Let's Post our Daily Exercise

ruthbru

Goodness sakes, Heidi......that is quite a 'mad cow' story! It sounds like a comedy sketch for a sitcom.

Walked up and down the street twice so far today, a friend brought over a cup of coffee and we sat visiting on the deck for quite awhile, next a little nap might be in order.

badger

hi all and welcome lohoff!

HeidiHill, you'd be at the gym for 90 mins too if 60 of those were paid training time. Warm-up and cool-down on my own dime. Thanks for sharing that long-term survivor study on the stage IV NED thread. Your DD is probably right about the cows just being friendly but they are curious and they are large.

I'll share two stories about cows. One is from way back when I lived in CO. A friend and I road-tripped to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in 1980-something. We arrived after dark and set up our tent in a field outside of town. Woke up to a strange snuffling sound that turned out to be several curious cows wondering WTH. They scattered when we got out and packed up. Also remember miniature wildflower iris all around. And, of course, the mountains. Second story is more recent, from WI. We once lived in an old farm house in the country. Our landlady rented the adjacent pasture to a dairy farmer who kept cows there. One day I'm looking out the kitchen window and see a line of cows running along the fence line, 'racing' an Amish buggy. Never caught them doing it again but OMG funny!

Ruth, love seeing the community support you in return for what you've paid forward helping others.

Wonderland, what a nice thing to do for Ruth!

Lilac, sorry to hear about your colleague. I hate it when people join our club.

Walked yesterday morning and evening. Chores and nap in between. Gym today.

ruthbru

Hello All! I am doing good; taking multiple short walks throughout the day, and one nap in the afternoon. I read in my Time Magazine that the average American averages a measly 4,774 steps a day. So yesterday, just for curiosity (because I'm not pushing myself, just doing what I feel like doing, for the first two weeks), I put on my Fitbit and found I got 7,750 steps while being 'inactive'. This does not speak well of the Average American!

I am trying to organize some files & have started watching the first four seasons of the Mary Tyler Moore Show. So much fun (and they look quite different because I originally watched them on a tiny black & white set back in 1970)!

Claire_in_Seattle

Go Ruth!!! Living in an apartment, I see the results of this inactivity. So many residents here have their lives curtailed because they can't "get around very well". In most cases, so unnecessary. 

I am doubly proud of getting to Portland, now that I have my new bicycle pedals which are wide and allow for lots of contact between shoe and pedal. I couldn't believe how fast I was during yesterday's ride! So easy because I finally have good energy transfer - think even better than when I could ride clipped in, not to mention safer. My new cycling shoes should help too....should be arriving this week. All of this required adjusting my seat upward and then forward to distribute some of the weight back to my pelvic bones.

Ride today and then some last-minute preparation for the Golf Tournament tomorrow as I am in charge of registration and collecting monies spent. I am still amazed by this culture. Mostly guys who get a chance to spend money, eat and drink all day, and hang out with their business associates. Beer and bagels at 9a to kick off the day. Of course, you CAN have coffee, but I am betting on beer takers as it will be really good beer.

A hot and busy week ahead as have a major grant proposal due Friday. I need to wrap my brain around this as well.

I think a busy end to my summer as have a potential project coming up with my now-again business partner, and just heard this AM from the client I worked with 2 years ago. Glad I took those days off earlier....

Have a wonderful Sunday! - Claire 

Anonymous

Hi all, quick stop by. Encouraging to catch up on the stories and exercising. ruthbru glad you are coming along and taking it slowly. I remember after my hysterectomy in 1994, about a week after leaving the hospital (back then you were kept in for a whole week) I went shopping with my sister and held her 9 month old while we walked the mall. Bad move and it set me back in my recovery. Of course I was not in the better physical shape we are today but still, so continue to take it easy. badger you have really embraced the gym. I think I only lasted one time with a personal trainer but I really think he was trying to kill me and so I quit. Used to love mowing the lawn and don't have nearly as much lawn now but this Florida heat and humidity would not be fun. People do move here from up north and begin mowing themselves; doesn't last long before they hire the work out.

I do need to do better as I find myself lazy some days (like today) when it's rainy and cloudy out. A friend fell off a ladder Wednesday and fractured the metatarsal bone on top of her left foot so helping out (mainly walking her dog). Tonight girl's (me and my 2 sisters) movie night to lift her spirits (with spirits and popcorn!)

