-of-the-month day when all the power goes out of the power walking. Even though my ex-BF, who is in the UK now in between consultancy contracts abroad, has decided that calling me every other day is a good idea (!!!!) and I feel like throwing my mobile in the Thames. So my brain could really use the power walk but the sluggish system won't cooperate. ARGGGH!!

[Deep breath] The good news is that I keep pushing my ass out the door and walking the walk, at whatever pace those legs can handle today. Tomorrow is another day. This too shall pass.

Mame, surely lifting furniture/boxes counts as enough weights for one day. And DG, well done on the 100-day T-shirt!! That reminds me that when I first started modding with MWO I used to put silver stars in my calendar for all my AF days - I should probably take that up again for all the exercise days and watch them add up. It was very motivating.

[Aunty Mame]

DG - they are GREAT!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to a friend's birthday tonight and they are exactly the sort of thing that I would love to get her!!!

I know what you mean about the relief of not wearing corporate suits!! I now only have a couple fo quite smart jackets which I leave in the office and if I need to go to a meeting (which I try to avoid most of the time!) I can just throw one over my usual black t-shirt and stretchy pants!!

Pamina: yes it does count as weights - my body certainly thinks so this morning!!!

Good on you for getting out the door though ........ it will all get better when you are over your bloated feeling! Ex BFs can be so tiresome!! I'm going to start on stars as well - and I'm thinking about different coloured ones for different things!!! I like the idea of a veritable rainbow of rewards!!

[Beck]

Hi everyone,

managed my run this morning. that's a good thing. I've got dog duty this week as my kiddos are away - he is making me a bit nuts and I walk him and walk him. I don't really count it as exercise though.

Glad to hear everyone is well. DG, the wellies made me laugh...are you considering the orange hat???

Feel better Pamina.

[mwo2]

Got my workout done! Upped my sit-ups on big ball to 2 sets of 25, need to get that tummy flab gone! Did 20 min on the gazelle and then walked 2 miles to get my un-broken car! I also do this arm workout that is so easy, so it somewhere...Madonna and Gwenyth's trainer has them do it...she doesnt believe in alot of weights on arms. dont know why anyway....

stick your arms out to the sides, point your pinkies to the sky now rotate your arms keeping your pinkies pointing up, do that til you feel it and then do it some more... keep your shoulders relaxed and down, don't lock your elbows..try it you'll like it..

Love the wellies you must look right smart walking in the rain!

[Pamina]

Thanks for the commiseration, guys, today is a better day!!

It's not quite raining cats and dogs but a steady grey drizzle. I still went for a walk in the park before going to the market and for another bit on the way back. It was really nice to walk underneath all the trees protecting you from the rain, and I found a new path I haven't seen before.

Beck, I would count any and all exercise, dog and no dog. You can then include that in the 'rainbow of rewards' - I really like that, Mame. Don't have enough different types of exercise yet to need all those colours, but it will be another step to work towards. Meanwhile, thanks for the arm rotation MWO2! It's easy enough for me, and my arms sure can use the work.

[Doggygirl]

Rainbow of Rewards!! LOVE it!!

Pamina, sorry about the grey weather and also not feeling your best to go with it. Shiney stars as the antidote sounds like a great idea! Good for you keeping up the walking and finding a new path to boot.

mwo2, I tried to visualize that Madonna / Gweneth exercise you described and I don't think my brain got it right!!

Beck, I'm LOL at the image of you and that unruly puppy. Just think how many calories you must be burning in aggravation alone. The orange hat is obnoxiously cool, but I think the hat that matches the boots might be more versatile in the long run??

Mame, double thumbs up on your comfort clothes and a jacket for "emergencies." Our dress code is SO much more relaxed since starting our own business.

Today is my day off but wanted to report that I DID work out yesterday at curves and really pushed hard since it was the last workout of the week. AND I got all the way to bucket #5 in the bozo bucket game which I suck at. I won a little hand held massage thingy.

Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!! Seriously - has anyone seen Caysea posting anywhere??

DG