Having arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus on the 10th which will sideline me but I think it may only be a week or so (hopefully!) so need to get much pickleball, water aerobics and water volleyball in before that. Walk Away the Pounds and dancing have been off the activity list for several weeks because the knee hasn't been able to take the stress of turns.

Again, good to see all the reports on here.

Later my sculpted friends.

badger

70 mins @ gym. 10 yoga stretch to warm up, 30 weights, 30 treadmill.

Have a great week ahead, everyone!

ruthbru

Patoo, I'm glad you are getting the knee taken care of. You can't keep a good woman down (for long)!

Anonymous

ruthbru, gotta be able keep up with you all in November.

TwoHobbies

Kind of forgot when I last posted but I think I missed reporting in on my Thursday and Friday lunchtime walks - around 25 minutes each. Did nothing Saturday - feel like I wasted a beautiful day but we sat on the deck a lot in the nice weather and then went to see Dunkirk. Today I mowed and weeded 40 minutes and then went for a bike ride 44 minutes.

Wonderland

Love the cow stories!

Ruth: Glad you continue to improve daily.

Claire: I like bagels and I like beer. But I don't think I could do both of them together at 9 in the morning!

Patoo: Sorry about your knee but happy that you will be able to get it repaired.

TH:A beautiful day and a deck require sitting on it most of the day!

We are having fabulous weather! It feels like fall but with summer colors. Low 80s, low humidity, cool breeze, and a bright Carolina Blue Sky. I felt inspired! Push mowed for 2 1/2 hours, walked/ran at the park, and then weeded the garden for an hour. I even rested on a lounge chair under the chestnut tree. It was divine.

NatsFan

Whew -- so much to catch up on! I'll try to get through all the previous pages I missed in the next few days, but wanted to check in after our SoCal trip. We had a wonderful time, but it was HOT out there. At least here on the East Coast, heat waves are inevitably broken up by evening t-storms now and then. Not out there. But since we were up early due to the time change, I was able to get a couple of 30 minute dawn runs in before it got too hot. We also did a day trip out to one of the Channel Islands for some hiking and swimming. On the way over we saw hundreds of dolphins, jumping and playing in the channel. We also saw the inevitable sea lions lazing on the channel markers, and even saw a juvenile great white shark!

The Channel Islands are like the Galapagos in that they've been separated from the mainland for eons, and because of that isolation, plant and animal species have evolved there that are found no where else in the world. It's completely natural and protected thanks to the National Park Service and the Nature Conservancy - you have to pack in all your own food and water, and pack it back out when you're done. We took a 6 mile hike along the cliffs overlooking the ocean - spectacular views. Here's DH and me.

We also caught a few glimpses of the Channel Island foxes, which are only about 5 pounds each - so cute!

And since the Nats were playing the Angels while we were out there, and my 89 year old MIL is a big Angels fan, we took in a game. We had a wonderful time (and the Nats won ). Here we are.

Can't believe it's the last day of July already! Happy August everyone!

ruthbru

Awesome pictures, Mary. Your MIL looks great, so fun you could bring her to a ballgame!

I've taken two 15 minute walks so far today (I'm somewhere between a stroll & regular walking pace). It is going to be really hot & humid this afternoon so I will wait until later before venturing out again.

octogirl

Great pics, NatsFan! I think I recognize (and have been on) that Channel Islands trail....it is so beautiful out there: and even more beautiful underwater by the way! One of my favorite spots for scuba!

I spent a long weekend in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, and walked as much as my knees would permit....it was beautiful, and not so hot at almost 8000 feet where we were staying!

Octogirl

pat01

Just popping in real quick to say we are off tonight to Scotland, so I'll try and catch up with you all when I get back.

ruthbru

Safe travels, Pat!

lohoff

Thanks for the welcome! I am loving this new exercise path I'm on. There are so many fun classes at my local Y and I plan on attending some this week.

Wonderland

Nats: Your trip sounds wonderful, your MIL looks fabulous, you and dh look beautiful together, and the Channel Islands look spectacular!

Pat: Have a great trip!

Octogirl: Hope you can get relief for you knee soon. What a nice weekend you had.

Ruth: What has happened? We have your weather and you have ours!

Another gorgeous day. Just returned from my walk/run. It was hot but not so sweaty.

ruthbru

I will gladly trade you back, Wonderland. Yuck!

octogirl

Thanks Wonderland; knee relief coming soon! As I told some of the group going to Florida, surgery date has been set for the first of two new knees! Total knee replacement 11/2; followed by a second one sometime in February for the other knee. It means I can't go to Florida, and really I wish it were sooner, but I will keep swimming, along with walking as much as I can. I was happy to do about two miles a day in the mountains, with some up and down: that is about as much as I can handle, and I probably over did it, but it felt so good to be outside in the cool, fresh air!

Wonderland

Octo: Glad you have a surgery date! Sorry you can't go to Florida but happy that you will get the relief you need.

Heidihill

go, KB!

have wifi at a restaurant so am sending this pic of our bike ride

Heidihill

go, KB!

Have wifi at a restaurant so am sending this pic of our bike ride with DH

ruthbru

This looks like a Sound of Music picture!!!!!! Beautiful!

Claire_in_Seattle

Breathtaking Heidi!!!

I must do one more mountain hike this summer. No excuses at all, other than I am usually cycling. Not to mention that my consulting ship just came in again so will be beyond busy for the next couple of months. Really happy now that I got in all those fun items earlier this summer.

Exercise is about to shift to "cycle and swim" as about all I will want to be doing as the heat is about to descend upon us for a few days. Ten miles of cycling plus a swim will be about all I will feel like doing. I am planning on doing the Tour de Lavender on Saturday. It will be hot in the afternoon, but there should also be some relief from ocean breezes. Just spectacular, not to mention the scent of the lavender fields.

I need to process golf tournament monies in a few. Had fun yesterday at the tournament, but a long day. It was nice to be well-remembered by the golfers. Got in a lot of chatting up practice as 90% guys. I got in my walking steps as the IPA was on a distant hole and I walked the distance as I like it so much better than Amber. The beer sponsors won the tournament, so perhaps beer is what is needed to improve one's golf game? (I wouldn't know, because I have enough expensive sports and don't need to add golf.)

Now to shift into "work" mode........ So can enjoy everyone else's summer adventures. - Claire 

NatsFan

Heidi - wow! I agree with Ruth about it looking like something right out of sound of music. Octo - the pic was overlooking Potato Harbor on Santa Cruz Island. I'm sorry that we won't be able to swap Channel Island stories I. Florida this year, but glad you got a surgery date.

Back from the fitness center - elliptical warmup and dreadmill run. I miss running outside but it's still just too darn HOT!! Back home now watching my guilty pleasure - old reruns of "Murder She Wrote." I was talking to another recent retiree the other day - her guilty pleasure is "Golden Girls." Glad I'm not the only one 😁

LilacBlue

HeidiHill, beautiful and loving my vicarious cycling in the alps. Nats, sweet Angles fan in mil and so glad you are having a fun vacation - digging the pics. KB you go girl! Pat, have a super time. Octo, you sound in great shape and like Ruth, a smooth post-surgical recovery. Wonderland, you are completely talented and motivated. Iohoff, do let us know which classes you have been to - like to hear it. Go Claire!

Not much to say other than been busy, working out, teaching extra classes, doing coursework. reading and getting ready for our empty nest next month - life transition ahead with a positive view - another opportunity for growth.

M0mmyof3

Taking it easy for a few days since I had the port put in again yesterday. A little sore and not really wanting to push it too much and do something stupid that would impair the incisions while they start healing

ruthbru

Mommy, what it going on? (I apologize if you already explained & I missed it.)

I walked over 10,000 steps for the first time since surgery. I am still taking an afternoon nap & sitting around a lot.

Wonderland, I put the flower in the front hall where it looks very nice. Two friends brought me lunch today & they were raving about it when they came in the door. I told then it was from 'my artist friend in North Carolina'!

Wonderland

Oh Heidi! That picture is gorgeous!!!

M0mmy: I don't know what's wrong and why you had your port put in again, but please know that my thoughts are with you. I'm sending you a huge HUG

Ruth: So glad you found a place to put it. I made one for me and have it hanging on the outside of the house where I hang my Christmas wreath. If I hadn't met you, I never would have known that ND is famous for its sunflowers!

No formal exercise for me today.

M0mmyof3

They recently found a recurrence in the axillary node under the left arm. So far it's pretty small in size and I will be going back on treatment very soon